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DocBrown

Not too much change since the last time. 34 - Lhasa - La Ilorona Romain, I just noticed this misspelling of "La llorona" (the weeping woman), the same album as my #171, which I also misspelled as "La Llarona." Panam has the correct spelling at his #311. I trust notbrianeno was a...

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Not new albums of course, but Brian Eno's first four solo records have been remastered at Abbey Road studios and released on double 45 discs. I've listened to all four at least once, and this pressing of Another Green World is the best sounding disc in my collection. For the many Eno fans here I hig...

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Long time since new members introduced themselves. Any takers?

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On a totally unrelated subject, Henrik, I think your new signature block is brilliant and something that I should incorporate into my life. On that specific note, LDKitz, your introduction was perfectly respectable and your solicitation of opinion was not nearly as offensive as most we see here. Sti...

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I think Jonathan Safran Foer is my new favorite American author. Making my way through his latest novel Here I Am, and he reminds me of the great 1960s novels of Roth, Updike and Singer. Highly recommended. Edit; also Here I Am is filled with pop music references. I.e "Kanye West is not more cu...

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Send them an invoice, then delete the post. Why should you provide anyone with free online advertising?

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I will let my original list stand with a couple of minor changes; one was non-fiction and one was a brain fart. Q. Is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance eligible? The more I read about it the more it seems to be a very factual memoir. By the same logic, I'm eliminating Dave Eggers. 1. Walter ...

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I don't often play the game but I just recently found a vintage pressing of this album

1. Blue Rondo à la Turk
3. Take Five
5. Kathy's Waltz
7. Pick Up Sticks
4. Three to Get Ready
6. Everybody's Jumpin'
2. Strange Meadow Lark

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Since ListyGuy reminded me that today is the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the British North America Act, I guess I should stretch to 150 songs... 1 Joni Mitchell | River 2 Neil Young | Ohio 3 Stars | Your Ex-lover Is Dead 4 Neil Young | Cinnamon Girl 5 The Tragically Hip | New Orleans Is...

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Arcade Fire in October. Last tour of course they asked the audience to dress in formal wear. What this time: bunny costumes?

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No love here for the Guess Who? Or Bachman-Turner Overdrive? Not one fan of Len's "Steal My Sunshine"?

OK, we also stuck the world with Nickelback, Justin Bieber and Bobby Curtola, not to mention the absolute worst song ever, Terry Jack's "Seasons in the Sun".

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Assuming that you are collating the data in an Excel spreadsheet, you should be able to do a global replace using the ordinal placement and calculating a function for each non-zero value. Something like "If #value!>0, then[100-(sqrt (18.5(#value!-1))]". If you look at the spreadsheets near...

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The formula used will be the same as last time: 100 - [square root(18.5*Placement-1)]. I'm pretty sure the formula is supposed to include an extra set of parentheses. 100 - [square root(18.5*(Placement-1))] Oh yeah, and I've got a little list coming at the last minute. "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doct...

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Notbrianeno, I have updated my list, probably for the last time. Best of luck with the roll out. You're sure to do better than the prior idiot

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Rob, I just wanted to tell you again how much I enjoy your research for this series. I may not stick with you for 117 years, but it won't be for lack of interest.

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Bang Jan wrote:1 | King Crimson | Red
2 | The United States of America | The United States of America
3 | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground & Nico
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Super interesting first list, Bang Jan! I'm sure Henry will be pleased with your #80.

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Was there anyone else who was interested in hosting? I'd hate to cut in front of someone awaiting this poll as eagerly as i have Also, what was the formula used to calculate points last time? Well, you can certainly volunteer me out. I currently don't own a computer (which is one reason I'm not as ...

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As Pierre suggested, I have given your post some thought and struggled with whether a response is even valid. I'm not in your shoes and I don't know that it WILL get better. But it can get better. My youngest daughter is autistic, although that diagnosis covers a huge range of possibilities as you k...

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Here's two thirds of perfection for you then

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As a dedicated HipHead of long standing, I have to note a tradition of the band to freestyle a lengthy instrumental or spoken word bridge during "New Orleans is Sinking" in concert; among the most famous of those is "Killer Whale Tank". Sometimes those bridges became a song thems...

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Drive-By Truckers' "American Band" last year was an explicit protest album.

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Pierre wrote:
Romain wrote:Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and.....
Greenland, I suppose.

I too like to mention that I've been to Chile, even though I've never been to South America.

Apparently they still teach geography in France!

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Hmmm, I'm an very homebody my poor Moonbeam :? Can you imagine I have never been to Paris on 40 years while I am at 1:30 on TGV? :mrgreen: I, too, have never been to Paris, Romain, although I have been to France; just like I have never been to Copenhagen although I have been to Denmark. But like yo...

