Once again, another year’s worth of music put to bed. It’s so hard to sit there and think, “Well, does M.I.A. really sound like #1 material?” I don’t want to say it’s pointless and put down everyone’s hard work, but polls aren’t an acceptable form of consensus in the music critic industry, in my eyes at least. Consensus is what I remember from Ladyfest Philly meetings: endless meetings filled with debate until the group collectively reached a unanimous decision. A year-end poll is quantification with statistics, paling in comparison. (I am really, really excited to run data, if I can get any, through SPSS and see what comes up with it.)

When I am called upon to submit lists for polls, I treat them like mixtapes, with the ordinals acting as the sequence of songs, or artists. I throw all my tunes into a playlist and screw around with them until they sound interesting. I know, I know, my attitude is so, like, flippant.

Doing these shows for WPRB are always a blast because I get to take the whole listmaking thing into another level. I’ve been so down on this year, mainly because I was worried I wouldn’t have enough material to sustain a 3-hour program, but I was wrong. Quite a bit was left out, but many of my favorites from this year made it in.

Other notes: like clockwork, the playlist software died during my show. I think there’s something coded into it that says, “On 12/24 of every year, you will self-destruct.” No lie. The first set really depressed the hell out of me, so I made it super-pop on the second one. I’m back on tonight, 7-10 PM covering for Jon, and it’s going to be an all-vinyl rager.

Last but certainly not least, this show is DoubleSuperFun to do because the one following it is my favorite of the year.

Her Jazz: 2007 Didn’t Entirely Suck… I Guess | 12/24/07 1500-1800 | WPRB 103.3 FM

holland - french grass - love, fluxus
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jay reatard - my shadow - blood vision - N
normal love - the final sarcophagus of darkness - 2007 - N
dinosaur jr - crumble - beyond - N
fire engines - big gold dream - hungry beat
electrelane - at sea - no shouts no calls
low - murderer - drums & guns
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glenn mercer - until it’s clear - wheels in motion
bishop allen - rain - the broken string - N
kate nash - merry happy - made of bricks
georgie james - more lights - places - N
blue screaming - gunpoint - messthetics 101 - NC
slade - do we still do it - in for a penny: raaves & faves
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tiffany evans - girl gone wild - tapemasters inc: the future of r&b, vol 14 - C
M.I.A - boyz - kala
sarolta zalatnay - zold borostayan - sarolta zalatnay - N
celebration - pony - the modern tribe - N
tickley feather - natural natural - 7″ w/ serpents of wisdom - N
shellac - paco - excellent italian greyhound - N
f’ed up - the black hats - year of the pig 12″
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clockcleaner - human pigeon - babylon rules - N
these are powers - funeral xylophone - 7″
bottomless pit - repossession - hammer of the gods - N
brad laner - circumscribe - neighbor singing
home blitz - my town - home blitz - N
tegan & sara - back in your head - the con
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tomorrow’s friend - who asked you anyways - past old demos
prinzhorn dance school - spaceman in your garden - prinzhorn dance school
yelle - a cause des garcons - pop-up
fiery furnaces - my egyptian grammar - widow city - N
feist - i feel it all - the reminder
patton oswalt - america has spoken - werewolves & lollipops
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holy ghost! - hold on - 12″
LCD soundsystems - north american scum - sound of silver
love of diagrams - cool - love of diagrams
sonic youth - im not there - im not there OST - N
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explosions in the sky - the birth and death of the day - all of a sudden i miss everyone - N

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