the pop culture ramblings of a lunatic.
Posts tagged Radiohead
The Top 50 Albums of the Decade (Part One)
Dec 23rd
my friends & i had an argument the other night. drunkenly slouched into the cushions of my couch I rambled about how stand up comedy, aside from zach galifinakis, is more or less dead. It was then that I was presented with an interesting question, “well dan, who is your favorite stand up comedian?” i hesitated for a moment, racked my brain, & spat out “Bill Cosby.”
it seemed too easy, pretentious even, to simply say “bill cosby.” after all, the man is a legend. i was stumped by my own psyche for a few moments. what compelled me to say “bill cosby?” it took a few minutes & another beer before I realized: bill cosby has a frame of reference. his material stands the test of time.
i think that’s an important concept when related to these bullshit “best of the 00’s” list. especially the ones that have albums from THIS FUCKING YEAR. but alas, i fuckin’ digress, y’know? because for some reason, when i couldn’t sleep last night, i opened notepad on my computer and began to frantically assemble a top ten albums of the 00’s list. i don’t know why. maybe it was the sleep deprivation. or maybe subconsciously, at the end of this decade, as the loose ends are being pulled together tight, i feel a reason to take the mosaic mish-mash of albums that i love & adore & assemble them into an organized manner that makes sense to me.
nah, fuck that. it wasn’t that at all. in fact, my top 10 list soon expanded into a top 150 list. & i found myself thinkin’ “wow, there was a lot of real good shit this decade.” it seems obvious when i prompt myself to talk about it, but so many cats these days whine and moan about the decline of modern music. those cats are just too dumb & lazy to think or look & therefore, don’t deserve good music to begin with.
this list is a gigantic middle finger to those people.
so, what lies below is a labyrinth of text explaining why these albums are important. maybe you’ll see one that you dig, if you do, leave a comment because i’d love to talk about it. maybe you’ll see something you should check out, if you do, let me know and i’ll burn you a CD. or, maybe you’ll see a mess of narcissistic, self-referential bullshit. maybe you won’t read it at all, & after a little while, after it’s forgotten, it will cease to exist. i dunno. i’m not a fucking mind reader.
so, if you do indulge, enjoy. these are the best albums of the 00’s
dan luke.
Fuck the RIAA.
May 21st
I remember watching an interview with Harvey Diamond. He was speaking on behalf of animal rights. Harvey argued,
“Put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I’ll buy you a new car.”
But I always found that argument to be unfair. I mean, the apple is ready to go, but I’d probably want to slice the rabbit to apart with a machete and then skin, smoke, and salt it (and then drape the intestines over myself as some sort of coat to keep warm). I figure then I’d have a delicious smoked rabbit as well as an apple.
I hate black and white thinkers like that. People that don’t consider the alternatives for each one of the problems we face every day and the willingness to adapt, try new things, and eventually (if we don’t shelter ourselves enough) evolve. The reason I bring this up is because of this: Fuck the RIAA.