2003 Wrap Up - Music

In the grand tradition of all printed media, December shall include liberal sprinklings of Best of 2003 lists.

My top 5 albums of 2003, in alphabetical order:
Ben Folds - Speed Graphic / Sunny 16 (they were EPs, people.)
Erin McKeown - Grand
The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
The Postal Service - Give Up
U2 - Zooropa (I know this was not released this year, but I listened to it a lot, so it's on the list.)

Top tracks of 2003 not represented on a top album:
The Thrills - Big Sur
Ryan Adams - So Alive
Regina Spektor - Us, Poor little rich boy
British Sea Power - A Wooden Horse
Belle and Sebastian - Step Into my Office, Baby
AIR - Alone in Kyoto

This 2003 list is brought to you courtesy of Apple's iTunes, Mary and the WZLY musical archives, WXPN's monthly mailings and viewers like you!

custom sweats, part two

Tomorrow, Jane and I will be ordering New Year's gifts. She said, post it to the blog, and see if anyone calls you. So, call me if you want custom sweats, and if you don't, you get a boring sweats with no text at all. Or maybe a cardigan twinset with matching headband to wear to your tea parties.

Our newest, coolest customer

It's not often that we get customers that are recognizably cool. But today, Bitch magazine signed up for a mailing list.
In case you are not sure they are cool, they once did a cover photo that was nothing but Peeps. Pink Peeps. I think that says it all, really.

And so, because I like to support our customers, I will bring to your attention the fact that Bitch is currently desperately in need of new subscribers. I will be subscribing. Someone who shall not be revealed will be getting a subscription for Christmas. But, everyone else, maybe you should think about getting gift subscriptions for other cool people for Christmas. They are only $15, and everybody loves getting stuff in the mail! And then, you can encourage your friends to give people THEY know gift subscriptions. And then, they will have plenty of money to pay for their mailing list forever!

If you got custom sweats, what would they say?

My dream: custom sweats for christmas. My dilemma: no one else cares.

You can't have custom sweats if you don't know what they're going to say! Oh, sure, you could just put your name on them, but I've already had a sweater with my name on it, and I don't need to relive the experience.

"Geeks United" has been proposed. I think it's a good idea, but I think the silent majority is trying to say (silently) "That's a stupid idea, Helen. I wouldn't be caught dead in a sweatshirt that said Geeks United." Being psychic isn't as great as it seems, folks.

Mary, of course, will be getting a custom t-shirt for christmas. What will it say?

Front: TAMPONS.
Back: you know you wanted me to say it.