Here are my entries to the Voice poll, with a couple new additions and some order juggling. Every year at this time I'm grateful I'm not obligated to listen to everything, and these lists help me keep in touch with stuff I might not otherwise chase down. I was dumbfounded to see Pareles pick the Yeah Yeah Yeahs as his number one CD of the year, but as Milo miles said, "He's in New York, he'd get lynched if he didn't pick them…" The New Pornos swept me away early on, and kept me coming back all year. Cash's set was early, bound to get … [Read more...]

Where have I been? Jess Harvel RULES, especially love his piece on Zep, where he dubs Robert Plant "a praying mantis in a fright wig." … [Read more...]