They say if you put an infinite number of cranky old ex-record store guys in a room full of typewriters, they’ll eventually come up with a top ten list that includes a Bob Dylan album and at least one obscure release by some artist they found out about by reading the reviews in some snobby music magazine – even if the list has nothing to do with music! Well, we did that and once again proved the theory to be pretty much true. Then we put an infinite number of young Internet downloading junkies in a roomful of typewrites and they had no idea what an album was or what to do with a typewriter. But they did recognized Dylan from his iPod commercials.
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Once again we asked the only people who would still talk to us to come up with a list of their top ten albums of the year. And once again they crouched behind the drapes and pretended not to be in the room. But we were persistent and finally after much cajoling and name calling, we got them to fork over their selections. Then we took all the list, squished them together and came up with an overall top ten that will make your head spin. Ya dig?