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Poop Glorious Poop,….2001 what can be said? too much, that’s what. Let’s get to it shall we? abandoned pools – humanistic (extasy) great peeps, great songs & great production – fans of Ken Andrews & Tommy Walters should invest in this one. It’s always great to find a new surprise and trust me this one came out of nowhere and it reared its’ head up high & stayed there. treble charger – wide awake bored (nettwerk america) 2 words – EAR – CANDY, ok you need more than that? How about 4 – P’s, – perfectly polished power pop. There!…

1. Bob Dylan – Love and Theft 2. Earmight – Monk 3. Avalon Blues – A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt 4. Loudon Wainwright III – The Last Man On Earth 5. White Stripes – White Blood Cells 6. Rufus Wainwright – Poses 7. Rachelle Garniez – Crazy Blood 8. The Detroit Cobras – Life, Love and Leaving 9. The Derailers – Here Come the Derailers 10. Junior Brown – Mixed Bag Hi Poop people how are you? I almost didn’t make it in, thank god poopster Zip reminded me of the deadline and poopster Lange hooked me up via…

1. GILLIAN WELCH – Time (The Revelator) Gilly continues her less-is-more musical philosophy. Sometimes haunting, sometimes jubilant, always exquisite. For God’s sake, give David Rawlings his due credit. This is the last time I’m going to tell you, Gilly! (See Gillian Welch bootleg below.) 2. RYAN ADAMS – Gold He may be the only guy in America who may have benefited from 9/11 but that really can’t be held against him. The fact that as a person he can be something of an asshole can be. Luckily he sure knows how to tap into that American thang. 3. VARIOUS ARTISTS…

What I Listened to in 2001 There seemed to be a gap from mid-September on, but this is what I remember listening to and enjoying, of course, in no particular order: Nick Lowe – The Convincer • Having turned his attention from rock to sweet-sounding quiet tunes, Nick turned out an outstanding set. I still dig his mood. Dave Edmunds – Hand Picked • The other half of Rockpite self-reteases an eclectic set of (mostly) acoustic songs raging from classical to Elvis to Mason Williams. With a new replacement heart valve, Dave is in good form Bob Dylan – Love…

How the time flies! I can hardly believe it’s time to be compiling the poop again already. Well, as usual, there seemed to be a lot of music that I liked this year, and also a ton that I missed out on. Fortunately, no longer working at a record store, I didn’t have to hear a lot of low grade crap over and over. Here’s a cheer to small blessings. I seem to be getting set in my ways as I age, and I’m going to be a whopping 52 this year, so you’ll probably see a number of familiar…

2001…I have purchased more music during this year than in any other single year that I can recall. Unfortunately for POOP purposes, very little of it was new music. I’d be hard pressed to come up with 10 top picks of 2001 based upon the new releases of this year. It’s not as though I’m jaded. I’m very enthusiastic about the music I found in 2001. So for my purposes and as if anyone really cares, I’m disregarding the original release date of my picks and listing those things that I have truly dug. Obviously dominated by 60s-70s Italian soundtracks….

Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot This record reflects the musical climate better than any other, and in a most unfortunate way, in that it’s impossible to discuss the music without first looking at the business end of things. It’s absolutely beyond my comprehension that the music industry has become such a quagmire of crapulence that the same company that released Van Morrison’s most challenging and rewarding works would reject this and set the band adrift. Welcome to the modern world. It is especially egregious when one considers the economics involved. This is a band with such a built in, die-hard audience…

What I listened to during this very difficult year… David Gray – White Ladder Joe Henry – Scar Lucinda Williams – Essence Pete Yorn – Music for the Morning After Ryan Adams – Gold John Mellencamp – Cuttin’ Heads Alison Krauss + Union Station – New Favorite Matthew Ryan – Concussion Gillian Welch – Time(The Revelator) Various – A Nod to Bob (Tribute to Bob Dylan) Shelby Lynne – Love, Shelby John Hammond – Wicked Grin Buddy & Julie Miller – Buddy & Julie Miller Raul Malo – Today Keith Jarrett Trio – Inside Out Jubilant Sykes – Wait For…

