Best of 2002 & New in 2003??

[Dan Temmesfeld <dtemm at yahoo_com>]

my last post of the year...

Top 20 CDs of 2002:
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 # : Artist : Title : Label : What Is It?
 1 : Silverchair : Diorama : Atlantic : Aussie
hardrock
 2 : Jurassic 5 : Power In Numbers : Interscope :
     rap / hip-hop
 3 : Sigur Ros : ( ) : PIAS : heaven in a headphone
 4 : Tori Amos : Scarlet's Walk : Epic : alterna-pop
 5 : Jughead : Jughead : Inside Out : rock supergroup
 6 : Ty Tabor : Safety : Metal Blade : rock singer-
     songwriter
 7 : Jelly Jam, The : The Jelly Jam : Inside Out : 
     rock supergroup
 8 : Alanis Morissette : Under Rug Swept : Maverick :
     rock singer-songwriter
 9 : Ashley Peacock : Don't They Have Machines for
     That Now? : Dream Thief : acoustic singer-
     songwriter
10 : Holly McNarland : Home Is Where My Feet Are : 
     Universal Canada : rock singer-songwriter
11 : Peter Mulvey : Ten Thousand Mornings : Signature
     Sounds : acoustic singer-songwriter
12 : Nuno Bettencourt : Population 1  : Universal 
     Japan : rock singer-songwriter
13 : Coldplay : A Rush of Blood to the Head : 
     Capitol : British wussrock
14 : Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton : Irony 
     Is A Dead Scene EP : Epitaph : noisy-calibrated-
     mathematical-weird-deathmetal
15 : Ani Difranco : So Much Shouting, So Much 
     Laughter : Righteous Babe : acoustic singer-
     songwriter
16 : Bill Mallonee : Fetal Position : Paste Music : 
     acoustic singer-songwriter
17 : Audiovent : Dirty Sexy Knights In Paris : 
     Atlantic : hardrock (Incubus' little brothers)
18 : Fantomas-Melvins : Big Band Millennium 
     Monsterwork : Ipecac : noisy-spooky-acid-trip
19 : Tribe of Judah : Exit Elvis : Spitfire : hard 
     art-rock
20 : Chevelle : Wonder What's Next : Epic : hardrock

breakdown:
~~~~~~~~~
three (3) Ty Tabor side-projects in the Top 10
six (6) international artists (Iceland, Australia, 
   Britain, Japan & 2 Canadians)
two (2) Mike Patton side-projects
two (2) Extreme-related bands

...and then...

Top DVDs of 2002 (in no particular order)
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Amelie
An Evening With Kevin Smith
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring -extended-
Monsters, Inc.
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Disney's Song of the South
Glen Phillips _Abulum_ DVD

The Simpsons, Buffy, Angel, and Futurama sets go
without saying... and The Back the Future Trilogy
hasn't been procured yet...

...and then...

Looking forward to in 2003:
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 + OSI - Office of Strategic Influence
 + Caedmon's Call's 6th full-length, non-bsides album
 + Derek Webb's solo debut
 + Celldweller's debut
 + A Perfect circle's 2nd album
 + Mike Patton vs. the X-ecutioners
 + Tomahawk's 2nd album
 + Peeping Tom's debut album
 + Radiohead's 6th full-length album
 + Over the Rhine's 7th (?) full-length, non-bsides
   album
 + King's X's 10th full-length album
 + Nirvana boxset
 + Andre & Big Boi of Outkast's solo debuts
 + Glen Phillips live CD
 + Glen Phillips 2nd solo album
 + Glen Phillips w/ Nickel Creek CD
 + John Petrucci solo debut

the ever-long-awaited...
 + Steve Taylor's 6th album, follow-up to 1993's
   Squint
 + Mitch Hedberg's 2nd album
 + Saviour Machine's Legend III:II
 + Monk's promised in "August of 2000" album, non-Xmas
   follow-up to the "O" EP
 + Cut Chemist's 2nd solo album

and most likely something from...
 + Ani Difranco
 + Fiona Apple (she's overdue)
 + Ben Folds
 + Dream Theater
 + Elliott Smith (he's overdue)
 + Tenacious D
 + Bill Mallonee (it's been a month, he's overdue)
 + U2 (maybe?)
 
Dan

np: fantomas - the director's cut


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