Alrighty then, this is my list of favorite CDs of the year 2003 01. Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers 02. Jet - Get Born 03. The Singles - Better Than Before 04. Mark Bacino - Million Dollar Milkshake 05. Rooney - Rooney 06. The Chains - On Top Of Things 07. Michael Carpenter & Kings Rd - Kingrdworks 08. Digby - Go Digby 09. The Pills - A Fistful of Pills 10. The Rhinos - Year of The Rhinos 11. Myracle Brah - Treblemaker 12. Joe Jackson Band - Volume 4 13. Ike - Parallel Universe 14. The New Pornographers - Electric Version 15. Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll Honorable mention to 2003 releases that were not made up of "new" music, but nonetheless spent an inordinate amount of time in my various players: * Paul Weller - Fly On The Wall (3CD set of B-sides and Rarities) * NRBQ w/John Sebastian - Live at the Wax Museum * The Beatles - Let It Be...Naked I wish a Happy & Healthy Holiday Season to all of my fellow Auditeers and your loved ones. Hope Santa leaves lots o' tunes under your tree! Michael Kropp