Every year, it’s the same thing. The contributors to the grand tradition of Poop List-dom are witty, brilliant and entertaining in their recounting of the previous year’s offerings. Every year, funny things are said, insightful comments made. This year is obviously no different. The only thing different is me. I’m here to provide my list as-is. There won’t be any embellishments or crazy phrase dropping. Names, thoughts, words. That’s it. To the point and without the usual brouhaha. Joy. As per usual, my list won’t descend in order from greatest to worst, but in whatever order I’ve managed to pull…

Top 10 of 2001 1.) Modest Mouse – The Moon + Antarctica 2.) Nick Cave – No More Shall We Part 3.) Lovage – Songs To Make Love To… 4.) Mogwai – Rock Action 5.) Bright Eyes – Oh, Holy Fools 6.) Tomahawk – Tomahawk 7.) The International Noise Conspiracy – A New Morning 8.) Fugazi – The Argument 9.) Murder City Devils – Thelema 10.) The Priests – Street Walker

It’s January 31,2002 as I write this and reflecting upon the year past, I think it’s safe to say that 2001 didn’t exactly go as planned. Between planes flying into buildings, anthrax, and the revitalization of that god damn Lee Greenwood song, there were enough disasters to last a lifetime. Thankfully, there was enough good music being released to get me through those dark days I spent fretting over the whereabouts of Dick Chaney. By the way, have we found Mr. Enron yet? It looked like some heartless, soulless robot at the state of the union address. Oops, my mistake,…

Fix’s Favorites of 2001 1. Wilco — – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2. Divine Comedy — – Regeneration (Alphabetical) • BRMC — – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club • Bjork — – Vespertine • Cannibal Ox — – The Cold Vein • Fugazi — – The Argument • Ocean Colour Scene — – Mechanical Wonder • Jim O’Rourke — – Insignificance • Pernice Brothers — – The World Won’t End • Radiohead — Amnesiac And finally, can’t we please stop yapping about The White Stripes and The Strokes?!

1. Bob Dylan – Love & Theft 2001 was a great year for new music but this record is on a much higher level. That Dylan and his band were able to create this music in a couple of weeks is amazing! I can’t believe how great the playing is on this record. The lyrics within each song lead the listener through so many different moods and settings. The vocals are spellbinding. The I distance between Dylan and everyone else has never been greater. 2. Lucinda Williams – – Essence 3. Bruce Springsteen – – Live in New York City…

AS my wonderful girifriend likes to say, life exists in pairs of mutually dependent opposites, observed by the Japanese as ying vs. yang. You can’t have the concept of night without day, love without hate, happiness without sadness, or good without evil. In other words, opposites attract, well, I saw music along those lines this year. Not that every album had a ying to its yang, but I did feel like each record had a sister album, one that should be viewed right next to it’s big brother, so, for Mark’s accounting purposes, let’s say the first of each pair…

TONIGHT LET’S ALL MAKE LOVE IN LONDON AS IF IT WERE THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND ONE.’ – ALLEN GINSBERG. 1967 Well, did’ja? Did any of the predictions for 2001 come true? Other than my prediction from last year’s PoOp that ‘It’ll all end in tears’ and that Bush would have us all in concentration camps, et cetera. Life has resumed, PoOp is back in bloom, and the horrors of Sept. 11 are behind us now. Are they? At first I was unsure of whether to continue with PoOp, but then I decided that yes, I’ll go with it, and…

The best thing I heard during 2001 was that many record companies were going to lower CD prices in order to compete with Napster and other similar music sharing websites. The best music I heard is listed below. The following is not in any particular order. Pete Yorn: Music for the morning after – A really nice record from beginning to end. Coldplay: Parachutes – – A good record (and they are better live). This may have been released at the end of 2000. Lucinda Williams: Essence – – I liked many of her songs in the past, but I…