Some pictures for the last day Part 2.

Now that you have finished, go and enjoy your last day!

Some pictures for the last day.

My Cartoon Wall

Brand New Passing Faces song, all recorded and ready to show to the masses!
And by Masses, I mean you.
It's still a work in progress, and this is mos def (ask yourself, where am I going? How am I doing?) just a scratch recording. But it's definitely good enough for your opinions, so please, give them!

http://www.box.net/shared/jq7g4ubtde

:)

This Is the Definition of My Life, Laying in Bed in the Sunlight

If you recall, last year around my birthday I made a list of my all time favorite (meaning completely subjective, not objective in the least) songs and artists. Imma do that again. Except this time, I'm going to do my favorite albums too. Yeah, I know right?? So be freaking prepared for awesomeness. Intro of darkness then redness then whiteness* then.... Musicnesss!!!!

Songs:
1: Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
2: Gold Soundz - Pavement
3: Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth
4: A Day in the Life - The Beatles
5: All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
6: Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
7: Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
8: No Surprises - Radiohead
9: "Heroes" - David Bowie
10: My Girls - Animal Collective
11: Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
12: Jesus etc. - Wilco
13: Bros - Panda Bear
14: Europe Endless - Kraftwerk
15: Happy - The Rolling Stones
16: I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem
17: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
18: Stralafur - Sigur Ros
19: The Modern Age - The Strokes
20: Dry the Rain - The Beta Band
21.Dead End Street - The Kinks
22. Summertime Clothes - Animal Collective
23. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - Wilco
24. Good Girl/Carrots - Panda Bear
25. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckely
26. Common People - Pulp
27. Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
28. Shine a Light - The Rolling Stones
29. Death of a Clown - The Kinks
30. Let Down - Radiohead

All right. Now, the next list is in no order. It's the only way this was at all possible. Whew. Okay.

Albums

Ok Computer - Radiohead
Kid A - Radiohead
The Bends - Radiohead
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Revolver - The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Low - David Bowie
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
Person Pitch - Panda Bear
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
London Calling - The Clash
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
Their Greatest Hits - The Eagles
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
In The Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
This is Happening - LCD Soundsystem
Selected Ambient Works 85 -92 - Aphex Twin
Murmur - R.E.M.
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Kill the Moonlight - Spoon
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
The Blueprint - Jay Z
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
Reckoning - R.E.M
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
The Who Sell Out - The Who
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
Funeral - Arcade Fire

Artists:
1: The Kinks
2: Radiohead
3: The Beatles
4: David Bowie
5: The Rolling Stones
6: Led Zeppelin
7: The Velvet Underground
8: Pavement
9: Animal Collective/Panda Bear
10: The Who

And that's the end. :)





*This is trademarked by Toby.

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2010

00's done. Now it's time for the first year of the new decade. I guess if I do this with every year for the whole decade, I'd be much more accurate in my entire decade analysis. Or maybe not.... So! for the top three albums of 2010: Hooray!

#3 Halcyon Digest, Deerhunter

Deerhunter has been around for a while, but it wasn't until this little beauty that they created something amazing. Microcastle was good, and while it was experimental enough to warrant conversation, it was not consistent enough to warrant ridiculous praise. All that has changed with Halcyon Digest, as the whole thing shimmers with amazing atmosphere and melody, and hence why Halcyon Digest, as of yet, is the best thing they've ever done. And why everybody is giving it ridiculous amounts of praise, because it's a band fulfilling their amazing potential.
Earthquake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijurnaMqLxg

#2 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
I do not like Kanye West. I'm just going to come out and say it up front just to avoid any confusion. I think he's a prideful, supremacist, arrogant and extremely rude guy. Hence why there was a blatant absence of any sort of nod on my 00's list (albeit he probably deserved one, Late Registration is one of the better rap albums). But I cannot deny that this is not just one of the best rap albums ever made, but it could quite possibly be THE best rap album ever made. This isn't your typical hip/hop album, consisting of near rhymes, repeats of the same line over and over again, Dr. Dre esque beats, and obnoxious references to their fake gangster life or how rich and amazing they are. This is something else entirely. Kanye took rap and made it operatic. Consider this the Night at the Opera of hip/hop. Or maybe even the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. With flat out jaw dropping tracks like "Monster" (with Nicki Minaj blowing away the competition with her verse, and the competition is Jay Z), "Runaway", and perhaps the greatest rap song of all time,  "Power".  And how in the world he produces something like this is beyond me. Is Kanye a jerk? Yes. But is he a freaking genius? Oh yes.
Monster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXy-6wV5cOQ

#1 This is Happening, LCD Soundsystem
And at the polar opposite end of the spectrum of Kanye West, sits one of my all time favorite lyricists and musicians, James Murphy. Here's a humble, down to earth, extremely talented guy who wouldn't tell you that, guy who's just out to make amazing music. Well, he succeeds incredibly with This is Happening. I believe this to be LCD Soundsystem's magnum opus. Their masterpiece. Of their three albums, the self-titled debut was the worst, although extremely promising, with great songs like "Daft Punk is Playing at my House" and "Losing My Edge". Sound of Silver, which was an amazing improvement from their debut, was an amazing album in it's own right, including the song "All My Friends", which, as you all know, I praise and will continue to praise as one of the greatest songs of all time, and simply the best anybody had to offer of the last ten years. But after that comes This is Happening, which is hands down Murphy's most emotional album, and in turn, best. He promised after Sound of Silver that he was putting together the best one yet, and he certainly delivered. And it's so sad to think that this is probably going to be the last LCD Soundsystem album ever. But what a way to end huh? I couldn't have asked for anything more than the very best album of the year.
All I Want: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLPeQ9U_f-0

Songs:
#5 Slow Motion - Panda Bear (so excited for next album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn7pQMXQ0-8
#4 White Sky - Vampire Weekend (#4 best album of the year, in case you were curious)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhdqfX44zUM
#3 Runaway - Kanye West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRzHib-2E28
#2 Power - Kanye West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=354DRrfhUhI
 #1 I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8FKkVnqng

The Yorke Swan

Just for a laugh, here is a mash up of Radiohead's new album and a scene from the movie Black Swan. Have fun. poor, poor Natalie Portman.