The Shortlist

In truth, it's the long list for the Shortlist:

TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
Wrens - Meadowlands
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Scarling - Sweet Heart Dealer
Oceansize - Effloresce
Keb' Mo' - Keep It Simple
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Bob Schneider - I'm Good Now
Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
David Bowie - Reality
Muse - Absolution
Cesaria Evora - Voz D'Amor
Eagles of Death Metal - Peace Love Death Metal
Bebel Gilberto - Bebel Gilberto
Buckethead - Bucketheadland 2
Bad Acid Trip - Lynch the Weirdo
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is a Butterfly
Phil Kline - Zippo Songs
Blanche - If We Can't Trust the Doctors
Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
Neil Young - Greendale
Holly Golightly - Truly She Is None Other
Macy Gray - The Trouble With Being Myself
Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine
Rufus Wainwright - Want One
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me
Magnetic Fields - i
Patti Smith - Trampin'
Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
Dead Prez - Revolutionary But Gangsta
Slum Village - Detroit Deli: A Taste of Detroit
Amel Larrieux - Bravebird
Josh Ritter - Hello Starling
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In the Hands
Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter - Oh, My Girl
Jem - Finally Woken
Juana Molina - Segundo
The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
Café Tacuba - Cuatro Caminos
Non Prophets - Hope
A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
Teitur - Poetry & Aeroplanes
Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
Air - Talkie Walkie
Ty - Upwards
Elbow - Cast of Thousands
Galactic - Ruckus
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
Simple Kid - 1
Julieta Venegas - Si
Travis - 12 Memories
Gary Jules - Trading Snake Oil for Wolftickets
Van Hunt - Van Hunt
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
The Honorary Title - Anything Else But the Truth
Dios - Dios
Phoenix - Alphabetical
The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Keane - Hopes and Fears
Jaylib - Champion Sound
Melt Banana - Cell-Scape
Peaches - Fatherf—er
The Coral - Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker

not a bad list if bebel was removed.

Keb Mo should be on a short list of negroes who need to be shot.

Shortlist for what?

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Keb Mo should be on a short list of negroes who need to be shot.

is this really necessary….

it's the doodle version of mercury music prize… a big olde award to stimulate sales

Yes, it is. Anyone who would do this deserves to be shot.

Bluesman Keb' Mo' at first declined to sing "Folsom Prison Blues," saying he was disturbed by the lyrics.

''He said, 'That's a good song, but I can't sing it,' '' Stuart recalled. ''He said, 'That line about ''I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die,'' that turns my stomach.' I said, 'I understand that, so let's change it.' We recorded it, and he changed the line to 'They say I shot a man in Reno, but that was just a lie.' We got it down on the first take, and I said, 'Let me tell you about that line you just changed: That's one of the most sacred lines in country music.' ''

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Keb Mo should be on a short list of negroes who need to be shot.

is this really necessary….

If you want Keb Mo shot for his musical crimes (which isn't without it's merits) then you should've stated "Keb Mo is one artist who should be shot"

"Keb Mo is one negro who should be shot" leads us to think you want him shot because he's a negro. Which I hope is not your feelings.

BTW…is "negro" more or less pc than "black". Just wondering, because I refuse to use the bullshit term "African American"

No, those were not my feelings.

Originally posted by Bollocks:


"Keb Mo is one negro who should be shot" leads us to think you want him shot because he's a negro. Which I hope is not your feelings.

less pc. negro went out in like the 60s

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
less pc. negro went out in like the 60s

Thank you, I'll stick with black then.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Wrens - Meadowlands
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Muse - Absolution
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
Air - Talkie Walkie
Elbow - Cast of Thousands
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Keane - Hopes and Fears

I know the top 10 doesn't come out for another couple weeks, but that would be my top ten.

I'm sure the reviewers top 10 will be more diverse with acts like Dizzy Rascal, The Streets and Loretta Lynn added.

And I think the committee will give the prize to Loretta Lynn.

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
less pc. negro went out in like the 60s

wrong!
it's back…
http://www.uppity-negro.com

anyone see the City Paper a few weeks ago?

Originally posted by Celeste:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
less pc. negro went out in like the 60s

wrong!
it's back…
http://www.uppity-negro.com

anyone see the City Paper a few weeks ago?

take out the hyphen if you want the right website (uppitynegro.com)

i read about it in CP too.

Just call me black, thank you. We as a people change nickname like every decade or so, so I don't expect white people (or anyone else for that matter) to keep up with them.

But negro is a bit dated. Just FYI.

So are mohawks and 80's music, but that doesn't stop some people from wearing them/ listening to it.

Originally posted by pepper*sans*salt:


But negro is a bit dated. Just FYI.

True, Rhett. But those people are WRONG.

good point.

Originally posted by pepper*sans*salt:
True, Rhett. But those people are WRONG.

I like my site better…they mention the NYT review of Persepolis 2.

Originally posted by pepper*sans*salt:
Just call me black, thank you. We as a people change nickname like every decade or so, so I don't expect white people (or anyone else for that matter) to keep up with them.

But negro is a bit dated. Just FYI.

Let me ask you a question if you don't mind..

How do you feel about the term "African American"? It just seems silly to me. It would be like calling me "Scandavian English" because my ancestors came from there most likely.