Steve,

wow! Being as busy as you must be, it's terrific that you have the time to jot down all the memories, best & worst of 2004! I pretty much am on the same wavelength about much of your lists, especially the music!

I actually was a HUGE Faith No More/Hangin' w/MTV fan back, what was it, 12 years ago?! I was a big fan of your style then, and still am today! I saw a picture of Dave Navarro and you in Rolling Stone and I thought, Wow - he's a singer now! So I had to check it out and I think this whole blog thing is terrific!

Keep on keepin' on!!!

Mandy

2004:

Falling in love with an old friend.

Here and 6767

The whole exciting Panic Channel thang

Moving to a lovely house

Getting kittens

My daughter learning the art of sarcasm

Gigging

Peace and love at you

Vic
xxx

Harry Potter, definitely a great of 2004... I think Lemony Snicket's will be too, as well as The Phantom of the Opera once I see them!
It's not exactly a 2004 movie, but I also saw Beloved (with Oprah Winfrey) for the 1st time, that movie was dope... crazy, trippy, real, powerful.

Favorite TV Shows:
The Apprentice
ER
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

TV shows that are SO not my thing:
America's Next Top Model
Nip/Tuck

best moments of 2004:
moving out to LA
getting my own place and a pair of zebra finches
my sister adopting a cat from the animal shelter
Red Hot Chili Pepper fanclub convention
The Panic Channel Shows and meeting my fellow 6767s
Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, CA
Ramones Tribute show in Hollywood
seeing my former first real boyfriend Jason again after 3 years
getting a bass guitar

worst moments:
having to put my 20 year old cat that I had for 15 years to sleep
the passing away of John Ritter (I was a HUGE fan of Three's Company)
reelection of Bush

looking forward to:
new music from bands/artists that rock along with their concerts
getting a cat from an animal shelter
seeing more movies than I have this year
going somewhere i've never been on vacation like camping at Yellowstone Ntl. Park, the Redwood forest, or the Grand Canyon, etc.

I think I liked only a few films this year: "Birth" being the most interesting one. Seems like a big drought right now... too much formulaic crap.

My favorite book was Heinlen's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Stranger in a Strange Land." They are almost less sci-fi and more poltics and religion, respectively. (Best book I re-read was "Dune.") Also enjoyed Orson Scott Card's "Prentice Alvin."

I'll miss: Azuma-san. Hair salon owner in Tokyo; from cancer. Took care of my wife for years with his wife. Thank you...

Best music was a Clash compilation of "hits" -- which I can't locate on my book shelf!

Favorite TV was "Shinsengumi", a Japanese program about renegade samurai before the "opening" of Japan. However, even with my Japanese, I can't understand many of the very-polite-level expressions.

2004

Fav's

Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Coffee and Cigarettes
Kill Bill Vol. 1&2
Bloody Mary - The Panic Channel
My new guitar and bass
Steve and Dave's Blogs
21 Grams
The Apprentice
Tampa Bay Lightning winning the Stanley Cup
My daughter saying "I Love You!" for the first time.
George Bush showing the world what an idiot he is in the first debate.
Jon Stewart calling Tucker Carlson a dick

Sad Moments

We are still in Iraq
Paris Hilton
The Simpson Sisters
George and Donald

Looking Forward to

The Panic Channel CD and Tour
Releasing two albums in 2 genres with my band
Touring the Northeast and Northwest
The end of War
The overly Right getting their comeuppance.
Paris Hilton 15 minutes expiring
The return of Rock as a major force, i.e., TPC

Did a lot of in 2004

Watching my daughter grow
J. Krishnamurti
Jeff Buckley
Joy Division

Cheers,

Mike C. (FLA)

Highlights of 2004:

Leaving school-starting college.
All the great Panic Channel related websites.
Finally getting my hands on the long awaited Nirvana boxset.
Don't Try This At Home by Dave Navarro and Neil Strauss.
Discovering Tim Burton
Being only a few metres away from John Frusciante when i saw RHCP in June and dancing in the rain to James Brown before RHCP came on.
Long Weekend in New York.
Leeds Festival
The Apprentice
Little Britain (excellent BBC comedy hopefully you will get it on BBC America soon ).
Shaun of the Dead

Worst Moments:
Incubus gig- full of irritating girls screaming at Brandon.
George Bush
THE O.C

Great CDS
1.)Katastrophy Wife-All Kneel
2.)Probot-Probot
3.)Auf der Maur-Auf der Maur
4.)Mark Lanegan Band- Bubblegum

Looking forward to in 2005:
Panic Channel cd and tour in England
Foo Fighters cd and hopefully a tour
QOtsa " " " " "
Audioslave " " " " "
Leeds Festival
Summer with my friends at our holiday apartment
Christmas
Seeing Little Britain Live!

I posted pretty much this same thing on my site a while ago, here are some highlights as well as link:

http://www.empyrelounge.com/features/live2004.html

oh and some background, im a lurker here and at 6767.com posting occassionally when I actually have something to say, but I run this music site that is far more promotional than critical as we just want to expose new music since nothing better than finding a new band. But we luckily get to go to a lot of shows and meet a lot of the bands that we dig, which is always cool. here are some of our live moments of 2004...

