“An Albanian Revolution in Technology”

Despite my Sweet 16 Albums of 2004 found above, a few music publications have released their end-of-year lists anyway. If you want to base your opinion on more than just mine, here are a few respectable others:

Junk Media wins best presentation.

Popmatters - Pitchfork - Drowned In Sound

Dusted - Stylus - Junk Media - Cokemachineglow

Exclaim! - Play Louder

I’ll keep updating this as they get published…

Johnson trade tumbles as Dodgers pull the plug

The worst part would’ve been in October when we had a billion closeup shots of Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson’s extremely disgusting grill.

Yahoo denies family access to dead marine’s e-mail

After checking the dead man’s account records and stored material, Yahoo! thought it would be better if the family didn’t ever see what was on his account. One Yahoo! representative described the contents of his files as “disturbing beyond anything on the battlefield, I’m sure.”

U.S. Contractor Pulls Out of Reconstruction in Iraq

Basically, the reconstruction effort is coming apart at the seams. The shady puppet corporation, Contrack International Inc., one of 12 major contractors who was awarded a $325 million deal by the even shadier government has abandoned all hope of survival, much less profitability.

But consider this just like a member leaving a country club. No big deal till everyone’s dead.

Cannibalism may have spread anthrax in hippos

“I knew hippos were nasty, but I didn’t know they went around eating each other,” says anthrax expert Martin Hugh-Jones at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

I knew they went around eating each other, but I didn’t know they were so nasty. Swimming in muddy rivers? That’s gross.