The Nati

Merry Christmas All! Every year rather than sending out a Christmas card, I send out a 'Best of' Christmas CD to some friends. I started this annual tradition in 2003, my list has grown to about 70 friends of Melanie and I. Perhaps next year I expand the tradition to family, and make an alternative CD that is more kid-friendly for distribution to the parents, brother/sister, nieces/nephews and the like.

But for 2005 here is my list of Best Songs and Albums:

1. E-Pro - Beck
2. D-Town – 500 Miles to Memphis
3. Let it Ride – Ryan Adams
4. Queen City Christmas – Jake Speed
5. They Stuck Me in a Box in the Ground, Pt. 7 – Deathray Davies
6. You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago – Willie Nelson
7. My Doorbell – The White Stripes
8. Arc of Time – Bright Eyes
9. Pattern Skies – The Greenhornes
10. The Hardest Part – Ryan Adams
11. Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers
12. Throw A Boogie – Scott H. Biram
13. Ven Bailalo – In Honor of Habitat Ecuador
14. Hell Yes - Beck
15. Afterglow 61 – Son Volt
16. Swamp Song – Heartless Bastards
17. Another Travelin’ Song – Bright Eyes
18. Blue Orchid – The White Stripes
19. Shine A Light – Wolf Parade
20. Crooked - Wussy
21. Que Onda Guero - Beck
23. As Day is Long - Chris Whitley
24. Fear Da Tiger - Bootsie Collins

And the Albums:

Heartless Bastards – Stairs and Elevators
500 Miles to Memphis – 500 Miles to Memphis
Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary
Jake Speed – Losantaville
Ryan Adams – Jacksonville City Nights
Beck – Guero
Son Volt – Okemah and the Melody of Riot
Ryan Adams – Cold Roses
Deathray Davies – The Kick and the Snare
Wussy – Funeral Dress
Scott H. Biram – The Dirty Old One Man Band
Chris Whitley – Soft Dangerous Shores
The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
Bright Eyes – Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awakre It’s Morning
The Greenhornes – East Grand Blues
New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
Willie Nelson – Countryman