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Last year it was Linkin Park, this year….
“Hip-hop phenomenon Eminem trounced all comers in 2002 and tentatively claimed top album of the year honors after selling more than 7.4 million copies of “The Eminem Show” (Interscope/Shady) in the U.S., according to figures released Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan.” (full story)

Tune into donewaiting.com next week to see if “The Eminem Show” makes an appearance in The dw20: donewaiting.com’s favorite records of 2002.

I’m in NJ this week celebrating the holidays with my family. You won’t see too much activity on this site again until next week.

But come January, hol-lee shit. We’re launching our redesign, adding features, evolving the message board, and preparing for our big launch concert in Columbus OH. So get ready, Rudolph!

Yes, it’s true.

Really, I did.

From now through 1/1/03 you can download Doughty’s new single, “American Car,” here.

The new song was co-written by Mike and Semisonic’s Dan Wilson, who also produced the track.

Sure Jeff Tweedy and Brooklyn is all nice and whatever, but the people demand more knowledge of Columbus bands. Behold the Watershed review!

So my main man Charlie Tokyo made a pilgrimage from Columbus OH to Brooklyn NYC to see Jeff Tweedy’s little side project, Loose Fur, do their thing. He’s written up the longest singular donewaiting.com review in the history of the site, and we’re a better internet destination for it.

Here’s a taste:
“Checking my phone, I note that it has been 44 hours since I arrived in the frozen metropolis of New York City. It’s difficult to account for all those hours, partly due to the fact that a great portion of it has been spent with my face buried deep within the folds of my arctic tundra overcoat, but also because time passes strangely here, so close to the center of the everything, a moment can seem like a day, while frames skip and so much stutters by in fast forward.”

Get the whole thing here. This is not just a review about the concert. It’s much more than that. Much, much more.

If you head on over to the Matador Records Music Page, you’ll find new MP3’s from upcoming Steve Malkmus and Cat Power records. The Malkmus song is quite quite good.

“Stereolab multi-instrumentalist Mary Hansen died Monday after she was hit by a car in a London bicycling accident. Hansen, a native of Brisbane, Australia, joined the band a year after its 1991 formation. She was 36 years old.” (full story)

So let’s review 2003: we’ve got the Minus 5/Wilco record “Down With Wilco.” We also have the Jeff Tweedy/Jim O’Rourke collaboration record, “Loose Fur,” We also have “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” on DVD.

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!

Word came out of a new Wilco EP slated for release next year. Read about it.