Directions to my special 2002

pop albums:

(10) godspeed you black emperor - yanqui u.x.o.: not their best record, but if you don't respect them you are [insert dogmatic statement of the kind oscar wilde would make were he alive today, preferably including the words 'caliban' and 'corrupt' several times]
(9) nautilis - are you an axolotl?: well, are you?
(8) coh - netmörk: the New Music™
(7) phantomsmasher - s/t: {irony}music for romantic evenings together{/irony}
(6) ekkehard ehlers - plays: especially great if you're reading stendhal's le rouge et le noir while listening to it
(5) city of caterpillar - s/t: very ably walks (ok, make that "juggernauts" [insert witty statement which makes the angry grammarians think twice]) on rather thin ice
(4) interpol - turn on the bright lights: love songs for non-lovers (& cut the backlash nonsense)
(3) asa chang & junrei - tsuginepu: since because [see note on item 5] of that s*itty movie it's not cool to use the word 'serendipitous' anymore, i'll just call it, erm, "grand"
(2) cassetteboy - the parker tapes: jacques derrida, eat your heart out [insert random insult to angry philosophy undergrads]
(1) sonic dragolgo - don't stop the music: if you don't ENJOY this record, there is no hope for you. i'm dead serious. if you enjoy this record and don't FORCE your local dj to play it, you (ahem) SU*K!

pop songs:

(10) autechre - cap.iv
(9) yeah yeah yeahs - rich
(8) mono - com(?)
(7) spoon - the way we get by
(6) xinlisupreme - all you need is love was not true
(5) boards of canada - 1969
(4) boris with merzbow - water fuzz
(3) múm - green grass of tunnel
(2) walkmen - wake up!
(1) aaliyah - more than a woman [insert preemptive admission of 2001 release date; insert sophisticated defence against accusations of novelty-hedging etc.; insert expletive of whirlwind in pre-sponse to all the (ahem) "haytaaz"; insert (cough) "props" to anyone who spotted the wyndham lewis/BLAST reference]

random fun facts:

--- if there were an album that had 'moon in june' as side a and 'a plague of lighthouse keepers' as side b, it would be the best album of all time
--- the u.s.a.'s form of "democracy" is a sick f***ing travesty
--- ozeki asashoryu will win the yusho next sunday in the kyushu basho