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Hello all,
It's that time of year again! As 2009 comes to a close, we here at Flea reflect on all the musical greatness that's been bestowed upon us. It's been a great year, and we're looking forward to the next. Check out our top 10's (ish) of 2009. Share your thoughts! We wanna know what your favorite records were!
Tons of love from everyone here at Flea. Thanks for a great year! If anyone needs us we'll be somewhere between a food hangover and real hangover wishing the holidays weren't so demanding of our collective livers.
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AJ Tobey - President/CEO |
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I finally made a list that didn't have any records on it that we worked on. It wasn't easy to avoid all of my favorites, but there was a lot of great music this year in addition to the titles we were lucky enough to work on! |
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AJ's top 12 records of 2009:
1. Telekinesis - 'Telekinesis!'
2. Coconut Records - 'Davy'
3. Elvis Perkins in Dearland - s/t
4. The Low Anthem - 'Oh My God, Charlie Darwin'
5. A Place To Bury Strangers - 'Exploding Head'
6. Julian Plenti - 'Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper'
7. The XX - 'XX'
8. Kevin Devine - 'Brother's Blood'
9. Brian Bonz and the Dot Hongs - 'From Sumi To Japan'
10. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - s/t
11. Eugene Mirman - 'God Is A Twelve-Year-Old Boy With Asperger's'
12. Wild Light - 'Adult Nights'
AJ's top 10 anything 2009:
*In no particular order
Playing the last show ever with The Minus Scale
Moving into our new office with our WINDOW!!!
Getting an intern!
Finally hanging out in LA and San Diego with everyone
Chris' bachelor party
Finally starting to manage artists myself
Finally having my birthday fall within SXSW
Watching The Get Up Kids from stage
Sitting right behind the home dugout at Fenway for a game
Having our first ever Flea Marketing CMJ day party
Watching Jimmy Eat World play Clarity
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Katherine Szuplat - Store Liaison |
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Somewhere in between wearing bridesmaids dresses and not catching a bouquet (phew), I managed to fit in plenty of music listening in 2009. Reception music ranged from lots of Michael Jackson (though sadly we couldn't get a wedding party Thriller dance going) to Lady Gaga (thankfully none of my dresses even came close to her outfits). And now I even have a car that has a cd player in it! I'm really moving up in the world... |
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Katherine's top 10 records of 2009
1. Avett Brothers - "I and Love and You"
2. Bowerbirds - "Upper Air"
3. Brandi Carlile - "Give up the Ghost"
4. Neko Case - "Middle Cyclone"
5. Deer Tick - "Born on Flag Day"
6. Justin Townes Earle - "Midnight at the Movies"
7. Lisa Hannigan "Sea Sew"
8. Low Anthem - "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin"
9. Elvis Perkins - "In Dearland"
10. M.Ward - "Hold Time"
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Chris Delisle - VP of Operations |
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It took me forever to come up with a list that didn't include any bands we worked with this year. So here's a list of the other things I bought and enjoyed. They are in more or less a particular order. I got annoyed and stopped shuffling titles around. This is as good as it gets. |
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Chris's top 10 records of 2009:
1. JD Allen Trio - "Shine!"
2. Black Keys - "Blackroc"
3. Raekwon - "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. 2
4. Defeater - "Lost Ground EP"
5. Passion Pit - "Manners" (So what, get over it, I don't give a damn what you think)
6. Tim Williams - "Careful Love"
7. Fashawn - "Boy Meets World"
8. Wilco - "Wilco (The Album)"
9. Fairmont - "The Meadow at Dusk"
10. Say Anything - "Say Anything"
Chris's top 10 anything of 2009:
1. Getting married and catching the only nice day in August
2. Moving to downtown Portsmouth
3. The discovery of new foods
4. The Minus Scale's last show
5. Bachelor party. I wish every camping trip was like that.
6. New coffee maker in the office
7. NEW FLEA OFFICE! I can see the outside world now!
8. Lots of golf, all the way up to an unheard of December outing
9. Wii... 'nough said.
10. Lots of friends over more drinks
Chris's top 6 beer's of 2009:
1. Shipyard Pumpkinhead
2. Allagash Curieux
3. Longtrail Imperial Porter
4. Portsmouth Brewery Holidaze Porter
5. Peak Organic Nut Brown Ale
6. Kate the Great Russian Imperial Stout |
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Gil Hartman - Retail Relations |
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Gil is unavailable for comment, as he is busy working at our local record store. Our love goes out to Gil. We imagine his day sounds something like this:
"Do you know the song that goes, ba..bah bah baaah.. ba ba?" "It has that girl in it that goes, dooo..do..da..da, you know? With that guy from that band in the late nineties? You know who I'm talking about, right? right?.... WHY DON'T YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?!?!"
