I know, it seems like just a little over nine years ago when we were pooh-poohing the “Y2K Bug” and hunkering down for a big night of decade- (and millennium-) launching glory.

Now, this pathetic excuse for a time period has only 44 days left.

At media outlets everywhere, that means it’s time to crank up the crackpot pundits for a round or 12 of retrospection.

F’rinstance, here’s NPR’s gaggle of music critics attempting to compile themost important 50 CDs of the decade, in alphabetical order by artist.

Nor’Westers will be pleased to find Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists, and the Postal Service on the list. I’m pleased to find the Strokes’ Is This It, produced by erstwhile Seattle music legend Gordon Raphael, on there.