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My Favorites of 2012

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Favorite Television Series: Breaking Bad

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There were a lot of good series this year – Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Parks and Recreation – but none really had an amazing standout year.  However, I found myself anticipating each episode of season 5.1 of Breaking Bad. While it lacked a main villain like season four, it was still fun to watch the evolution of Heisenberg.

Favorite Television Episode: “Blackwater” (Game of Thrones, Season Two, Episode Nine)

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While the second season of Game of Thrones was a little slow, everything was building up to this episode and it didn’t disappoint. Between the large scale battle when Stannis Baratheon’s forces arrived at King’s Landings to the outstanding performances from Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey, “Blackwater” showed the all the possibilities of having Game of Thrones on HBO.

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Mixtape For No One #10: Current Arrangement

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One of the things that I’ve missed during my unemployment is listening to music. All the music I downloaded was listened on my way to and during work.  You’d think being unemployed would give me more time to listen to music but it never seems to work out that way. Between television, books, comic books and podcasts, music seems to get lost in the shuffle.

Since it seems like every is using Spotify, this seems like a perfect way to continue my Mixtapes For No One. Here’s a quick mix of songs I’ve been enjoying from this year and albums I’m looking forward this spring/summer.  Hopefully, this will give me a reason to stay up on what’s good and what’s coming out:
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2009: 15 Favorite Albums

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I had a tough time with the order of the top three.  At any given moment, any of them could be number one.  Again, I emphasize that these are in the order of my favorite albums of the year not the best.

15. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion

14. Tanya Morgan – Brooklynati

13. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3

12. The Swell Season – Strict Joy

11. St. Vincent – Actor

10. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx PT II

9. The Gossip – Music for Men

8. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca

7. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

6. The Temper Trap – Conditions

5. Me’Shell Ndegéocello – Devil’s Halo

4. Tegan and Sara – Sainthood

3. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest

2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!

1. Metric – Fantasies

Mixtape For No One #5 – Best of ‘09 Part II

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Here are some more of my favorite tracks this year. Part II is intentionally mellow.  I’m depressed or anything.  Tomorrow will be more upbeat. :)

  1. “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear (Veckatimest)
  2. “Daniel” by Bat For Lashes (Two Suns)
  3. “Stillness Is The Move” by Dirty Projectors (Bitte Orca)
  4. “Chasing Pirates” by Norah Jones (The Fall)
  5. “Carol Brown” by Flight Of The Conchords (I Told You I Was Freaky)
  6. “Heartbreak Warfare” by John Mayer (Battle Studies)
  7. “Human of the Year” by Regina Spektor (Far)
  8. “New Ways Of Living” by Lavender Diamond (Score! 20 Years Of Merge Records: The Covers!)
  9. “Off I Go” by Greg Laswell
  10. “Oliver” by Gemma Hayes (Oliver)
  11. “The Party” by St. Vincent (Actor)
  12. “The Chain” by Ingrid Michaelson (Everybody)
  13. “Hideaway” by Karen O and the Kids (Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack)
  14. “The Hazards of Love 4″ by The Decemberists (The Hazards of Love)