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December 1, 2006
The Year in Music: Introduction
The end of the year is just a month away and my promise to write more about music has gone unfulfilled except for a review of the Hold Steady's latest release. So, in honor of a great year, there will be several posts about music to close out 2006, starting with this one.
2006 was a huge year for me in terms of music. I decided at the beginning of 2005 that I was stuck in a musical rut. Yeah, the nineties were awesome but it had been years since I heard anything new that really excited me. I don't think it was coincidence that this musical apathy began around the time the Smashing Pumpkins broke up (thankfully, they're now back together). It was a scary time. Poppy manufactured junk was all over the place and the only rock being played on the radio was too heavy for my taste. So I did some investigating and bought some really great new stuff and became excited about music again.
This year turned out to be even better. I keep a list of all the music I acquire throughout the year and it turns out that I have purchased (yes, I said "purchased") nearly 60 albums this year! Most of these albums came out in 2006 but there are a lot from 2005 that I was slow to catch on to as well, and some albums that came out as much as four years ago.
So what were the best albums, how did I end up buying so much stuff and how do I sort through it all? Answers to those questions will follow over the next few days and weeks. Right now, I'm off to see The Stills at Bowery Ballroom.
Posted on December 1, 2006 at 7:25 PM
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