Tulip Time vs. Pandas

I hate Tulip Time. More specifically I hate the traffic, which I guess means I hate the Tulip Time tourists. It took me way too long to get to Menard's yesterday. And that "new" Menard's is just awful. Unless you are looking for some milk and a DVD rather than grass seed and lawn soil. But I sure do LOVE them pandas at the National Zoo in DC.

Obligatory Best of 2007 Post

Ok, here they are. BK's Musical Best of 2007:

Best album:

Sky Blue Sky - Wilco

Runner-ups:

Our Love to Admire - Interpol
Foreign Domestic - Tim Keegan
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse

Best song:

North American Scum - LCD Soundsystem

Runner-ups:

Don't You Evah - Spoon (yes, covers are allowed)
Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning) - Kaiser Chiefs
Wait For Me - Dean and Britta

Best concert:

Yo La Tengo, Freewheelin' tour, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

Best venue:

State Theater, Kalamazoo MI, Modest Mouse

Most courteous crowd surfers:

Modest Mouse, State Theater, Kalamazoo, MI

Worst venue:

Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI, Interpol

Worst crowd:

Interpol, Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI

Best concert with least expectations:

The Paper Route, Knickerbocker Theater, Holland, MI