scribble is cold

he just wanted to let everyone know. scribble has been subsisting on a diet of hot chocolate and shivering. in fact, he is relatively certain that he has been drinking so much swiss miss that he could urinate pure cocoa for a fortnight. no matter how many layers of coats i bring him to put on, it seems to do nothing to deter his complaining about feeling like he's in the frozen foods aisle, like so many of his distant relatives. i have, tactfully, asked why his 853 pounds of fish fat aren't keeping him warm. he assures me that, despite his size, he is slender for a sea creature. somehow, i doubt this.

scribble wants to move to the caribbean. i think he would too, if it weren't for his utter fear, ocd like phobia, and general distaste for hurricanes.

also, scribble, and any other sane individuals out there, does not care about tiger woods. at all.

AT ALL. if he so much as hears his name one more forsaken time, scribble will curse the sport of golf and make the masters an even more unwatchable mess. do not test him.

scribble is cold and annoyed. all hail our supreme babysitter.

scribbles top 100 albums of the decade (2000 - 2009)

scribble has the capacity to be a little nostalgic about music. as we come to the end of a decade, and there clearly aren't any earth-shattering releases in the pipeline for this this year, and thus decade, he said it was a safe bet to publish this now... while he has me motivated.

so, without further adu, here are scribble's top 100 albums of the decade:


