contact has been made

I look like a monkey, and I like to fling pee

Ok, it doesnt’ make much sense, but it rhymes, OK?

I have officially entered my mid-30s.

What am I going to do about it? Well, possibly get dressed. Also, I think I’ll list my favorite albums of 2006.

1. Radio 4, Enemies Like This
   This album is awesome. I can’t say enough good things about it, especially since I didn’t really like their last one. This album is a return to their earlier style, only it’s not just a bland re-hashing–it’s a little more complicated and just, well, awesome. I am commanding you to go buy this album if you haven’t already.
2. The Editors, The Back Room
   This is dancey mope-rock in that British Gang-of-four-Ripoff vein. However, it’s catchy, done well, and has an edge.
3. Forward, Russia! Give Me a Wall
   Quirky, a little artsy, on the punker edge of the “dance-punk” continuum.
4. Beck, The Information
   Beck’s released albums ranging from singer-songwritery, bluesy, R&B-inspired, and everything in between. It appears that he’s finally settled on a style all his own– a happy conglomerate of everything, and it works.
5. Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
   I didn’t want to like this album because of all the hype. However, it’s really fun, but not vacant.
6. Matmos, The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
   This one is more melodic and dancey than their previous albums… however, it’s awesome. I think these dudes can do anything.
7. TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain
   Truthfully, I liked their first album better. However, this one is beautiful and laid-back, but with TVotR’s same sense of funky experimentation. Note: It was #3 on NPR listeners’ top 10 list, alongside low-key slow brainiacs as Joanna Newsom and Regina Spektor.
8. Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere
   This album is so freaking fun, it could make most comotose people dance.

Honorable mentions (basically I’m too lazy to make up any more bullshit-witty remarks to say):

• Lupe Fiasco, Food & Liquor
• Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury
• The Strokes, First Impressions of Earth
• Hot Chip, The Warning