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Lazy-i Best of 2003 Compilation Maybe I'm mellowing in my old age, but this year's collection of the best stuff I've heard and/or reviewed as part of my work with Lazy-I is a pretty easy-going walk through the park. Sure, there's a few hard ones in the basket, but most of this stuff is pretty goshdarn laid back. It wasn't exactly a good year for the rock (unless you like the White Stripes), but that doesn't mean it was a bad year for music. The story behind this year's tape case design: I received a Christmas gift that was basically a miniature shopping cart full of wine, cheese, that sort of thing. Teresa had the idea of filling it with CDs and taking a picture of one of the dogs (in this case, Sam) pushing it. It wasn't as easy as it sounds -- the dogs were less than eager to take part, as the pictures under the CD indicate. World-class designer Donovan Beery of eleven19.com did his usual amazing job. So who gets a copy? I make about 50 of them for friends, family and industry folks I've been in contact with throughout the year. It's a fun substitute for sending out Christmas cards. Want a copy? Enter the Lazy-I Best of 2003 Giveaway! All you have to do is e-mail me (tim@timmcmahan.com) with your name and mailing address and you'll be entered in the drawing. Hurry! Deadline's Jan. 21! Here's a track list: Guster -- "Keep It Together" from Keep It Together on Warner Bros. The Jayhawks -- "Save It for a Rainy Day " from Rainy Day Music on American Recordings. Yo La Tengo -- "Moonrock Mambo" from Summer Sun released by Matador. Criteria -- "Play on Words" from En Garde released by Initial. The Rapture -- "I Need Your Love" from Echoes released by Strummer / Universal. Steely Dan -- "Things I Miss the Most" from Everything Must Go on Warner/Reprise. Crooked Fingers -- "Big Darkness" from Red Devil Dawn, released on Warm Records. Death in Vegas -- "Girls" from the soundtrack to the motion picture Lost in Translation, released on Emperor Norton. Consonant -- "Night for Love" from Love and Affliction released on Fenway Records. Guided by Voices -- "The Best of Jill Hives " from Earthquake Glue released by Matador Records. Liam Lynch -- "SOS" from Fake Songs, released by S-curve Records. The Kingdom Flying Club -- "Artists Are Boring " from Non-fiction released by Emergency Umbrella Records. Okkervil River -- "Blanket and Crib" from Down the River of Golden Dreams on Jagjaguwar Records. The Postal Service -- "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" from Give Up on Sub Pop Records. Atom & His Package -- "Lying to You" from Attention! Blah Blah Blah released on Hopeless Records. Enon -- "The Power of Yawning" from Hocus-Pocus, released by Touch and Go Records. The Shins -- "Turn a Square," from Chutes Too Narrow on Sub Pop Records. Sun Kil Moon -- "Lily and Parrots" from Ghosts of the Great Highway, released on Jetset. The Pernice Brothers -- "Baby in Two" from Yours, Mine & Ours, on Ashmont Records. The Twilight Singers -- "Martin Eden" from Blackberry Belle, released on Badman. Wildlife -- "All Things (Just Keep Getting Better) " from the soundtrack to the television series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, on Capitol Records. Back to Posted January 13, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Tim McMahan. All rights reserved.
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