Very, Very, Very Optimistic: countblastula

countblastula

Very, Very, Very Optimistic

Dec 08, 2009 12:14

Not only is the end of the year drawing nigh; for those of us whose entire existence revolves around making tedious lists there's the extra bonus this year of being able to rank our favorite things of the '00s. (And yes, in the list-making community it is accepted as gospel that the decade begins with the 0 year, not the 1 year as some historians would have you believe.) It's a big job, going over 10 years of lists and figuring out which items have aged well and which should merely be considered embarrassing remnants of the '00s if there is yet such a thing. Unlike in the 90s, I was already old when the '00s started so I really don't have much perspective on the culture, having retreated into my own little world years ago. All I know for sure is that the '00s was the warmest decade in history and that I got married, bought a house, made a few awesome albums and acquired many small pets.

While I'm working on my end of the decade lists, I thought it would be a good opportunity to re-post my end-of-year lists from the past 10 years.

Here are my 2000 tedious lists verbatim as posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2000. I haven't tested the URLs to see how many of them are still active, but you can if you'd like.

Favorite albums of 2000:

1. Aimee Mann - Bachelor #2
http://www.aimeemann.com/nav.html

2. Kitty In The Tree - Hello Kitty
http://kittyinthetree.com/

3. The Shazam - Godspeed
http://www.theshazam.com/

4 The Sugarplastic - Resin
http://www.sugarplastic.com/

5. Powerpuff Girls Soundtrack - Heroes and Villains
http://www.rhino.com/features/75848p.html

6. Chris von Sneidern - 2 cute 2B 4 Gotten
http://www.sirius.com/~sircvs/2cute.html

7. Papas Fritas - Buildings and Grounds
http://www.papasfritas.com/

8. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
http://elliottsmith.com/

9. XTC - Wasp Star
http://chalkhills.org/product/WaspStar.html

10. John Wesley Harding - Confessions of St. Ace
http://wesweb.net/recordings/st.ace/index-jsi.html

11. Robyn Hitchcock - A Star For Bram
http://www.robynhitchcock.com/

12. CvS - Live Start Lifting
http://www.sirius.com/~sircvs/log.html

13. Michael Penn - MP4
http://www.epiccenter.com/EpicCenter/MichaelPenn/

14. Joe Jackson - Night And Day II
http://www.sonyclassical.com/music/89261/

15. Stew - Guest Host
http://www.stewmusic.com/host.html

16. Anton Barbeau - 17th Century Fuzzbox Blues
http://www.antonbarbeau.com/albums.html

17. International Pop Overthrow Volume III
http://www.sandplum.com/ipo/

18. Supergrass - s/t
http://www.islandrecords.com/supergrass/

19. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue II
http://www.billybragg.co.uk/

20. Big Hello - The Orange Album
http://www.bighello.net/

Honorable mention - Splitsville - The Compleat Pet Soul, which would
have been #1 had it been a legitimate release.

Favorite live shows of 2000 that I did not participate in:

1. Greenberry Woods/Splitsville - Vinyl, LA July 28th
2. Chris Collingwood/ Kara's Flowers/ The Cowsills/
The Waking Hours/ Kenny Howes/ Buzzie - El Rey Theater, LA July 30th
3. Moxy Fruvous - Great American Music Hall May 25th
4. John Wesley Harding - GAMH Dec. 11th
5. Robyn Hitchcock/ Grant Phillips - GAMH June 21st
6. Owsley - Bottom Of The Hill Feb. 5th
7. Little Tin Frog/ Deathray - Inn of the Beginning April 29th
8. Push Kings - Bottom Of The Hill Jan. 27th
9. Dave Davies/ Hi Fives/ Cuban Heels - Cocodrie April 21st
10. Wonderboy/ Randell Kirsch - Garden Grove July 29th

Favorite live shows of 2000 that I did participate in:

1. Bigwheel/ The Supers/ Foxymorons/ The Now People/ Doug Powell -
The Gig, West LA Aug. 3rd
2. CvS - Living Room, Orcas Island Jan. 16th
3. CvS band - Cafe Du Nord, May 5th
4. Anton UK/ Negro Problem - Old Ironsides, Sacramento Feb. 25th
5. CvS band/ Anton UK/ The Masticators - Starry Plough, Aug. 4th
6. CvS - Berbatis Pan, Portland April 10th
7. Anton UK - Cafe Millazzo, Sacramento July 21st
8. CvS/ Big Hello/ John Faye/ Masticators - The Gig Aug. 2nd
9. Tom Bishel's Bigwheel - Borders, San Mateo June 16th
10. CvS - Showbox, Seattle Jan. 14th

Favorite TV shows that I saw in 2000:

1. Sheep In The Big City
2. Futurama
3. Powerpuff Girls
4. The Simpsons
5. Blind Date

Favorite "new" restaurants

1. Golden Era - San Francisco
2. Golden Lotus - Oakland
3. Paradise - San Rafael
4. Signature Thai - San Rafael
5. Lotus Indian - San Rafael

Favorite books read:

1. Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates - Tom Robbins
2. The entire "Hitchhikers Guide" series.
3. Stranger In a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
4. Lolita - Vladimir Nabakov
5. Hanging Out With Cici - Francine Pascal

Favorite cheeses of 2000:

1. Parrano
2. Gorgonzola
3. English Cheddar
4. Parmesan
5. Feta

And here's a playlist of some of my favorite songs of 2000 that I made just today:

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