I congratulated Patrick for 640 480s mention. He was not impressed. (His natural mode of conversation is one of disinterest and dismissiveness.)

Also: the leap of logic I followed to link a “well-rounded” top ten list with “narcissism” was perhaps tenuous. I only meant to suggest that we can’t have “the list” or the person making it assume more importance than the music it represents.

Being “objective”, “global” or “well rounded” suggests you’re hiding your true likes and dislikes in order to create a more complete and impressive list.

By the way. Sorry about the Stars dis. I like Stars. I just like Phoenix waaaaay better.

Top Ten lists are so strange. Now and Eye’s were so bad. Even Sarah Liss’ was pretty different from my own. Stars? What? I don’t understand.

Patrick and I had a conversation today about when Toronto institutions praise locals. His video collective won “5th best show” (for “True Love Will Find You In The End”)… beating out Wim Delvoye’s “Cloaca”.

So he was like, “Whatever, it’s a local magazine, blah blah blah.”

I kind of feel differently. I mean, my favourite albums this year were all made by Canadians; or more specifically, Torontonians, or more specifically, friends of mine; or more specifically, myself. (I didn’t actually include Les Mouches in my top ten list this year, but I liked it better than, say, Animal Collective).

Meanwhile, I remember hearing The Legends this year and thinking, “Wow! This is amazing!” But they’re from Sweden, don’t play Toronto often and I forgot about them.

So: isn’t making a top ten list that includes bands from all over the world in a variety of cultures and a variety of genres to make your list “worldly and well rounded” and “objective” actually somewhat narcissistic and self-important?

My point is this. I guess I’m surprised to read that somebody’s favourite show this year was put on by Green Day at Kool Haus or something. My favourite show was that day in February when my band played, all my friends bands played, everybody knew somebody and all strangers were warmly welcomed, I had some delicious vegan food and some delicious cigarettes, we had to wake up early and stay all day. Perfect.