100. the dillinger escape plan - miss machine (relapse, 2004)
99. saves the day - stay what you are (vagrant, 2001)
98. snapcase - end transmission (victory, 2002)
97. an albatross - an albatross family album (eyeball, 2008)
96. the postal service - give up (sub pop, 2002)
95. death cab for cutie - transatlanticism (barsuk, 2003)
94. coheed and cambria - in keeping secrets of a silent earth III (equal vision, 2003)
93. the weakerthans - reconstruction site (epitaph, 2003)
92. radiohead - hail to the thief (capitol, 2003)
91. radiohead - kid a (capitol, 2000)
90. welcome the plague year - welcome the plague year (turnstile, 2004)
89. the fiction - names (waking, 2005)
88. a day in black and white - notes (level plane, 2005)
87. the bled - found in the flood (vagrant, 2005)
86. radiohead - in rainbows (self released, 2007)
85. converge - no heroes (epitaph, 2006)
84. united nations - united nations (eyeball, 2008)
83. breather resist - charmer (jade tree, 2004)
82. murder by death - who will survive... (eyeball, 2003)
81. the plot to blow up the eiffel tower - dissertation... (happy couples..., 2003)
80. alexisonfire - alexisonfire (equal vision, 2003)
79. north of america - brothers, sisters (level plane, 2003)
78. radiohead - amnesiac (capitol, 2001)
77. majority rule - interviews with david frost (magic bullet, 2001)
76. envy - all the footprints you've ever left... (h.g. fact, 2001)
75. faraquet - the view from this tower (dischord, 2000)
74. sparta - wiretap scars (geffen, 2002)
73. the (international) noise conspiracy - survival sickness (epitaph, 2000)
72. thrice - artist in the ambulance (island, 2003)
71. la dispute - somewhere at the bottom of the river... (no sleep, 2008)
70. envy - insomniac doze (temporary residence, 2006)
69. straylight run - the needles, the space (universal, 2007)
68. mewithoutyou - brother, sister (tooth and nail, 2006)
67. poison the well - the tropic rot (ferret, 2009)
66. the fall of troy - in the unlikely event (equal vision, 2009)
65. poison the well - versions (ferret, 2007)
64. thursday - common existence (epitaph, 2009)
63. transistor transistor - ruined lives (level plane, 2008)
62. off minor - innominate (golden brown, 2004)
61. the fiction - i told her that i like living in a box (level plane, 2004)
60. amanda woodward - la decadence de la decadence (level plane, 2004)
59. majority rule - emergency numbers (magic bullet, 2003)
58. bear vs. shark - terrorhawk (equal vision, 2005)
57. thrice - vheissu (island, 2005)
56. the mars volta - octahedron (warner bros., 2009)
55. el grupo nuevo - cryptomnesia (rodriguez lopez, 2009)
54. the mars volta - amputechture (universal, 2006)
53. taking back sunday - tell all your friends (victory, 2002)
52. recover - rodeo and picasso (fueled by ramen, 2001)
51. grade - headfirst and straight to hell (victory, 2001)
50. coheed and cambria - the second stage turbine blade (equal vision, 2002)
49. sentai - full representation (ruffian, 2007)
48. off minor - some blood (paramnesia, 2008)
47. thrice - the alchemy index vol. 3 & 4: air and earth (vagrant, 2008)
46. glassjaw - worship and tribute (warner bros., 2002)
45. the fall of troy - doppelganger (equal vision, 2005)
44. city of caterpillar - city of caterpillar (level-plane, 2002)
43. envy - a dead sinking story (level-plane, 2003)
42. orchid - gatefold (ebullition, 2002)
41. gospel - the moon is a cold dead world (level-plane, 2005)
40. jaguar love - take me to the sea (matador, 2008)
39. the mars volta - frances the mute (universal, 2005)
38. converge - jane doe (equal vision, 2001)
37. thrice - beggars (vagrant, 2009)
36. orchid - dance tonight, revolution tomorrow (ebullition, 2001)
35. the blood brothers - march on electric children (three one g, 2002)
34. the number twelve looks like you - nuclear. sad. nuclear (eyeball, 2005)
33. reds - is:means (waking, 2005)
32. brand new - deja entendu (triple crown, 2003)
31. bear vs. shark - right now you're in the best of hands... (equal vision, 2003)
30. thursday - war all the time (island, 2003)
29. the blood brothers - crimes (v2, 2004)
28. the (international) noise conspiracy - a new morning... (epitaph, 2001)
27. daughters - hell songs (hydra head, 2006)
26. converge - axe to fall (epitaph, 2009)
25. the locust - new erections (anti, 2007)
24. the number twelve looks like you - mongrel (eyeball, 2007)
23. converge - you fail me (epitaph, 2004)
22. the impossibles - return (fueled by ramen, 2000)
21. q and not u - power (dischord, 2004)
20. cursive - mama, i'm swollen (saddle creek, 2009)
19. thrice - illusion of safety (sub city, 2002)
18. the mars volta - de-loused in the comatorium (universal, 2003)
17. cursive - the ugly organ (saddle creek, 2003)
16. thursday - full collapse (victory, 2001)
15. hot cross - cryonics (level-plane, 2003)
14. the blood brothers - ...burn, piano island, burn (v2, 2003)
13. q and not u - different damage (dischord, 2002)
12. cursive - happy hollow (saddle creek, 2006)
11. black eyes - cough (dischord, 2004)
10. thrice - the alchemy index vol. 1 & 2: fire and water (vagrant, 2007)
9. the blood brothers - young machetes (v2, 2006)
8. the mars volta - the bedlam in goliath (universal, 2008)
7. the locust - plague soundscapes (anti, 2003)
6. circle takes the square - as the roots undo (robotic empire, 2004)
5. ampere - all our tomorrows end today (ebullition, 2004)
4. q and not u - no kill, no beep beep (dischord, 2000)
3. at the drive-in - relationship of command (grand royal, 2000)
2. black eyes - black eyes (dischord, 2003)
1. fugazi - the argument (dischord, 2001)


you will note that i was lazy and didn't get all of the descriptions and album artwork. what can i say? it's what you get when you have an unpaid employee. scribble is lucky i do this much.

also, what goes for the 2009 post goes for this post as well. scribble invites any and all disputes as to missed albums and album order. however, what you say will not matter, as scribble is never wrong.

scribble is pleased. all hail our supreme babysitter!

scribble's top 100 albums of 2009

it's fairly close the end of the year, and scribble is a big music fan. he is also a big fan of extensive lists stating his opinions. furthermore, scribble is relatively certain there won't be any more albums coming out this year that will be worth listening to. normally there are only 60 - 70 listenable albums per year, so this is a particularly strong year for music. anyway, here it is:


