Innersounds End of Year Chart

Innersounds is one of my favourite music blogs, always diggin up a interesting selection, it's introduced me to some great new music this year and very kindly the site has been a supporter of Old Is The New Neu. I recently contributed a interview to the Innersounds brothers on the side series so I had to get the Innersounds take on 2007! A mix of old and new and some great health advice as well! First Innersounds on Innersounds....

"Innersounds grew out of my selfish need for my own space to play my own records. On the main Innersounds is my record collection though I am open to bribes and if some new music is really good I will post things that are forthcoming. I generally only post from my vinyl sources, but laziness is big in my house, and sometimes I rip from CDs. I ran the blog as a kind of test in the Summer for two months and it went really well so I started again in the Autumn and hope to keep running for some time to come, or until the records run out..."

7 ALBUMS FOR 2007

A Mountain of One - Collected Works (having bought all the EPs it made sense to buy the collected version of them on one CD. An easier and less stressful way of lending the music to friends too...)

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (I believed the hype and got a pre-release digital version so I could help hype it EVEN more

Sorcerer - White Magic (my daughter was born to the sounds of this CD...)

Studio - West Coast (big thanks to friends on DJHistory for pointing me in this direction (I may even have got it in '06 I can't remember...) anyway, this and all subsequent remix 12"s have been huge at my house. So good I bought it twice. Vinyl and CD.)

Chromatics - Night Drive (Beautiful music and a band I will keep an eye on.)

Elmore Judd - Insect Funk - (I have always had a soft spot for Judd's music.)

Mudd - Claremont 56 - (Mudd is the man, I've really enjoyed all his releases and this too had some excellent remix 12"s off it. May the Mudd continue!)

AND 3 FROM THE MISTS OF TIME:

Peter Green - Watcha Gonna Do? - ex Fleetwood Mac, I bought this after hearing one of the tracks in A Mountain of One's live DJ set. Beautiful music.

Fleetwood Mac - Mystery To Me - there's a track on this album called 'Keep On Going' that a mate had in a mixtape and blew me away. Then a few months later another track from it - 'Hypnotised' was on a Peter Visti mix. An album you can listen to all the way through, with some great moments for dancing too.

Isaac Hayes - New Horizon - As posted up on Innersounds a few weeks ago. It was one of those albums I never bought, even though I saw it a lot, and then I heard 'Moonlight Dancin' - Menage A Trois' and that was it. I had to have it.

TOP 5 SINGLES OF 2007

Jape - Floating [Prins Thomas Diskomix]
Marcello Giordani - I Am No Blade Runner
Findlay Brown - Losing The Will To Survive [Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve mix]

Lee Douglas - New York Story
Glasscandy - Miss Broadway



And, my final list is:

10 Things You Never Knew About Heart Disease...

1. Laughter is therapeutic.
Doctors from the University of Maryland School
of Medicine found that watching a funny movie for even 15 minutes can increase
your blood flow. Remember to laugh every day—it can keep your heart happy
and healthy.

2. Heart disease is a leading cause of death in women.
A recent survey found that fewer than one in five physicians knew that more
women than men die each year from the disease. Be your own health advocate.
Ask your doctor to check your blood pressure and blood cholesterol level.

3. Chest pain isn’t the only warning sign of a heart attack.
Symptoms for most heart attacks include mild chest pain, some shoulder
discomfort, or shortness of breath. Other signs can be nausea, lightheadedness,
or breaking out in a cold sweat. If you experience these symptoms, call the emergency services.
It could save your life.

4. Know your numbers. If you’re over 20, you should know your blood cholesterol
number. If it’s high, there are treatments (including medication and exercises)
that can help. You should also get your blood pressure and your blood sugar levels
checked regularly.

5. Less is more.
Researchers found that people tend to eat everything on their plate.
Since maintaining a healthy weight is important for heart health, watch those calories!
Measure out your servings and use smaller plates for automatic portion control.

6. Restaurant portions are getting larger—and so are we.
The average pasta portion 20 years ago was two cups. Today your plate is loaded with twice as much.
Have an appetizer as your meal, share an entree, or ask the waiter to wrap up half of the meal to go.

7. Diabetes, a major risk factor for heart disease, is affected by what
you eat.

Research has shown that eating more fruits, vegetables, and fiber
can actually change the blood’s sensitivity to insulin within as little as two weeks.
So listen to what your mother told you and eat your veggies!

8. Walking (or dancing!) can save your life.
A recent study found that a sedentary 40-year-old
woman who begins walking briskly half an hour a day, four days a week, can enjoy
almost the same low risk of heart attack as a woman who has exercised regularly
her entire life. Start walking! Your heart will love you for it.

9. Even children can suffer from hypertension.
About five out of every 100 children have higher than normal blood pressure. Make sure to get your children’s
blood pressure checked when they visit their doctor.

10. Childhood obesity is becoming an epidemic.
The percentage of overweight children has increased substantially in the past two decades. Get your family off
the couch and reduce the amount of time spent in front of computer and TV screens.
Walking, biking, or playing active games are great ways to spend some quality time together.