11/29/2007: "RECONSIDERING MY RELATIONSHIP WITH KCRW"

music: Age of Consent - Kevin Drew
mood: winding down

(pic by me, taken on the night of thier show at the Wiltern)

For the last couple of days, LAIST has been posting best of lists by KCRW DJs and day after day I have become increasingly frsutrated by the absence of The National's Boxer, which has been favorited to be numbe 1 on a lot of year-end lists. I assume that there are a few more DJ's at KCRW that are waiting to post their year-end lists (it's still only November) but the results so far are surprising. Come to think of it, I rarely hear The National played on any radio station here in LA and I wonder if it's some West Coast disadvantage they have.

Don't get me wrong - I love KCRW. Over the last three years we've had a great relationship - I give them money and they give me things like free tickets to the Watson Twins at Spaceland (where I saw Kirsten Dunst and Ashley Olson), Arcade Fire tickets, a signed Freaks and Geeks DVD box set, a pair of customized Vans and a Morning becomes Eclectic CD price pack hand-picked by Nic Harcourt. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but I do wonder if they have some kind of beef with The National (and Okkervil River for that matter).

Personally, Boxer is currently my favorite album of the year and I'm going to wait a few more weeks before jumping the gun and posting my year end list. And while I'm thinking abut it, I would bet a plate of pancakes at Fred 62 that Boxer will top the Village Voice's list but only break the top ten over at Pitchfork (with Battles taking number 1).

You heard it hear first.


p.s. I'm a complete nerd about year-end lists.