My Favorite CDs of 2002*:

Soft Boys - Nextdoorland

Frank Black & the Catholics - Devil's Workshop

Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel

27 - Animal Life

Grandpa Boy- Mono

Peter Gabriel - Up

Breeders - Title TK

Guided by Voices - Universal Truths and Cycles

Beck - Sea Change

Imperial Teen - On

Life in a Blender - Tell Me I'm Pretty

Honorable mention: Mia Doi Todd - The Golden State

*Note: I'm leaving off albums by my amazingly talented friends, and I'll tell you why: I am starting to blanche at how many people I know in real life who are stumbling upon my li'l weblog from simple Google searches on, for example, local musicians, or neighborhood dives we hang out in.