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Editorial
January
2005
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Features
Editor
Well
another
year
has
come
and
gone,
and
as
we
look
forward
to
all
that
2005
promises
to
bring
us,
let's
not
forget
what
made
2004
such
a
rockin'
good
time:
the
tunes.
Now
typically,
you
would
find
this
kind
of
list
in
the
Arts
&
Entertainment
section
of
Free
Forum.
Unfortunately,
that
section
has
been
entirely
consumed
by
music
reviews
this
month,
and
as
such,
no
room
remains.
That
in
mind,
it
only
makes
sense
to
take
a
column
usually
devoted
to
commenting
on
current
affairs
and
other
such
important
aspects
of
Free
Forum's
content
and
turn
it
into
a
soapbox
for
promoting
my
own
musical
preferences
by
providing
you
with
a
Top
Ten
list
of
2004's
best
albums.
2004
marked
an
interesting
year
for
the
music
community.
We
saw
the
rise
in
popularity
of
previously
unappreciated
sub-genres
like
disco
rock,
highlighted
by
bands
like
the
Rapture
and
the
Scissor
Sisters.
In
addition,
we
watched
in
awe
as
Modest
Mouse,
indie
rock's
decade-long
crooners
of
choice,
found
mainstream
appeal
and
suddenly
became
"cool."
Later,
we
witnessed
a
miracle
decades
in
the
making
as
Beach
Boys
survivor
Brian
Wilson's
Smile
dream
at
long
last
became
a
reality.
Finally,
Elliott
Smith
(1969
-
2003)
seemingly
came
back
to
life
this
fall
to
give
us
one
last
musical
gift:
a
beautiful,
posthumous
masterpiece
entitled
From
a
Basement
on
the
Hill,
comforting
so
many
after
his
premature
death
just
one
year
and
two
days
before.
May
he
rest
in
peace.
All
in
all,
it's
starting
to
feel
like
everything's
going
to
be
ok.
When
Ashlee
Simpson
was
booed
off
the
stage
at
the
Orange
Bowl,
it
almost
made
us
all
feel
like
the
world
was
coming
to
its
senses.
Franz
Ferdinand,
like
Modest
Mouse,
was
"cool"
too,
and
had
the
Much
Music
rotation
to
prove
it.
Hell,
Got
something
to
say?
Huh?
Doya?
Send
your
letters
to
featxirescncsncnc.bc.ca
Just
make
sure
they
don't
suck.
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even
Dogs
Die
in
Hot
Cars
has
a
single
on
94x's
top
50.
Yep,
everything's
'
gonna
be
alright
I
think.
;
Anyway,
enough
pretentious
small
talk.
Here
now
for
your
personal
aggrava
tion
is
Features
Editor
Kevin
Lalonde's
top
ten
albums
of
2004.
See
you
all
at
Coachella.
10.
Frank
Black
Francis
-
Frank
Black
Francis
(yeah,
I
know,
but
still...
9.
Iron
and
Wine
-
Our
Endless
Numbered
Days
8.
Julie
Doiron
-
Goodnight
Nobody
7.
Stars
-
Set
Yourself
on
Fire
6.
Brian
Wilson
-
Smile
5.
Wilco
-
A
Ghost
is
Born
4.
Elliott
Smith
-
From
a
Basement
on
the
Hill
3.
Modest
Mouse
-
Good
News
for
People
who
Love
Bad
News
2.
A.C.
Newman
-
The
Slow
Wonder
Here
it
is,
can
you
guess?
Can
you
guess?!?!
OH,
and
it's
-
1
.
Interpol
-
Antics
Also
worthy
of
note:
the
Organ,
Guided
by
Voices,
the
Arcade
Fire,
Death
From
Above
1979,
Hayden,
Tangiers,
the
Unicorns,
Broken
Social
Scene,
the
Libertines,
!!!,
the
Rheostatics,
Preston
School
of
Industry
and
Controller.Controller.
That's
all
folks.
Tune
in
next
month
for
another
exciting
Top
Ten
list:
Kevin
Lalonde's
top
ten
Jelly
Belly
flavours!
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Dear
Editor:
When
is
a
baby
not
a
baby?
Well,
we
all
were
babies
in
our
mother's
wombs
and
the
billboard
declaring
"Abortion
-
the
ultimate
child
abuse"
speaks
to
the
injustice
of
killing
such
little
ones.
The
billboard
is
not
out
to
bring
women
and
men
to
tears
for
abortion,
but
repentance.
For
others,
it
explains
the
inhumanity
of
abortion.
We
know
that
it
is
an
undeniable
medical
fact
I
that
babies
of
eight
weeks
gestation
can
feel
pain,
have
brain
waves,
have
all
their
organs,
in
effect
just
need
to
grow.
To
kill
these
little
ones
and
then
try
to
justify
it
is
an
abominable
act.
The
truth
must
be
told.
To
deny
the
ProLife
Society
the
right
to
publicly
speak
up
for
the
unborn
babies
is
to
deny
the
telling
of
the
obvious
truth.
Justice
requires
that
we
tell
the
truth.
I
pray
for
all
women
and
men
involved
in
abortion
to
turn
to
their
loving
God
and
seek
his
forgiveness
and
mercy.
He
Who
Is
Truth
is
also
Love.
Sincerely,
Chase
Conell
I