The Bass Geek

A local music aficionado asked for my year-end top ten list, and I inflict such things on IMN as a matter of course. For blog perusal, here it is:

1. Meshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams
2. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
3. M.I.A. - Kala
4. Ozomatli - Don’t Mess With The Dragon
5. Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
6. Common - Finding Forever
7. Talib Kweli - Eardrum
8. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
9. Robert Glasper - In My Element
10. Jay-Z - American Gangster

Local honorable mentions go to Cynthia Layne and The Born Again Floozies, and the reissue of the year is the Sly and the Family Stone boxset. Seriously, the box set is killer. Go get it now.

There is nothing more festive than seeing five copies of “Road House” wrapped up and ready to go to friends and family.  This, truly, was the highlight of the holiday.  Nothing of real musical importance to report, except that I did get a crack at “Guitar Hero III.”  Adventurous educators might posit that this game could function as a tool to enhance the learning of rhythms - they might, but I won’t.  Fun game, though.  We’re off to New Orleans, which is a shame because we’ll be missing a huge night of New Year’s Eve fun in and out of the neighborhood. I think we’ll make it by, though.