Dec. 20, 2006

in rain i consider the words sun and son
how they feel the same, sound the same
how i much i miss the sun and how much i love the rain.

i was standing on the sidewalk outside of work tonight because we had no business. i was drifting around some thoughts about a far older me sitting on my front porch or something, when this transient yelled at me from in front of the next store down...

-you live far away from here???
-yeah man, just a little
-well you'd better drive safe, all these cars....

as the rough guy started walking my way and becoming incoherent in his speech, i thought about how nice it was that a stranger who probably has very little other than himself would take it upon himself to wish me safety. about five feet from me he stopped and started making a little bit of sense again...

-i tell you what. i was driving with a coffee sitting right here (he points to his crotch) and it spilled all over me. totally ruined my privates.
-oh, damn dude
-yeh i also had a really pretty girl with me...

after this he sat on a bench and started muttering some shit that i could barely hear. we sort of sat there and watched the rain fall onto the parking lot, and after about three more minutes of muttering and two more minutes of silence, he got up, told me again to drive safe, and walked off into the night.

i was left fairly amused. he was probably the nicest old guy and i really felt bad about his balls.

alone again in the rain i started to consider the words sun and son,
how they feel the same, sound the same,
are the same. how much i love the rain.

My favorite songs of 2006

By request from the anonymous commenter on the albums list, here is a very rough list of my favorite songs of the year. I tried not to include more than one song by any one artist although I had to in some cases. I highly recommend all of these for download!

28 Animal Collective - Tikwid
27 Bardo Pond - Destroying Angel
26 Excepter - Second Chances
25 Fiery Furnaces - Benton Harbor Blues
24 Magik Markers - Infinite Regress
23 Danielson - Did I Step on your Trumpet?
22 Growing - Fancy Period
21 White Magic - What I see
20 Axolotl - Uroburos
19 Wolf Eyes - The Driller
18 Skygreen Leopards - Marching Band
17 Six organs of Admittance - River of Transfiguration
16 Black Dice - Gore
15 Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - Dead End Days with Caesar
14 Birchville Cat Motel - 55000 Flowers for the Hero
13 Wooden Wand and the Sky High Band - Crucifixion, pt. II
12 Om - At Giza
11 Liars - Drum gets a Glimpse
10 James Blackshaw - Transient Life in Twilight
9 Magic Lantern - At the Mountains of Madness
8 Sunn0))) & Boris - The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)
7 Excepter - If I were You
6 Vetiver - Down at El Rio
5 Liars - The other side of Mt Heart attack
4 Joanna Newsom - Sawdust & Diamonds
3 MV & EE - East Mountain Joint
2 Flying Canyon - At Night When the World Grows Quiet
1 Magic Lantern - Chance Encounter

More lists!

Here are some more year-end best-of lists that are very worth your while to check out:

Phil's List

Ryland's List

Top 50 Albums of 2006

50. Mouthus
Sister Vibration









49. Axolotl/Skaters
Split LP










48. Current 93
Black Ships Ate the Sky










47. Xasthur
Subliminal Genocide









46. Animal Collective
People EP











45. John Wiese
Teenage Hallucination













44. Hush Arbors
Landscape of Bone











43. Entrance
Prayer of Death











41 & 42. Magik Markers
For Sada Jane / Feel the Crayon











40. Juana Molina
Son








39. Birchville Cat Motel
Chaos Steel Skeletons











38. Yellow Swans
Psychic Secession










37. William Basinski
Variations for Piano & Tape [Variation #9: Pantelleria]










35 & 36. Wolf Eyes
Equinox (w/ John Wiese) / Black Vomit (w/ Anthony Braxton)










34. Mammatus
Self-titled











33. No-Neck Blues Band & Embryo
Embryonnck











32. Excepter
Sunbomber EP










31. Vetiver
To Find me Gone














30. White Magic
Dat Rosa Mel Apibus














29. Axolotl
Way Blank













28. Fiery Furnaces
Bitter Tea












27. Mouthus
The Long Salt











26. Danielson
Ships












25. Magic Lantern
Tapes











24. Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice Gipsy Freedom














23. Sightings
End Times











22. JOMF
America Mystica














21. Magik Markers
A Panegyric to the Things I do not Understand















20. Black Dice
Manoman 12"













19. Comets on Fire
Avatar














18. Espers
Espers II

















17. Bardo Pond
Ticket Crystals













15 & 16. James Blackshaw
Walking Into Sleep / O True Beleivers














14. Sunn0))) & Boris
Altar














13. Excepter
Alternation












11 & 12. MV & EE with the Bummer Road
Green Blues / Mother of Thousands










10. Growing
Color Wheel











9. Skygreen Leopards
Disciples of California












8. Six Organs of Admittance
The Sun Awakens












7. Om
Conference of the Birds












6. Birchville Cat Motel
Our Love Will Destroy the World














5. Flying Canyon
Self-titled













4. Wolf Eyes
Human Animal














3. Wooden Wand and the Sky High Band
Second Attention













2. Liars
Drum's Not Dead















1. Joanna Newsom
Ys