My top ten CDS of 2006

(drum roll, please...)

1. BOB DYLAN - MODERN TIMES
2. JOHNNY CASH - AMERICAN V - A HUNDRED HIGHWAYS
3. BECK - THE INFORMATION
4. ZERO 7 - THE GARDEN
5. LOS LOBOS - THE TOWN AND THE CITY
6. TOM VERLAINE - SONGS AND OTHER THINGS / TOM VERLAINE -
AROUND (TIE)
7. CALEXICO - GARDEN RUIN
8. ELBOW - LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD
9. ROSANNE CASH - BLACK CADILLAC
10. TOM WAITS - ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS & BASTARDS

Top Ten Dountdown

I'm still putting the finishing touches on my top ten list of the best CDs of 2006, but I can tell you for sure that I'll be running down the list on Fine Tuning (Sundays at 4pm on 107one) starting Dec. 10 and finishing up on Dec. 17. I'm also happy to be resuming my longtime tradition of playing 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' by the Vince Guaraldi Trio in its entirety on Fine Tuning - that will happen, when else, on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve! My top ten list of films will arrive late in December, by the way.