100. tombs - winter hours (relapse)
99. woods - some shame (woodsist)
98. chain and the gang - down with liberty... up with chains (k records)
97. eels - hombre lobo (vagrant)
96. magrudergrind - magrudergrind (willowtip)
95. before there was rosalyn - the fuhrer (victory)
94. gallows - grey britain (warner bros.)
93. black dahlia murder - deflorate (metal blade)
92. doomriders - darkness come alive (deathwish)
91. darkest hour - eternal return (victory)
90. starlight mints - change remains (barsuk)
89. alexisonfire - old crows / young cardinals (vagrant)
88. taking back sunday - new again (warner bros.)
87. yo la tengo - popular songs (matador)
86. david bazan - curse your branches (barsuk)
85. trophy scars - bad luck (self released)
84. dinosaur jr. - farm (jagjaguwar)
83. mono - hymn to the immortal wind (temporary residence)
82. les claypool - of fungi and foe (prawn song)
81. pelican - what we all come to need (southern lord)
80. karen o and the kids - where the wild things are soundtrack (geffen)
79. russian circles - geneva (temporary residence)
78. zechs marquise - our delicate stranded nightmare (rodriguez lopez)
77. mos def - the ecstatic (downtown)
76. land of talk - some are lakes (saddle creek)
75. kiss kiss - the meak shall inherit what's left (eyeball)
74. silverstein - shipwreck in the sand (victory)
73. polvo - in prism (merge)
72. lightning bolt - earthly delights (load)
71. the chariot - wars and rumors of wars (solid state)
70. 65 days of static - escape from new york (monotreme)
69. the sleeping - what it takes (victory)
68. we were promissed jetpacks - these four walls (fat cat)
67. furnace - doublewalker (shock value)
66. isis - wavering radient (ipecac)
65. telekinesis - telekinesis (merge)
64. relics - we owe ourselves this (clean plate)
63. weezer - raditude (geffen)
62. rural alberta advantage - hometowns (saddle creek)
61. keelhaul - keelhaul's triumphant return to obscurity (hydra head)
60. from monument to masses - on little known frequencies (dim mak)
59. ghost of a thousand - new hopes, new demonstrations (epitaph)
58. goes cube - another day has passed (the end)
57. graf orlock - destination time today (adaigo 830)
56. emery - in shallow seas we sail (tooth and nail)
55. moneen - the world i want to leave behind (vagrant)
54. monsters of folk - monsters of folk (rough trade)
53. john nolan - height (doghouse)
52. stray from the path - make your own history (sumerian)
51. kidcrash - snacks (init)
50. ac4 - ac4 (ny vag)
49. beep beep - enchanted islands (saddle creek)
48. medusa - en raga sul (hawthorne street)
47. coalesce - ox (relapse)
46. sonic youth - the eternal (matador)
45. adrian terrazas gonzalez - cu taan (el regimen)
44. the dear hunter - act III: life and death (triple crown)
43. quieting syrup - songs about a sick boy (lovitt)
42. ben gibbard and jay farrar - one fast move or i'm gone soundtrack (atlantic)
41. murder by death - finch soundtrack (tent show)
40. brainworms -II: swear to me (rorschach)
39. comadre - a wolf ticket (adaigo 830)
38. sholi - sholi (touch and go)
37. ace enders and a million different people - when i hit the ground (vagrant)
36. the artificial heart - the artificial heart (self released)
35. tornavalanche - get rich or cry trying (exotic fever)
34. eastern youth - hohaba to taiyou (zoom)
33. portugal the man - the satanic satanist (equal vision)
32. crystal antlers - tentacles (touch and go)
31. two tongues - two tongues (vagrant)
30. conor oberst and the mystic valley band - outer south (merge)
29. bygones - by (sargent house)
28. bellini - the precious prize of gravity (temporary residence)
27. say anything - say anything (rca)
26. every time i die - new junk aesthetic (epitaph)
25. manchester orchestra - mean everything to nothing (favorite gentleman)
24. narrows - new distances (deathwish)
23. victor! fix the sun - person place or thing (friction)
22. mi ami - watersports (touch and go)
21. the number twelve looks like you - worse than alone (eyeball)
20. drowning with our anchors - you can never go home again (adaigo 830)
19. a city safe from sea - throw me through walls (magic bullet)
18. orbs - asleep next to science (self released)
17. touche amore - to the beat of a dead horse (6131)
16. brand new - daisy (interscope)
15. elder - reflect (forge again)
14. loma prieta - dark mountain (slave union)
13. kaospilot - shaddows (magic bullet)
12. destry - it goes on (paper and plastick)
11. so many dynamos - the loud wars (vagrant)
10. mewithoutyou - it's all crazy, it's all false, it's all a dream... (tooth and nail)
9. daitro - y (pure pain sugar)
8. omar rodriguez lopez - xenophanes (rodriguez lopez)
8. (tied) omar rodriguez lopez - solar gambling (rodriguez lopez)
8. (tied) omar rodriguez lopez - megaritual (rodriguez lopez)
8. (tied) omar rodriguez lopez - despair (rodriguez lopez)
7. poison the well - the tropic rot (ferret)
6. the fall of troy - in the unlikely event (equal vision)
5. thursday - common existence (epitaph)
4. el grupo nuevo - cryptomnesia (rodriguez lopez)
4. (tied) the mars volta - octahedron (warner bros.)
3. thrice - beggars (vagrant)
2. converge - axe to fall (epitaph)
1. cursive - mama, i'm swollen (saddle creek)


