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Everyone makes their standard "best of's," top 10s" and "year in review" lists, but each December we like to take that model a couple of steps further. We go straight to the artists to see where they found inspiration over the past twelve months, and we don't stop with just album choices. We dig a bit deeper and go for a broader picture of the past year in art. From classic moments on the road to their guilty pleasure confessions, this is a panoramic snapshot of "the best of 2006," and a peek into what to expect in '07.

Adem Bukue One - emcee/graffiti artist/skateboarder Matt Butler - Everyone Orchestra Kevin Calaba - Stars of Track and Field Victoria Cecilia - Gliss Champ - emcee from Move.meant Jim Van Cleve Michael Rivard - Club d’Elf Roger Clyne - Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers The Colour Keeley Davis - Sparta The Dears Brett Dennen Jesse Dixon - Signal to Noise Dr. Dog Shawn Eckels - Speakeasy Colin Edwards - Tack Benjy Ferree Fonseca

Marc Friedman - The Slip Del the Funky Homosapien Tom Gray - Gomez John Gros - Papa Grows Funk Carla Hassett Skip Heller Will Johnson - Centro-Matic Joe King - The Queers Jamie Masefield - Jazz Mandolin Project John Mullins - ekoostik Hookah Napoleon Maddox - ISWHAT?! Nick 13 - Tiger Army Grace Potter - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Brandi Shearer Jason Smart - Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Ryan Stasik - Umphrey’s McGee Michael Timmins - Cowboy Junkies Zera Vaughan Dave Watts - The Motet

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Roger Clyne, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers

Best Albums of 2006 Art Brut: Bang, Bang, Rock and Roll!   Favorite Live Performance of 2006 The Flaming Lips, Wakarusa Music Festival, Lawrence KS   Your Personal Favorite On-stage Moment/Show of 2006 When RCPM was joined onstage at our Circus Mexicus show in May by David Lowery and Johnny Hickman of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven for "Low" and "Take the Skinheads Bowling"   Classic Album You Discovered This Year The Pretenders' debut album   Best Film You Saw This Year An Inconvenient Truth   Artist You Are Most Excited About In 2007 The emergence of any compassionate politician.   Your Latest Guilty Pleasure eBay   Favorite Site On The Net YouTube would be my default   Best YouTube Video You Saw This Year Baby Laughing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjXi6X-moxE

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