plenty happened this year that i know nothing about. just thought it might be interesting to write about how my musical tastes evolved this past year. other things happened that are of a lot more significance than what happened to me.
2006 was significant because i moved away from the people who had influenced my musical tastes the most over the previous 2 years. it was tough; there's no way around it. of course, even if i hadn't gone anywhere, one of them moved anyway, and things might not have been the same. anyway, the most significant development of 2006 is the possible demise of thievery corporation, my favorite musical act for the past while. they fell victim to changing tastes, more than anything. i've gone more down the indie pop, singer-songwriter, americana roads lately. look at the concerts i've gone to this year: i saw rhett miller 3 times, the elected twice, jenny lewis, voxtrot, calexico, neko case, daneilson, tv on the radio, and norfolk & western. there were others - am, tom clark & the high action boys, garrison starr, the frames, ray's vast basement, and loch lomond all played at shows i saw, and most provided above-average music or i wouldn't have remembered their names. loch lomond arguably outshone headliners norfolk & western, but also turned in one of my favorite performances out of any of these acts. martha wainwright probably is the best opening act i missed; she sang on stage with neko and was excellent, so i am sorry i couldn't bring myself to head out early and see her set.
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i gotta say your list still sounds pretty influenced by moi. and your earnestness surpasses mine this year by like a million percent. the last couple years i accidentally bought and loved the much-praised indie press albums of the year. this year, on quite the other hand, i can not recall buying any CD's since belle and sebastian in february, which i assume will not be release o the year. i hardly recognize myself. i need the music gods to descend with a prepackaged 'music melissa will love' collection.
yes, i may have worded things somewhat with a suggestion that i am growing up and moving on, but really the only thing i am moving on from is the music i listened to before we met. funny, i knew i wouldn't remember every concert i went to, but there was this belle & sebastian free show i didn't have tickets for where i stood outside the enclosed area, staring at the stage from an awful angle and straining to hear much of anything.
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