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Top 10/Bottom 3: January 2012

Dec 31 2011 Published by under Film/TV, Hauntology, Humor, Internet/Media, Literature, Music, Personal, Politics, Random, Sports, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

Der OTO

Top 10

  1. Halos Heaven (dreaming of a great 2012 season)
  2. Faust IV
  3. Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Vols 1-4)
  4. Kraftwerk, K4 Bremen Radio 1971
  5. Can, Tago Mago (reissue)
  6. BBC Sound Effects No. 26 – Sci-Fi Sound Effects
  7. Space 1999
  8. Vernor Vinge, The Children of the Sky
  9. The Hobbit (can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait)
  10. Der OTO

Bottom 3

  1. Voter Suppression Efforts by Republican governors in 2011
  2. Fox News
  3. All Republicans (whether running for office or running from the law)

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Top 10/Bottom 3: December 2011 (Music Edition)

Dec 05 2011 Published by under Music, Politics, Top 10/Bottom 3

the golden age of apocalypse by thundercat

Top 10 Songs of 2011 (Coming soon to Mixcloud)

  1. Thundercat, “Daylight”
  2. The Advisory Circle, “Cloud Control”
  3. Pye Corner Audio, “Recrypt”
  4. Kode9 & The Spaceape, “Am I”
  5. PJ Harvey, “The Glorious Land”
  6. Rangers, “Luncheon Ghana”
  7. Andrew Rannells, “I Believe” (from The Book of Mormon)
  8. Patton Oswalt, “The Best Argument & Against Gay Marriage”
  9. Moon Wiring Club, “Summoning the Bride”
  10. Burial, “Street Halo”
Bottom 3 (Music Edition for 2011)
  1. Herman Cain singing “Imagine there’s no pizza”
  2. The Grammys
  3. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for never inducting Richard Thompson

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Top 10/Bottom 3: November 2011

Oct 31 2011 Published by under Film/TV, Hauntology, Internet/Media, Literature, Music, Personal, Politics, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

Pye Corner Audio Black Mill Tapes Vol 2
Top 10
  1. New Pye Corner Audio (single from Ghost Box coming, followed by Vol. 3 hopefully soon)
  2. Byetone, SyMeta (next best thing to having Pan Sonic back)
  3. Chardee McDennis (I can’t stop thinking about that game)
  4. Kindle Fire (am eager to check it out)
  5. Vernor Vinge, The Children of the Sky (follow-up to wonderful A Fire Upon the Deep)
  6. South Park (love the return of Lemmiwinks episode)
  7. King Midas Sound, Without You
  8. Occupy Wall Street going global
  9. Candy
  10. Tom Waits, Bad as Me
Bottom 3
  1. Herman Cain, Romney, Perry (they’re all the same–flaming idiots)
  2. Everything else Republican/Fox/Koch related
  3. My back (which is bugging the hell out of me)

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Top 10/Bottom 3: October 2011

Oct 03 2011 Published by under Film/TV, Hauntology, Internet/Media, Music, Personal, Politics, Sports, Top 10/Bottom 3


Top 10

  1. Patton Oswalt, Finest Hour
  2. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  3. Parks & Recreation
  4. Squidbillies
  5. Finale for Doctor Who season did not revert to magic and “believing really hard” to solve the day (as previous seasons have)
  6. Steve Roden, I listen to the wind as it obliterates my traces
  7. Pole, Waldgeschichten
  8. Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor rules!)
  9. New Arrested Development on the way!!!
  10. Thundercats, “Daylight”

Bottom 3

  1. Audiences at Republican Presidential Debates
  2. Republican Presidential Candidates
  3. The last week of the Angels’ season (wtf guys?  golden opportunities just thrown away!?)

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Top 10/Bottom 3: September 2011

Sep 02 2011 Published by under Film/TV, Food, Hauntology, Internet/Media, Literature, Music, Personal, Politics, Sports, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

Top 10

  1. Grendel Drone Commander
  2. Louie
  3. Leyland Kirby’s Eager to tear apart the Stars
  4. Into the Labyrinth
  5. The return of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  6. Presonus Firestudio Pro
  7. Carne asada
  8. The Clock of the Long Now
  9. Raxxess rack for my music equipment
  10. A long weekend of sitting on my ass watching TV

Bottom 3

  1. The horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE Doctor Who specials running on BBC America featuring US celebrities narrating and commenting on Doctor Who (a la I Love the 80s, etc…).  It’s blatantly obvious that these idiots couldn’t name a doctor other than Matt Smith.  I love Doctor Who, but those specials make me want to hate it.  Way to go, BBC America–you’re ruining the only hit you have.
  2. The new Amy-narrated opening to this season of Doctor Who that foregrounds the show as about THIS doctor and these companions in the exact way those horrible specials do.  I wonder if they’re showing that opening in the UK.  Please FSM, tell me no!
  3. Republicans (of course)

