BeatNonStop A Weblog by Chris Macias Bee pop music critic Music geek (n. myü-zik 'gEk) 1: A person who proudly wore KISS commemorative pajamas in third grade. 2: A person who owns multiple copies of the same album, still buys vinyl and has a room dedicated to 2,000 or so CDs and records. 3. A person who wrote a five-part series about traveling with a local band in their stinky van - and loved every minute of it. 4: Chris Macias, the Bee's pop music critic, serving Sacramento's music scene since 1999.

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November 29, 2007

They're No. 1!

Blender magazine sure loves its lists, and the latest rundown at Blender.com is "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever." And look at this, the top spot went to a band that hailed near these parts, the good 'ol "Sunrise Seaport" of Stockton. That group would be Pavement, which ruled 99 other would-bes with the album "Slanted and Enchanted." Says the blurb at Blender.com: "('Slanted and Enchanted') came out of nowhere and touched a nerve, quickly selling 100,000 copies and inspiring scores of bands to strive for a similar mix of beauty and brains." Way to go, indie dudes.

As for the rest of the list, Sonic Youth's "Daydream Nation" was the runner-up, and it's sooo unjust that Flipper's "Generic Album" was relegated to No. 86. That was easily No. 37 material, but check out the entire list for yourself and let the haggling begin.

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