18 March 2009

My High Fidelity Moment

On my Facebook page, I recently posted this challenge: come up with your personal all-time top five albums.

The rules are deceptively simple, but very strict:

First, the album need not be by your favorite band; nor does it need to be by even a very good band.

Second, the album must be one that you can, and do, listen to from start-to-finish without skipping a single song.

It's pretty difficult once you think about it, because even really great, critically-acclaimed, "groundbreaking" albums will have one or two stinkers on them.

Here's my top five (in no particular order):

1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd



2. Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins


3. Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails


4. The Joshua Tree - U2


5. The Bends - Radiohead

Is my blog boring?


I have recently realized that my blog is mostly words and, unlike many of my friends (Dear Deedle I'm looking in your direction) I have woefully failed to include any cool abstract photographs in my sporadic posts.

Does that make it boring? I've tried thus far to paint a picture with my words. I guess if my words were an artist they would be Jackson Pollack (and yes, I do mean self-indulgent and over-rated!).

Well, in any event, enjoy this pic of my best friend getting up from a nap!