Wow, you're listening to Secret Chiefs 3? I thought I was the only one who listened to that. What I like about them is that they're all over the place. The introduction of the death metal tracks was so subtle that I didn't even notice it -- I don't think the first three albums have any growling vocals, but I could be wrong. All of the albums will have highlights and not for you. There's some real bad moments on the first album, even by my standards -- sounds like outtakes, and they shoulda took them out.

Frameshift, Unweaving the Rainbow -- some good stuff on there, really good stuff, but I still like the Ayreon better. It just resonates with my gloomy gus nature more. Actually, I like Be (by Pain of Salvation) more as well. It's a keeper, but it's not a year-end list contender.

Juniorboys, Last Exit -- do not understand the hoopla around this, it's just not that good. It's good -- it's a keeper -- but again, it's not a year-end list contender. Will listen again later, though. It sounds like it's got some good stuff going on.

Seal, Best|1991-2004 -- I may have to sell all my other Seal records, this is all I really need. I'm still not sure I understand "Killer" (no, not the lyrics, just ... the song -- it just kinda stomps around).

:-- - { - Wired: Rip, Sample, Mash, Share. } / + -- pretty cool little CD.

Ulrich Schnauss, A Strangely Isolated Place
Oceansize, Effloresce
Rammstein, Reise, Reise -- really good, a lot better than Mutter
Peccatum, Lost in Reverie -- also better than the Frameshift
Decree, Moment of Silence -- almost a contender for year-end list, one of those that sounded a lot more exciting on first listen than it did upon revisit
Seabound, No Sleep Demon V2.0 -- excellent synthpop, my cupo' tea.
The Cure
Marillion, Marbles -- yuck, bleck, way too schmaltzy. I keep expecting them to break out into "I Want To Know What Love Is". Ralf.
Justin Sullivan, Navigating by the Stars -- a more acoustic-y album from the head of New Model Army. Or is it 'heart'?
Auf der Maur, Taste You -- yeah, I'd like her to. ;p
Client, In It for the Money -- I need to investigate these guys further, electroclashy
Serie Noire: Dark Pop and New Beat -- excellent old and new electroclash sampler -- I mean, whoever can transition Alan Parsons Project into A Split Second is cool in my book
Mum, Summer Make Good -- definitely making my year-end list now, which is up to eleven about now
Aimee Mann, Live at St. Ann's Warehouse -- very cool live thingy, and funnily enough, shortly thereafter, I watched the episode of Buffy where she does a guest appearance and does a couple of funny things (stops the song in the middle as an incident occurs, "I hate playing vampire clubs")
Eleni Mandell, Afternoon -- a little too country, will only be playing this when I'm in a very specific mood
Mum, Dusk Log EP -- I love these guys, and will eat up everything they make.
Red Flag, Fear Series of singles -- gosh, I miss these guys.
Paatos, Kallocain -- oh, yeah, I need to visit progears...
Killers, Hot Fuss -- I do enjoy this record, just not as much as others do
Styrofoam, Nothing's Lost -- very cool record, sounds like crap
Dykehouse, Midrange -- definitely making my year-end list
Cut Copy, Bright Like Neon Love
Front 242, Pulse and Still & Raw -- great pair of releases
Flesh Field, Strain -- surprisingly good EBM/techno/synthpop/industrial/whatever
Voivod, Kronik -- weird release
Peaches, The Teaches of Peaches -- meh, I like her better in small doses
Keith LeBlanc, Freakatorium
Matthew Parmenter, Astray -- it's funny, I can hear other people accusing Happy The Man's latest album of having too many ballads, and yet, to me, it's not; and yet, this is.
Einstur, Perpetuum Mobile -- another definite
Diabolical Masquerade, Ravendusk in my Heart and The Phantom Lodge
Nine Inch Nails, Broken and the new deluxe edition of The Downward Spiral -- when listening to the latter, realized I haven't listened to it since I got into audiophilia -- heard a lot of things that I've never heard before (most cool, but not all good), so I pulled out the former as well
Retrosic, God of Hell