Keith Cameron

ALBUMS

ALBUMS

1. Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
2. Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co
3. The Strokes - Room On Fire
4. Calexico - Feast Of Wire
5. The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
6. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
7. Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
8. Non-Prophets - Hope
9. Alasdair Roberts - Farewell Sorrow
10. The White Stripes - Elephant
11. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
13. Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue
14. Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
15. Four Tet - Rounds
16. Grandaddy - Sumday
17. The Long Winters - When I Pretend To Fall
18. Envy - A Dead Sinking Story
19. Cat Power - You Are Free
20. The Proclaimers - Born Innocent

SINGLES

1. Beyonce - Crazy In Love
2. Sugababes - Hole In The Head
3. Arab Strap - The Shy Retirer EP
4. British Sea Power - Carrion
5. Kelis - Milkshake
6. Mark Lanegan Band - Here Comes That Warm Chill EP
7. OutKast - Hey Ya
8. Franz Ferdinand - Darts Of Pleasure
9. The Libertines - Don't Look Back At The Sun
10. Sluts Of Trust - Piece O' You

Gordon Legge

ALBUMS

1. DJ Format - Music For The Mature B-Boy
2. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
3. The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side
4. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
5. The Strokes - Room On Fire
6. Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
7. Junior Senior - d-d-Don't Stop That Beat
8. The Bug - Pressure
9. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
10. Pitman - It Takes A Nation Of Tossers

SINGLES

1. Beyonce - Crazy In Love
2. R. Kelly - Ignition Remix
3. Kid 606 - The Illness
4. Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch
5. 50 Cent - In Da Club
6. DJ Sneak - Fix My Sink
7. Chingy - Right Thurr
8. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
9. Blu Cantrell - Breathe
10. Stereolab - Instant O In The Universe EP
11. LFO - Freak
12. Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
13. The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
14. Richard X feat. Kelis - Finest Dreams
15. Outkast - Hey Ya
16. Pharrell Williams - Frontin'
17. Arab Strap - The Shy Retirer E.P.
18. Fischersponner - The 15th
19. Zoot Woman - Grey Day
20. !!! - Me & Giulani Down By The School Yard (A True Story)

GIGS

1. The Bays @ Cabaret Voltaire
2. The Vooredoms/Boredoms @ The Arches
3. Bobby Conn @ The Venue
4. N*E*R*D w/ J. Timberlake, S.Paul, BE Peas @ The Corn Exchange
5. Venetian Snares @ Camber
6. The Sadies @ The Venue
7. Manitoba @ The Venue
8. The Magic Band @ Camber
9. Marlena Shaw @ The Liquid Rooms
10. Little Roy @ The Liquid Rooms

COMPILATIONS

1. Mojo Music Guide Vol. 1 Instant Garage
2. Peanut Butter Wolf's Jukebox 45's
3. Underworld 1992-2002
4. More Music From 8 Mile
5. Lenny Kaye's Mojo Jukebox (Homemade)
6. Don Letts Presents 'The Mighty Trojan Sound'
7. Rolando Nite:Life 016
8. Uncut's In God's Country
9. Neptunes Present The Clones
10. Soul Jazz's Output

TV

1. Free Running (I think he means 'Jump London' - ed.)
2. "The Rumsfeld Moment"
3. The Secret Policeman
4. Big Brother
5. Falkirk v. Hearts Scottish Cup Highlights
6. Bloke pissing on picture of Saddam live on News 24
7. The Art Show
8. Poets Team getting humped on University Challenge (actually they won, but failed by five points to qualify for the next round - pedantic ed.)
9. BBC 2's Series About Country Music
10. C5 Programme about "The Mechanical Vibrator"

FILMS

1. City Of God
2. So Close
3. 8 Mile
4. Belleville Rendez-vous
5. Wild Style +
6. The Other Final
7. The Man With A Movie Camera
8. Spirited Away
9. About Schmidt
10. Haven't seen Kill Bill

TARNISHING THE LEGACY

1. David Bowie
2. Jet
3. Kings of Leon aren't that great
4. The White Stripes's I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
5. Peaches's Fatherfucker
6. Whitehouse @ Instal
7. Erykah Badu's Worldwide Underground
8. Arthur Lee's new material
9. The Darkness, obviously
10. C4's 100 Great Sexy Moments

...WHICH SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED

1. Helen Baxendale. Cardiac Arrest. The cupboard scene
2. David Bowie. Young Americans LP cover
3. Chris Lowe. West End Girls video
4. Black and white Japanese film with the woman shagging the tree
5. Songs of Praise from Grangemouth circa 1971. My woman was in it.
6. Helen Baxendale. That "drama" with John Hannah.
7. Edinburgh bus stops between 8 and 9 in the morning
8. Peak time commuter trains
9. First jobs
10. The sound of high heels behind you, the smell of petrol, Debbie Harry, Kate Bush etc, etc ...

