by Carrie Brownstein

By Carrie Brownstein

As Bob Boilen, host of All Songs Considered, put it in a text message to me this afternoon, "The [end of the decade] series has been great. Overwhelming, but great."

When we at Monitor Mix and NPR Music began our end-of-the-decade endeavor two weeks ago, I don't think any of us knew that we'd basically be publishing an online magazine. But, hey, we did! We put up 72 posts in 10 days! And we're very proud of it!

So I'd like to personally thank the following people for their time, ideas, input, writing, editing, tech-savvy, dedication, overall contribution, hard work and unending enthusiasm on this project:

Mike Katzif | Lars Gotrich | Patrick Jarenwattananon | Omar Gallega | Meg Biallis
Eyder Peralta | Wright Bryan | Adam Martin | Robert Harris | Bobby Carter
Douglas Wolk | Oliver Wang | Jay Sweet | Eliot Van Buskirk | Michaelangelo Matos
Paulo Lopez | Alyson Hurt | Nelson Hsu | Tom Huizenga | Brian Reardon
Rafeena Ahmad | Jess Gitner | Eric Garland | Everett True | Linda Holmes
Thurston Moore | Laura Sydell | Tobi Vail | Jean Smith | Julie Cafritz | Jace Clayton
Mac McCaughan | Gerard Cosloy | Maggie Vail | Portia Sabin | Chris Swanson | Robb Nansel | Jacob Ganz | Tom Cole | Darius Van Arman | Laura Ballance | Jonathan Poneman | Meg Ruddick | Bob Boilen

Special thanks to:
Anya Grundmann

And a heartfelt, I-want-to-buy-you-a-drink-and-raise-a-glass-in-your-honor, this-couldn't-have-happened-without-you to:
Frannie Kelley, Amy Schriefer, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson

Finally, thank you to our readers and to everyone who commented, participated and sent us your photos and songs.

See you after Thanksgiving. I think there is plenty here to read, watch and listen to in the meantime...