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Valedictorian

Kelley Polar Quartet- Love Songs of the Hanging Garden (Environ)

Head of the class

Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto- Insen (Raster-Noton)
Audion- Suckfish (Spectral Sound)
Chris Bissonnette- Periphery (Kranky)
Eluvium- Talk Amongst the Trees (Temporary Residence)
Great Lakes Myth Society- S/T (Stop, Pop and Roll)
Kill Memory Crash- American Automatic (Ghostly)
L'Altra- Different Days (Hefty)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (DFA)
Markus Guentner - 1981 (Kompakt)
Sawako- Hum (12k)
The Evens- The Evens (Dischord)
Windy & Carl – The Dream House (Kranky)

Advanced Placement Students

Adult.- Gimmie Trouble (Thrill Jockey)
Alva Noto- Transall Cycle (Raster-Noton)
Death Cab For Cutie- Plans (Barsuk)
FS Blum- Zweite Meer (Morr Music)
GD Luxxe- Make (Tigerbeat6)
Keith Fullerton Whitman/Greg Davis- Yearlong (Carpark)
Kevin Blechdom- Eat My Heart Out (Chicks On Speed)
Koda- Movements (Infraction)
Lawrence- The Night Will Last Forever (Ladomat 2000)
Miniamo- Shining (12k)
Mu - Out of Breach (Output)
Nathan Michel- The Beast (Sonig)
Omar-S - Just Ask the Lonely (FXHE)
Shuttle 358- Chessa (12k)
Tarentel- Big Black Square (Temporary Residence)
TBA - Annulé (Max Ernst)
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (Fat Beats)

Honor Roll

AGF/DLAY- Explode (AGF)
As One- Elegant Systems (Versatile)
Bellini- Small Stones (Temporary Residence)
Brian Eno- Another Day on Earth (EMI)
Chessmachine- Live in Los Angeles (Line)
Earth Wind And Fire- Illumination
Edan- Beauty and the Beat
Hella- Church Gone Wild (Suicide Squeeze)
Isolée - Wearemonster (Playhouse)
Marc Hellner (Peacefrog)
Numbers- We’re Animals (Kill Rock Stars)
Quasimoto- Further Adventures of Lord Quas (Stones Throw)
Stevie Wonder- A Time 2 Love (Motown)
Vladislav Delay- Four Quarters (Huume)
Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again (Kranky)
Brian Eno- Another Day on Earth (EMI)
Chessmachine- Live in Los Angeles (Line)
Edan- Beauty and the Beat
The Books- Lost and Safe (Tomlab)
The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux)

Mixes

Richie Hawtin- DE9: Transitions (Surround Sound mix) (M-nus)
Superpitcher- Tomorrow (Kompakt)
Ivan Smagghe- Fabric 23 (Fabric)
Optimo- Psyche Out (Eskimo)
Rod Modell/Kevin Hanton- Continuous Deepchord Mix (Silentes)

Compilations

Total 6 (Kompakt)
Minimize To Maximize (M-nus)
Spectral Sound V.1 (Spectral Sound)
Pop Ambient 2006 (Kompakt)

Sweathogs
William Hung- Miracle: Happy Summer from William Hung (Koch)

Other things

Best Book: Assasination Vacation by Sarah Vowell/Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Best New TV: My Name is Earl

Best New Food Joint: Slow's

Still my favorite place to eat: Beans & Cornbread

Biggest disappointment: Kwame's re-election/the mass exodus continues..

Best DJ experience: Common Factor/Daniel Wang/Morgan Geist @ Smartbar, Chicago

Best Blog: 1115.org/chrisandreilly.org

Predictions for 2006

- They will find tampering with Detroit election results
- The super bowl will come and go, leaving nothing permanent for the city
- City government will face recession by July
- GM will become the #2 automaker in the world behind Toyota; layoffs for the big three will continue
- Granholm will lose her re-election bid by a narrow margin
- I'll have a new job