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WNKU 89.7 is featuring “Little Honey” for the month of December as their CD of the month! This basically entails automatically sending the CD to all existing members or encouraging new members to join with a donation, along with many mentions and spins through the month as they promote the record and encourage membership.
http://wnku.org/page_wnku.asp
Little Honey is only $5 through Monday on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001HE0ZGW/ref=nosim/largeheartedb-20
Rolling Stone announced their top 50 albums of the year for 2008.
“Little Honey” is #18!
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24958695/albums_of_the_year/31
Albums of the Year
1 | TV on the Radio: Dear Science
2 | Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs — The Bootleg
Series Vol. 8
3 | Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
4 | My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
5 | John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Loveand Freedom
6 | Santogold: Santogold
7 | Coldplay: Viva la Vida or
Death and All His Friends
8 | Beck: Modern Guilt
9 | Metallica: Death Magnetic
10 | Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
11 | Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
12 | Guns n’ Roses: Chinese Democracy
13 | Blitzen Trapper: Furr
14 | Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cardinology
15 | The Black Keys: Attack & Release
16 | Randy Newman: Harps and Angels
17 | B.B. King: One Kind Favor
18 | Lucinda Williams: Little Honey
19 | Erykah Badu: New Amerykah: Part 1 (4th World War)
20 | Kings of Leon: Only by the Night
21 | Kaiser Chiefs: Off With Their Heads
22 | Jackson Browne: Time the Conquerer
23 | Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst
24 | Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
25 | The Magnetic Fields: Distortion
26 | Mudcrutch: Mudcrutch
27 | Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
28 | The Knux: Remind Me in Three Days…
29 | Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
30 | Duffy: Rockferry
31 | MGMT: Oracular Spectacular
32 | Jamey Johnson: The Lonesome Song
33 | Ne-Yo: Year of the Gentleman
34 | Stephen Malkmus: Real Emotional Trash
35 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig,
Lazarus, Dig!!!
36 | The Hold Steady: Stay Positive
37 | Nine Inch Nails: The Slip
38 | Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line
39 | Taylor Swift: Fearless
40 | Jonas Brothers: A Little Bit Longer
41 | AC/DC: Black Ice
42 | David Byrne and Brian Eno: Everything
That Happens Will Happen Today
43 | Nas: Untitled
44 | The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely
45 | Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward
46 | The Academy Is…: Fast Times at
Barrington High
47 | Of Montreal: Skeletal Lamping
48 | Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It
49 | Hot Chip: Made in the Dark
50 | No Age: NounsThanks for the post Lafayette,
I’m sure you’re disappointed at seeing John Melloncamp way down the list at number 5.
Bring Lu and B6 to Cincinnati in ’09. The Twentieth Century or Madison Theater could set up standing room only in the lower level with all, or limited seating in the upper level.
Steve
Wow–what a sad list. From my perspective, it really is a reflection of the sorry state of affairs of the recording industry. I wonder what actual sales numbers are associated with these ranks… David Byrne’s homegrown effort comes in at 42 without any corporate/industry backing–a Cinderella story of sorts. However, I wonder how Lost Highway feels about LH coming in at 18th especially in light of all the $$$ support and what it the return regarding each unit sold. Lil Wayne at 3 and LWs at 18? Hmmm, sad, really. Where is the recording industry heading and where will it be in 5-years? How about corporate radio? As Frank Zappa once said, Kill Ugly Radio. Maybe they both will ask for a bailout in the vein of the Big Three!
@DavidinMaine wrote:
Wow–what a sad list. From my perspective, it really is a reflection of the sorry state of affairs of the recording industry. I wonder what actual sales numbers are associated with these ranks…
I believe that is a list of the best albums of the year according to Rolling Stone’s critics. It is not a list of the best selling albums of the year.
Yeah, Steve, it was a hearbreaker seeing JM way down on the list at # 5 😆
The following blurb may explain criteria used to determine best albums, but it is just my opinion. There are a few in the top that have political content, one of them being Mellencamp’s (although fourteen songs is an exaggeration) as explained here:
“John Mellencamp’s growling fatalism and T Bone Burnett’s scorched-blues production make this the darkest, most compelling Mellencamp album in years,” said Rolling Stone in the blurb accompanying its prestigious 50 Best Albums of 2008 listing. “It is also the perfect run-up to Election Day: Fourteen songs about a nation going broke and a generation on the ropes.”
The article also singled out “Troubled Land,” and especially its lines “Beware of those who want to harm you/And drag you down to a lower game/Just know the truth is coming” for sounding “like the Election Day we deserved.”
“Troubled Land” also came in at #48 in the magazine’s 100 Best Singles chart.
“This stark heartland rocker offers a clear-eyed view of Bush’s America,” extolled Rolling Stone, adding “but the ending feels like a benediction,” in reference to John’s lyric “Just know that truth is coming.”
