My Favorite Albums of 2004

Never has a year of my life passed so quickly. Seriously. Even as I write this article, I accidentally started writing October. And that, ladies and gentleman, is my excuse. 'Excuse for what?' you ask? 'Everything,' I reply.

But right now I'm using this excuse for the lack of qualified candidates for this year's Album of the Year. So I offer a solution. Instead of calling these the Albums of the Year, I'm going to change the title to My Favorite Albums of 2004. Why? Because there are probably better albums out this year. The sad fact is, I just haven't heard them. So without further ado... I present...

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NBC, You're Fired

I have curtailed my television watching down to a bare minimum over the past few years primarily because there isn't anything good on anymore (save Seinfeld reruns and Malcolm in the Middle).... I do however find myself watching the television news in the mornings on occasion and I almost vomit when the inevitable soft news portion comes on.
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Judy is a Punk

I managed to get out to the movies this weekend (this time successfully)and see End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones. Not being a huge Ramones fan, I can give my unbiased opinion that this was a so-so movie at best. When asked if it was about the rise and fall of the Ramones I replied, well, there wasn't much of a rise, 'cause they never made it really big, and therefore it wasn't much of a fall. Overall it was kind of a bland movie that had a lot of early band footage, and some colorful commentary from Dee-Dee Ramone. I think hardcore fans would really like this movie, and for the rest of us, well, it makes you think maybe you could be a rockstar.

"Make me a mix tape, something old and something new..."

That's right, in the tradition of The Promise Ring, creation of the ultimate mix tape is a goal of many. So I present to you a list of great mix tapes that Jamie and I have put together over the past few years.