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Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Also, best live shows I've seen somewhat recently: TV on the Radio, Broken Social Scene, Grizzly Bear, and Andrew Bird.

And on that note it's past my bedtime, goodnight folks. I'll be checking out some of these albums I'm not already familiar with during work tomorrow. Cheers.
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spinachdip
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Weezer? Blue album was great. Even if you buy that Pinkerton was an okay album (it was not), Rivers and boys are diminishing returns personified.
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@spinachdip: The Green Alum was probably one of the first 15 CDs I've ever bought, and that being said, I CAN'T STAND Weezer now. Pork and Beans is the most idiotic drivel I've ever heard.
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ScottVanPeltIsMyHero
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
I'll throw out a couple of albums from this year that were pretty good and I haven't seen mentioned, though the stuff everyone has mentioned here is exceptional

Ghostland Observatory- Robotique Majestique

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin- Pershing

Wolf Parade- At Mount Zoomer

Death Cab for Cutie- Narrow Stairs

Cold War Kids- Loyalty to Loyalty

Houses and Homes- Bye Bye Blackbirds

and, in terms of single songs, Viva La Vida by Coldplay and Mother Mary by Foxboro Hot Tubs were pretty good.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

@ScottVanPeltIsMyHero: Ghostland Observatory was awesome when I saw them a few months ago.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Other top albums for me (still trying to create an order):

Sigur Ros - With Buzzing In Our Ears We Play Endlessly

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Department of Eagles - In Ear Park

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Kathleen Edwards - Asking For Flowers

M83 - Saturdays=Youth

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Nick Cave - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light

Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
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TheDerridaDrop
12/16/08

@DougOLis: Save for Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, that's one solid list.

Also, TYPE IT IN HOPELANDIC OR IT DOESNT COUNT!
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@DougOLis: I like your style, sir. Particularly Fleet Foxes, Department of Eagles, Nick Cave, Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Okkervil River. I believe this list includes 60 percent of what I listen to on Grooveshark all day at work.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

@TheDerridaDrop: Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

This one's actually Icelandic not Hopelandic
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The Scott Mitchell Report
12/16/08

@DougOLis: @DougOLis: Top 5 for me:

Department of Eagles- In Ear Park

TV on the Radio- Dear Science

Girl Talk- Feed the Animals

Radiohead- In Rainbows (bit of a stretch considering it came out in 2007 but was "officially" released in 2008)

The Killers- Day & Age (like I said before, I know I'll probably get a lot of crap for this one, but there's not a bad song on the album. Maybe I'm just more inclined to like it after how bad "Sam's Town" was)
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DougOLis
12/16/08

@Scott Mitchell Revival Effort: damn solid list but I'm not sure if In Rainbows counts. I'd put it up there too but it was on my '07 list so that'd be kind of weird. Actually, come to think of it, Oracular Spectacular was on it too but quite a bit lower than it is now.

I don't really mind The Killers; besides I know a guy who plays for them on tour.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Am I missing out on TV on the Radio discussion How did this start?
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@DougOLis: when I mentioned Dear Science in response to a Best Albums of 2008 thread. Bloody brilliant.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

@Return_of_ClintonPortishead: ahh, yes, I agree. I'm not sure if it's #1 for me but it's definitely in my top 5. Oddly enough, that's what I'm listening to right now
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spinachdip
12/16/08

@DougOLis: One of the easiest things you can do, but impresses girls for some reason, is cracking an egg with one hand. It's all about the presentation.
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@DougOLis: It's at least top 3 for me. Been in heavy rotation in my car as I find it extremely agreeable to driving.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

@spinachdip: what?
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@spinachdip: I'm drunk too, but...what?
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spinachdip
12/16/08

@DougOLis: Oh, I realized I responded to a post from like 7 hours ago. You'd mentioned something about impressing ladies with wine vs cooking. Refresh FAIL.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

@spinachdip: ahh, ok, I was thrown off by the randomness of the comment
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
As long as some of us are on the music kick, who is everyone's selection for band with a great debut album whose further efforts were continuous disappointments? I'm going with Bloc Party. Silent Alarm was/is a hell of a CD, but everything since then has been crap.
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TheDerridaDrop
12/16/08

@Return_of_ClintonPortishead: How can you discount the masterpiece that is A Weekend in the City? That album is damn near perfect from beginning to end.

Also, something tells me that every Band of Horses album from now is going to be disappointing.
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Monchhichi
12/16/08

@Return_of_ClintonPortishead: Spacehog. Their debut album was amazing...

