jaymc commented on A Long Listmaking Exercise For A Long Weekend, at 4:53 PM on Jul 8 Oh, and 2008 = Hercules and Love Affair more »

jaymc commented on A Long Listmaking Exercise For A Long Weekend, at 1:02 PM on Jul 8 Oh what the hell. 1979 Michael Jackson, "Off the Wall" 1980 Steely Dan, "Gaucho" 1981 Kraftwerk, "Computer World" 1982 Donald Fagen, "The Nightfly" 1983 Philip Glass, "Koyaanisqatsi" 1984 Prince, "Purple Rain" 1985 The Cure, "Staring at the Sea: The Singles"* 1986 XTC, "Skylarking" 1987 Fleetwood Mac, "Tango in the Night" 1988 Sonic Youth, "Daydream Nation" 1989 The Pixies, "Doolittle" 1990 The Sundays, "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic" 1991 Talk Talk, "Laughing Stock" 1992 Pavement, "Slanted and Enchanted" 1993 Digable Planets, "Reachin': A New Refutation of Time and Space" 1994 Pavement, "Crooked Rain Crooked Rain" 1995 Sonic Youth, "Washing Machine" 1996 Tortoise, "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" 1997 Stereolab, "Dots and Loops" 1998 Tortoise, "TNT" 1999 Sleater-Kinney, "The Hot Rock" 2000 Tara Jane O'Neil, "Peregrine" 2001 Life Without Buildings, "Any Other City" 2002 Interpol, "Turn on the Bright Lights" 2003 OutKast, "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" 2004 Erlend Oye, "DJ Kicks" 2005 Kelley Polar, "Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens" 2006 Girl Talk, "Night Ripper" 2007 Field Music, "Tones of Town" *cheating a bit since this technically wasn't released until early 1986, but it's a comp that covers 1979-85, and I really couldn't find any other candidates more »

jaymc commented on "Forbes" Proves The Young And Rich Get Richer (Unless You're A Musician), at 3:20 PM on Dec 5, 2007 Did they deliberately choose the worst photos of all of these people? more »

jaymc commented on Obama Vs. Clinton: Whose Musical Taste Sucks More?, at 3:16 PM on Dec 5, 2007 @jessdolator: Yeah, I'll slip it to him when we're smoking cigars in the hot tub at the after-party. more »

jaymc commented on Obama Vs. Clinton: Whose Musical Taste Sucks More?, at 2:34 PM on Dec 5, 2007 Since I'm in one of the bands playing Obama's Chicago benefit show, I'm going to have to side with him here. more »

jaymc commented on "Stylus" Bids Farewell With LCD Soundsystem, at 6:13 PM on Dec 4, 2007 @Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee: Nope, Stylus closed on Oct. more »

jaymc commented on The Decline And Fall Of West Coast Pop Punk, at 5:48 PM on Dec 4, 2007 For the record: 1996 vs. more »

jaymc commented on The Decline And Fall Of West Coast Pop Punk, at 5:44 PM on Dec 4, 2007 @katieee: Q101 actually played Eminem briefly in 2000, then mysteriously forgot about him a year later. more »

jaymc commented on The Decline And Fall Of West Coast Pop Punk, at 5:34 PM on Dec 4, 2007 Pop-music stats crunched in Excel = totally up my alley. more »