I just got a big pile of new records, so I'm not ready to commit there. But I live in Colorado Springs & I'm guessing I will not see another great live show this year. Top 10 live concerts: Boredoms (Vooredoms?)/Jackie-O Motherfucker, Slim's, San Francisco Merzbow, All Tomorrow's Parties, UCLA, Los Angeles The Dead C, All Tomorrow's Parties, UCLA, Los Angeles Tony Conrad, All Tomorrow's Parties, UCLA, Los Angeles Jerome Noetinger/Lionel Marchetti, some chilly warehouse space, the name of which escapes me, San Francisco Comets on Fire/The Sermon, The Parkside, San Francisco Burkhard Stangl/Dieb13/Billy Roisz, Colorado College, Colorado Springs Coachwhips/Tussle, Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco 1 song - "Soul Typecast" - out of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's entire set, Bluebird Theater, Denver. The rest was mediocre, and openers The Yeah Yeah Yeahs suck ass. The Blues Explosion were once a fantastic, inspired, and unique live band, and it's sad to see 'em settle into a merely-OK band, particularly when they can still turn an old chestnut into such a raging guitar-duel monster. and I'm pretty sure that excellent Cecil Taylor concert at Colorado College was in March of this year, so unless Matt Wirzbicki embarrasses me by letting me know it was in fact November of '01, that makes 10. Whew! Chris Selvig