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Todd’s Favorite Albums of 2009

By Todd | Published: December 30, 2009
The problem with maintaining a digital music library is that it gets so easy to acquire that there’s hardly time left to appreciate. So while I easily listened to over 100 new releases in 2009, each met with at least a modicum of enthusiasm and anticipation, looking back there were only a handful that truly [...]
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Todd’s Favorite EPs of 2009

By Todd | Published: December 18, 2009
Maybe it’s a result of my hampered attention span, or maybe it’s a noncommittal fear stoked by the ceaselessly fast churn of new musical acquisitions as demanded by the perpetually buzzing hive mind of blogging culture, but I really felt drawn toward the EP format this year as a way to discover and indulge in [...]
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Further Complications

By Todd | Published: December 6, 2009
Please stand by as we sort through some behind-the-scenes tommyrot and technical rigmarole. We pray this will only be a temporary inconvenience. In the meantime, please to enjoy some Jarvis.
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Take Me Round Again: The Friedbergers Cover the Friedbergers

By Todd | Published: November 19, 2009
Eleanor Friedberger – “Ray Bouvier” Matthew Friedberger – “Take Me Round Again” Songs removed by label request. Feel free to download this track instead: “Keep Me in the Dark (Eleanor Friedberger version)” (from Take Me Round Again) Well, it was a fun idea in theory. Kudos to Matt and Eleanor for following through on a [...]
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Heavenly Arms

By Todd | Published: November 17, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Lou Reed – “Heavenly Arms” (from The Blue Mask) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] El Perro del Mar – “Heavenly Arms” (from Love Is Not Pop) In an obvious sign of aging, I’m starting to appreciate The Blue Mask more than just about any other Lou [...]
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Carl Sagan (feat. Stephen Hawking) – “A Glorious Dawn”

By Todd | Published: November 9, 2009
Carl Sagan (feat. Stephen Hawking) – “A Glorious Dawn” Today marks what would be the 75th birthday of Carl Sagan, noted astronomer, agnostic, exobiologist, and turtleneck enthusiast. He’s perhaps most popularly recognized as the host of the 1980′s PBS series Cosmos, where he explored the incomprehensible complexities of the universe with a child’s sense of [...]
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Fuck Buttons – Tarot Sport

By Todd | Published: November 6, 2009
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Fuck Buttons – “Olympians” (from Tarot Sport) Lately, I’ve been a little reluctant to write too much about new music. Don’t get me wrong, I still think the whole “writing about music” thing has some value, but every time I read another thesaurus-less blogger gullibly slap the same [...]
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