okay, list people

Here are mine, a little different than what was in the LAT, but what I sent to the Jackin' Pop poll:

Albums
Joanna Newsom, Ys
Justin Timberlake, Futuresex/Lovesounds
Bob Dylan, Modern Times
Mastodon, Blood Mountain
Corinne Bailey Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae
Espers, II
The Coup, Pick A Better Weapon
Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury
Los Abandoned, Mix Tape


Singles
Nelly Furtado with Timbaland, Promiscuous
Lil’ Wayne, Georgia…Bush
Chamillionaire, Ridin’
The Decemberists, The Crane Wife Parts 1, 2 and 3
Pearl Jam, World Wide Suicide
Christina Aguilera, Ain’t No Other Man
Cold War Kids, We Used to Vacation
Jenny Lewis, Rabbit Fur Coat
Lupe Fiasco, Kick Push
White Magic, Katie Cruel

Another lady writer outdoing me

After linking to my fave Naked Ovary last post, now I'm compelled to direct you to Sara's touching memoir occasioned by the death of Tower, from Phawker.com. I said it before, she said it better.

Adopty Genius

I know I haven't posted in an age, missed all manner of huge events, failed to comment on Bob Dylan and Los Abandoned being shut out of the Grammy nominations....but I have something important to share.

This is my favorite blog. The Naked Ovary. I don't know this woman but I have never read more nuanced, funny, smart, fierce stuff on being an adoptive parent. And her current post (12/07/06) is so damn true. (Though since she's not an open adoption tribe member, she doesn't get into how "our own" means "my own" as well.)

Please go read it before she writes something else that's brilliant.