Comments on: 10 Favorite Albums of the 00s

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:50:30 +0000

@Sean: ! Yes! Boxer is the killer! I really wanted SKM on here, and that certainly would be an album to include, but you know, the other records on here affected me more when it came down to brass tacks! Hope to see you and the fam soon!

By: sean murphy

sean murphy — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:12:29 +0000

Boxer! Best. Nice to see this on a decade list Matt.

hey SKM’s ‘Ghosts…’ was released in 2003.

By: abigail isolda

abigail isolda — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:42:44 +0000

11. david bryne/brian eno everything that happens will happen today.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:54:40 +0000

@Julia: yeah, it’s a perfect record. It really is. Perhaps it’s cos it was assembled from a bunch of songs he had built over time that it was so special.

Did you hear about that “I Run & Whine” show we did in 2003? It was Bob from KH, Katie Haverly and Nick Matulis and we learned that entire album and performed it in Albany on a chilly Sunday evening.

There may or may not be a recording of that night somewhere, itching to be released…

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:36:43 +0000

So with you on Iron & Wine for #1. Timeless sounding, yet totally present in my life throughout the 00′s.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:28:13 +0000

@Todd: wow! Someone more skeptical than me out there in the world! I didn’t think it was possible!

Like I said in the text, the story behind that record isn’t new; in fact, I’ve heard it enough that I tend to ignore it in most cases.

Something rang differently with this record for me. It was immediate that I loved it. It was perfect for the time it found me.

Perhaps someday it will find you?

By: voxbaryton

voxbaryton — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:27:21 +0000

@Todd:

On that note, did you know that Theraux basically did the same thing when he wrote Walden, only he did it in Emerson’s Nice Cabin in Emerson’s backyard? What’s more, “Walden” compresses everything he did over a few years into one year and all of the events are actually symbolic. Is he a fake?

By: Todd LaMondie

Todd LaMondie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:07:57 +0000

Here is my Issue with Bon Iver. I think he is a fake. He went to his Family’s Nice Cabin on their land. He was with his Father and his Brother. He brought his Laptop and DVD collection. They drank beer and ate Venison for a month or something like that. He basically went on vacation. And played the poor hurt indie boy. I don’t know. I just can’t get into it. I think he pisses me off more than anything.

I didn’t mean to sound like such a whiney jerk. It just came out like that.