[bomp] Best of 2002/Shapes of Things to Come in 2003

["colorcoat" <colorcoat@xxxxxxx>]

Ok, here we go with my subjective take (list) on music in 2002* and what
I'm looking forward to this year.
(*Some of it might have been released in 2001 or in one case 1996, but I'm
putting it under the 2002 banner.)

Favorite LPs and EPs of 2002:

All Girl Summer Fun Band-"S/T"
Autumn Leaves-"The Twilight Hours of"
Baby Grand-"Spectrum" (bad band name, good little pop album)
Baby Lemonade-"High Life Suite"
The Beards-"Funtown"
The Cynics-"Living is the Best Revenge"
Detroit Cobras-"Life, Love and Leaving"
Dressy Bessy-"SoundGoRound"
Kent 3-"Spells"
KO and the Knockouts-"S/T"
The Lost Patrol-"Scattered, Smothered and Covered"-ep
Mama Guitar-songs from "In Mama Guitar Style" (Japan)
Palomar-"II"
The Possibilities-"Way Out"
The Queers-"Pleasant Screams"
The Resonars-"Lunar Kit"
The Unrequited Loves-"These are the Unrequited Loves"
Ben Weasel- "Fidatevi"

Best Graphic Design:
Palomar-"II"

Best Enhanced CD Computer Video(s):
The Beards-"Funtown" (impressive videos to all 11 songs!)

Honorable Mentions:
The Deathray Davies-"The Day of the Ray"
Honeyrider-"Sunshine Skyway"

Sophomore albums that didn't live up to their debuts, but worth checking
out:
Mooney Suzuki-"Electric Sweat"
The Sights-"Got What We Want"

Best cover song:
Jonathan Richman-"Stop Your Sobbing" (from "This Is Where I Belong: The
Songs of Ray Davies")

Best Tribute Album:
The Gene Pitney Story Retold

Best reissues/comps/collections bought in 2002:
(The soft-pop floodgates opened in 2002 and I panned for lost gold with
striking results--unlike at Knott's Berry Farm!)
Wendy & Bonnie-"Genesis"
Cyrkle-"Neon"
Mark Eric-"A Midsummer's Day Dream"
Fading Yellow 1-3
Lost Jukebox CD-R Series

Other silver and vinyl reissue gold:
Untamed Youth-"Major Chaos"
Holy Ghost Reception Committee: #9-"The Collected Works"
Think of the Good Times: The Tucson '60s Sound
Buzz, Buzz, Buzzz "Volume 2"
Surfers Mood-"Volume 4"
Powder-"Biff! Bang! Powder" (1996)

Looking forward to hearing in 2003:
Fuzz, Flaykes and Shakes 6-7
Fortune & Maltese-singles and unreleased tracks collection
The Last-"L.A. Explosion" w/bonus singles (Bomp!)

Best Live Shows:
The Last-Los Angeles, CA
Dressy Bessy-Tempe, AZ
Queers-Mesa, AZ
Okmoniks/The Seeds-Tempe, AZ
Okmoniks/Chargers Street Gang-Phoenix, AZ
Lyres (two nights!)-San Francisco, CA
Maybellines (aka the Bippies)-San Francisco,CA
Killer's Kiss-Tucson, AZ
Duvall-Tempe, AZ
Dear Nora-Phoenix, AZ

Most unpleasant live shows:
Gary Lewis (two nights) Harrah's Casino in the middle of nowhere, AZ
Jonathan Richman-Old Ironsides-Sacramento, CA (pushy crowd ruined the show)

Bands I really wanted to see live, but broke up before I had a chance:
The Neptunas
The Mighty Kegsmen

Most disappointing breakup:
The Fastbacks

Books (favorite music books read this year):
"It Came from Memphis"-Robert Gordon
"Be My Baby"-Ronnie Spector with Vince Waldron

Looking Forward to Reading in 2003:
"Turn, Turn, Turn"-Richie Unterberger
"The Crawdaddy Reader"-Paul Williams
"Yes, Phoenix Had Music in the 60s"-Edward Wincentsen
"Riot On Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand In Hollywood,
1965/1966"-Domenic Priore

Best (and amazingly prolific) "Garage" zine:
Garage and Beat (GAB)

Other great zines published in 2002:
Bob Jr.
Chickfactor
Scram
Dagger
Shredding Paper
Vendetta (RIP)
Ugly Things

Looking forward to the big return of these 'zines in 2003:
Teen Scene
Misty Lane
Dumb Angel Gazette
The Continental

Best Record Store Shopped at in 2002:
Amoeba in Hollywood

Most Listened to Internet Radio Stations/Programs:
WFMU
The Radio Rumpus Room on KFAI
Reelradio: The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository
Shredding Radio

Trendy critics' phrase I'm tired of already:
sea change

In the MIA department:
M.O.T.O. spam

Periodic Table of the Elements Bands I got mixed up in 2002:

Aluminum Group, American Analog Set, Monochrome Set

Band I ignored for years, but now interesting in learning more about:
The Red Krayola

Looking forward to new recordings in 2003 from:

Bippies (aka Maybellines)
The Easys
Aislers Set
High Llamas
Denise James
The Chains (already out)
Supersnazz
The Woggles
Outrageous Cherry
Ted Leo
The Last
Jonny Chan & the New Dynasty Six
The Covingtons
Freddy & the Four-Gone Conclusions
The Now People

John Felice Anno Nuovo!
Ted L. 

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