Top 10 for 2009

FRANCIS DIMENNO (Senior Associate Editor of the Noise)
Eclectia: 2009 Top Ten Releases (plus 5 comps)
1. Reverse Monkey Mind
2. Me and Joan Collins Love. Trust. Faith. Lust
3. Willie Alexander Vincent Ferrini’s Greatest Hits Interpreted by William Spence Alexander
4. Dredd Foole and Ed Yazijian That Lonesome Road Between Hurt and Soul
5. The Fully Celebrated Drunk on the Blood of the Holy Ones
6. David Greenberger and Paul Cebar Cherry Picking Apple Blossom Time
7. Six Finger Satellite Half Control
8. Ray Mason Like Bugs Chewing On Paper
9. Beat Circus Boy From Black Mountain
10. The Vivs Mouth to Mouth
Reissues:
1. Volcano Suns All-Night Lotus Party
2. Volcano Suns The Bright Orange Years
3. Damon and Naomi The Sub Pop Years
4. Morphine At Your Service
5. Peter C. Johnson Peter C. Johnson 1978-1981

JOE COUGHLIN (Noise Associate Editor)
Top Ten Reasons I Stuck Around in ’09 (in no particular order)
1. Midway finally gets expansion permit
2. Anything involving Al Sheinfeld
3. Men & Volts are still together
4. Classic Ruins playing out a lot more
5. Faster & Louder (Dictators tribute) at Church
6. Noiseboard high jinks
7. Mission of Burma still at it
8. Seeing Chandler Travis Philharmonic in NYC
9. Survived serious illness to further annoy people
10. Proposed marriage to myself and accepted

KIER BYRNES (Three Day Threshold/ Noise Associate Editor)
Top Ten Helluva List
Honorable Mention: Mike Baldino, a helluva barber and fashionista.
10. Lexi, a helluva great gal whom I miss seeing at shows and reading her reviews and features.
9. Ian Adams, (myspace.com/ianquotequotadams) a helluva musician, graphic designer and artist.
8. Sooz (Sooz.com), a helluva photographer.
7. Liam (Atwoods/Burren), a helluva bartender.
6. Robert Elliot (Precinct), a helluva host and singer.
5. Adam Taylor (Camp Street Studios), a helluva engineer with a helluva sense of patience.
4. T Max, a helluva tennis player (so I’ve been told).
3. Rob Potylo, a helluva nutjob and good (and funny) guy.
2. The crazy mutherfuckers of the Noise Board, you have been a helluva good time-waster for years now.
1. Fred Noe (great-grandson of Jim Beam), a helluva distiller and generous man.

JOEL SIMCHES (Count Zero/ Noise Associate Editor)
Top Ten WMFO On the Town Live Performances
10. Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys 6/24
9. The John Powhida International Airport 4/22
8. Vostok 4 12/2
7. Goli 11/11
6. What Time is it, Mr. Fox 9/2
5. The Luxury 7/8
4. The Death of the Cool 6/10
3. The Invisible Rays 7/15
2. Air Traffic Controller 9/16
1. Tommy Dempsey 12/16
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Varsity Drag, Eddie Japan, the Future Everybody, and the Fatal Flaw.
2009 was a great year for On the Town with Mikey Dee. The show celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Looking forward to the next 20.

KEVIN FINN (Noise editor)
A Mighty Top Ten
1. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ on the first night of their Hometown Throwdown
2. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ on the second night of their Hometown Throwdown
3. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ on the third night of their Hometown Throwdown
4. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ on the fourth night of their Hometown Throwdown
5. Darkbuster making their return on the second night of the Hometown Throwdown
6. Have Nots’ Serf City USA easily being my most played album of the year, local or otherwise
7. Mark Lind & the Unloved’s “Sad Songs”
8. Full Body Anchor’s “Catch/Release”
9._ Nicole Tammaro’s Abbey Lounge 2006-2008: The Final Years
10. All the really great people I interviewed and met at shows