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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@TheDerridaDrop: Really? I was EXTREMELY disappointed with a Weekend in the City - I thought they traded a unique, driving sound for bottled Euro synth crap. I don't think I've ever been more disappointed by an album than that one. Also I am a big Band of Horses fan, Everything All the Time was spectacular and I thoroughly enjoyed Cease to Begin as well, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it go down from here.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

@Return_of_ClintonPortishead: mostly agreed, but The Prayer was a great song of A Weekend in the City
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TheDerridaDrop
12/16/08

@Return_of_ClintonPortishead: I suppose it makes sense that I didn't hear Silent Alarm until after WITC. And yeah, they do reign it in quite a bit on that album, but I think the mood the album creates is pretty cool (especially if you buy in to the theory that it's a response to the London bus bombings). Also, "Hunting for Witches" must be in the running for their best song.
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DougOLis
12/16/08

@DougOLis: *off
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@TheDerridaDrop: For Bloc Party best songs, the only arguments I'm willing to listen to are Banquet, Luno, and my personal selection : Pioneers.
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OchentaYcinco
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
As an aside, I'm on a plane to Vegas in the morning, and as I'm packing, I find out it's been FUCKING SNOWING IN LAS FUCKING VEGAS! What in the hell is that?
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Jefferson Tardship
12/16/08

@OchentaYcinco: I broke my Vegas cherry two years ago, and it snowed while I was there. It was 50 degrees at the time. I have no fucking clue how this happened. 30 minutes later, it was over.
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
I'm sure this has been discussed, but holy hell do I love grooveshark.
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Chalkdust
12/16/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Rondo, I'm sorry I was skeptical(very doubtful) of you previously. You've made me look like an idiot; it appears you can indeed play point guard and won't be another of Danny's failed guard projects.

/pleasebouncebackpaul
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Lizabelle
12/15/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Ok, don't know if any of you watch the hills, but the whole spencer heidi wedding thing played out tonight...AND HE GOT HER DRUNK AND GOT HER TO DO IT....i love this show
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Le Kangourou de Kataroo
12/16/08

@Lizabelle: HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA.

What kind of weird flesh beard douche gets his fake fiancee drunk and fakes marries her in Mexico?

Oh, that's right - SPENCER.
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Chalkdust
12/16/08

@Lizabelle: The next time on OverAchievers...
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Dr. Michael Mancini
12/16/08

@Lizabelle: I can't wait to see Joel McHale eviscerate them this weekend.
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@Dr. Michael Mancini: Speaking of Joel McHale, did you know he was a walk-on tight end (but never played) on the University of Washington '91 National Championship team? You wouldn't know it from looking at him but dude is 6'4" (though I did notice when Seth Green was on that he looked even more minuscule than usual).
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Dr. Michael Mancini
12/16/08

@Return_of_ClintonPortishead: I did know that. When he's on Conan, he's about the only guest who's eye-to-eye with Conan when shaking hands.
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@Dr. Michael Mancini: Being 6'4"-6'5" myself, other celebrities in this height range include Bob Saget, Tim Robbins, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Tom Selleck, Craig Kilborn, Josh Homme, Vince Vaughn, and possible Clint Eastwood before age took a toll.
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TheDerridaDrop
12/15/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
So my girlfriend has her stupid friend who listens to Nickelback and obviously doesn't like me over, and she's talking about which text has more application in the modern world: The Art of War or The Prince.

My question to DUAN: What sort of mental state do I need to be in to make it legal for me to hit her until she leaves?
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@TheDerridaDrop: I'm gonna go with cognizance.
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Le Kangourou de Kataroo
12/15/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Hey kids! how's it going?
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notthequarterback
12/15/08

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I'm currently suffering from meat exhaustion.

When was the last time a team threw 2 picks in the opposing team's end zone and still won by 20?
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Andy Hutchins
12/15/08

@notthequarterback: My guess is a Pats team from last year. Got to be a lot of red zone chances (i.e. big play passing game) against an above-average secondary.

Speaking of, should we find a way to do trivia somewhere with others?
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notthequarterback
12/15/08

@Rock You Like An Iracane: Cleveland is 17th in pass defense, hardly above-average. And those passes were both passes originating FROM the red zone...and they were both horrid passes.

Not sure about trivia...you're never playing anymore, so I think we all assumed you weren't interested.
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Andy Hutchins
12/16/08

@notthequarterback: I mean somewhere other than GSTD, and open it to more people ('Spinners or others) who might be interested.

I will make a sincere effort to make it to GSTD tomorrow night; 10 PM, no?
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notthequarterback
12/16/08

@Rock You Like An Iracane: Next game is Topper trivia on Wednesday night - the Sunday night game is always going too.
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VTBen
12/15/08

In reply to Lemme Know It's Christmas Time At All
Great game tonight, but if Kevin Kolb is this team's future then we're fucked. Bring on the Skins next weekend!
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VTBen
12/15/08

@VTBen: And by "great game" I mean "we did better than a tie."
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TheDerridaDrop
12/15/08

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Has anyone started a "best song/album of 2008" DUAN thread yet? If not:

Best song/album of 2008?
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VTBen
12/15/08

@TheDerridaDrop: "Lord I'm Discouraged" by The Hold Steady and their new album "Stay Positive."

End of Discussion.
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ClintonPortishead
12/15/08

@TheDerridaDrop: my tastes run indier than most, but: TV on the Radio - Dear Science; Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal; Man Man - Rabbit Habits.
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The Scott Mitchell Report
12/16/08

@Return_of_ClintonPortishead: Good call on TV on the Radio. It took me a while to come around on them but "Dear Science" is a ridiculously good album.
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ClintonPortishead
12/16/08

@Scott Mitchell Revival Effort: I'm not sure if you've listened to it in it's entirety, but now that you're a confirmed fan you should really listen to Return from Cookie Mountain. It's a very different sound than Dear Science but the authorship and entirety of scope are really commendable. Dave Sitek is a genius.
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