Top 10 Albums of 2006

According to my last.fm profile, the 10 most listened to artists of 2006 were:

10. Ben Kenney
09. Dream Theater
08. John Mayer
07. Sublime
06. Ray LaMontagne
05. Elbow
04. Death Cab For Cutie
03. Red Hot Chili Peppers
02. Dredg
01. Incubus

In comparison, here are my Top 5 Albums of 2006:

05. Ben Kenney - Maduro
04. Ray LaMontagne - Until the Sun Turns Black
03. Incubus - Light Grenades
02. John Mayer - Continuum
01. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

Honorable Mentions of Albums released in 2006: (in no particular order)

• Jurassic 5 - Feedback
• Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
  
• Zero 7 - The Garden
• Thom Yorke - The Eraser
  
• The Roots - Game Theory
  
• Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
• The Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
• Dashboard Confessional - Summer and Dusk
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
  

Here are some of my biggest letdowns of 2006:

• Tool - 10,000 Days
• Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
• The Mars Volta - Amputechture
• Thursday - A City By The Light Divided
• Sparta - Threes
• Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
• Matisyahu - Youth
• Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

These lists probably don't make a whole lot of sense. I've tried interpreting the lists, but what I believe it comes down to is that I'm listening to artists that continually put out great music and avoiding those artists that have been hit-or-miss in the past.

Hibernation

If we were bears we would be hibernating right now...sleeping, and not working.

Quoting the Mayor

To quote the Mayor of Bremerton on the Harborside Condominiums, “The Empire State Building was built in 1 year and 45 days. How long has your project been in construction?”

The answer is approximately 352 days. Based on my own personal projections, the project will probably be completed in the neighborhood of 450 days, I hope.