Edward P Olsen
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Love this now annual tradition - can't wait to explore a playlist of stuff I haven't yet discovered!
3: Hey You - Belair Lip Bombs
2: Down To Be Wrong - Haim
1: Say Something - Royal Otis
3: Hey You - Belair Lip Bombs
2: Down To Be Wrong - Haim
1: Say Something - Royal Otis
December 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Love this now annual tradition - can't wait to explore a playlist of stuff I haven't yet discovered!
3: Hey You - Belair Lip Bombs
2: Down To Be Wrong - Haim
1: Say Something - Royal Otis
3: Hey You - Belair Lip Bombs
2: Down To Be Wrong - Haim
1: Say Something - Royal Otis
I'll go 2 for Look Sharp and 1 for Frenzy...
But if I could give The Muppets all 6 votes, I would...
But if I could give The Muppets all 6 votes, I would...
December 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I'll go 2 for Look Sharp and 1 for Frenzy...
But if I could give The Muppets all 6 votes, I would...
But if I could give The Muppets all 6 votes, I would...
It was the absolute best. This year, I'm taking my 13yr-old to one day for the first time and saying to him "Don't get used to this, mate. Your 1 day on RLA is the same price as your combined Richmond and Melb Stars memberships that get you into all the AFL, BBL and WBBL home games of your teams!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It was the absolute best. This year, I'm taking my 13yr-old to one day for the first time and saying to him "Don't get used to this, mate. Your 1 day on RLA is the same price as your combined Richmond and Melb Stars memberships that get you into all the AFL, BBL and WBBL home games of your teams!"
You should have seen the prices 10 years before that! Back in the late 90s-early 00s, we'd pay $200 as uni students and thanks to the student discount, that would get us RLA tickets for the first 10 days of the tournament!
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
You should have seen the prices 10 years before that! Back in the late 90s-early 00s, we'd pay $200 as uni students and thanks to the student discount, that would get us RLA tickets for the first 10 days of the tournament!
3: Echolalia - Something For Kate
2: Diorama - Silverchair
1: Odyssey Number 5 - Powderfinger
2: Diorama - Silverchair
1: Odyssey Number 5 - Powderfinger
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
3: Echolalia - Something For Kate
2: Diorama - Silverchair
1: Odyssey Number 5 - Powderfinger
2: Diorama - Silverchair
1: Odyssey Number 5 - Powderfinger
3: Up All Night - The Waifs
2: Get Born - Jet
1: Vulture Street - Powderfinger
Apologies to Death Cab for their superb Transatlanticism, but 🇦🇺 music just too strong in '03...
2: Get Born - Jet
1: Vulture Street - Powderfinger
Apologies to Death Cab for their superb Transatlanticism, but 🇦🇺 music just too strong in '03...
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
3: Up All Night - The Waifs
2: Get Born - Jet
1: Vulture Street - Powderfinger
Apologies to Death Cab for their superb Transatlanticism, but 🇦🇺 music just too strong in '03...
2: Get Born - Jet
1: Vulture Street - Powderfinger
Apologies to Death Cab for their superb Transatlanticism, but 🇦🇺 music just too strong in '03...
3: Diorama - Silverchair's best
2: Torch the Moon - The Whitlams
1: O - Damian Rice
2: Torch the Moon - The Whitlams
1: O - Damian Rice
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
3: Diorama - Silverchair's best
2: Torch the Moon - The Whitlams
1: O - Damian Rice
2: Torch the Moon - The Whitlams
1: O - Damian Rice
3 - Stoked that The Dissociatives made the 100...What a spectacular, underappreciated piece of genius that album is!
2 - A Song is a City - Eskimo Joe
1 - The Sound of White - Missy Higgins
Massive apologies to John Butler and his trio. Probably listened to that album the most back in 2004...
2 - A Song is a City - Eskimo Joe
1 - The Sound of White - Missy Higgins
Massive apologies to John Butler and his trio. Probably listened to that album the most back in 2004...
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
3 - Stoked that The Dissociatives made the 100...What a spectacular, underappreciated piece of genius that album is!
2 - A Song is a City - Eskimo Joe
1 - The Sound of White - Missy Higgins
Massive apologies to John Butler and his trio. Probably listened to that album the most back in 2004...
2 - A Song is a City - Eskimo Joe
1 - The Sound of White - Missy Higgins
Massive apologies to John Butler and his trio. Probably listened to that album the most back in 2004...
3: Memories & Dust. Watching Josh Pyke play this whole album live on its 10th anniversary was spectacular.
2: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation - The Wombats
1: Grand National - John Butler Trio
2: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation - The Wombats
1: Grand National - John Butler Trio
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
3: Memories & Dust. Watching Josh Pyke play this whole album live on its 10th anniversary was spectacular.
2: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation - The Wombats
1: Grand National - John Butler Trio
2: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation - The Wombats
1: Grand National - John Butler Trio
3: Plans - Death Cab for Cutie. Way ahead for me...
2: Two Shoes - Cat Empire.
1: Songs For Silverman - Ben Folds
2: Two Shoes - Cat Empire.
1: Songs For Silverman - Ben Folds
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
3: Plans - Death Cab for Cutie. Way ahead for me...
2: Two Shoes - Cat Empire.
1: Songs For Silverman - Ben Folds
2: Two Shoes - Cat Empire.
