- Kevin Drew talks about the next Broken Social Scene album and who will be on it
- Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, does his first interview in years. I wonder if J.D. Salinger’s death brought him out of hiding.
- GeekWeek posts the 20 Greatest Extended Takes In Movie History
- Ten Ways The ‘Lost’ Universe Would Be Different If Oceanic 815 Never Crashed
- I love these Out of Print Clothing t-shirts
- What If Spider-Man Had A Taser? I don’t know why this made me laugh so much
- New York Times posted A Timeline of the ‘Lost’ Universe
- An awesome tribute to composer extraordinaire John Williams
- In honor of his birthday, Nerdage listed 50 Grant Morrison graphic novels you should read
- MTV’s Daria is FINALLY coming out on DVD. Here’s a trailer.
- The creators of Reaper tell CliqueClack TV how the show would have ended
- I want this ring by Kinekt Design
- A funny St. Vincent video for “Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood” featuring ThunderAnt
- So what did Juliet mean when she said “It worked.”? Elizabeth Mitchell gives some hints
- iPad vs. a Rock
- The making of Michael Ian Black’s new children’s book “The Purple Kangaroo”
- What if Wes Anderson directed Spider-Man?
- The AV Club adds Let The Right One In into “The New Cult Canon”
- After talking about my previous Days Of Our Lives devotion, I was saddened to hear Frances Reid (Alice Horton) had died
- Here’s a trailer for Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields. I’m a huge fan of the Magnetic Fields
- Five Facebook No-Nos for Divorcing Couples
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2009: 15 Favorite Albums
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.
- “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear (Veckatimest)
- “Daniel” by Bat For Lashes (Two Suns)
- “Stillness Is The Move” by Dirty Projectors (Bitte Orca)
- “Chasing Pirates” by Norah Jones (The Fall)
- “Carol Brown” by Flight Of The Conchords (I Told You I Was Freaky)
- “Heartbreak Warfare” by John Mayer (Battle Studies)
- “Human of the Year” by Regina Spektor (Far)
- “New Ways Of Living” by Lavender Diamond (Score! 20 Years Of Merge Records: The Covers!)
- “Off I Go” by Greg Laswell
- “Oliver” by Gemma Hayes (Oliver)
- “The Party” by St. Vincent (Actor)
- “The Chain” by Ingrid Michaelson (Everybody)
- “Hideaway” by Karen O and the Kids (Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack)
- “The Hazards of Love 4″ by The Decemberists (The Hazards of Love)
My 50 Favorite Albums of the 00s
This was much harder than the “My 50 Favorite Television Shows of the 00s” list. When I started the television list, I singled out 70 shows or so and cut it down to 50. It took me three days to come up with a first draft of albums and I ended up with 185! I was going to just do a list of 100 but I like consistency so I whittled the list down to 50. The closer I got to 50, the sadder I got as I had to delete albums I loved off the list. After how depressing it ended up being bringing this list down to 50, a) I won’t even try to single out a top 10 (although I think “Kid A” would be my favorite album) and b) sorry, Karen, I won’t even attempt a 50 Favorite Singles list.
A couple of notes:
- Just a reminder, I am not saying these are the 50 BEST albums in the last decade, these are the ones I am most fond of
- Apparently my best years for music was 2000 and 2002 as nine albums from each year made the list.
- Nothing released this year made the list and only two albums from 2008
- Only Jay-Z and Radiohead have more than one album on the list (unless you count Jenny Lewis twice for her solo and Rilo Kiley)
St. Vincent – “Actor Out of Work”
I love St. Vincent