happy new year (again)

it's the year of the monkey. ryan hates monkeys, especially the ones that rollerskate, smoke cigars, or play hockey. i'm ambivolent. i do hate hockey-playing monkeys, but what about the 'i'm a believer'-singing monkeys?

year of the monkey is supposed to, according to chinese folklore and predictions for this year, "bring many new and unconventional ways of doing things. The motto of this year should be: 'Don't take No for an answer!'" let's hope so, (both in terms of getting caffeine sunday's collective foot in more doors this year, and in terms of the crazy world we all are living in) and also hope that it's a successful monkey year, at that...

happy chinese new year.

cn

Chris' top 10 discs of 2003

it's a new year all of a sudden, so here's my picks for the best music i bought, listened to and loved from last year. if you have top 10 lists of your own, email them in to info@caffeinesunday.com, we'd love to hear what your picks are. and now...


top 10 discs of 2003:

1. dandy warhols - welcome to the monkey house
2. martin gore - counterfeit2
3. daniel lanois - shine
4. rufus wainwright - want one
5. pet shop boys - disco 3
6. blur - think tank
7. massive attack - 100th window
8. fat truckers - the fat truckers' first album is for sale
9. radiohead - hail to the thief
10. david usher - hallucinations

honourable mentions:
erasure - other peopleís songs, bt - emotional technology, 5440 - goodbye flatland

bought this year, listened to in high rotation, but were actually released last year:
sneaker pimps - bloodsport
underworld - a hundred days off
the devils - dark circles
royksopp - melody a.m.
telepopmusik - genetic world
fischerspooner - #1

biggest disappointments:
the dears - no cities left, madonna - american life

still on the to-buy list from 2003:
cause and effect, mescelaros, fountains of wayne, stars, the postal service, metric, manitoba, the hidden cameras, audio lava, the white stripes

most missed:
joe strummer, johnny cash

least missed:
canadian idol, mike comrie

happy new year everyone!

cn