NANCY NEON (Noise Associate Editor)
Top Ten Ravin’ Faves
1. Absolute Blast of the Year (if not the decade): Halloween Neon Nite at the Cantab with the Varmints, the Coffin Lids, and the Spitzz as the Cramps
2. Fave Return: the Varmints at the Cantab (8/22)
3. Fave Monday Night Out: the Varmints/ Blood Vessels/ 007 Hundred Club at Charlie’s Kitchen (11/16)
4. Fave New Dance Oriented Band: Port Charles Quintet
5. Fave T-shirt: red Joe Harvard shirt with image of pill vial and the caption “alcohol may intensify effect”
6. Fave gig suggested by Sal Baglio: the Bittersweets, Fox Pass, Fireking, 1-4-5, Pastiche, Big City Rockers, Stompers, and Varmints at David Bash’s IPO at Church on_(11/20)
7. Personal Best: Playing with thee Psych-O-Daisies for the first time in seven years (8/22)
8. Fashion Highlight: Mode Merr trunk show at Horror Business (11/14-11/15)
9. Textbook Killer Line-up: the Classic Ruins/ the Varmints/ Greg Allen Complex/ Red Invasion (12/12)
10. Personal Best 2: Finally meeting Marsman (12/26) and together planning to cross pollinate Boston’s art and rock scenes

SHADY (A Crushing Low/ Noise Associate Editor)
Top Ten Bands of the Aughts
1. Cave In
2. Bleu
3. Baby Strange
4. the Blizzard of 78
5. Scamper
6. Apollo Sunshine
7. Dear Leader
8. Aberdeen City
9. The Luxury
10. Appomattox

HARRY C. TUNIESE (Noise writer)
Local Top Ten Releases
(in alphabetical order):
1. Willie Loco Alexander [Fish Eye Brothers] When the Swan Was on the Boulevard
2. Diabolis in Musica Vibrabimus
3. Doctor X Ambient Hours
4. Antje Duvekot The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer
5. Bonnie Gordon Bonnie Gordon
6. Bob Jordan The Country That Never Was
7. The Lonesome Brothers The Last CD
8. Ray Mason Like Bugs Chewing On Paper
9. Ed Morneau [Before the Rooster Crows] Cheap Grace
10. Morphine At Your Service

NICOLE TAMMARO (Nicole Tammaro Photography)
Ten Local Bands CDs that I did not dump off my iPod last week ’cause there were just too damn many!
1. Death & Taxes Tattooed Hearts and Broken Promises
2. Jason Bennett & the Resistance Hope Dies Last
3. Mark Lind and the Unloved Homeward Bound
4. Dirty Truckers Loose in the Joints
5. Far from Finished Living in the Fallout
6. Everybody Out Everybody Out
7. Dead Friends The After Life
8. Blood Stained Brindle Blood Stained Brindle
9. Mob Hit Dinner for Three
10. Gozu Gozu

FRANK STROM (Noise writer)
Top Five Psychic Predictions for 2010
1. Following their 2009 engagement, Michelle Paulhus (Marvels) and Jim Janota (Upper Crust) wed in early 2010. By late December, they are the proud parents of a new three-piece rock band. Questions of paternity arise as no one expected a doo wop act out of these two.
2. Enraged from lack of attention given his own engagement, Skinny Mike Feudale (Coffin Lids) retires from rock ’n’ roll in favor of a career in mixed martial arts. Taking out his aggression on Brock Lesnar, Mike headlines UFC’s most successful card of 2010... but is screwed out of a big payday by the shady promoter. Coffin Lids reunite by Thanksgiving.
3. Routine oral surgery goes awry, causing Evan Shore (Muck & Mires) to develop thermo-atomic vocal chords. Insanity followed by a destructive rampage (east coast in ruins) necessitates imprisonment in a scientific research installation. His fate remains undecided by year’s end, but Muck CDs command collectors’ prices on Ebay.
4. The Cinderella story of the year finds Jim Seery (Triple Thick) working his new job as sous chef on TV’s Iron Chef. When one week’s challenger dies of a freak coronary incident, Jim goes it alone, beating Chef Morimoto in a 59-57 upset victory. The secret ingredient is matzo.
5. Andrea Gillis’ vacation cruise off Bermuda is lost at sea. Unemployed Frank Strom negotiates to ghost write an Andrea tell-all memoir for Pat Gillis (mom). Overzealous Strom fictionalizes Andrea’s history with Bigfoot and the Killer Bees (they were just good friends) and Pat files a lawsuit. Following rescue, Andrea sues as well. Homeless and completely bankrupt, Strom still doesn’t qualify for food stamps.

