in no order (and with more personal notes)
boxer became really important to me with the development of my friendship with kristen and her boyfriend ike.....this is "their" album, and while standing on the sideline of their budding romance, fake empire especially captured my two dear friends as a couple,.....i cant help listening to this album and smiling knowing that those two are so happy
however here is my choice cut
YouTube - The National- "Apartment Story"
this year i got really into fela,.....i feel as though this is what i've been missing my whole life
YouTube - Fela Kuti "Expensive ****" (1975)
with my first pink dots show under my belt, i have to attribute my new found love of esoteric underground music to the tear garden,....and made in china part two (though i'm not ready for skinny puppy)
YouTube - The Tear Garden - Made In China, Part 2