and so it is spoken, and so it is. however, scribble reserves the right to ammend this list, should any of the following bands sneak a release in before the end of the year: ampere, circle takes the square, the locust, daughters, and any surprise bands that may pop up. if you have any albums that you feel were missed or out of order, scribble recomends that you "bring it". also, a top 50 of the decade list will be up as soon as scribble gets around to finnishing the accompanying descriptions and possibly gathering the albums' artwork.

scribble is pleased. all hail our supreme babysitter!

vision!

i had the profound experience of having a vision last night. brights lights filled my room late last night, as the others slept. a majestic being from the heavens visited my apartment and explained the mysteries and inner workings of the universe. it opened my mind and greatly expanded my knowledge. the being took me by the hand and explained that it ruled as far as the eye can see. it rules the whole earth. it rules our galaxy and beyond. that's right, i was visited by... scribble.

scribble is an 853 pound goldfish. while not actually a creator of the universe, he was left in charge while the real creators took a vacation. that was 1,377 years ago. so, when he said that he ruled the earth and so on, he was technically correct, if misleading. scribble is more akin to a babysitter for the universe. and, like many babysitters, he calmly watches television and listens to his ipod while the children have a food fight and swing from the chandeliers. often times the kids will also destroy their mother's favorite piece of furniture. however, in this scenario, the children are the entire human race. even though man kind has done major damage to the furniture / earth, and committed a few food fights / genocides, scribble is still anticipating the five dollars an hour that he was promised.

there are a few fun facts about scribble that he shared with me. he loves arbitrary rules. in fact, sometimes he spends hours coming up with rules that he plans to implement, but never enforces. scribble has stated that there are a lot of things that we don't know about him, and that if he had a wikipedia page, the miscellaneous section would be enormous. he is a single, solitary being that leads a celibate life.

our supreme babysitter has enlisted me to be his mouthpiece. and, by mouthpiece, he means set up a blog for him and update it sporadically with his arbitrary rules and miscellaneous facts. he may also want me to post his opinions, he hasn't decided yet.

just to go over some finer points, and clear up some possible confusion that many of you may have, i came up with some bullet points on scribble.

• scribble is not God, or even a god or god-like entity. he was just who they put in charge. he doesn't mind being worshipped though.





• scribble cannot answer prayers. he can listen to prayers, but usually gets a bad connection, as his cell phone rarely gets more than a single bar of reception.





• scribble is immortal.

i hope that clears everything up for now. on a seperate note, if any of you have been visted by scribble and received additional information about him, feel free to leave a comment.

scribble is not pleased. all hail our supreme babysitter.