It’s May, 2007– that means this site just turned 5 years old. There wasn’t any of this “reverse-chronological dated entries” business going on back then, just a simple list of the records I was listening to, and a review of (and about 5 mp3s from) The New Pornographers‘ Mass Romantic, a record that was already 2 years old at that time (remember that the Matador edition from 2003 was a reissue of the Mint Records original that came out in 2000).

You know, things have really changed a lot in these last 5 years, and it’s really just not the same out there, by any means.

And so it is, with heavy heart, that I must hereby announce the closing of this site.

Nah, I’m just kidding. Here’s one of those NP’s songs– one of the first songs I ever posted:

::: The New Pornographers - The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism :::

Peep this first Mix playlist, too. I can’t imagine throwing a mash-up (like that McSleazy track) into a mix these days, much less a freakin’ joke/skit like the “Ms. Cleo Prank Call!” And god forbid I should post a Kinks song– can you imagine??? The Major Label Digital Rights Gestapo would be bustin’ down my door in like 2 minutes.

1. Blackout Curtain - Now It’s Overhead
2. Caring Is Creepy - The Shins
3. Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks
4. Following Through - Dismemberment Plan
5. Ms Cleo Prank Call - Ms. Cleo
6. Oogum Boogum - Alex Chilton
7. The 1900’s - Tiara
8. Everything Hits At Once - Spoon
9. The Last Thing - Jon Chinn
10. It’s Gigantic - McSleazy
11. Rat Or Mole? - Sushirobo
12. 20th Century Man - The Kinks
13. Very Best Years - The Grays