allen is probably listening to, at any given time:

tom waits • uncle tupelo • r.l. burnside • son volt • belle & sebastian • massive attack • g.s.y.b.e. • mogwai • looper • pj harvey • johnny cash • deathcab • pavement • air • bjork • st.etienne • e.b.t.g. • neko case • built to spill • lucinda williams • rufus wainwright • radiohead • henry rollins • the old 97's • rainer maria • aesop rock • dj shadow • the magnetic fields • whiskeytown • kid koala • amon tobin • john coltrane • beth orton • victoria williams • the shins • kasey chambers • bright eyes • modest mouse • jeff buckley • the pixies • the jayhawks • jimmy smith • m83 • sage francis • iron & wine • beastie boys • the decemberists • the weakerthans • prefuse 73 • hem • songs:ohia • boards of canada• rachels • rjd2 • four-tet

...not that that narrows it down much.


Wednesday, January 30, 2002
i'll be at the breeders show at the shim-sham on saturday. will you?

i'm excited. i mean, kim deal was in the pixies! it'll be kind of like seeing preston school of industry because scott kannberg was in pavement. except, well, p.s.i. sucked, and i went to that show to see the shins anyway. maybe it's more like going to see eric clapton, who was in cream. you love the old stuff, but that's not the only reason to go...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
concrete blonde just released a new album today. how i didn't know this was happening until now, i'm not sure... after eight years, a retrospective 'best of' collection, and that weird "cb & los illegales" disc, johnette napolitano is back with her dark, beautiful voice in the setting it was made for, all three original members... from my first quick run through the disc, they've picked up practically where they left off. i can't wait to hear more.
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Friday, January 11, 2002
better. late. than. never: my 2001 top ten albums.

10. ryan adams, gold
9. andrew bird's bowl of fire, the swimming hour
8. radiohead, amnesiac
7. lucinda williams, essence
6. branvan3000, discosis
5. old97's, satellite rides
4. the strokes, is this it
3. the shins, oh, inverted world
2. jay farrar, sebastopol
1. gillian welch, time the revelator

honorable mentions:
11. rainer maria, a better version of me
12. the white stripes, white blood cells
13. the frames, for the birds
14. bjork, vespertine
15. rufus wainwright, poses
16. sparklehorse, it's a wonderful world
17. spiritualized, let it all come down
18. mercury rev, all is dream
19. stephen malkmus, stephen malkmus
20. bob dylan, love and theft
21. the avalanches, since i left you
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