Top 25 Songs For October

25. Of Montreal - Triphallus, to Punctuate!
24. Oasis - Bag It Up
23. Annuals - Down The Mountain
22. Oasis - I'm Outta Time
21. Tokyo Police Club - The Harrowing Adventures Of...
20. Annuals - Springtime
19. Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us
18. Tokyo Police Club - Nurse, Academy
17. Brendan Canning - Chameleon
16. Of Montreal - And I've Seen A Bloody Shadow
15. The Replacements - Careless
14. Tokyo Police Club - Graves
13. Tokyo Police Club - Sixties Remake
12. Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall
11. Tokyo Police Club - Your English Is Good
10. Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance
9. Vivian Girls - Never See Me Again
8. Tokyo Police Club - Centennial
7. Annuals - Always Do
6. Brendan Canning - Churches Under The Stairs
5. Tokyo Police Club - In A Cave
4. Of Montreal - Touched Something's Hollow
3. Of Montreal - Nonpareil Of Favor
2. Tokyo Police Club - Juno
1. Vivian Girls - I Believe In Nothing

Fuck Yes

November 3, 2004 is one of the hardest days I can remember. I woke up, confirmed that the worst had happened, and then left 32 Wheeler to head to class. I recall seeing some small children on the walk over and wanting to cry. When I arrived at my poly sci class with Harry Hirsh, everyone was a mess. For an hour, we talked about what had happened: some ranted and raved, some sat quietly, despondent, and some seemed close to tears. We all did our best to make sense of something we didn’t understand.

What I remember best is that at some point, someone suggested or implied that Barack Obama, my hometown senator who’d recently caught the nation’s attention at the DNC, might help the Democrats finally wrestle back control of the White House in 2008. Harry, who I always found to be incredibly intelligent and an astute political observer, quickly dismissed this idea, commenting that our best chance of electing a Democratic president again would be to nominate a charismatic candidate from the South who could siphon off a few Red States. I thought that made a shitload of sense.

Barack, thank you for somehow making this all come true.

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The Top 25 will belatedly appear this weekend after I turn in my seminar paper.