2004

1. Babbletron
2. Amp Fiddler
3. The Baker Brothers Live
4. Mos Def LP
5. Kraftwerk March 16th
6. 5 more albums from Madlib
7. Triptych/Instal/ATP
8. 40ths for Wee Al, Marga, Neil + Andrew
9. The return of The Avalanches
10. Everybody gets what they want

Mark Reed

This was the year I got old. I only bought two copies of NME (the relaunch one and the Christmas one). I'd not heard of many of the bands in either, and had a strong feeling I wouldn't like their music if I heard it. I took more and more refuge in playing PiL and NWA. It's 2004 - I want my Sci-Fi music! I was also tired a lot, and my ambition in life became to spend all my time watching live golf on TV. Preferably on a huge plasma TV screen whilst sat in a very comfy chair. It's not much to ask, is it?

ALBUMS

'A Strangely Isolated Place' - Ulrich Schnauss
'Pressure' - the Bug
the Soul Jazz Reggae Disco one
'Sheath' - LFO
'Cathedral Oceans Vol 1 and 2' - John Foxx
'The Black Album' - Jay Z
'Spokes' - Plaid
'Das Capital' - Luke Haines
'Passionoia' - Black Box Recorder

SINGLES

'No Good Advice' - Girls Aloud
'All The Things She Said' - T.A.T.U.
'Cannonball' - Damien Rice
'Crazy in Love' - Beyonce
'Hey Ya' - Outkast
'Freak' - LFO (especially when played v. loudly before Squarepusher @ the Liquid Rooms)
'Nice Weather For Ducks' - Lemon Jelly (also video of the year)

DVDs OF THE YEAR

24 Hour Party People
The three Directors Label ones (Chris Cunningham, Michel Gondry, and Spike Jonze)
Lord of the Rings 2 Extended Edition (the Gollum / MTV awards Easter Egg is genius)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Spirited Away
Castle In The Sky

TV

The Second Coming
Happiness
The Solheim Cup
The Open this year was crap, and Ben Curtis is a snotty oik who needs a slap. Thankfully his performances since the Open have made Paul Lawrie look like a consistent title winner. The Mark Roe and Jesper Parnevik disqualifications were a tragedy, particularly in light of Roe's score in that round.
Lisa in Big Brother. Scary.
Trisha and Trisha Extra. Especially the blood test / lie detector results specials. Look, I was off for months. You can't avoid daytime TV.
Teen Big Brother
GADGETS OF THE YEAR iPod (the 2nd gen one, when they were still cool)
Sky +

COMPUTER GAME OF THE YEAR

Tiger Woods 2004 (the best golf game ever. Computerised Prozac. Wish you could play the Ryder Cup in it though.)
Call of Duty
Zookeeper
Samorost
Warcraft 3 - the Frozen Throne - secret bonus levels

BOOKS

'Into The Bear Pit' - Mark James
'Four Iron in the Soul' - Lawrence Donovan
'Telling Lies About Hitler' - Richard J Evans

GIGS OF THE YEAR

The first five minutes of the Flaming Lips @ the Usher Hall. The rest was patronising tosh.
Super Furry Animals @ Queens Hall
Durutti Column @ Queens Hall
Any of the myriad Outhud gigs (prob. the Bobby Conn one)
Manitoba @ the Venue. Unexpected (in every way) and blissful. Felt like being 16 again.
Squarepusher @ the Liquid Rooms

Honorable mention to John Cale @ the Liquid Rooms for being much better than I expected him to be.

WORST GIG OF THE YEAR

Roots Manuva @ the Venue. The music was great, but the crowd should have been shot. Scum. Almost entirely pissed up students trying to show each other how cool they were, who had no idea of gig etiquette and totally spoiled the gig. The nearest I've come to starting a fight. Seriously. Don't they teach students gig etiquette in their first year anymore?
Lemon Jelly were disappointing too.

FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR THAT WASN'T RELEASED IN 2003

'London 1986' - Talk Talk

SHOCKS OF THE YEAR

Finding out that Kate Sanderson is only a couple of years younger than me
Legge getting a mobile

ARGUMENT I'VE HAD WITH MOST PEOPLE IN 2003 BUT STILL BELIEVE I'M RIGHT AND THEY'RE WRONG

Caddies ARE Sportsmen (as opposed to mere bag carriers, who aren't)

I'VE BEEN HAPPIEST WHEN I'VE BEEN IN THE FOLLOWING PLACES

Arran
St. Andrews
On the beach in Fife with Rhian, Anita and Pickle

AMBITIONS FOR 2004

To move house without killing anyone, especially myself.
All the people who are currently 39 to enter their new demographic without too much angst.
Europe to stuff the hell out of the US in the Ryder Cup. And Justin Leonard to do a Fat Laura Davies and not get a single point.
No more close friends to get badly ill. And the one who is to get well soon and enjoy spending her money.
For things to sort themselves out.

CJ Jeruzal

ALBUMS

1) Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
2) Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
3) Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
4) Arab Strap - Monday At The Hug & Pint
5) Four Tet - Rounds
6) Radiohead - Hail To The Thied
7) The Black Keys - Thickfreakness
8) Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
9) Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
10) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
11) The Strokes - Room On Fire
12) The White Stripes - Elephant
13) The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side
14) Hot Hot Heat - Make Up The Breakdown
15) Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
16) Evan Dando - Baby I'm Bored
17) DJ Format - Music For The Mature B-Boy
18) My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
19) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master And Everyone
20) The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
21) Kings of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood
22) The Rapture - Echoes
23) The Coral - Magic & Medicine
24) Elbow - Cast Of Thousands
25) Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell Part 1

SINGLES

1) Outkast - Hey Ya
2) Beyonce - Crazy In Love
3) Franz Ferdinand - Darts Of Pleasure
4) Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
5) Johnny Cash - Hurt
6) Arab Strap - The Shy Retirer E.P.
7) The White Stripes - 7 Nation Army
8) The Strokes - 12:51
9) Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
10) The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
11) Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office Baby
12) Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
13) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
14) The Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers
15) Blur - Out Of Time
16) Radiohead - There There
17) 50 Cent - In Da Club
18) Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
19) The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
20) The Coral - Pass It On

TV

1) Falkirk 4-0 Hearts on Sportscene
2) The Office Christmas Special
3) The Second Coming
4) Little Britain
5) State Of Play

GIGS

1) Radiohead at the Lazzaretto in Bergamo.
2) Radiohead at the Corn Exchange
3) Kings of Leon at the Carling Academy (it would have been Radiohead at the S.E.C.C. but my ex took the tickets... undoubtedly the worst thing about the breakup)

MOVIES

1) Kill Bill
2) About Schmidt
3) Adaptation
4) Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
5) 8 Mile

Margarita Vazquez Ponte

SONGS TO BE PLAYED AT MY FUNERAL ( to be played in their entirety and at full volume) the top five always stay the same, the others may change from year to year

the who- the kids are all right
velvet underground- rock'n'rol l(a bit spinal tap i know, but that guitar/violin solo...)
sonic youth- teenage riot
galaxie 500- ceremony
elvis costello- whats so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
morrissey- national front disco
hidden cameras- ban marriage
elvis - american trilogy

OVERRATED / DISAPOINTING

kings of leon- WHY WHY WHY would anyone want to look like lynnrd skynnrd
johnny depp (he only dates/marries women who look just like him, and he wears crusty style clothing)
the white stripes, they are not very good, and tedious live
birthdays
hogmafuckingnay
freeview, its shite really
sex and the city season 5
9/11- get over it
adaptation
strokes - room on fire - should have quit while they were ahead(ish)
franzfuckinferdinand- the nme says this band will change your life...kiss of death
madonna doing things with britney - there's simply no need
tv
louis theroux meets the nazis
the shield series 2
jack and karen but not will and grace
popworld

FILMS

decasia
lord of the rings - the two towers
blindshaft
screaming men
ten minutes older the trumpet
city of god
punchdrunk love
anything with jack black in it (except shallow hal)
confessions of a dangerous mind
lost in translation

STUPIDEST THING

someone asking us at avalanche if we gift wrapped?

MUSIC

hidden cameras- the smell of our own
thrills- so much for the city
streets- original pirate material
buck 65- gig at venue
busted- the singles
beyonce (but just THAT song)
britta philips and dean wareham- l'avventura
outkast- hey ya (BUT DEFINITELY NOT THE WHOLE ALBUM)
lost in translation- ost

LOOKING FORWARD TO...

vincent gallo's brown bunny finally getting a screening

Laura Hird

FILMS

1. City of God
2. Adaptation
3. Secretary
4. Igby Goes Down
5. Pure
6. The Mother
7. Irreversible
8. In America
9. Lost in Translation
10. Etre Et Avoir