Dan

secret manager

My top 15 of 2009

1 ALASDAIR ROBERTS - Spoils
2 BILL CALLAHAN - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
3 RICHARD HAWLEY - Truelove's Gutter
4 VETIVER - Tight Knit
5 WHITE DENIM - Fits
6 TIMBER TIMBRE - S/T
7 STEAMBOAT - S/T
8 THE FLAMING LIPS - Embryonic
9 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - Signal Morning
10 GRIZZLY BEAR - Veckatimest
11 RICHARD SWIFT - The Atlantic Ocean
12 ATLAS SOUND - Logos
13 JIM O'ROURKE - The Visitor
14 MUSKOX - 5 Pieces
15 GOLDEN SILVERS - True Romance

My top 15 reissues of 2009

1 EMITT RHODES - The Emitt Rhodes Recordings
2 PETE DELLO - Into Your Ears
3 ORCHESTRE POLY-RHYTHMO DE COTONOU - The Vodoun Effect
4 VA - Where The Action Is!: Los Angeles Nuggets
5 VA - Boogaloo Pow Wow
6 JESSE FULLER - Move On Down The Line
7 GEORGE JONES - Blue & Lonesome
8 TOMMY MCCOOK & THE SUPERSONICS - Pleasure Dub
9 JOHNNY PAYCHECK - The Little Darlin' Years
10 THE RATIONALS - Think Rational!
11 BLIND BLAKE - Bahamian Songs
12 VA - GWP-NYC-TLC Volume 2
13 LARRY WILLIAMS & JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON - Two For The Price Of One
14 FAMOUS L. RENFROE - Children
15 THE BLUE THINGS - Let The Blue Things Blow Your Mind

My favourite artists are: The Kinks, Townes Van Zandt, Sir Douglas Quintet

My all-time favourite album is: THE KINKS - Are The Village Green Preservation Society

The first album I ever bought was: LL COOL J - Radio (cassette)

On Saturday nights, I throw down to: anything by THE FACES

On Sunday mornings, I recover to: BILL WITHERS - Live at Carnegie Hall

The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: Legends of Ska weekend at the Palais Royale

My favourite album so far this year is: BEACH HOUSE - Devotion

The best show I've seen so far this year is: Steamboat at the Dakota

The band that should come out of retirement is: The Ramones