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The Adventures of Stickboy

1. "I'm Pretty Sure I'm Gay"
2. "Please, Please, Please"
3. "I'm Pretty Sure I Can't Go On Vacation with My Parents Anymore"
4. "Kiss Me on the LRV"
5. "It Just Came to Pieces in My Hands"
6. "I'm Pretty Sure I Want to be a Famous Comic Book Artist"
7. "Brushes with Greatness"
8. "Exterminate the Brutes!"
9. "Kill Cat Stevens"
10. "Strip Club Strip"
11. "O' Come Again, Terrible Summer"
12. "En El Fondo: Pages from an (Anti) Depression"
13. "The $100K Bowl of Shit"

Shawn Brown
The Trews: Canadian Riff Rock With Indie Sprit and a Pimps' Heart
Quit Sellin' Amos Lee Short

Carousel Roundup
February 2011: Have a Heart (It's So Tasty)
November 2010: I See Dead Things
October 2010: I'm Running Away to Join the Circus
September 2010: Almost Strictly Instrumental
August 2010: The Booze Tour
July 2010: Sisters of Mercy
June 2010: Groovy Singer-Songwriters

Composition Breakdown
Brian Vander Ark

Phil Wilson

Thomas Cooney:
"Another Thing!" (January 2012)
"Another Thing!" (October 2011)
"Another Thing!" (August 2011)
"Another Thing!" (June 2011)
"Another Thing!" (April 2011)
"Another Thing!" (February 2011)
"Another Thing!" (January 2011)
"Another Thing!" (November 2010)
"Another Thing!" (October 2010)
"Another Thing!" (September 2010)
"10 Years of Swing Out Sister's Somewhere Deep In The Night"
"The Twenty-Five Year Seduction: Bryan Ferry’s Boys and Girls"
"Decade in Review"
"The Deep Night Of Day"

The Cyprus Chronicles:
"Life Itself"

Katrina Geco:
"Daydreamer's Holiday - The Clarks and the Sounds of Pittsburgh"

Kevin Griffin:
"The Bass Man"

Kelly Haigh:
"Stage Fright at the Railway Club"

New Crush/Old Crush
Vampire Weekend
War Elephant
Theresa Moorehouse

Kaya Oakes' Miscellany:
"Dylan: He's Just Like Us"

The Roberge Report:
"Just for Openers"
"Jay Walter Bennett"
"Closet Classics"
"Urinal Tour Diary; A Week on the Road with the most Punctual and Polite Band in Punk"
"Room #8, Joshua Tree Inn"

Studio Musician Gossip:
"We Need A Public Option Radio Station"
"Make Out/Make Over"
"Re-Make, Re-Model"


Book Reviews

Got No Secrets by Danila Botha
All You Get Is Me, by Yvonne Prinz
Getting in Tune, by Roger Trott
Hew, Screw + Glue: How Stuff is Made, by James Innes-Smith
Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride With Tommy James And The Shondells , by Tommy James
Mingering Mike, by Dori Hadar
New York Dolls, by Bob Gruen
Red Album of Asbury Park, by Alex Austin
Satchmo: The Wonderful World And Art Of Louis Armstrong, by Steven Brower
Stalker Girl, by Rosemary Graham
Stone Roses, by Alex Green
Three Wishes: An Intimate Look At Jazz Greats, by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
The Vinyl Princess by Yvonne Prinz

DVD Reviews

Pet Shop Boys - Pandemonium
Rush - Snakes and Arrows Live

Live Reviews

2011
2011 - Lost Lander
2011 - Bryan Ferry
2011 - Joana and the Wolf
2011 - Jasmine Minks
2011 - Gardens & Villa
2011 - Mike Watt & the Minutemen
2011 - The Royal Bangs
2011 - Dropkick Murphys
2011 - The Decemberists
2010
2010 - English Beat
2010 - Toadies
2010 - Sick Puppies
2010 - Jennie DeVoe
2009
2009 - Forever Young Dylan Tribute
The Meat Puppets
Bob Mould with Juliana Hatfield
Pet Shop Boys
Pixies
Bonnie Whitmore
2008
2008 - The Kooks
The Subways
2007
Big Star
Coachella
English Beat
Sondre Lerche
Placebo
Sonic Youth


Best Of:

Best of 2010
Best of 2009
Best of 2008



FEATURE - YEAR-END BEST OF LISTS

Caught in the Carousel's Year's Best for 2008

Yvonne Prinz
Author, The Clare Series
CITC Regular Contributor
(www.stillthereclare.com, www.myspace.com/stillthereclare)

Yvonne Prinz

1. Best New World Leader: Barack Obama
2. Best Political Joke: Sarah Palin (Glasses don't make you smart)
3. Best movie: The Fall
4. Best Foreign Film: I've Loved You So Long
5. Best soundtrack: Vicki Christina Barcelona
6. Best New Food Trend: "Mona Vie" (Fruit juice that costs more than a good bottle of Chardonnay? Count me in!)
7. Best Order From TV Item: The Ab Rocket (Makes crunches super-easy by, um.doing them for you. Operators are standing by).
8. Best CD: Teddy Thompson, A Piece Of What You Need (I know, right?)
9. Best TV Series: Mad Men (We've come a long way, baby)
10. Best News Program: The Rachel Maddow Show. (I mean, I'm not gay but...I heart HER!)
11. Best Attention-Getting Hollywood Rehab Moment: David Duchovny announcing his sex addiction (Duh!)
12. Best Movie To Abandon 45 Minutes In: Synecdoche, NY
13. Best Movie To Skip: Pineapple Express (YES, I went, okay? I did not stay, however).
14. Best Vampire TV Series To Ridicule: True Blood (Come on, this is too easy).
15 Best Vampire Movie To Ridicule: Twilight (What is it with young girls and vampires, anyway? What happened to horses?)
16. Best New Way To Lose Your Money: Put it in a bank.
17. Best Book: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (I saw it first, Oprah!)
18. Best Hollywood Breakup: David Duchovny and his wife, Tia Leone.
19. Best Comedy Special: Chris Rock (HBO)
20. Best Way To Spend New Years: Take your 401K to Vegas.

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