Sufjan Stevens
The Avalanche



The Avalanche
The Henney Buggy Band
Dear Mr. Supercomputer


Mission of Burma
The Obliterati



Spider's Web
Is This Where?

Sing

I find myself unable to settle on a ranked order for my aforementioned "Best albums of 2006" list. So instead, I'm just going to randomly highlight some of those achievements as I'm able to get stuff uploaded. Thanks for your suggestions, I mostly ignored them. But, you may notice some agreement in one or two instances anyway.

Tapes 'N Tapes
The Loon



Just Drums
Cowbell
Insistor


Neko Case
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood



Hold On, Hold On
Maybe Sparrow

The Union Forever

All right, kids. It's State of the Union time!

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. And tonight, I have a high privilege and distinct honor of my own -- as the first President to begin the State of the Union message with these words: Madam Speaker.(Applause.)

I guess you've never seen Tip O'Neill in a dress.

Some in this chamber are new to the House and the Senate -- and I congratulate the Democrat majority. (Applause.) Congress has changed, but not our responsibilities.

That's right. It's still the responsibility of Congress to rubber stamp any policy the President endeavors to make.

...We're all held to the same standards, [sic] and called to serve the same good purposes: To extend this nation's prosperity; to spend the people's money wisely;

Wisely? Since when?

...to solve problems, not leave them to future generations;

[Cough]Global warming. [Cough]National debt.

...to guard America against all evil;

If that includes Oprah, I'm on board.

and to keep faith with those we have sent forth to defend us.

You mean like the 3,060 men and women we sent to Iraq to die under false pretenses?

(Applause.)

This economy is on the move...

Just make up your own joke here, I'm not a cheap shot artist.
Wait, yes I am.

Together, we can restrain the spending appetite of the federal government, and we can balance the federal budget. (Applause.)

Apparently, the President's New Year's resolution is to put the government on a diet.

A future of hope and opportunity requires that all our citizens have affordable and available health care. (Applause.)

Good call.

...Private health insurance is the best way to meet their needs. But many Americans cannot afford a health insurance policy.

That's some outside the box thinking, right there. My conventional brain thought that if people couldn't afford private health insurance, then it couldn't meet their needs. I guess that's why I'm not the President.

We must continue changing the way America generates electric power, by even greater use of clean coal technology, solar and wind energy, and clean, safe nuclear power. (Applause.)

Pronounced: "noo-kew-lur" This is an important distinction as nuclear technology can be dangerous and produces radioactive waste. There are no known problems with noo-kew-lur technology.

I Want To Believe

Ego Tripping at the Gates Hell

Do you know how I know Oprah is evil?

Because when she does something good, she does it in such a megalomaniacal way that it reveals the true nature of her evil.