Songs on the Pitchfork Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s List That Have Played Heavily in my Home or Head at One Point or Another in the Last Decade

or, I know it's cool to love to hate Pitchfork's ratings but I boldly love such boldness what can I say

or, Yeah 1999 really was 10 years ago AWK and I remarked thinking about the last time we lived in the same city in high school in Milwaukee (what would it mean now to party like it's 1999?)

460. Vivian Girls, "Where Do You Run To"

426. Bob Dylan, "Mississippi"

361. Smog, "Rock Bottom Riser"

331. Andrew Bird, "Fake Palindromes"

304. Destroyer, "The Sublimation Hour"

280. The Fiery Furnaces, "Here Comes the Summer"

259. Neko Case, "I Wish I Was the Moon"

230. The Mountain Goats, "Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton"

210. Cat Power, "Lived in Bars"

201. The New Pornographers, "The Laws Have Changed"

142. The Flaming Lips, "Do You Realize??"

94. The Futureheads, "Hounds of Love"

63. The Hold Steady, "Stuck Between Stations"

19. R. Kelly, "Ignition (Remix)"

3. M.I.A. [ft. Bun B and Rich Boy], "Paper Planes (Diplo Remix)"


Scour the list yrself.

Bob Dylan Mistaken For Wandering Patient

UPDATE: Why not let that meandering guy in the rain haltingly tell you when to take a u-turn.

"We got a call for a suspicious person,'' Buble said. "It was pouring rain outside, and I was right around the corner so I responded. By that time he was walking down the street. I asked him what he was doing in the neighborhood and he said he was looking at a house for sale."

"I asked him what his name was and he said, 'Bob Dylan,' Buble said. "Now, I've seen pictures of Bob Dylan from a long time ago and he didn't look like Bob Dylan to me at all. He was wearing black sweatpants tucked into black rain boots, and two raincoats with the hood pulled down over his head.

"So I said, 'OK Bob, what are you doing in Long Branch?' He said he was touring the country with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp. So now I'm really a little fishy about his story. I did not know what to believe or where he was coming from, or even who he was.

"We see a lot of people on our beat, and I wasn't sure if he came from one of our hospitals or something," Buble said.

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Back to Tell You About Destroyer's BAY OF PIGS

The real world has been pretty lovely, especially in Prospect Park and on Vanderbilt Ave., but here is what you need to know:

Only 1000 copies have been pressed to vinyl; pre-order yours here.

You can listen to the title track (Side A) at Stereogum, but don't tell me how good it is until my 12-inch arrives. (Our. Greedy me!)

Pitchfork gave it an 8.0, if you're into that kinda thing. More interestingly, they say, "He does, after all, tend to sing like he's trying to blow the last fleck of Chianti from his bottom lip," HA, and they dub "Bay of Pigs" "if not the single best Destroyer song, certainly the ultimate." Also this high compliment (N.B. those of you who still consider Destroyer a curio!): "Bejar's long been a songwriter of the highest order-- and "Pigs", butt-minded sonics and all, is one of his finest-- but his powers of performance and interpretation have nearly caught up in the last few years."

I did sneak a peek at the lyrics, and I just want to say that it seems, for all the "ambient disco," that we've got some solid-gold Destroyer awaiting us:

I've seen it all ... I've seen it all. Magnolia's a girl. Her heart's made of wood. As apocalypses go that's pretty good, wouldn't you say? Sha la la...

O SAY CAN YOU SEE: Deadline Extended to August 20!

Let me know (beccavista[at]yahoo[dot]com) if you're interested in contributing! All entries that follow the guidelines will be included on Delirious Hem!

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O SAY CAN YOU SEE:
Nonverbal Reviews and Adaptations of Women's Poetry
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New Deadline: August 20

What book, chapbook, performance, or poem by a woman poet published/presented in the last year or two has left you speechless? How might that speechlessness manifest itself visually, sonically, or through another nonverbal medium?

Please create a response to this piece; your response can act like a review, adaptation, homage, investigation, companion piece, Frankenstein, child, or any mash-up of the aforementioned. In August, all responses submitted will be featured as a forum on Delirious Hem.

Curated by K. Lorraine Graham and Becca Klaver.


FAQ

Are all words banned?
Although the projects should not be text-based, words are not banned.

I want to create a response to a poem published in 2007. Is this too early?
Nope. We mean "published in the last year or two" loosely.

Can I create a response to a book written by:
a) a man?
b) a biological male who identifies as a woman?
c) a drag queen?
a) No. b) Yes. c) Yes, if they self-identify as a woman.

Can non-Pussipo members participate?
Yes. If you'd like to forward this call, feel free.

Can men participate?
Yes.

What file formats can you accept?
For videos, Blogger can accept AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, Real, and Windows Media, 100 MB maximum size. For images, jpg, gif, bmp and png images, 8 MB maximum size.

Responses might include videos, songs, performances, photographs, or photographs of visual pieces, but are not limited to these, so please query if you're not sure if Blogger can support your format.

Questions, submissions, stating your interest: Please contact K. Lorraine Graham (klorraine[at]gmail[dot]com) and Becca Klaver (beccavista[at]yahoo[dot]com).

Due date for submissions: August 20, 2009.

Feel free to forward this call!