- 80s revival with great concers by Prince (simply amazing), Van Halen (well Hagar but it was still better than most), Tesla (no better than 'Love Song' live), Living Colour (Two Words: Vernon Reid), and Public Enemy (so entertaining).

- Velvet Revolver : rock finally has its attitude back

- New Bands breaking out : got to see great shows by up and comers Snow Patrol, Keane, The Killers, Ingram Hill, O.A.R., and one of our favorites, Robert Randolph & the Family Band.

Top CDs: http://www.empyrelounge.com/cd/2004/bestof/
10. Jamie Cullum, Twentysomething
9. Keane, Hopes And Fears
8. The Hives, Tyrannosaurus Hives
7. Kanye West, College Dropout
6. Wilco, A Ghost Is Born
5. Green Day, American Idiot
4. U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
3. Snow Patrol, Final Straw
2. Velvet Revolver, Contraband
1. The Killers, Hot Fuss

I’m a little late but what the hell, right?

Highlights of 2004

Personal/Career
Winning every case for my consumers!

Personal/Bummer
I should be in Law School instead of doing the Non-profit/Disability thing. I barley get by. I just have to figure out how I can swing that one
Still figuring out what the hell I should do with my life
Dime bag RIP
The Election

All-Time for 2004
Surfing Costa Rica’s “Roca Loca” in February with my close friends charging huge bombers and not getting killed on the rocky reef paddling back in
Getting my original “LOST” 6’0 Twin fin surfboard back 6 years later from a friend
Bought a black 77’ Ibanez Les Paul Hoooooooooooo!
Bought my first guitar head (150 watts of overkill)
Venturing/driving into LA
Seeing the Panic Channel for the first time at the Dragonfly/ The Key Club & meeting fellow 6767’s
Meeting the Creator of this very fine website/ rock & roll movement! & Mr. “Gummo”
My computer constantly crashing and finally dying!

2005 looking forward too
Buying a 4x12 cab finally
C Whitley’s “Soft and Dangerous shores” cd
N Larson’s “Filmwork” cd
Deftones cd!
A better job cuz I am fucking tired of making peanuts on the dollar/quit smoking/play guitar/surf more/finish my tattoo’s
TPC album and tour! Please come to “San Diego” the drive to LA is killing me LOL!
Listening to Project “P” in its full entirety
All the Armed forces returning home safe and to there loved ones!
The end of corporate/cookie-cutter/bullshit pop music
A better year than 2004!

Even later, but who cares

Long time lurker/first time poster, getting very excited about the Panic Channel.

Best CDs of 2004 (in no particular order)

Hope Of the States, Hope of the States
Mark Lanegan Band, Bubblegum
Six By Seven, 04
The Twilight Singers, She Loves You
Madvillain, Madvillainy

Two CDs not of 2004, but discovered in 2004 and have listened to more times than is healthy

The Replacements, Let it Be
John Coltrane, The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions

Things to look forward to in 2005

Getting married in April
Panic Channel live shows in the UK?? If you do venture to these shores, can you PLEASE not just play London?

We've got some great venues, both big and small, here in Nottingham, and we're right in the middle of the country...

agree with many on Steve's list but didn't have a chance to experience all the music/films/culture/etc
(sorry for the length)

fave films:
incredibles
super size me
fahrenheit 9/11
team america
motorcycle diaries

least fave film:
van helsing

fave music:
shoghaken ensemble "traditional dances of armenia"
chingon "mexican spaghetti western"
buckethead's new albums

stuff not released this year that i listened to a lot:
system of a down "steal this album"
the creatures "hai"

fave tv:
south park
biggest loser

fave people:
panic channel guys + riss
margaret cho
anyone who made bush jokes

biggest bummer:
4 more years
tsunami

most annoying:
painfully waiting for hilton 15 minutes to end
painfully praying that somehow it won't be 4 more years
painfully waiting for 4 more years to start so that it may end

i'll miss you:
pets that have passed on

shit i seriously could have done without:
getting sick
cowardly news journalists reporting on the presidential debates
all the pro-bush bumper stickers in orange county
being yelled at, stared at, etc negativity

favorite moments:
finally dumping all ibm clones and going completely mac, ipod and all
finally graduating and getting that damn ba
finally saying goodbye to my job and adopted coastal town and returning home to los angeles
going vegan
discovering the goodness that is cilantro hummus
discovering the goodness that is shoghaken ensemble
netflixing like crazy
pride weekend in SF with the GF and my brother
sponging wireless dsl at my mom's for 3 months after 10 years of dialup
getting to see my grandmother and other relatives after a 7 year absence
going to the panic channel shows, meeting the guys, and having courtney love fondle my hand
going to the creatures shows and bumping into perkins
finally visiting tijuana for the first time
traveling to the southern hemisphere for the first time
finally getting a sense of what the hell kind of game cricket is
being in the first time zone to turn to 2005
new friendships and renewed friendships
falling in love with my girlfriend all over again and traveling together to places old and new

looking forward to in 2005:
getting to see all those movies i've been dying to see (meet the faulkers, star wars episode iii, as well as classic films)
being introduced to more cool music and bands unknown to me
finally seeing system of a down live
bungy jumping for the first time
first tattoo?
taking the girlfriend to 'the motherland'
returning to los angeles
more stamps in the passport
2 new system of a down albums
panic channel album!

Japanese women, although that kind of lasts through the
years....... hmmm should have thought that through.