When i came on this site a few years ago, i found the community here to be delightfully eclectic, each user having an admirable musical pedigree, i'd find myself constantly tripping over new and brilliant recommended artists and although there was there the occasional flavour of the month and the ever present and marred by downs-syndrome Radiohead, this was still a pool of intelligent users with intelligent taste.
However. This is the bit you won't like reading. Upon glancing at the Best of 2008 list i've rather given up a large portion of my faith in this community, with only…

Found a really good christmas compilation.

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Here

Featuring Elliott Smith, Grizzly Bear & Sufjan Stevens so you knows it's good.

I just got my hands on Bob Mould's Workbook
Recommended by the sublime Elliott at wall of sound.

I must say it's the best record i've listened to for a hell of a long time, tempting even to sacrifice the remainder of my cuisine cash for some Sugar records.

.. First journal in a hell of a long time too actually

List your three favorite cover versions of previously recorded songs.
1.Get Down Make Love
2.Vertigo
3.Godzilla

List three songs you’d like to hear cover versions of, and the artists you like to hear perform them.
1.Staring at the Sun by Nine Inch Nails
2Space Oddity by Muse
3.Clubbed to Death by Modwheelmood

List three songs you would like to cover, if you could. (Assume you would have the musical abilities to do it well.)
1.Screamin' Eagle
2.Casimar Pulaski Day
3.The Way Out is Through

This has no doubt been found before, but today i discovered that on Self Destruction, part two by Nine Inch Nails theres a sample from David Bowie's Time, its the words "Falls wanking to the floor" Somewhere around four and a half minutes in.

The ever clever world of music.

The Genesis of my Journal here..
i really like this place so far, being a bit of an audiophile. I've discovered a few new artists via this place too, namely my new love; DJ Shadow ,Blood on the motorway & Building steam with a grain of salt are just epic.
Anyway thats all i have to say…….for now.