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Friday, February 3rd, 2012While Bernadette Lange’s PoOP did not get to us in time for inclusion in the annual pooling of swill on paper, we’re happy to add her bloviations to the rest of the upchuck. Plus, she’s a girl…. So there’s that. Benadette Lange Poop ’11 Share
Main Poop Analysis 2011
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Dear Poopster Shoot off the fireworks. Pop a bottle of your best champagne. Bang a gong. Get it on. It’s the silver anniversary of POOP: our 25th annual rite of self-important pontification. Perhaps a deluxe edition is called for, with bonus lists. After a year marked by the tsunami in Japan, tornadoes in Joplin, an [...]
John Stewart Poop ’11
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012I really had a hard time finding a top ten in 2011. This past year it was all about the 99 Percent and Occupy Wall Street. What they did was change the conversation from the balanced budget to the lack of economic equality that exists in our country. The New York Mets of English Football? [...]
Jim Meyers Poop ’11
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon 1. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & the Harlot Melodic melancholy that sounds sepia tinged and dusty but never depressing. Dave Rawlings is my favorite acoustic guitarist under the age of Richard Thompson. Worth the eight-year wait. Buy New or Used via amazon 2. Wilco – The Whole Love [...]
Andrew Stewart Poop ’11
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon 1. Bon Iver / Bon Iver This transcendent, atmospheric folk album defies logic, a shimmering narcotic elegy to loves that never were, and places that don’t exist. High-wire brilliance. Buy New or Used via amazon 2. TV on the Radio / Nine Types of Light TVoTR finally hit their [...]
Eric Fine Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Wow, Mark… 25 years of PooP!!! Congratulations!!! Although I know I have not been there since day 1, it sure feels like I have been pooping my whole life! I think 2011 is the year I finally I felt old. Tons of my favorite bands from years ago put out records, although I did not [...]
John Lefsky Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012One of the hardest years to pin down a top 20. It seems like every time I turned around, there was some new music to be heard: some by old standbys and a lot by new acts. A couple of labels seemed to stand out (Sacred Bones, Trouble In Mind). Looking at my list from [...]
John Greak Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012POOPLIST 2011: the Randy “Macho Man” Savage Memorial Edition This is all last minute, of course – why think about any of it? In some particular order, here are my favorite records of 2011. Enjoy? Buy New or Used via amazon Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Mirror Traffic In the name of all [...]
Bill Still Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Against the advice of my male friends and for the advice of my female friends here goes my strategy for this years list… granted, many women have been named in past lists, but not nearly as many as men. 2011 seemed to be dominated by women. Adele and the passing of Amy Winehouse aside, never [...]
Damian Cleary Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012pooplist 2.0.1.1. … Buy New or Used via amazon earth: angels of darkness, demons of light vol. 1: Buy New or Used via amazon horseback: the gorgon tongue: impale golden horn+forbidden planet Buy New or Used via amazon battles: gloss drop Buy New or Used via amazon tim hecker: ravedeath 1972 Buy New or Used [...]
Duncan Clark Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon 1. THE DECEMBERISTS – The King Is Dead – No themes. No prog rock. Just simple literate direct songs by a band that is hitting its peak. Even watching them in concert in a drenching rain did not dampen my enthusiasm for either the band or the album. Buy [...]
Patrick Kennedy Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 31st, 20122011: ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER LIST WITH GODDAMN VIDEO GAMES ON IT This entire year I worked a shift from 11pm to 7am Mon-Fri, and therefore found myself catching up on sleep during almost all available free time. Still, I did listen to at least 10 things, see 10 movies, and play 10 video games (barely). [...]
Jim Finnigan Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012Occupy PoOP 2011 Wherein we lowly and scruffy protesters get to choose the top 1%! Well, it was not the most exciting year for recorded music, but there certainly was a lot of it! Some rays of hope will soon shine on the masses with the appointment of our newest beloved leader! My On-U year: [...]
