Comments on: 1115.org’s Best of 2003

By: Coolfer

Coolfer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nice best of list. Those look like good reads. I’m especially interested in Rubin’s book. Now if I only had time to read books.

The Boozoo is a damn fine album, as is Dorfmeister’s, but that Rhythm & Sound is a killer, ain’t it?

By: matt

matt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Rubin book is beyond worth reading. I plowed through it in a few days’ commute.

The R&S album has hallucinatory properties.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Coolfer: you shoulda had all those R+S joints on vinyl already.

as for the rest, i disagree almost entirely with most of the music picked. this year was really a pretty bad year for music, especially pop music. thank god you guys didnt rate “hey ya” or i’d have to vomit. “crazy in love” is right up there with it for worst song ive ever heard. illest shit of the year: jay-z’s madonna sampling “justify my thug”. im not even making that up.

to sam: life without bacon and hot wings just isnt life. i could eat those every day. and swordfish is without question one of the illest seafoods. i reccomend hooking up a whole swordfish steak by itself, the flavor is fantastic.

one more comment: i cant believe no one mentioned paul krugman at all. i havent read his new book yet, but his column is so on pretty much all the time. he’s been murdering it all damn year.

By: jess

jess — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

well done, kids. i’m pretty anti-list in the month of list overexposure, but you break free from the obvious ranking style and hodge-podge it all together. good reading, better buzz.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I really thought we’d get an OC-related best of list from you…

By: jean-paul

jean-paul — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

re: new order

“Almost every group that tries to fuse dance music with rock owes a debt to them, yet no one has been able to quite capture their sound.”

you ought to check out GD Luxxe’s “submission” full-length on breakin’ records, released in 2000 i believe…sounds like an exact replica of 1983-era new order, but in all the best ways.

also, you may have wanted to mention that the best disk on that ‘retro’ box set was only available in a limited run, and that was december 2002, and is therefore long gone.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nice tip on the GD Luxxe, have to check that out. Jason was all over the limited run. Lucky me.

By: Peabs

Peabs — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hot list, all. Thanks for the linkage, btw.

Obvs.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Schmears. Obvs.

By: Uncle Grambo

Uncle Grambo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

easily the best “best of” list that i’ve read up to this point … big ups, yo. based upon this post, i’m going to give “the wire” another shot (never got into it). it also makes me long for the culture that we so desperately lack in Detroit … case in point, “Mamma Mia” is only just now hitting town. no buzz. but that “Avenue Q” sounds like Peter Jackson’s “Meet The Feebles” … hopefully it has more buzz.

so good … thanks for such a great post!