2003 ~ good, bad, laugh, and scorn... my top 20 CDs, etc whatever...

["Temmesfeld, Daniel" <dtemmesfeld@eim-inc.com>]

(because Barry asked...)

(and, wow, I didn't know that Zak Morgan got nom'd for a Grammy... that's cool...)



Top 20 CDs of 2003:
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 01 Time Lapse Consortium         Time Lapse Consortium         
 02 Office of Strategic Influence Office of Strategic Influence 
 03 Over the Rhine                OHIO                          
 04 Radiohead                     Hail To The Thief             
 05 Jason Ludwig                  Pell Mell                     
 06 Outkast                       André3000: The Love Below     
 07 Celldweller                   Celldweller                   
 08 Sting                         Sacred Love                   
 09 Nelly Furtado                 Folklore                      
 10 Ashley Peacock                Precursor -EP-                
 11 Michael Kelsey                November                      
 12 Placebo                       Sleeping With Ghosts          
 13 The Fire Theft                The Fire Theft                
 14 Johnny Cash                   Unearthed BOX                 
 15 Tomahawk                      Mit Gas                       
 16 Travis                        12 Memories                   
 17 Ric Hordinski                 When I Consider How My Light...
 18 Ani Difranco                  Evolve                        
 19 Opeth                         Damnation                     
 20 Finger Eleven                 Finger Eleven                 

honorable mentions:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * Evanescence "Fallen" (half of it was new)
 * Our Wedding's CDs (http://www.pixieprincess.com/wedding/music/)
 * My first hack-job of a remix album "Unfolding Auragami"
    * thankfully not available anywhere but my CD shelf...


DisappOinting CDs Of 2003:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * I hOnestly can't think Of tOO many Of thOse...
   Other than a bOring and pOOrly mastered One...
   which I shall nOt mentiOn...


My favorite "just got into them" Artist(s):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 > Majors:
   ======
  * Heatmiser (ironically weeks before the sad day of 10/21)
  * Opeth (wow!)
  * Pedro the Lion
  * Yann Tiersen
 > Indies from Cincinnati:
   ======================
  * Noctaluca / Jason Ludwig
  * Kim Taylor
  * Ryan Adcock (I'd seen him, hung out with him
     before, but just recently got his 2 *amazing*
     CDs.  great voice.)


Best Concert(s):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * A Perfect Circle, Hara Arena, Dayton-OH
 * Radiohead, Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls-OH
 * Over the Rhine, Moonlite Gardens, Cincinnati-OH
 * Ashley Peacock/Maery Lanahan/Noctaluca, York Street, Newport-KY (twice)
 * That1Guy and the Magic Pipe, Mad Frog, Cincinnati-OH
 * Tomahawk/Melvins/Skeleton Key, Newport Music Hall, Columbus-OH
 * Glen Phillips/Gus Black, Top Cat's, Cincinnati-OH
 * Toad the Wet Sprocket, Bogart's, Cincinnati-OH
 * DJ Logic/Project Logic, Blue Note, New York-NY
 * not a concert, but... Michael Moore @ Xavier University


Worst Concert/Performance:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Why did I have to sit through Pearlene at the CEAs?
     * Even still, why did they win anything?


Top 5 Movies: (in no order, and I know I'm forgetting some great ones)
~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
 * X-men 2
 * Lost In Translation
 * I don't remember #1
 * I don't remember #2: Electric Boogaloo


Worst Movie:
~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Gigli   (by far)
   * It was only lacking paprika...


Worst Service Award:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Cody's, Clifton, Nov 24th... holy crap...

done with 2003 now,
Dan

np: fishbone - he psychotic friends nuttwerx

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