The Makings Of A List

As requested, her are all 112 bands that received votes for this years Top 40 Bands In America Today list.

LCD Soundsystem, Sonic Youth, Wu Tang, REM, Au Revoir Simone, Magik Markers, Luna, Ryan Adams, Metallica, The Mountain Goats, Drive By Truckers, Rilo Kiley, Sufjan Stevens, Joanna Newsom, The Decemberists, Deerhoof, US of Electronica, Scissor Sisters, Maxi Geil & Playcott, The Shins, Loretta Lynn, Sam Phillips, No Doubt/Gwen Stefani, Jill Scott, Gogol Bordello, The Hold Steady, MF Doom, Usher, Tom Waits, Prefuse 73, Beck, The Strokes, Washington Social Club,...Trail of Dead. Green Day, Mirah, Elliot Smith, Death Cab, Sea Ray, Centro-Matic, Steve Earle, Black Keys, Q and not U, West Indian Girl, American Music Club, Yo La Tengo, Bruce Springsteen, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, The Animators, Group Sounds, Calexico, Stellastarr*, Jay-Z, Ambulance LTD, Marilyn Manson, Merry Pranksters, The Gossip, Ted Leo, GBV, TV on the Radio, Pixies, Spoon, Brian Wilson, Wilco, Interpol, Ween, Eminem, Talking Heads, Modest Mouse, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Postal Service, !!!, Outkast, Fiery Furnaces, Brendan Benson, Jimmy Eat World, Walkmen, Flaming Lips, The Killers, Brian Joestown Massacre, Nellie McKay, Secret Machines, Earlimart, Low, American Analog Set, Ida, The New Year, Twilight Singers, Album Leaf, Audio Learning Center, The Sixth Great Lake, Les Savy Fav, Iron & Wine, Ratatat, Diplo, Kanye West, Madlib, Big & Rich, Scott Heron, Matthew Dear, The Carlsonics, Thievery Corporation, Statistics, Mira, DJ Shadow, Jamie Myerson, Dr. Dre, The White Stripes, Fountains of Wayne, Rufus Wainwright

Also, here are some more MP3's for everyone to download, courtesy of 3hive.com.
Guided By Voices
The Fiery Furnaces
Calexico
Sonic Youth
The Mountain Goats
Sufjan Stevens
The Decemberists
I'm sure there are more on there if you click around a little bit.

I would like to send a sincere thank you to everyone that participated in this year's list and helped make it what it was. Cheers. Anyone that wants to participate in nextyear's list can drop me a line and let me know why you think you should be on next year's panel.

This year's list has really taken on a life of it's own. I got my first links from del.icio.us and Kottke, not to mention a shout out on MSNBC(kind of)! If you have seen any other high profile links that I missed, please pass them along.

So what else has been going on in the world while we debate why my indie rock is better than yours?
Bill Gates gets 4 million spam emails a day. Is this how M$ tests their spam blockers? There's a joke in there somewhere.

Republicans call for privitization of next election.

Toronto and Portland discussing a trade that would send VC to the land of Nike in exchange for Shareef. Word on the street is a few other players might be invloved (Van Exel, Jalen Rose, Derek Anderson) and that Portland wants it to happen. Basically, the ball is in T-Dot's court (pun intended). Expect some other teams to try and jump into the picture if a deal is this close to being done.

Speaking of, Phil Knight steps down as CEO and President of Nike effective in late December. He will stay on as Chariman though.

Note to NY'ers, you know those summer games they just had in Athens. They cost the country $15 billion. That's Billion, with a B.

Page 2 shows us some fan submitted logos for the new Expos.

This is why Gary Payton is so important to the Celtics. Just what I wanted to hear. OH, and DJ Wagz is right, Doc says Al Jefferson has a posse!

Manute Bol blocked!

First the Mets, now the Knicks.

Ozzy says no more Osbournes. The world shrugs.

New Tenacious D movie due in December 2006!

In other news, I am on a total Massive Attack kick right now. Anyone pick up the Danny the Dog Soundtrack? How is it?