favorites of the decade (with bonus song links to cyberspace!)

lindsay’s decade favorites (albums)

(no particular order except top 2/alphabetical order is easier than choosing)

arcade fire funeral 2004

beck guero 2005

girl talk feed the animals 2008

kanye west 808's and heartbreak 2008

lykke li youth novels 2007

mgmt oracular spectacular 2008

pete yorn music for the morning after 2001

phoenix wolfgang amadeus phoenix 2009

the postal service give up 2003

the shins chutes too narrow 2003

the strokes room on fire 2003

vampire weekend vampire weekend 2008

wilco yankee hotel foxtrot 2002

2. feist the reminder 2007

1. yeah yeah yeahs its blitz 2009

matthew’s decade favorites (albums)

honorable mentions: too many

30 feist the reminder 2007

29 jay-z the black album 2003

28 okkervil river blacksheep boy/appendix 2005

27 wilco a ghost is born 2004

26 deerhunter microcastle/weird era cont. 2008

25 spoon ga ga ga ga ga 2007

24 kanye west 808's and heartbreak 2008

23 the strokes room on fire 2003

22 lcd soundsystem sound of silver 2007

21 band of horses everything all the time 2006

20 radiohead kid a 2000

19 kanye west late registration 2005

18 modest mouse the moon and antarctica 2000

17 spoon kill the moonlight 2002

16 beck guero 2005

15 animal collective strawberry jam 2007

14 tv on the radio return to cookie mountain 2006

13 radiohead in rainbows 2007

12 jay-z the blueprint 2001

11 vampire weekend vampire weekend 2008

10 arcade fire neon bible 2007

9 the shins chutes too narrow 2003

8 animal collective merriweather post pavilion 2009

7 kanye west college dropout 2004

6 beck sea change 2002

5 wilco yankee hotel foxtrot 2002

4 wolf parade apologies to the queen mary 2005

3 arcade fire funeral 2004

2 panda bear person pitch 2007

1 the strokes is this it? 2001

**bonus**

matthew’s decade favorites (songs (w/ song links to cyberspace))

artist song album year

21 justin timberlake (feat. t.i. & timbaland) my love futuresex/lovesounds 2006

20 lil wayne upgrade u da drought 3 mixtape 2007

19 plants and animals a new kind of love parc avenue 2008

18 peter bjorn and john objects of my affection writers block 2006

17 outkast hey ya speakerboxxx/the love below 2003

16 spoon believing is art girls can tell 2001

15 mariah carey (feat. jay-z & young jeezy) shake it off (single) 2005

14 r. kelly the zoo double up 2007

13 muscles jerk guns babes lemonade 2007

12 man man van helsing boombox six demon bag 2006

11 the very best dinosaur on the ark esau mwamwaya and radioclit are the very best mixtape 2008

10 young jeezy (feat. jay-z) go crazy Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 2005

9 nelly airforce ones nellyville 2002

8 lcd soundsystem all my friends sound of silver 2007

7 t.i. whatever you like paper trail 2008

6 animal collective leaf house sung tongs 2004

5 t.i. what you know king 2006

4 menomena muscle'n flo friend and foe 2007

3 tv on the radio dreams desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes 2004

2 deerhunter never stops microcastle 2008

1 r. kelly ignition (remix) chocolate factory 2003

favorites of 2009

lindsay’s 2009 favorites (albums)

t-2 discovery lp

t-2 the xx xx

1 yeah yeah yeahs its blitz!

matthew’s 2009 favorites (albums)

honorable mentions: not enough

25 music go music expressions

24 islands vapors

23 bill callahan sometimes I wish we were an eagle

22 dark was the night (various artists compilation)

21 dinosaur jr. farm

20 discovery lp

19 cymbals eat guitars why there are mountains

18 sunset rubdown dragonslayer

17 lil wayne no ceilings mixtape

16 no age losing feeling ep

15 atlas sound logos

14 animal collective fall be kind ep

13 memory tapes seek magic

12 raekwon only built 4 cuban linx...pt. 2

11 yeah yeah yeahs its blitz!

10 handsome furs face control

9 the antlers hospice

8 grizzly bear veckatimest

7 passion pit manners

6 the xx xx

5 dirty projectors bitte orca

4 washed out life of leisure ep

3 phoenix wolfgang amadeus phoenix

2 neon indian psychic chasms

1 animal collective merriweather post pavilion

Fresh Air and The Fonz

For anyone who has had the honest pleasure of meeting our neighbor than you will truly appreciate this post, if you have not had this pleasure it is unlikely that you even read our blog but you may still enjoy.

Matthew and I like to call her Henry Winkler, not because she looks like him or because we have a quirky need to give everyone nicknames but out of the necessity to speak in code when in our home. Winkler has supernatural hearing abilities and no inhibitions about eavesdropping or spying on you through cracked windows. I only write about this and publish it on the internet due to some recent conversations that have convinced me that her knowledge of the internet is limited.

Winkler is fond of writing us passive aggressive notes and taping them to our door, our gate or car windshield like the one below. Apparently thinly veiled threats are easier to swallow when accompanied by smiley faces and exclamation marks.

This very lengthy note was purely informative. You can't call yourself a good neighbor if you are not getting the word out about Tongan Floor Shows! WOW is right!

This afternoon I made a discovery that has shed a whole new light on Winkler. After spending close to twenty minutes trying to figure out how to open my bedroom windows I succeeded and spyed with my little eye.....

Henry Winkler's lacey, red unmentionables hanging on the line.

I had no idea she was packing that kind of heat underneath her flowing animal print robes and pastel colored sweat suits. To use an early 90's catchphrase that is no longer relevant(unless you are Annette Smart), You Go Girl!

happy BFF-day

happy birthday to the brown's best bro, ryan. this year he is turning the same age as matthew did in february, amar'e stoudemire did yesterday, Nov 16, and lindsay will in 3 years! this has happened every year since 1982. we are all bonded in this way. we all understand.

thanks amar'e (and you too T.I. i hope prison's been easy on you. miss you).

they say that with age comes wisdom. from time spent around the lower/middle class elderly, it seems that wisdom is all about reminiscing about things from the past that are of mild to medium importance. so here is our chance to reminisce about the past year of ryan's life as seen through our eyes.

we made a movie about Cannibal Corpse, under his direction. it grossed $0.00 in the box office and it won no awards from hollywood or from robert redford's land, but it was still good.

we started an indiefolk band and broke up the same night. he could really sing back then.

we murdered a mystery together.

he got together with amar'e and they compared their physical prowess. they both have great bodies for what they do.

we watched the x-files. this was a sad episode.

he let matthew ride his dad's bike.

we all hung onto the edge of our sofa cushions during the 2009 modern classic, Fast & Furious.

it was a good year for ryan. here's hoping all of us live to see a million more together. happy birthday ryan. thinking of you.

Our Wildest Dreams

I would love to be posting about the wild times we have been having, but things have been terribly unwild lately. I am only documenting how lame October has been in an effort to shame Matthew and I in to pumping up the volume for November.

You would think finally receiving our pre-ordered copy of Dave Eggers, The Wild Things, covered in fake fur would be an omen of wild times to come, but it has quietly sat on our bookshelf molting since it arrived.

October was not a total loss, Matthew did buy a trampoline and a book for $1.75(total) at a garage sale.

Other than getting wild and falling in a fire, even the wildest guy we know has been pretty tame lately.

I will try harder to not let you down November, here is to hoping that I get arrested.