Our Lady of Perpetual Hell

This list musta been compiled by Yuppies. Meh. Some of those posters are pretty ordinary (I mean, I understand the retro appeal of the Beatles, Cash, and Presley posters but they’re not really very special otherwise) and I don’t like that fucking psychedelic hippie shit at all, and didn’t anybody from Billboard save any posters from LA punk rock shows in the late 70s? [rolls eyes]

And this should be on the list, sez me:

Yeah–alright, fine–I’m biased. But so are all the lists that are elbowing each other for room on the interweb this time of year.

I’m not much of one for making lists, but I do like reading them.

So, we’re gonna post some lists here. And it ain’t the royal “We” I’m using here, either. I’m gonna have some help (because, as I said, I prefer reading lists over writing lists).

For the past little while I have been sharing music online with a handful of music-loving friends of mine. Aaron, Craig, Chris, and I have what I refer to as our “clubhouse” at Box, where we smoke stolen cigarettes and eat candy and read comic books and post songs for each other.

I’ve found that it’s a good way to get introduced to new music that the others have found and it’s also good for edjamacational purposes. F’r’instance, Aaron is a longtime fan of electronic music while I am a newbie to the genre and our clubhouse is a place where he has been able to introduce me to the “classics” as well as allow me to sample various flavours to see what I like and what I don’t like. I have gone on to buy lots of music based on my friends’ recommendations. Because, y’know, my friends have excellent taste. (Well, except for Craig.)(I keeed! I keeed!!)

When the “Top [whatever] of 2007” lists started showing up all over the place, I thought I might as well add to the glut. (And yes, Mom. If all my friends jumped offa the Bluewater Bridge, I would, too.) What we’re gonna do here is this: Aaron, Craig, Chris, and I are gonna post our “10 Songs We Loved This Year” lists—along with mixes so you can lissen to ‘em. Now, keep in mind that these aren’t “best of” lists; they’re “favourites” lists. We aren’t pronouncing judgement, here. And the songs that turned out to be our favourites in 2007 may not necessarily have even been released in 2007, but this past year was the first time we stumbled acrosst ‘em. I’m shooting for Dec. 22 as the publishing date for this and the boys are busily compiling their lists now. I—being the hopeless procrastinator I am—will prolly wait ‘til the evening of the 21st to come up with mine.

Okay, I realize I’m kinda all over the place tonight… Where was I? Oh yeah, the concert posters.

Back in my Records On Wheels days, my friend & coworker Christine useta hand-paint t-shirts for friends and she made one for me that featured that green and black Whisky A Go-Go ad on the front (and thanks to Tony for the image!) and X’s members’ portraits from the live album on the back…

It was a wearable work of art, I tellya! How I loved it!! I wore that thing so much the cotton tee is practically transparent now. The paintings still look great, though, so I wish I could figure out how to cut them off that raggedy-ass tee and sew them onto a new shirt or a jacket or someat–I don’t suppose anybody reading this has any advice about that sorta thing…?

Incidentally, speaking of the LA music scene, KROQ’s “Almost Acoustic Christmas” webcast is this coming weekend. It features Silversun Pickups and Spoon on Sunday night. (H/T to PopCandy.)

Oh. And. This month, Craig is posting Christmas songs daily over at his Short Bus Musings. Getcher daily dose of sugarplums over there. ‘Cause if I did that ‘round here, it’ll be more along the lines of…