SLIMEDOG (Noise writer)
Top Ten Reasons To Go To A Rock Club
1. Beer.
2. The loudness of the music drowning out the voices in your head telling you to, “Kill, Kill, Kill.”
3. Seeing cute girls/guys/Airedale dogs and positioning yourself so it looks like you’re watching the band but you’re actually checking them out.
4. Bartenders who’ll do a shot with ya or give you a free one.
5. Seeing people enjoy themselves, being there true selves unlike in offices.
6. Reading absurd graffiti while taking a piss.
7. Hearing a great band for the first time and not realizing that years later people will envy you.
8. Beer.
9. A strange girl/guy/ Airedale dog bumps into you and says, “sorry” and silently you say “thanks.”
10. ’Cause life ain’t a fuck’n video game, dude_and real music is live and breathing, it doesn’t come from some plastic circular device.

LANCE WOODWARD (Noise writer)
Top Ten Reasons To Be Out in 2009
1. Closing the year out at Mighty Mighty Bosstones downstairs!
2. The return of kick ass vets like Welch Boys, Darkbuster, and Road Saw!
3. The Throwdown at House of Blues.
4. Bands with names like Vagiant.
5. The world according to Dave Tree.
6. Socials with Carmelita and Anngelle in da flesh.
7. Getting’ tagged in incriminating Facebook photos.
8. Shawn SixX’s girl friend.
9. Nicole Tammaro throwin’ money around.
10. Pabst and Narragansett gave away a lot of beer ’n’ hats.

MAX BOWEN (Noise writer)
Top Ten for 2009
1. Sarah Blacker - A beautiful singing voice, with lyrics that touch the deepest of emotions
2. Planetoid - Aliens have arrived, and they want our souls. A great persona and intense sounds
3. Bulletbreed - This new metal venture from Never Enough Bullets and the New Breed has power to spare
4. Protean Collective - An upbeat, jazzy rhythm and laid-back lyrics
5. The Blizzard of ’78 - Rock at its best
6. The Hollow Sound - Nothing hollow about these guys. Great depth of feeling and powerful vocals
7. Stilrize - You can’t sit still when these guys hit the stage. Raw emotion in every song
8. Hangover Black - A mix of punk with some good old rock and roll blues. Grab a Guinness and enjoy
9. The Tin Thistles - Fast, intense and angry. I like it.
10. Scott Whalberg & the Fog - the best of classic rock around, mixed with some new surfer tune

LOLITA FLANGE (Noise gossip columnist)
Top Ten Best Looking with Talent
1. Monica Rizzio (Tripping Lily)
John Eye (John Eye)
2. Melissa Gibbs (Robert Palmer Robert Palmer)
Willie Alexander
3. Valerie Thompson (Goli)
Asa Brebner (Family Jewels/ Bramblejam)
4. Kelly Knapp (the Darlings)
Eric Martin (Neats)
5. Wendy Mittelstadt (the Elevator Drops)
Peter Moore (Count Zero)
6. Sarah Rabdau (Sarah Rabdau & the Unemployed Assassins)
Ovatus (Planetoid)
7. Jen D’Angora (Jenny Dee & the Deelinquents)
Troy (Razors in the Night)
8. Lisa Deily (Varsity Drag)
Eli Paperboy Reed (... & the True Loves)
9. Casey Desmond (Casey Desmond)
David Minehan (the Neighborhoods)
10. Krina DaCosta (28 Degrees Taurus)
Boby Bear (the Stone Strangers)
Honorable mention: Diane Young (TCAN), Scott Janovitz (the Russians/ the Great Bandini), Maria Christopher (27), Nat Rogers (Brendan Boogie Band), Erin Harpe (Lovewhip), Pete Cassani (the Peasants), Marlene Silva (Marlene Silva Photography), Bo Berringer (Meandjoancollins), Britt Lightning (Jaded), Seth Kasper (Hooray for Earth), Liz Enthusiasm (Freezepop), John Powhida (the Rudds)