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Top 10/Bottom 1: August 2011

Aug 03 2011 Published by under Film/TV, Hauntology, Humor, Internet/Media, Literature, Music, Personal, Politics, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

Top 10

  1.  The Great White Silence (unbelievable film of Scott’s Antarctic expedition, newly restored with a soundtrack by Simon Fisher Turner)
  2. OTO Biscuit (yummy!)
  3. David Bowie (for being awesome)
  4. Advisory Circle’s As the Crow Flies
  5. A Dance with Dragons (great continuation of epic fantasy series)
  6. Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace
  7. Boomkat (still best place to get great music)
  8. The Guild (another season!)
  9. The Shadow Line
  10. Jon Stewart and Stewart Colbert (still best thing about the USA)

Bottom 1

Only one bottom this month–the debt limit debate, summarized perfectly in Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Team America:

To use the poetry of this brief scene, the tea party (and the other Republicans) are assholes.  Obama is acting too much like a pussy.  He needs to be more of a dick so those assholes don’t turn the whole country into shit.  Oh, and if he needs lessons, then he should ask his Sec. of State and her husband, don’t you think?  How’s that for a 50 word summary of the whole crisis?

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Top 10/Bottom 3: May 2011

May 14 2011 Published by under Film/TV, Hauntology, Humor, Internet/Media, Literature, Music, Personal, Politics, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

Jedward

A little late this month.  Oh well.  On we go…

Top 10

  1. Parks & Recreation–Amazingly, the coolest show on TV go 100 times cooler this month when Aubrey Plaza’s character April came out as a huge Neutral Milk Hotel (and Jeff Magnum) fan in the season finale.  Nice one, show!
  2. Pye Corner Audio, Black Mill Tapes Vo. 2
  3. Vermona DRM1 mkIII–my new best friend
  4. Barak Obama (see?  First three are pretty awesome to put Barak at #4 after taking out Bin Laden)
  5. Moon Wiring Club, Somewhere a Fox is Getting Married
  6. Mark McGuire, A Young Person’s Guide to Mark McGuire
  7. George R.R. Martin’s Songs of Ice and Fire series–am on book 3
  8. Doctor Who
  9. Meeblip
  10. Stewart Brand’s The Clock of the Long Now

Bottom 3

  1. Fox News
  2. Republicans
  3. Eurovision voters (seriously, Azerbaijan?)

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Top 10/Bottom 3: April 2011

Apr 01 2011 Published by under Humor, Internet/Media, Literature, Music, Personal, Politics, Random, Sports, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

Meeblip

Top 10

  1. Angels baseball is back!
  2. Burial’s Street Halo EP
  3. Rob Young’s Electric Eden
  4. Meeblip
  5. Firefox 4
  6. iPhone 4 (finally got my upgrade)
  7. Vashti Bunyan’s Just Another Diamond Day (how did I miss this one? Thanks, Rob Young!)
  8. Ancient Methods’ First Method
  9. Boomkat
  10. Mutek 2012 (because I might be able to go to that one!)

Bottom 3

  1. Republicans
  2. Republicans
  3. Republicans

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Top 10/Bottom 3: February 2011

Feb 03 2011 Published by under Film/TV, Food, Humor, Internet/Media, Music, Personal, Politics, Sports, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

ravedeath-1972

Top 10

  1. New Tim Hecker album!!!!
  2. Parks & Recreation is back
  3. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
  4. Egypt
  5. The Omega Factor
  6. M-Audio Fast Track Ultra
  7. Mixcloud
  8. Pitchers & Catchers reporting…
  9. Grape Vines
  10. Cats

Bottom 3

  1. Trish Keening’s passing.  RIP
  2. Republicans
  3. Budgets

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Top 10/Bottom 3: January 2011

Dec 31 2010 Published by under Film/TV, Food, Humor, Internet/Media, Music, Personal, Politics, Sports, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

Paddy's Pub

Top 10

  1. Free time
  2. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  3. Rewatching Babylon 5 on Netflix
  4. Altered Zones
  5. Moog Filtatron
  6. Mika Vainio, “It’s a Muthang”
  7. Mixcloud
  8. Beatles boxed set (got it for Xmas)
  9. Ham sandwiches (Honeybaked Ham!)
  10. Democrats getting stuff done

Bottom 3

  1. Republicans/Fox News (tie)
  2. Wasting free time on crap
  3. UCLA sports (what the hell, guys?  Can’t anyone win?)

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