using music as a model for photography
I've been trying to catch up recently. Well, always. But recently I was trying to thin out my CD collection and only keep those I deemed most vital. The great thing about doing such a tedious task was that there were memories long linked to each disc in some significant or insignificant way. Either an album held momentous appeal to me for years (Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking ) and colored my concept of what true musical artform was, or it was a CD that I heard 10 secs of one song on a listening station (Squarepusher, Ultravisitor ), and bought it, listening to it once, never to be heard again. Ultimately this led me to compare the recent trends in independently produced music and the state of photography today, particularly my own. I know many blogs and mags have done their lists a few weeks back, but I offer my convincing list of best albums and songs of the decade and the year. There are no top tens, just the best: Best album of the 00's: Not even close: ...