1: Songs For Silverman - Ben Folds
3 - Echolalia
2 - Rocking the Suburbs
1 - Watching Angels Mend
2 - Rocking the Suburbs
1 - Watching Angels Mend
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
3 - Echolalia
2 - Rocking the Suburbs
1 - Watching Angels Mend
2 - Rocking the Suburbs
1 - Watching Angels Mend
3 - Narrow Stairs
2 - Watch Me Disappear
1 - Fleet Foxes
2 - Watch Me Disappear
1 - Fleet Foxes
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
3 - Narrow Stairs
2 - Watch Me Disappear
1 - Fleet Foxes
2 - Watch Me Disappear
1 - Fleet Foxes
3 - Kick
2 - Crowded House
1 - War
2 - Crowded House
1 - War
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
3 - Kick
2 - Crowded House
1 - War
2 - Crowded House
1 - War
It's not especially long, but it's always worth sharing:
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stev...
(For the record, David Foster Wallace writing about Michael Joyce is my answer to the question, but I assume you've read that one?)
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stev...
(For the record, David Foster Wallace writing about Michael Joyce is my answer to the question, but I assume you've read that one?)
The Worst Day Of My Life Is Now New York's Hottest Tourist Attraction
Nearly 13 years after my sister's death, a reluctant Sunday visit to the 9/11 Memorial Museum, where public spectacle and private grief have a permanent home together.
www.buzzfeednews.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It's not especially long, but it's always worth sharing:
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stev...
(For the record, David Foster Wallace writing about Michael Joyce is my answer to the question, but I assume you've read that one?)
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stev...
(For the record, David Foster Wallace writing about Michael Joyce is my answer to the question, but I assume you've read that one?)
3 - Kick.
Not even close...
2 - The Joshua Tree
1 - Hysteria
Not even close...
2 - The Joshua Tree
1 - Hysteria
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
3 - Kick.
Not even close...
2 - The Joshua Tree
1 - Hysteria
Not even close...
2 - The Joshua Tree
1 - Hysteria
'Sea of Crises' is extraordinary... Considering your interests, I assume you've also seen this one - an absolutely seminal piece of 21st Century criticism: grantland.com/features/mon...
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grantland.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'Sea of Crises' is extraordinary... Considering your interests, I assume you've also seen this one - an absolutely seminal piece of 21st Century criticism: grantland.com/features/mon...
3 - Rattle & Hum
2 - Temple of Low Men
1 - .....ish
Apologies to Roxette. The Primary School version of me would have had them way out in front...
2 - Temple of Low Men
1 - .....ish
Apologies to Roxette. The Primary School version of me would have had them way out in front...
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
3 - Rattle & Hum
2 - Temple of Low Men
1 - .....ish
Apologies to Roxette. The Primary School version of me would have had them way out in front...
2 - Temple of Low Men
1 - .....ish
Apologies to Roxette. The Primary School version of me would have had them way out in front...
3 - Eternal Nightcap
2 - Hourly, Daily
1 - Sumo
No need to go international for this one...
2 - Hourly, Daily
1 - Sumo
No need to go international for this one...
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
3 - Eternal Nightcap
2 - Hourly, Daily
1 - Sumo
No need to go international for this one...
2 - Hourly, Daily
1 - Sumo
No need to go international for this one...
For the first time, I reckon the Album of the Year isn’t on the list! 'Fear', the all-timer from Toad the Wet Sprocket, headed by 'Walk on the Ocean' and 'All I Want' is my 3 voter for this year!
So many awesome choices... I'll still give a 2&1 even if my 3 doesn't count!
2 - Out of Time
1 - Seal
So many awesome choices... I'll still give a 2&1 even if my 3 doesn't count!
2 - Out of Time
1 - Seal
October 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
For the first time, I reckon the Album of the Year isn’t on the list! 'Fear', the all-timer from Toad the Wet Sprocket, headed by 'Walk on the Ocean' and 'All I Want' is my 3 voter for this year!
So many awesome choices... I'll still give a 2&1 even if my 3 doesn't count!
2 - Out of Time
1 - Seal
So many awesome choices... I'll still give a 2&1 even if my 3 doesn't count!
2 - Out of Time
1 - Seal
3 - Sumo. Deserves all 6 votes - how good was it to see Superjesus play it in full when they toured it again a few years back?!?
2 - Shelter Me
1 - Internationalist
2 - Shelter Me
1 - Internationalist
September 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
3 - Sumo. Deserves all 6 votes - how good was it to see Superjesus play it in full when they toured it again a few years back?!?
2 - Shelter Me
1 - Internationalist
2 - Shelter Me
1 - Internationalist
3 - Everybody else is doing it so why can't we?
2 - August and Everything After
1 - Vs.
2 - August and Everything After
1 - Vs.
September 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
3 - Everybody else is doing it so why can't we?
2 - August and Everything After
1 - Vs.
2 - August and Everything After
1 - Vs.
3 - Hourly, Daily
2 - Tiny Music...
1 - Double Allergic
2 - Tiny Music...
1 - Double Allergic
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
3 - Hourly, Daily
2 - Tiny Music...
1 - Double Allergic
2 - Tiny Music...
1 - Double Allergic
3 - Love This City
2 - The General Electric
1 - Beautiful Sharks
2 - The General Electric
1 - Beautiful Sharks
September 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
3 - Love This City
2 - The General Electric
1 - Beautiful Sharks
2 - The General Electric
1 - Beautiful Sharks
3 - Purple. MILES infront. Suspect it's my most-listened-to 1994 album in each calendar year from 1994-2025.
2 - No Need to Argue
1 - Monster
2 - No Need to Argue
1 - Monster
September 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
3 - Purple. MILES infront. Suspect it's my most-listened-to 1994 album in each calendar year from 1994-2025.
2 - No Need to Argue
1 - Monster
2 - No Need to Argue
1 - Monster
3 - Eternal Nightcap
2 - Whatever and Ever Amen
1 - Hello Halo
2 - Whatever and Ever Amen
1 - Hello Halo
September 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
3 - Eternal Nightcap
2 - Whatever and Ever Amen
1 - Hello Halo
2 - Whatever and Ever Amen
1 - Hello Halo