Gah, I'm gettin' old. I just noticed that most of the artists here are acts I already liked from years before. Too busy and/or too lazy to check out new artists? At least the top two are new (to me, at least.) Most of my musical searching this year was for the job (finding appropriate temp music for film scores.) That's my excuse for not having a full 20 pop picks this year (first time since the Audities poll started, I think). Also my excuse for not having heard the new ones from Cloud Eleven, Willie Wisely, Green & Yellow TV, Linus of Hollywood, Blue Cartoon, Maple Mars, The Lolas, The Toms -- I know I'll get to them in '07. Submitting my list on the last day? That's not new for me! 1. Chris Brown – Now That You’re Fed 2. The Charade – Real Life Drama 3. Beezewax – Who To Salute 4. Roger Manning Jr. – Land Of Pure Imagination 5. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Ole! Tarantula 6. Josh Rouse – Subtitlo 7. Pernice Brothers – Live A Little 8. The Nines – Calling Distance Stations 9. Sweet & Hoffs – Under The Covers 10. Finn’s Motel – Escape Velocity 11. David Mead - Tangerine 12. Cheap Trick – Rockford 13. The Format – Dog Problems 14. Tommy Keene – Crashing The Ether 15. Monkeeman - s/t 16. Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit 17. Grandaddy - Just Like The Fambly Cat -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.1/640 - Release Date: 1/19/2007 4:46 PM