Life is so short. What can we really hope to accomplish?

This thing, the Internet, has become a pretty interesting... place in the last couple of weeks. First K starts up with this neat idea for a site called FolkCargo. I think that might be real cool if she keeps it up. Who knows? Perhaps it's her thing.
Killer Buds have started a new site that is still sort of in a beta stage, but looks promising. Eventually you'll be able to download ALL of their attempts to stain the cosmos. See, they believe the first take is the best take and everything's worth recording. You can see for yourself. Downloads are free and quick. And will be updated frequently, we hope. Tell any of us what you like and what you hate. Somebody's gotta edit this shit.

NOTE: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is a great title for a pretty good short story by Harlan Ellison.

Faves

I thought it might be a good time to tell you all (y'all) about my favorite albums of last year.


Artwork/Album - my fave album also features my fave artwork:

Panda Bear blew me away early last year and it still does. I think you may hear lots of albums that sound like this one very soon. The style sounds weirdly appropriate for things right now, and I guess that's what the really good stuff does. The collage work in the sleeve suits the material just fine. The artist's name and website -- Agnes Montgomery.

#2 - Battles
This is strange stuff, but I like it. My coworkers make fun of me when i play it.

#3 - Animal Collective
I thought about placing this at #2, because its probably the album I've listened to most. BUT, it has some really boring parts in the second half. Admit it.

#4 - James Blackshaw
I know it sounds kind of slow and repetitive at first, but that's just your vanity. There's beautiful guitar work on The Cloud of Unknowing, and it always ends up having a big effect on me.

Those are the big ones for me. All in all a really good year for music.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Mirror by Tarkovsky is not a good movie. No matter what anyone tells you!

New Mix

This is a mix made up of songs either newly released or rereleased in '07. In either case, I heard them all for the first time in 2007. Click on the title of this post to d.l.