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This is me introducing myself.

I used to work with Dennis at the infamous A&B Sound here in Calgary (actually, I think EVERYONE in Calgary worked there at least once...), and we've kinda kept in touch off and on over the years; recently he'd sked me to contribute reviews and whatnot, and I never turn down an offer of free music.

Topics for discussion:

1. I've never owned a Guns N Roses cd; although I recently cheekily joked to my friends that, should Axel and co actually SHOW UP for their recent show here in Calgary, not only would I purchase ONE of their cd's, I'd purchase ALL OF THEM. Sort of in the spirit of "...when pigs fly outta my ass..." Yeah. Well. Um.

2. When I write reviews for metal bands, I'm usually listening to Kylie Minogue; when I write hip-hop reviews, it's usually Dolly Parton.

3. I once spent an entire year utterly convinced that The Tragically Hip's album 'Day For Night' was all about vampires.

4. I've just recently admitted to myself that I do indeed enjoy pop music, and since have become quite the diva; I am still, however, as punk as f**k, and don't you forget it.

5. I am STILL convinced that Weezer's 'Pinkerton' is Rivers Cuomo's version of Madame Butterfly (it's TRUE, goddammit).

6. I believe that Mike Patton is the vocalist of the century, but I'm starting to wish that he'd do a little more than just babble incoherently over japanese-free-form-jazz-metal.

7. I think that the entire Gorillaz concept goes quite deeper than most people realize, being an attempt to alter our collective reality through mass pop hysteria.

8. I really wish Aerosmith would just go away. I really wish Bob Dylan would just go away. I really wish Rod Stewart would just go away. In fact, there are A LOT of people who I think we can all do without, but no one ever listens to me...

9. Given that modern scientific theory posits that the underlying foundation of reality is a intricate mesh of vibrations and frequencies, and that in its essence, music is the result of manipulatiing various harmonic frequencies, I believe that the creation of music at the very least is an attempt to communicate with the universe in its own language.

No, really.

10. I still think Goths look silly in sunlight, and I can't help but giggle every time I hear the phrase 'Christian Rock'.

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That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Top Albums of 2006 (In No Particular Order, As All Of These Deserve Your Attention)(I'm Sorry, I Couldn't Do Just 10)

1. Boris - Pink
2. Built To Spill - You In Reverse
3. The Coup - Pick A Bigger Weapon
4. Graham Coxon - Love Travels At Illegal Speeds
5. Cut Chemist - The Audience's Listening
6. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
7. Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By Sexy
8. Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere (yes, I know the rest of you are sick of this album, but it rubs me all th e right ways...)
9. Isis - In The Absence Of Truth
10. Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
11. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
12. Mogwai - Mr. Beast
13. Murs - Murray's Revenge
14. Outkast - Idlewild
15. Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
16. The Roots - Game Theory
17. SoulPosition - Things Go Better With AJ & Al
18. Teddybears - Soft Machine (consider it this year's Go! Team)
19. Tool - 10000 Days
20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones