You’ve Got PoOP! – Main Pooplists Analyisis 09

MarkR — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:31:44 +0000

February 2010

Dear POOPster:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. So said Darles Chickens . . . or something like that . . . as well as a few of this year’s contributors in their various musings. In our perennial January rite, 34 POmpous and OPinionated self-righteous musical hedonists have contributed their usual critical flatulence to this, the 23th Annual POOPlist. After all these years, I think it’s fair to say that our serious love/fascination/addiction for/with/to music of every variety might now qualify as “a pre-existing condition,” not that that will have any future benefit. But regardless of a nation mired in political poop, The State Of POOP, our POOP, is strong.

If you’ve been here before, feel free to skip this paragraph. As usual, I’ve attempted to tabulate the entries and, as is customary, I’ve employed the time-honored What-The-Hell’s-He-Talking-About-Anyway System. One more time, I’ve given 2 points to each pompoid’s Top 10 choices and 1 point to each title beyond a Top 10 or in the variously designated “honorable mention” categories (up to 25 titles in all). Audits are welcome.

And now the POOP answer key:

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1 – PHOENIX – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 24 POINTS (appearing on 12 out of 34 lists)

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2 – NEKO CASE – Middle Cyclone 22 (13)

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3 – WILCO – Wilco (the album) 20 (10)

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4 – YO LA TENGO – Popular Songs 13 (8)

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5 – JAPANDROIDS – Post-Nothing 12 (6)

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6 – VARIOUS ARTISTS – Where the Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 10 (5)

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7 – ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Merriweather Post Pavilion 9 (5)

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7 – REIGNING SOUND – Love and Curses 9 (5)

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9 – GRIZZLY BEAR – Veckatimest 8 (4)

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9 – VARIOUS ARTISTS – Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Other-Worldly African-American Gospel [1944-2007] 8(4)

You can see all the 09 Poops at a http://pooplist.net/category/pooplists/pooplist-09/ or in the navigation to the right ->

Good bathroom reading everyone.
Mark R.
Grand NincomPOOP

THE CONTRIBUTORS

Peter Aaron – Saugerties, NY
Richard Allen – Sayville, NY
Ken Beck – Cranford, NJ
Kent Benziger – Newburgh, NY
Tim Broun – Woodstock, NY
Paul Cangelosi – Kingston, NY
Duncan Clark – Milton, NY
Damian Cleary – New Paltz, NY
Scott Dell’amore – Rhinebeck, NY
Eric Fine – New York, NY
Jim Finnegan – New Hamburg, NY
Emilio Gironda, Jr.- New Paltz, NY
John Greak – New Paltz, NY
Michael Hodgkiss (Johnny Jah)-Amity, NY
Jamie Hosley – Clifton Park,NY
Mike Jurkovic – Wallkill, NY
Patrick Kennedy – Brooklyn, NY
John Lefsky – New Paltz, NY
Oliver Lodge – Saugerties, NY
Tony Lopez – Kerhonkson, NY
Will Manley – Kingston, NY
Jim Meyers – Kingston, NY
Mike Miller – Cuba, NY
Matt Nerney – Kingston, NY
Irv Rosen – Philadelphia, PA
Mark Rosen – New Paltz, NY
Raissa St. Pierre – Germantown, NY
Jeff Schwartz – Green Brook, NJ
Andrew Stewart – Rhinebeck, NY
John Stewart – Bloomington, NY
Bill Still – Kingston, NY
Tom Whalen – New Paltz, NY
Dan Wilmer – Brooklyn, NY
Mark Zip – Woodstock, NY

For Jack

You’ve Got PoOP!!!!

Mark Zip — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:54:00 +0000

February 2008

Dear Comrades-In-POOP:

Let there be POOP. And there was. And it was good.

At age 21, POOP enters adulthood. After two decades of blather and bile, POOP seems to have taken on a life of its own. We’ve developed quite the tight community of music lovers who each year, with a little cajoling, faithfully bundle their favorites into cute little lists. It’s all very sweet. I feel like a proud papa (to quote one list). This year a record 36 fans, fanatics and people with some serious record collecting issues have bundled.

If you’ve been here before, feel free to skip this paragraph. As usual, I’ve attempted to tabulate the entries and, as is customary, I’ve employed the now time-honored What-The-Hell’s-He-Talking-About-Anyway System. One more time, I’ve given 2 points to each pompoid’s Top 10 choices and 1 point to each title beyond a Top 10 or in the variously designated “honorable mention” categories (up to 25 titles in all). I’ve pro-rated titles above 25 listed titles, hence the half-points. Basically, the more titles you listed, the less each one counted or something like that. Somehow it works.

So find a comfortable chair and ask, “Let’s see where he buried my list this year?” I present: the answer key:

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1. WILCO – Sky Blue Sky 22 (appearing on 13 of 34 lists)

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2. AMY WINEHOUSE – Back To Black 20 (10)

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3. NEIL YOUNG – Live at Massey Hall 1971 17 ½ (11)

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4. SPOON – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 16 ½ (10)

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5. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Magic 15 (8)

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6. RADIOHEAD – In Rainbows 14 ½ (10)

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7. PANDA BEAR – Person Pitch 13 (8)

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8. I’m Not There original soundtrack – 10 ½ (7)

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9. ROBERT WYATT – Comicopera 10 (5)

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10. IRON AND WINE – The Shepherd’s Dog 9 ½ (7)

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11. DINOSAUR JR. – Beyond 9 ½ (6)

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NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – Challengers 9 ½ (6)

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ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS – Raising Sand 9 ½ (6)

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14. LEVON HELM – Dirt Farmer 9 (5)

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15. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS – 100 Days 100 Nights 8 ½ (5)

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THE SADIES – New Seasons 8 ½ (5)

Good bathroom reading everyone.

Mark R.

Papa POOP

(Web pompoid Zip adds: Approximately half a dozen PoOPs remain to go up on the web. That will happen soon…)

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You’ve Got PoOP! – Main Pooplists Analyisis 09

You’ve Got PoOP!!!!