Comments on KITTY CAT JET PACK: Defective Daddy

Yeah, that happens to me a lot too - I always have...

2009-06-03T08:36:43.218-04:00

Yeah, that happens to me a lot too - I always have to check and doublecheck the release date when compiling lists. Another reason not to bother with it :)

Hmmm. Not familiar with the Kills or the Friendly...

2009-06-02T16:51:01.351-04:00

Hmmm. Not familiar with the Kills or the Friendly Fires (great names though). I'll look them up tonight. Dylan of course, I know.

I was about to say that the last year seemed really good for indie/solo artists (Feist, Laura Veirs, Broken Social Scene) but then I was looking at the dates and I realized that all of the albums I bought in 2008 - and so far in 2009 - were actually 2007 releases.

So clearly I'm behind the times. I'll go through my musica and see if I can find anything from 08 worth a crap. And I'll check those out.

Don't remember everything, but here's three strong...

2009-06-02T13:32:45.896-04:00

Don't remember everything, but here's three strong ones:

Friendly Fires "Friendly Fires" - at first thought it was just standard electro-rock but that thing has got the most depth of anything I listened to in 2008

Bob Dylan "Tell Tale Signs: Bootleg Series Vol 8" - Dylan the way Dylan should be. Such fabulous lyrics

The Kills "Midnight Boom" - not a dud on the album - all tracks are aces.

That's funny. I assumed the comment was relating ...

2009-06-02T11:29:58.327-04:00

That's funny. I assumed the comment was relating to those things you once thought essential before being a father. My list of essentials has winnowed down over the years. Spit up and diapers and baths before bed have eroded my needs, and in truth my desires.

On the music front I have also been there. I've never been a radio fan, though some good bands come and go. I listen because, frankly, it's easier than complaining, but sometimes I just can't stomach it. Nickleback will cause an instant radio turn off.

Mostly I look to B movie sound tracks, My Space, the College Music Journal and, yes, commercials for new music. I long ago discovered that my friends taste in music differs greatly from mine. I was told I was "elitist." Which was true. Some music is crap, I don't care how you look at it.

But I got tired of being called an elitist so I just started keeping my musical pleasures to myself.

Anyway... that sorta ran on forever and ever. What did you put on your list of good 2008 albums?