Matt Nerney Poop ’11
Monday, January 30th, 2012Well, I spent most of the year meandering down memory lane, listening to old favorites, in an attempt to brainwash my children into becoming a bit more like dear old dad. I get a real kick out of hearing my kids sing along, words seared into memory, to songs I know they’ll never hear on [...]
Dan Wilmer Poop ’11
Monday, January 30th, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon 1. The Black Keys – El Camino Is there any working band in as much of a groove as the Black Keys? “Lonely Boy” and “Gold on the Ceiling” may be my two favorite songs they’ve ever written. The album is full of fast-paced fun that mixes it up [...]
Scott Dellamore Poop ’11
Monday, January 30th, 2012Click image for complete .pdf of Scott’s PoOP (opens in a new page/tab> Share
Irv Rosen Poop ’11
Friday, January 27th, 2012What I listened to in 2011 Greetings from Florida, not exactly the center of the musical universe but…. Buy New or Used via amazon Nick Lowe – The Old Magic Not only did he know the bride when she used to rock and roll, but he knew her when she grew old. Gracefully. Intelligently. Quietly. [...]
Jamie Hosley Poop ’11
Thursday, January 26th, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon 1. The Cave Singers: No Witch – My favorite album of the year. Nice mix of styles that bring a dark groove to their folk roots. Buy New or Used via amazon 2. The Vaccines: What Did you Expect from The Vaccines – Sun, fun and catchy tunes, that’s [...]
Tom Whalen Poop ’11
Thursday, January 26th, 20121. The Field ‘Looping State of Mind’, 2. Balam Acab ‘Wander/Wonder’ 3. James Blake ‘James Blake’ 4. Burial ‘Street Halo’ EP 5. Pure X ‘Pleasure’ 6. Julianna Barwick ‘The Magic Place’ 7. Shabazz Palaces – ‘Black Up’ 8. Gang Gang Dance ‘Eye Contact’ 9. Ganglians – ‘Still Living’ 10. Washed Out ‘Within and Without’ 11. [...]
Kent B Poop ’11
Thursday, January 26th, 2012A lot of good new stuff, but nothing great except in the Jazz and Reissue bins. Highest marks go to Disco Inferno (we weren’t ready for them in 1992), George Jones, Fania Retrospective, Craig Taborn, Ambrose Akimusire and almost all African compilations. Formidable Fourteen Charles Bradley – No Time for Dreaming / Bombina – Agadez [...]
Tim Broun Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 24th, 20121. The Vinyl District Record Store Locator app (available for iOS and Android) (The Vinyl District/Shoutem) Buy New or Used via amazon 2. Tom Waits – Bad As Me (Anti) Buy New or Used via amazon 3. Brian Olive – Two of Everything (Alive) Buy New or Used via amazon 4. Booker T. Jones – The [...]
Mike Miller Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012as much as i have thought it to be a cop out in the past…i’m not sure the concept of the whole album or cd release really worked in 2011. not for me anyway. yeah there were a few nice things released & among those some truly great moments. a couple tracks on the new [...]
Mike Jurkovic Poop ’11
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012occupy poop! it’s embarrassing to think anyone still cares about this crap or even has the time to ponder it based on the sands of time runnin’ out on our democracy. . . that the only music we should have been listening to & adding our ragged voices to was the global chant for justice [...]
Mark Zip Poop ’11
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon Katie B – On A Mission (Rinse / Columbia) Among all the BRIT School graduates who made waves this year (Adele, Jamie Woon, Rizzle Kicks, Amy Winehouse), Katie B was by far my favourite. Last year’s contribution to the Magnetic Man album (featuring the brilliant lyric “something, something, something…”) [...]
Paul Cangelosi Poop ’11
Saturday, January 21st, 2012Buy New or Used via amazon WILD FLAG – S/T (Merge): This disc is the real standout of the year for me. Harmonies and major guitar chops from both Carrie and Mary with Janet’s pounding backbeat keep this disc in the cd player. Buy New or Used via amazon Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey [...]
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