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Listyguy wrote:Born to Run (which tragically has NO VOTES YET) are also top 20 material.

Here, hold my beer...

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I'm about a quarter of the way through (lots of time off this month). The weather is a good tool for musical exploration, but a lot of the time I feel like an intern...

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An ineligible list but a good read.

http://thevinylfactory.com/features/the ... s-of-2016/

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I just checked La Presse. So far there are three top ten lists of individual critics only.

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Since CokeMachineGlow is no more, perhaps you'd consider this print mag. Alexa rank is 911,573 with 640 links. Not sure how many reviews per month tbh, since I don't have a current print edition. I'm sure it's at least three per issue. Unranked list Angel Olsen | My Woman A Tribe Called Quest | We G...

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Romain, it has been too long since I thanked you for this tremendous labour of love. Rest assured my friend that I still review your submissions regularly. I think this thread has gotten so large now that the Ministry of Culture should fund it as a national treasure!

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Honorio wrote:Wonderful writing, Rob. Many thanks!

I agree

I'm going to revisit me some albums!

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I posted before about enjoying the "My Favorite Album" podcast done by Mr. Jeremy Dylan; he talks with artists (mainly singer-songwriters, mixed with country and indie) and other people in the music community about their favorite albums. Note: Jeremy really loves The Beatles. Yes! That's ...

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Good thread idea, Wesley.

Just started listening to LifeAfter. This will be my first try at a narrative podcast. I'll let you know how it goes.

I see Welcome to Night Vale is still alive and 100 episodes strong. Can you dive in at any point or should I devote a month of my life to it?

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A blogger named Rob Mitchum has created a graphic interface to show EOY album lists. Not nearly as comprehensive as AM, but I thought it may be of interest. Here's the link http://www.diegoolano.com/robmitchum/endofyear/ And his methodology is briefly outlined here http://exclaim.ca/music/article/he...

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I could have sworn we had a recent thread regarding favourite music podcasts, but I was mistaken. To start the ball rolling, here's a list from the CBC. http://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/17828/2016s-best-music-podcasts Anyone have a great under the radar music podcast to recommend? Self-promotion encoura...

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The Radio 2 Top 100 Songs of 2016 100. Mavis Staples, "High Note" 99. Norah Jones, "Flipside" 98. Roxanne Potvin, "I Thought I'd Miss You" 97. Jane's Party, "Coming on Strong" 96. Nigel Hall, "Gimme a Sign" 95. Lauren Mann, "Brave Face' 94. Chlo...

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Alexa rank is around 750,000 with 440 linked in. Checked it yesterday but you beat me to posting it, Bruno!

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Don't remember listening to the series, but my read on it is that the panel (very notable panel!) nominated songs which listeners then voted on. So... ineligible. But that's just my take.

Edit; that opinion is based on the CBC archive, not Wikipedia.

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Dan, I wrote a lengthy PM but it seems to have disappeared into the ether, so let me simply add my condolences. I have been contemplating my retirement recently and have pretty well decided to move to Montréal, a city where I lived very briefly in my youth. I always thought I'd have the good fortune...

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If you are interested in telling people where you stand, giving to a range of progressive charities and looking good, I just got this offer from 6131 Records. Thought I'd pass it along.

http://us13.campaign-archive2.com/?u=37 ... 57817b2b0c

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I remember about a month or so ago he said something along the lines of he was ready to die. He probably knew it was coming. That said, it is still sad to hear of these things. I was listening to Songs of Leonard Cohen last week...really great music. This was in an excellent article in The New York...

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While it doesn't add any news...
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/leonard ... dead_at_82

Edit: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/entertainme ... -1.3846669

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I want to introduce a track by local lady Nuela Charles "Curtain Falls".

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I think it's absolutely deplorable to boycott his supporters over this. Peter Thiel I can understand cos he's rich, but just regular people? Edit: I hope I misunderstood Doc's post, which I might've. idk what 'fellow travelers' means. Also peaceful protests are fine in my book. As I wrote to Peter ...

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I just closed my PayPal account to protest Peter Thiel's 7-figure donation to the Trump campaign. It gave me a little thrill of satisfaction although I know it also eliminates my participation in certain on-line markets. What gave me the idea in fact was the expiration of my RYM subscription. I also...

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Ironically, if I were Hillary Clinton, this would be a wonderful day. After fifty years of social activism, of fighting for kids and women, of taking daily abuse in the media, today she can begin a well-deserved retirement. If I were Hillary I'd start the day with a room service breakfast, schedule ...

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I have never been more spectacularly wrong; back to pessimism. I fear for everyone who lives within 2 metres of sea level because we just lost the climate change war. Edit: As an environmental scientist, this was my first thought last night, as we have already run out of time on this issue and the P...

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http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37907743

Relevant (to AMF) link.

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