'Rings Around The World'

The reason most of us like lists, critics and the like is because every year there is art being created and released. So much that it would be impossible for any one person to absorb it all.

Therefore we depend on lists to help us capture the top 10 percent or read critics so they can tell us the general feeling and opinion about a record or book.

Even then, we're still capturing about three percent of all books, albums and films released in a year (maybe) and doesn't include the millions of titles already released over the past 500 years.

Another way we keep up with the assembly line of pop culture is through friends or friends with blogs.

A good friend of mine is a relatively big fan of the Super Furry Animals. I know that he's seen them in concert and sings their general praises whenever the time arises.

How he could not direct my attention toward "Rings Around the World" is mystifying. We all work so hard to ingest as much beauty as we can while we're on this Earth, and, yet, we still work to fight each other. And not share records with each other.

Asshole.