It’s kind of exciting… A brand new year is upon us, a brighter horizon perhaps. That old year certainly threw us its challenges and surprises. But looking back it was special in many ways. Not the least of which are the wonderful new friends I've made over the past three hundred sixty five days. Some of them are on my blog roll and I urge you to spend some time at their little virtual corner too. Creative, intelligent, patient, funny and lovely they all are. So for them, a small token of my appreciation; this is what I do best after all. A playlist dedicated to all of them. I am a better person to know these “Friends of Mine” and to all of them the most sincere best wishes for a splendid 2009.
Click on the links below for a random visit. The songs themselves? Go out and find them at your nearest independent record retailer. Tell them a friend sent you.
Ally Side
These Are Your Friends - Adem
Always A Friend - Alejandro Escovedo
Little Friend - Minor Threat
Us And Our Friends - Tall Firs
I Need All The Friends I Can Get - Camera Obscura
All My Friends (Franz Ferdinand Version) - LCD Soundsystem
My Best Friend - Annie
You've Got A Friend - Dusty Springfield
All Of My Friends Were There - The Kinks
Farewell My Friend - Dennis Wilson
He's My Best Friend - Jellyfish
Booster Side
Fairweather Friend - John Cale
She 's My Best Friend - Lou Reed
My Dearest Friend - Devendra Banhart
New Old Friend Blues - The Kingsbury Manx
Friend Of Mine - The National
All the Right Friends - R.E.M.
Old Friend - Loudon Wainwright III
So Many Friends - Martha Wainwright
Barely Friends - Hayden
Me and My Friend - Julie Doiron
Song for a Friend - Pieta Brown
We're Just Friends - Wilco
Thank You Friends - Big Star
Friends Of Mine - The Zombies