I could be wrong, but that seems to be the direction they were taking in rating the Best Albums of the Year.
“Little Honey” voted by listeners as the #1 album in 2008 on WNKU 89.7 as part of their annual top 89 countdown! AND, yes, I’m still trying to make a case Lucinda needs to make a tour stop in Cincinnati 😀
http://wnku.org/page_wnku.asp?p=0531750
Here they are! The Top 89 of 2008 as voted on by our listeners!
ARTIST CD
#1 Lucinda Williams Little Honey
#2 James McMurtry Just Us Kids
#3 My Morning Jacket Evil Urges
#4 Buddy Guy Skin Deep
#5 Rodney Crowell Sex And Gasoline
#6 Old Crow Medicine Show Tennessee Pusher
#7 Bob Dylan Tell Tale Signs
#8 Susan Tedeschi Back to the River
#9 The Pretenders Break Up the Concrete
#10 The Hiders Penny Harvest Field
#11 John Hiatt Same Old Man
#12 Dar Williams Promised Land
#13 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
#14 Kathleen Edwards Asking For Flowers
#15 John Mellencamp Life, Death, Love & Freedom
#16 Alejandro Escovedo Real Animal
#17 Jackson Browne Time the Conqueror
#18 Aimee Mann Smilers
#19 Taj Mahal Maestro
#20 Emmylou Harris All I Intended to Be
#21 Sonny Landreth From the Reach
#22 Los Lonely Boys Forgiven
#23 Elvis Costello & The Imposters Momofuku
#24 Joan Osborne Little Wild One
#25 Teddy Thompson A Piece of What You Need
#26 Brett Dennen Hope for the Hopeless
#27 Steve Winwood Nine Lives
#28 Paul Thorn A Long Way From Tupelo
#29 Calexico Carried to Dust
#30 Backyard Tire Fire The Places We Lived
#31 Ryan Adams & the Cardinals Cardinology
#32 Jeff Healey Mess O Blues
#33 Little Feat Join The Band
#34 The Black Keys Attack and Release
#35 REM Accelerate
#36 Sheryl Crow Detours
#37 Michael Franti & Spearhead All Rebel Rockers
#38 Jack Bruce & Robin Trower Seven Moons
#39 The Old 97’s Blame it on Gravity
#40 JJ Grey & Mofro Orange Blossoms
#41 Counting Crows Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
#42 Carrie Newcomer The Geography of Light
#43 Todd Snider Peace Queer
#44 Ingrid Michaelson Be OK
#45 Van Morrison Keep It Simple
#46 Bodeans Still
#47 Loudon Wainwright III Recovery
#48 Amos Lee Last Days at the Lodge
#49 Joe Jackson Rain
#50 Ray Davies Working Man’s Cafe
#51 B-52’s FunPlex
#52 K.D. Lang Watershed
#53 The Duhks Fast Paced World
#54 Justin Townes Earle The Good Life
#55 Ben Sollee Learning to Bend
#56 The Hold Steady Stay Positive
#57 James Hunter The Hard Way
#58 The Decemberists Always The Bridesmaid
#59 Jakob Dylan Seeing Things
#60 Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings 100 Days
#61 David Byrne & Brian Eno Everything That Will Happen Will Happen Today
#62 Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs
#63 Cat Power EP
#64 Tim O’Brien Chameleon
#65 Ry Cooder I, Flathead
#66 Dr. John City that Care Forgot
#67 Xavier Rudd Dark Shades of Blue
#68 Willie Nelson Moment of Forever
#69 Amy McDonald This is the Life
#70 Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson Rattlin’ Bones
#71 Big Blue Ball Big Blue Ball
#72 Joan Baez Day After Tomorrow
#73 Was (Not Was) Boo!
#74 David Grissom Loud Music
#75 Joseph Arthur Temporary People
#76 Kings of Leon Only by the Night
#77 Daniel Martin Moore Stray Age
#78 Tracy Chapman Our Bright Future
#79 Nada Surf Lucky
#80 Kelley Richey Carry The Light
#81 Matthew Ryan Matthew Ryan vs. the Silver State
#82 Beck Modern Guilt
#83 Widespread Panic Free Somehow
#84 Ryan Bingham Mescalito
#85 Mike Doughty Golden Delicious
#86 Gary Louris Vagabonds
#87 The Seedy Seeds Count the Days
#88 Crooked Still Still Crooked
#89 Chris Knight Heart of StoneAnd Little Honey came in #6 on the top 100 of 2008 voted on by listeners of super station WNCW 88.7 out of Spindale, NC.
