that is, stuff that I've had for at least a little while, here's a sampling;

Lucinda Williams
Higher Ground - Violent Femmes
Shoot Out the Lights - R&L Thompson
100% Fun - Matthew Sweet
Avalon - Roxy Music
Murmer - R.E.M.
Newness Ends - The New Year
The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse, (plus a MM comp)
David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights
The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy
Source Tags & Codes - Trail of Dead
San Francisco Days - Chris Isaak
Whatever Mortal - Papa M
Streetcore - Strummer & the Mescs
Hail to the Thief - Radiohead
Aural Sculpture - The Stranglers

I did get Stones excellent '03 comp. Still digesting but like a good 75% of it. Early favorites, off the top of my head...Constantines, Iron & Wine, Starlight Mints, Saturday Looks Good To Me.

And Stone sent me a Wire disc called "Behind the Curtain". What a gem this is. Starts off with 6 or 7 live tracks apparently pulled from their first live show that display not only the raw potential, but also their weird & wacky sense of humour, great cover of J.J. Cale's "After Midnight". Then we get about 25 early demo versions of singles and songs from their first three albums. These are surprisingly fleshed out, often almost fully formed, save for some production accenting. All of them are worth at least a listen to the Wire devotee, I may even prefer a few of these versions to the album version...ie. Practice Makes Perfect, Sand in my Joints, From the Nursery, and though I don't prefer them it is interesting to hear a couple of my favorite Wire songs, namely "Map Ref 41 degrees..." and "Blesseed State" before Mike Thorne added his distinctive touch in the studio. I might even call this a must-have for fans of early Wire. Thanks a bunch Stone, this is a keeper.

Mark