While Bing Crosby certainly knew how to get off on parenthetical songs, many others also did the same (that would figure, no?) And let us use James Brown, the Godfather of Soul (Funk and everything else) as our "transitional" artist as we begin our drive towards the latter half of the 20th century when suddenly the world appeared in color.

"Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama)"-- Andrew Sisters: When I left the Andrew Sisters off my "Five Best Sister Acts," the venomous emails I received from their small but hardy fanbase made me feel like I'd really touched a nerve. From the amount of bile, you'd think I was collecting people's taxes. Ease up on a guy, will you? These girls liked the parentheses (and used them every chance they got). There's even another tune called, get this, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)." That damn thing even rhymes. How you gonna compete with that? (You can't.)

"(I Got A Woman, Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way"--Count Basie: Hey, in

It's like a countdown without the numbers. Just five more wonderful albums that it seems like no one else heard this year, since last I checked the radio wasn't playing any of them. But I'm sure somewhere out there, there's a kid like you who has heard them and is saying "YES!" as they realize that they are not alone in the universe but apparently related to the ugly guy who writes this "List of the Day" blog from an airless basement in a desperate part of town.

Magnolia Electric Co. - Sojourner (Secretly Canadian)

Jason Molina once led a band called Songs: Ohia and if that wasn't catchy enough, he now runs Magnolia Electric Co. I'm sure his shareholders are thrilled. Anyhow, this wooden box contains four CDs and a DVD and trading cards, bullets, a goldfish....you name it, it's in here. And if you like long, languid music that sounds like someone's been left out on the train tracks to die, well you're in luck! Because it's all right here!

John Frusciante - Ataxia II: AW II (Record

Since this is my small part of the Internet earth, I intend to use it to ward off evil and plant the seeds of goodness wherever I roam. I don't know what that means, but I read it off the back of some guy's car that also had a "Mean People Suck" bumper sticker on it, so I figure it's probably a good thing and likely to stem the tide of angry "this guy's an idiot" emails that usually populate my inbox.

Open up any music guide with stars or letter grades and you realize that aside from the biggest names who are guaranteed advanced placement and VIP status, the other musicians are at the whims of a bi-polar constituency that like you one minute for being "underrated" and then hate you the next for being "overrated," when, in fact, the musician in question has nothing to do with either. It's YOU who's doing the rating.

In an attempt to bring a little sunshine to this dark dreary box of earth, I've chosen five albums that people who like what I like will find quite enjoyable. And people

Most predictions are wrong. Just look at those pathetic weatherpeople! But with a little foresight, some psychic power and gobs of superior intelligence, the future can be determined ahead of schedule. I won't bore you with the complicated math used to discover these sureshot trends. But it took a lot of integers to get where we're going. But as sure as people will still be wearing clothes come next December, these five trends are going to be all the rage before 2008 rings out.

Choir Music Will Regain Lost Popularity

Yes, after years of losing sales to Hip-Hop, Nu-Metal and Emo, Choir Music will regain the stunning popularity it once enjoyed in the Middle Ages. Bald people will receive recording contracts and wrinkly, horribly old people will suddenly be seen on television during prime time and it won't be because they've fallen and can't get up. They'll be singing.

The Internet Will Be Over

Every fad must eventually fade and this one's gone on long enough. Sure, it seemed kind of