the Music we buy
This is a list of the last 50 CDs we've purchased. We have an elaborate scientific system for rating our music. One star means we regret buying this CD. Every song sucks. Two stars means we sort of regret buying the CD. Thankfully there's one, maybe two songs, that are ok. Three stars means this was a good, solid purchase. Maybe half the songs are good. However, while we listened to the CD a lot when we first bought it, we don't expect to listen to it much after that. Four stars means this is one fine CD. Most of the songs are good, we listen to the CD a lot, and we occassionally recommend it to friends. Five stars means this CD rules the planet. In our humble opinion it's a classic. Every song is good. We ripped them all to our iPod so that they can be with us always. We listen to it in our car all the time. For the record, we'll be stingy with the 5-star rating. For each item, the first set of stars refers to Joey's review, the second refers to Jonnel's. No stars means that we haven't listened to the CD enough to form an opinion (or we think it sucks so much that we don't ever want to listen to it).
Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards (2006)
The Blow - Paper Television (2006)
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007) 
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City (2007) 
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country (2006) 
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)
Now It's Overhead - Dark Light Daybreak (2006)
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time (2006)
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
MSTRKRFT - The Looks (2006)
Voxtrot - Raised by Wolves (2005) | 
Voxtrot - Your Biggest Fan (2006) |
Mates of State - Bring it Back (2005)
Various Artists - Living in Oblivion: The 80s Greatest Hits Volume 4 (1994) 
The Black Keys - Magic Potion (2006)
The Killers - Sam's Town (2006)
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006) |
Green Day - Bullet in a Bible (2005) | 
Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites (2005)
Figurines - Skeleton (2005)
Pulp - Different Class (1995)
DJ Shadow - Entroducing... (1996)
Atari Teenage Riot - Burn, Berlin, Burn (1997)
Various Artists - Traxx Records: 20th Anniversary Collection (2004)
Tiger Trap - Tiger Trap (1993)
The Orb - U.F.Orb (1992)
Codeine - Frigid Stars (1990)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1993)
Various Artists - Classic Acid (1998)
Depeche Mode - Violator (1990)
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (1988) | 
Various Artists - Return of the DJ, Volume 1 (1995)
Slint - Spiderland (1990)
Basement Jaxx - Remedy (1999)
The Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (1985)
The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)
Run-DMC - Run-DMC (1984)
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
Slayer - Reign in Blood (1986)
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (1995)
Fatboy Slim - On the Floor at the Boutique (2000)
Portishead - Dummy (1994)
The Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II (1984)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
The Minutement - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Husker Du - New Day Rising (1985) 
Husker Du - Zen Arcade (1984)
Bjork - Post (1995)