Japandroids take my number 1 spot, but Menomena is hanging around number 3, and Tame Impala is in the top 10.  There was a ton of great music this year.

Japandroids take my number 1 spot, but Menomena is hanging around number 3, and Tame Impala is in the top 10.  There was a ton of great music this year.

They haven't even gotten around to reviewing it yet.  Perhaps we'll find it in two months as one of those that "slipped through the cracks", and we can be mildly satisfied with an A-, like the recent Menomena and Tame Impala records.

They haven't even gotten around to reviewing it yet.  Perhaps we'll find it in two months as one of those that "slipped through the cracks", and we can be mildly satisfied with an A-, like the recent Menomena and Tame Impala records.

And that little boy that nobody liked, grew up to be Roy Cohn.

And that little boy that nobody liked, grew up to be Roy Cohn.

mostly because I think everyone has had someone who crushed on them like that

mostly because I think everyone has had someone who crushed on them like that

Yeah, most of them are in NW.  I also crack up every time I see Terwilliger, down in SW

Yeah, most of them are in NW.  I also crack up every time I see Terwilliger, down in SW

I really enjoyed the One Day As A Lion EP that he did with Jon Theodore from the Mars Volta.  It was an interesting direction for him to take.

I really enjoyed the One Day As A Lion EP that he did with Jon Theodore from the Mars Volta.  It was an interesting direction for him to take.

For me, I'd just prefer a new Spoon or Wolf Parade (or Handsome Furs) album.  Though I believe that "Civilian Stripes" is where you see the collaboration reach its apex.

As a Blazers fan, I was prepared for an awful season.  But I was not prepared for an awful-lose-to-the-Wizards season.

As a Blazers fan, I was prepared for an awful season.  But I was not prepared for an awful-lose-to-the-Wizards season.

Some off the top of my head that I hadn't seen mentioned:

Some off the top of my head that I hadn't seen mentioned:

Oooh, Goin' Against Your Mind is a great call.  also amazing is that it's basically just two chords the entire time, just like LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends, another great one.

Oooh, Goin' Against Your Mind is a great call.  also amazing is that it's basically just two chords the entire time, just like LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends, another great one.

Agreed.  Also, this seems to be as good a place as any to mention Built To Spill's cover of "Cortez the Killer", which is the shortest 20 minute song I've ever heard.