LONDON CALLING: The Observer picks The 100 Greatest British Albums, and all the usual suspects from ABC and Astral Weeks to Zep and Ziggy Stardust are there. No. 1 is an upset, as it comes from a Manchester, and not a Liverpool, Fab Four. Weep not, Beatles fans; the band places albums at Nos. 2, 5, 6, 28, and 32. The top 10 lists of various British musicians and whatnots are worth perusing, too.
In other list news, Margaret McGurk, film critic of the Cincinnati Enquirer, picks her 10 Best Film Songs, in anticipation of tonight's AFI special. Let's pray the AFI has the good sense not to pick The Doors' "The End" (Apocalypse Now) as its top pick.
And while in my world, Bill Clinton's My Life is the second-most anticipated release of the day behind Wilco's A Ghost Is Born, you'll want to check out USA Today's examination of past presidential memoirs, which includes to stunningly idiotic observation that "Abe Lincoln is loved for his 300-word Gettysburg Address. He never wrote a memoir."
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