Our hats are off to you, Gil.
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Gil's top 13 records of 2009:
1. Baroness - "Blue Record"
2. Doomriders - "Darkness Come Alive"
3. Converge - "Axe to Fall"
4. Big Business - "Mind the Drift"
5. Om- "God is Good"
6. Crippled Black Phoenix - "the Resurrectionists / Night Raider"
7. Goes Cube - "Another Day Has Passed"
8. Jesu - "Opiate Sun"
9. A Place to Bury Strangers - "Exploding Head"
10. Obits - "I Blame You"
11. A.A. Bondy - "When the Devil's Loose"
12. Yob - "the Great Cessation"
13. SHRINEBUILDER - "S/T"
Gil's top 7 anything of 2009:
1. Meeting my girlfriend, Shenandoah (like the valley).
2. The fact that there is so much good music this year that it made it hard for me to pick a top 13.
3. There were amazing reissues all year.
4. Riffs. Riffs everywhere.
5. Getting hired at Flea!
6. The new Belhaven Scottish ale at the Coat of Arms (a pub in town).
7. the Guinness 250 anniversary brew.
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Melissa Halliwell - Office Assistant Extraordinare |
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Somewhere between Twilight viewings and homework Melissa managed to put together a top list. It took her a long time because most of the records she listened to this year weren't from this year. |
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Melissa's top 7 records of 2009:
*Interns can't count past seven
**Also, the records that are italicized came out BEFORE 2009
1. A Rocket to the Moon - "On Your Side"
2. Brighten - "Early Love EP"
3. All Time Low - Nothing Personal
4. Set Your Goals - "Mutiny"
5. Set Your Goals - "This Will Be the Death of Us"
6. The Fratellis - "Costello Music"
7. Sparks the Rescue - "Eyes to the Sun
Melissa's top 7 anything of 2009:
1. Interning / Working for FLEA! (and bringing the much needed "teenage fan girl" element. *see above
2. Going to France - Montre-moi ta bite!
3. Holding 3 summer jobs
4. Skipping confirmation rehearsal/brothers graduation to see The Minus Scale and Sparks the Rescue play
5. Ice skating in August
6. Seeing Dear and the Headlights
7. Spending 7/11 with my best friend getting 6 free slurpees at 7-11
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Jo Lenardi - Head Intern |
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"I have nothing to say", says Jo.
Does anyone see the irony?
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Jo's top stuff of 2009:
Barrack Hussein Obama
Michael Jackson's death was a really sad thing.
Numerous books by Ha Jin, Upton Sinclair and Dennis Lehane
Jo's top music of 2009:
(in no particular order)
Jay Z – The Blueprint 3
The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
A A Bondy – When the Devils Loose
J Tillman – A year in the kingdom
J Dilla – as a new fan I am discovering greatness from years past.
First Aid Kit – Can not wait for album
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Higher than the stars EP
Dengue Fever - Venus on Earth
Telekinesis - Telekinesis
Other Lives - Other Lives
Jo's top Movies of 2009:
Precious
The Hurt Locker
The Hangover
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Price
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Lastly, this is the picture I made for Jo when she said she didn't like the backdrop of her picture. I mean, who doesn't have awesome laser show pictures from middles school?
Note: it IS cooler than the original
And
that is it... We had a great year and we're looking forward to the
next. Once we recover from New Years we'll get back to you with the new
hotness that is 2010. As always, if your store has a mailing list or if
just want to talk about records add us! AJ@flea-marketing.com,
Jo@flea-marketing.com, Chris@flea-marketing.com, Gil@flea-marketing.com, and Katherine@flea-marketing.com.
Thanks for a great year!
We love you!
Jo - AJ - Katherine - Chris - Gil - Melissa |
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