Buffalo News [N.Y.] Pop Music Critic places Keneally's "Scambot" at #2 of his Top 10 recordings of the year

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Looking back at 2009 in music, plus the year�s 10 best albums

By Jeff Miers
News Pop Music Critic
December 12, 2009, 1:56 PM
http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/story/889819.html

It's likely that in terms of music, 2009 will be remembered as the year
when Michael Jackson died, Lady Gaga ascended, and Kanye West dissed
Taylor Swift during a high-profile, televised industry awards show. That
this shouldn't be the case won't change the fact that it is.

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Here are a handful of my favorite recorded artifacts � my picks for the
10 finest collections, and more "honorable mentions" than merited by the
past several years combined. Guess it really doesn't rain until it pours.

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2) Mike Keneally, "Scambot" (Exowax/Independent)

"Who?," you ask. Keneally, best known for his work with the late Frank
Zappa, is one of the most supremely gifted musicians currently breathing
oxygen. "Scambot" is tuneful, progressive, avant garde, classical,
frivolous, serious, thinking person's pop. Picture XTC covering Zappa.
Dedicated, by Keneally himself, to "anyone who still listens to entire
albums with their headphones on." You get the picture.

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--
"Think with your dipstick, Jimmy."