Best of the Decade (2004), To All The Teachers I've Loved Before.....

First of all, happy teachers day. Thanks to my Mom, Leah, Aunt Karen, teacher in training quank and all the others in the world. They often don't get the respect they deserve but in a way they keep the world spinning (in Leah's case literally) and they all should enjoy our appreciation more than we show. To bad we are wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on war rather than giving our teachers raises and bettering our schools. But I guess we would all perish if the military industrial lost a few bucks.

Anyway, off the soap box. Continuing as previously, to the time warp we go 2004....top ten albums:

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
Elliott Smith - From A Basement On A Hill (Anti)
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
Razorlight - Up All Night (Mercury)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (Merge!!!!!)
Seafood - As The Cry Flows (Cooking Vinyl)
Mason Jennings - Use Your Voice (Architect)
Interpol - Antics (Matador)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Shake The Sheets (Lookout)
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)

One note, Seafood is a UK band who lost their Distribution deal in the US. How that happened I don't know cause the album above is awesome! I saw them in back in 2002 with the Anniversary (will they make the 2002 list???) and Dashboard Confessional (yes I left 2 songs into Dashboard) at the Ritz in Raleigh, NC and was good times. Be on the look out for a new record 'Paper Crown King' in the next few months, www.seafood.uk.com