Here’s the list:
WNCW TOP 100 OF 2008
Rank CD1 Avett Brothers – The Second Gleam
2 Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
3 Old Crow Medicine Show – Tennessee Pusher
4 Drive By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
5 Wood Brothers – Loaded
6 Lucinda Williams – Little Honey
7 James McMurtry – Just Us Kids
8 Alejandro Escovedo – Real Animal
9 Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
10 Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet – (self-titled)
11 B.B. King – One Kind Favor
12 Belleville Outfit – Wanderin’
13 My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
14 Tyler Ramsey – A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea
15 Al Green – Lay it Down
16 Dehlia Low – Dehlia Low
17 Emmylou Harris – All I Intended to Be
18 Beck – Modern Guilt
19 Aimee Mann – @#%&*! Smilers
20 Donna the Buffalo – Silverlined
21 Blind Boys of Alabama – Down in New Orleans
22 Felice Brothers – (self-titled)
23 JJ Grey & Mofro – Orange Blossoms
24 Blue Highway – Through the Window of a Train
25 Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers
26 Jack Johnson – Sleep Through the Static
27 Nikki Talley – To Be a Bird
28 Mad Tea Party – Found a Reason
29 Railroad Earth – Amen Corner
30 David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
31 Black Crowes – Warpaint
32 Ani DiFranco – Red Letter Year
33 Michael Franti & Spearhead – All Rebel Rockers
34 Mudcrutch – (self-titled)
35 Ray LaMontagne – Gossip in the Grain
36 Vampire Weekend – (self-titled)
37 Susan Tedeschi – Back to the River
38 Tim O’Brien – Chameleon
39 Dan Tyminski – Wheels
40 Infamous Stringdusters – (self-titled)
41 Darrell Scott – Modern Hymns
42 Randy Newman – Harps and Angels
43 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – Two Men With the Blues
44 Buddy Guy – Skin Deep
45 Duhks – Fast Paced World
46 Black Keys – Attack & Release
47 Otis Taylor – Recapturing the Banjo
48 Buena Vista Social Club – At Carnegie Hall
49 Toubab Krewe – Live at the Orange Peel
50 She & Him – Volume One
51 Hank Williams III – Damn Right Rebel Proud
52 Calexico – Carried to Dust
53 Biscuit Burners – Take Me Home
54 Malcolm Holcombe – Gamblin’ House
55 High Windy – A Greater Storm
56 Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
57 Todd Snider – Peace Queer
58 Cat Power – Jukebox
59 Chuck Brodsky – Two Sets
60 Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – Cardinology
61 Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends – (self-titled)
62 Jackson Browne – Time the Conqueror
63 Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Momofuku
64 Dar Williams – Promised Land
65 Waybacks – Loaded
66 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder – Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass
67 Mavis Staples – Live: Hope at the Hideout
68 Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Revisited
69 Crooked Still – Still Crooked
70 John Hiatt – Same Old Man
71 Tracy Chapman – Our Bright Future
72 Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin’ Bones
73 Chatham County Line – IV
74 McCoy Tyner – Guitars
75 Sam Bush – On The Road
76 Van Morrison – That’s Entertainment
77 Tift Merritt – Another Country
78 John Mellencamp – Life Death Love and Freedom
79 David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps – High & Lonesome
80 Hayes Carll – Trouble in Mind
81 Brett Dennen – Hope For the Hopeless
82 North Mississippi Allstars – Hernando
83 Yonder Mountain String Band – Mountain Tracks: Vol. 5
84 Rodney Crowell – Sex & Gasoline
85 B-52’s – Funplex
86 Laura Blackley – Love and Monsters
87 Billy Bragg – Mr. Love & Justice
88 Dailey & Vincent – (self-titled)
89 Hold Steady – Stay Positive
90 Taj Mahal – Maestro
91 Pretenders – Break Up the Concrete
92 Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles – (self-titled)
93 Jerry Douglas – Glide
94 Allison Moorer – Mockingbird
95 Willie Nelson – Moment of Forever
96 Conor Oberst (self-titled)
97 Dr. John & The Lower 911 – City That Care Forgot
98 Josh Phillips Folk Festival – Wicker
99 Widespread Panic – Free Somehow
100 Ralph Stanley – Old-Time Pickin-: A Clawhammer Banjo CollectionI’ve searched the entire Little Honey thread, so I’m revising this post to Re: Little Honey, Little Honey
Found this promo item. Anyone receive it when they bought the CD or attended a show?Was it an authorized promo item TOverby?
Yes, it is a sample of real honey.
lwj
Honey? I thought it was hair gel. Well now that explains a few things, not the least of which were some awkward unwelcome advances from a particularly amorous queen bee and a few of her questionable drones.
@Rainydayman wrote:
Honey? I thought it was hair gel. Well now that explains a few things, not the least of which were some awkward unwelcome advances from a particularly amorous queen bee and a few of her questionable drones.
That’s a riot.
Here is the link where I found it.
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=455498
lwj
Hey jetta,
Actually I may have exaggerated a little……okay, a lot. I’ve never seen this product before.
Thanks for the link.
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