A quick 2010 review and 2011 preview

Hello Boys,

2010 was a great year for Albums Drafts. It marked the first time that a draft consisted of more than the original two nerdy nerds....and it happened twice! Here's how it went down.

Train came around in concert in March, playing at the Keswick. That draft consisted of 5 people, the largest in Album Draft history. The draft was a huge success, suckering 3 new people to the scrumtrulecent (the only possible word to describe this) ways of the album draft. For me, Train was a highlight of the year. Seven albums, all good.

The Album Draft was started in 2007 with Def Leppard and there's been a Lep draft every year. In fact, I kinda remember each of the past 4 years by what Lep draft there was. We did another one this year which was of course a success. Still, it lacked the hype of a multiple person draft. Some great songs were uncovered, but it wasn't the same.

To finish the year, we took our first foray into non-mainstream music, diving into the MegaMan series and it's oodles of spin-offs. Snaring two more people into the grasps of an album draft, the total number of people is now up to 7. So much possibility.

And so looking into 2011, here is what I see. Please people, give your comments! What drafts would you like to do? Over the past years, we've tended to do 3 drafts a year: Spring, Summer, Fall/Winter. Still, we have discussed expanding to 4.

Cake is coming in concert on April 17th at the Keswick (oddly, where Train plays...and in the same town where I now go to school....) I'll be doing a Cake draft with those going (College buddies Blue, Tootie, and my cousin Abby). If anyone else is interested in either the concert or the draft, please let me know.

Last summer was supposed to be highlighted by a U2 concert and draft. Dennis, I'm sure you hate U2 so let the roasting commence. Still, their concert is now this summer. A U2 draft will be happening. I think the concert is in July.

So that leaves a Fall and a Winter draft. Maybe one starting around Sept and another Dec. I don't know how we could go a year with Def Leppard, but stranger things have happened. Here are some other ideas we have kicked around:

Scott Weiland (STP and Velvet Revolver)
Slash (GNR and Velvet Revolver)
Linkin Park
Final Fantasy
Bare Naked Ladies
Foo Fighters
Ozzy
The Beatles

Those are the bands. Here are other ideas:

Rap (East vs. West or some variation)
Rock Vocalists (Come up with a list of 50 defining rock vocalists, and then you get to choose one vocalist each turn, with one song for each vocalist)
Guilty Pleasures (Come up with a list of 100 and then go from there)

We're open to ideas. What are you guys thinking?

Megaman was fun. Lets see what 2011 has in store...

The End...

Ok, so sorry it has taken forever to get these last picks in. It wasn't as easy to find exactly what I was looking for as I thought. Oh well, it's done now. I am going with good old Powerglove again. I liked Arm Cannon, but the song they did started out with the MM2 Prologue, which I already have. Since Dorian picked the one standout Wily Stage in my eyes, I am taking a version of it that's pretty awesome in it's own right.

Powerglove - Dr. Wily's Theme

I'm looking forward to hearing these awesome CDs and beating more Wily ass.