failing that, those few of us who still follow perry’s career are usually too put off by the fact that nuno bettencourt played all of the guitars to give it spin. me, I think that makes it even cooler.

Yeah, that’s you!!! Gosh, crazy how this internet thing works in both Columbus & Pittsburgh. I gotta watch what I post!

So, I’m guessing you’d put Sharon over Amy? I was listening to 100 Days again this morning. All very good stuff — I’m rooting for the whole team.

I may have to give ol’ Perry a chance with Satellite Party. You know me, as big of a fan, if not bigger … it’s just that post Jane’s creations have never met well with my earhole. Wait! am I the friend you are referring to in the above post who called it ‘too pop’?

and I’m a little upset that Amy Winehouse and Sharon Jones end up as a tie in your world.

What can I say, math is hard.

I was extremely happy that Perry put something out that was worthy of a Top-10 list. As much as I love wallowing in Jane’s nostalgia (recently picked up the 3Days DVD — you should borrow it if you haven’t seen it) the newer music just hasn’t been all that.

A good friend of mine (and huge Jane’s fan) denounced Satellite Party as “too pop.” That’s the kind of criticism I can live with.

Yes, I got a little carried away with this one. But don’t worry, it won’t happen again next year. Hopefully, I’ll keep this blog thing going and I’ll post my random thoughts on new music as they occur instead of dumping it on you all at once.

But it felt good to get finished. It was causing some creative constipation. Sort of blocking the bowels of my blogging.

FLUSH!

On the Guy/Girl thing: I hadn’t really thought about it before, but if you were to ask me to list my all-time favorite artists, it would be a boys club — nearly without exception. From Paul Simon to George Clinton, Neil Young to Joe Strummer, Miles Davis to Morrissey, etc. it’s 100% guys.

However, when I look back on the records that really kept me company over the course of any given year, there’s a lot of ladies involved. Interesting…

glad you got this finished!

Umm, that’s 17, not 10. But it’s okay.

Feist is on that Kings of Convenience album? I had no idea. That’s a good album, too, although I only listened to it a couple times. I’m going to pull it out agains and look for Leslie.

I also like the fact that you’ve included an album from 1973 (Lou Reed) in your Best of 2007 list. I’m always circling back to discover music I missed the first time around. Last year it was a band callled The Pentangle, who mixed traditional British folk tunes with a jazz rhythm section, some Charles Mingus covers, and two guitarists who could rival Duane Allman and Dickie Betts at their jamband best. It was an odd mixture, but it worked. And that was from the late ’60s and early ’70s.

You like girls a lot. Me too, but not as much in the music world. I don’t know why that is, but my music collection is skewed about 4:1 in favor of the men. My favorite girl album from last year was by someone named Devon Sproule. I like the Feist album, though. And the Once soundtrack, which at least partly counts as a girl album. And that Amy Winehouse album is great, and for the reasons you mention (it digs a lot deeper than the standard Motown fare). I do hope she gets her act together.

And Craig Finn of The Hold Steady is my hero. Like me, while all the cool kids were out doing the things he writes about, Craig was stuck at Burger King working the drive-thru window. But he’s made a big comeback as an adult, and he writes about the cool, and not-so-cool, kids with great insight and compassion.