a few things that made me happy in 2007!

9 great albums:

1. The Sadies - New Seasons
2. The Go - Howl on the Haunted Beat You Ride
3. John Doe - A Year in the Wilderness
4. The Meat Puppets - Rise to Your Knees
5. The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
6. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
7. Ryan Bingham - Mescalito
8. Hopewell - Beautiful Targets
9. Two Cow Garage - Three

10 amazing shows at the High Noon Saloon:

1. meat puppets/ha ha tonka
2. radio birdman/pearlene
3. john doe/dead rock west
4. sheena and the punk rockers
5. hopewell
6. shakey
7. alejandro escovedo/chuck prophet
8. long winters/winterpills
9. bottlerockets/blueheels
10. barn burning and the steve burke benefit

11 fun shows not at the High Noon:

1. reverend peyton's big damn band (king club)
2. jason isbell & the 400 unit (terrace)
3. the august teens & the runners-up (crystal corner)
4. two cow garage/goat radio (kiki's)
5. the go/willowz/mae rae (annex)
6. anders parker/dietrich gosser (kiki's)
7. lebanon/united sons of toil (inferno)
8. wilhelmena baker (inferno)
9. the broken west/the deadstring brothers/blueheels (annex)
10. drive-by truckers/ryan bingham (barrymore)
11. yo la tengo (barrymore)