how about aj feely running around like an effin' girl the other night? as if the orange uni's weren't enough. i remember back to when the pats were a heavy dog in the super bowl against the rams. it was kinda cool to root for the pats in that spot. but damn, i didn't ask for three years of total patriot dominance. fuck a tom brady. i have about as much tolerance for another patriot super bowl as saturdays in february with nothing but the nba on. damn near close to zero.

but anyway...i have 2 albums i'm nominating for best of the year. both of which are cut from somewhat the same clothe. both heavy on acoustic guitars and surreal songwriting.

the first is a little more straightforward. iron & wine's 'our endless numbered days', is just pretty much one dude, sam beam, and an acoustic guitar. nice melodies and interesting lyrics. one of the better albums i've run into this year.



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1. On Your Wings
2. Naked As We Came
3. Cinder And Smoke
4. Sunset Soon Forgotten
5. Teeth In The Grass
6. Love And Some Verses
7. Radio War
8. Each Coming Night
9. Free Until They Cut Me Down
10. Fever Dream
11. Sodom, South Georgia
12. Passing Afternoon

the second, eschews genre's and does stuff i've really never heard before. acousticaly and lyrically way out there. califone's 'heron king blues', has probably got the most listens on the nomad for stuff stuff released this year. it's also made me seek out more, curiously, and being just as happy with some of their earlier stuff. enjoy.




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1. Wingbone
2. Trick Bird
3. Sawtooth Sung a Cheater's Song
4. Apple
5. Lion & Bee
6. 2 Sisters Drunk on Each Other
7. Heron King Blues
8. Outro