RITA FLANGE (Noise gossip columnist)
Top Ten Admirable Souls
1. Nabil and Joseph Sater (Middle East)
Linda Viens (Angeline)
2. Chandler Travis (...Philharmonic)
Carla DeLellis (Johnny D’s)
3. Kier Byrnes (Three Day Threshold)
Sue Minichiello (My Own Worst Enemy)
4. Mr. Curt (...Ensemble)
Liz Borden (Liz Borden Band)
5. Corin Ashley (_& the Hyper Dermics)
Laura Wilson (WMBR)
6. Bill “Des” Desmond (Sound Museum)
Carol Namkoong (Take You Higher)
7. Chuck U. Rosina (WMBR/WMFO)
Cheryl Wanner (Dreamchild)
8. Ayal Noir (27)
Andrea Gillis (Andrea Gillis Band)
9. Evan Shore (Muck & the Mires)
Carmelita (WAAF)
10. Pat McGrath (Looney Tunes)
Ellie Vee (Jeddo Stars)
Honorable mention: Al Janik (Plastic Cheese Band), Jason Duguay (Project Sound), Rick Berlin (Rick Berlin), Edrie (Walter Sickert & the Army of Toys), Dave Tree (SuperPower), Alvan Long (New Alliance), Chris Principe (Hooray For Earth), Bill T. Miller (OBE), Frank Rowe (Classic Ruins), Crispin Wood (the Bags), Karen DeBiasse (Girl on Top), Dana Colley (Elastic Waste Band), Carl Biancucci (Classic Ruins), Pete Sutton (Temper), Jesse von Kenmore (the New Alibis)

T MAX (Noise Publisher/Editor)
Top Ten CDs for 2009
(12/08 to 12/09)
1. Peter Moore One Ride
2. Chandler Travis After She Left
3. Ad Frank & the Fast Easy Women Your Secrets are Mine Now
4. Muck & the Mires Hypnotic
5. Lovewhip Love Electric
6. Mission of Burma The Sound the Speed of Light
7. Ray Mason Like Bugs Chewing on Paper
8. Willie Alexander Vincent Ferrini’s Greatest Hits
9. Chief Kooffrey Star Top Songs 3
10. Sarrah Rabdau & Self-Employed Assassins Sarrah Rabdau & Self Employed Assassins
Honorable Mention: What Time is it Mr Fox? And Other Stories
Ian Adams Stay Up Late
The New Alibis the New Alibis

THE NOISE HALL OF FAME
Each year the current editors of the Noise (T Max, Francis DiMenno, Joe Coughlin, Robin Umbley, Kier Byrnes, Joel Simches, Shady, Kevin Finn, and Nancy Neon) partake in a poll to determine the newest member of the Noise Hall of Fame. Already in the Hall of Fame are:
Willie Alexander
Roger Miller
Jeff Conolly
Rich Gilbert
Peter Prescott
Albert O
David Minehan
Mark Sandman
Tristram Lozaw
Thalia Zedek
Aimee Mann
Oedipus
Billy Ruane
Kenne Highland
Dickie Barrett
Mikey Dee
Richie Parsons
Alvan Long
Asa Brebner
Brett Milano
Carmelita
Jonathan Richman
Rick Berlin

This year there were 30 nominees to choose from. Each editor chose his/her top five in preferential order from the list (there were four extra write-ins that will be added to our nominee list for next year). A point value was given to each of the five choices and the totals were added up. In the final top five were Randi Millman (T.T. the Bears) [applause], Frank Black (the Pixies) [applause], Peter Moore (Count Zero) [applause], Alan Sheinfeld (Alvis/ Burning Sensations) [applause], and the latest member of the Noise Hall of Fame JJ RASSLER (DMZ/ the Odds/ the Downbeat 5/ Thee Cuban Heels) [extra applause]. Congratulation JJ for becoming the 24th member of the Noise Hall of Fame.

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