belated 2007 lists, and other 7's

so....i haven't posted here in a while. many good excuses, many bad. we'll start with the good ones.
2 internships at the same time, one for movie marketing, one for KCTS-TV, the Seattle PBS affiliate. my weekdays have become 9am-6pm or 9am-9pm. so you can imagine i'm quite busy. bad excuses; pure laziness.

i thought i'd start my resurgence with a disregarded "draft" post, that i had yet to finish before the end of the year of 2007. so i'll just post that now here and move on.

EDITORIAL NOTE: the format of this blog in terms of content and coverage will shift slightly, maybe forever, or until i find a comfortable variety medium. that's kind of openended and vague, but i guess future posts will be the barometer. anyhoo, disregarded best of 2007 list starts now:

it's getting to that time of year again when bloggers, music writers, and nerdy music fanatics make their year end top 10 lists for the year. i was thinking it over and i really haven't tried to keep up with the contemporary indie scene to even make a top 10 list, i'm not even sure if i've listened to ten 2007 albums. plus, anyone who knows me knows that i listen to 60's and 70's music primarily, with contemporary indie being the exception to the rule. with that in mind when thinking about the top albums of year, i've decided to do a top 10 for 1967 and 1977, because the album releases those years are so much better and more influential. i'm not trying to downplay 2007 as much as i am completely praising '67 and '77.

TOP ALBUMS OF 2007
Feist - The Reminder
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala

TOP ALBUMS OF 1967
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - United
Cream -Disraeli Gears
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
The Four Tops - Reach Out
The Supremes - Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

The Beach Boys - Smile (unreleased, but should of)
Nico - Chelsea Girl
The Doors - The Doors
The Temptations - With a Lot O'Soul
The Who - The Who Sell Out
Sam and Dave - Soul Men

TOP ALBUMS OF 1977
Television - Marquee Moon
The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
The Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bullocks - Here's the Sex Pistols
Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Queen - News of the World
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
Joao Gilberto - Amoroso

Wire - Pink Flag
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The Congos - Heart of the Congos
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life