hi guys, kinda late w/ this.I'm not usually in the habit of making lists (because i can never remember what i liked, when i got them and because i change my mind all them time or never even decide if i like something). however, the zorn list and its top tens have been an important resource to me over the years so i thought i should write something,for what it's worth. so here's my list of stuff i like( i think)that i can remember. A bit more pop oriented at the moment. here goes... Top 25(?) discoveries of 2002 1. Stasis Duo live at the Planet Café in December (quiet restrained live electronic Improv(?)) 2. Kanchelis pieces performed in Melbourne the night i went(This man knows the value of restraint and never overeggs his compositions) 3. Qua live and Avocado live (laptop pop for the former and ditto plus harmonicas and guitars(?) if memory serves for the latter) 4. Sage Francis How to Write a Political Poem track from Known Unsoldiers (missed his live show but was inpired to check out his CD following positive reviews all round) 5. Harry Nilsson Pandemonium Shadow Show + Aerial Ballet (much better I think than the Aerial Pandemonium Ballet which took songs from both and reworked parts of them and hence doesnt flow as well) 6. Tom Fryers live set at the Collingwood Town Hall (solo guitar thru a Steim(?) black box) 7. The Dirt Bombs live and Ultraglide in Black fun rock& roll 8. Donny Darko 9.Alone a Spanish film I caught on TV(twice) part way through 10. Marcus Schmickler Param 11. Charlemagne Palestine 4 Manifestations of 6 elements (I cant remember when exactly I picked this up but Ill put it in my list anyway As recommended by J Abbey way back when) 12. Little Wings- CD from what I heard of the promo still waiting on my copy voice reminds me a little of Will Oldham) 13. Langley Schools Music Project CD on Basta havent even heard this all the way through 14. Dave Bermans book of poetry Actual Air and the Silver Jews the Natural Bridge 15. The Moldy Peaches Country fair Single first time I heard it made me feel all weird 16. Aesop Rocks Daylight EP 17. Autechre graf gantz(sp?) DVD 18. Themby (?) live at the Planet Café(textured electronics) 19. Stories of DJ Shadow takinit to the future yáll frm friend who attended show 20. David Foster Wallaces Brief Interviews w/Hideous Men & a Supposedly Funny Thing Ill Never Do Again 21. Albert Ayler that hat art(?) live recording in paris i think 22. Beachwood Sparks - Make the Cowboy Robots cry 23. Fuckhead - live at the What is Music Festival in Melbourne (amazing insanity) 24. Dave Eggers - a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 25. Bee Gees - I Started a Joke rgrds aaron __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com