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: 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: August 2010

Aug 02 2010 Published by under Film/TV, Humor, Internet/Media, Music, Politics, Random, Sports, Technology, Top 10/Bottom 3

Live Control and iPad

Top 10

  1. Mad Men (oh yeah, it’s back)
  2. The IT Crowd (4th season starts Aug 10)
  3. Broadcast (seem to have the clearest sense of what Hauntology should SOUND like: warped, fragmented, discarded sonic impressions of the past)
  4. Louie (an amazingly good show)
  5. Patton Oswalt (finally saw him in concert–in San Diego during ComiCon, where he reigns as king [with Felicia Day as queen, of course])
  6. The Guild (speaking of Felicia)
  7. Ableton Live (am taking the advanced course on this program from Berklee College–it’s a great course, and I’m constantly amazed how deep and how fascinating Live is)
  8. Inception (the rare big-budget action film based around an original idea)
  9. Barak Obama (sorry all you conservatives out there–he’s saving the country and you’re trying to ruin it.  In 2 years, that’ll be crystal clear; right now, it’s not.)
  10. LiveControl (controlling Ableton Live with my iPad is awesome–exactly what I was hoping for when I bought the pad)

Bottom 3

  1. Angels (not every year can be a playoff year)
  2. Meg Whitman (if she just gave California the money she is spending on her campaign, the state wouldn’t have to lay off all those teachers)
  3. All other Republicans

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10 Best Albums of 2009

Dec 27 2009 Published by under Humor, Music, Personal

I don’t review albums professionally any more, so my list is limited by what I’ve bought and what I’ve heard.  If I missed anything, it probably means I haven’t heard it (or didn’t listen to it very carefully).  In the end, though, “Best” lists are not the end of discussions; they are the beginning.  So enjoy–and add your thoughts at the end.

  1. Leyland Kirby, Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was
  2. Hildur Guðnadóttir, Without Sinking
  3. Antony & The Johnsons, The Crying Light
  4. Tim Hecker, An Imaginary Country
  5. Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
  6. Roj, The Transactional Dharma of Roj
  7. J.G. Thirlwell, The Music of J.G. Thirlwell, Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack to The Venture Bros.)
  8. Jónsi & Alex, Riceboy Sleeps
  9. V/A, 5: Five Years of Hyperdub
  10. Belbury Poly, From an Ancient Star

Special Bonus: Top 6 Songs of 2009

  1. Lily Allen, “The Fear”
  2. Joker, “Digidesign”
  3. Antony & The Johnsons, “The Crying Light”
  4. Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Erupting Light”
  5. P!nk, “Funhouse”
  6. The Swell Season, “Low Rising”

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Top 10/Bottom 3 September 2009

Sep 01 2009 Published by under Film/TV, Humor, Internet/Media, Music, Politics, Random, Top 10/Bottom 3

Caroline horse time

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