I’m taking two weeks off for Christmas vacation. Partially to visit out of-city/state family, but also to relax and get caught up on my DVR & unwatched DVD back log. Here’s the running list of what I’ve watched so far:
Sherlock Holmes
Blade Runner
The Center of the World
Lucky
Super Size Me
Timecrimes
Gentlemen Broncos
9
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
Pirate Radio
A Serious Man
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
The Third Man
Monsters, Inc.
Favorite Albums of 2010
I listened to a lot of music this year, although not all of it was new. Truth is, 2010 was the first year I went full ’90s nostalgia, digging out as many lost college rock-gems and clunkers as I could. Some of it was for pure sentimentality, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I really dig a lot of that stuff.
With that, here’s the best new stuff I listened to. Sometime soon, I’m gonna dig up previous lists and compare.
YES! (albums)
The National – High Violet
LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Spoon – Transference
Gaslight Anthem – American Slang
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man
The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
Sweet Apple – Love & Desperation
The Social Network (original score)
Neil Young – LeNoise
Imperial State Electric – s/t
YES! (singles)
Arcade Fire – Month of May
Superchunk – Digging for Something
Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation
Cee-Lo Green – F*ck You
Free Energy – Dream City
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Mighty Sparrow
Stone Temple Pilots – Between The Lines
Interpol – Barricade
Against Me! – I Was A Teenage Anarchist
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
MEH…
Tim Kasher – The Game of Monogamy
Helmet – Seeing Eye Dog
The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever
Weezer – Hurley/Death to False Metal
Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
Stereophonics – Keep Calm and Carry On
Editors – In This Light & On This Evening
Slash – Slash
Minus The Bear – Omni
The Hot Rats – Turn Ons
Nada Surf – If I Had A Hi-Fi
Chromeo – Business Casual
Idlewild – Post Electric Blues
Massive Attack – Heligoland
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
Early Man – Death Potion
The Whigs – In The Dark
YEEEE-UCK.
MGMT – Congratulations
Hole – Nobody’s Daughter
Jimmy Eat World – Invented
Liz Phair – Funstyle
M.I.A. – Maya
Futureheads – The Chaos
Ozzy Osbourne – Scream
With that, here’s the best new stuff I listened to. Sometime soon, I’m gonna dig up previous lists and compare.
YES! (albums)
The National – High Violet
LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
Sleigh Bells – Treats
Spoon – Transference
Gaslight Anthem – American Slang
Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man
The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
Sweet Apple – Love & Desperation
The Social Network (original score)
Neil Young – LeNoise
Imperial State Electric – s/t
YES! (singles)
Arcade Fire – Month of May
Superchunk – Digging for Something
Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation
Cee-Lo Green – F*ck You
Free Energy – Dream City
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – The Mighty Sparrow
Stone Temple Pilots – Between The Lines
Interpol – Barricade
Against Me! – I Was A Teenage Anarchist
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp
MEH…
Tim Kasher – The Game of Monogamy
Helmet – Seeing Eye Dog
The Hold Steady – Heaven Is Whenever
Weezer – Hurley/Death to False Metal
Kings of Leon – Come Around Sundown
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
Stereophonics – Keep Calm and Carry On
Editors – In This Light & On This Evening
Slash – Slash
Minus The Bear – Omni
The Hot Rats – Turn Ons
Nada Surf – If I Had A Hi-Fi
Chromeo – Business Casual
Idlewild – Post Electric Blues
Massive Attack – Heligoland
Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
Early Man – Death Potion
The Whigs – In The Dark
YEEEE-UCK.
MGMT – Congratulations
Hole – Nobody’s Daughter
Jimmy Eat World – Invented
Liz Phair – Funstyle
M.I.A. – Maya
Futureheads – The Chaos
Ozzy Osbourne – Scream
The Social Network
As a writing nerd, it’s not often I get excited about a movie when a screenwriter is attached. However, when Aaron Sorkin was announced as the wrtiter of The Social Network, I was giddy. Then, a double whammy, David Fincher is announced to direct, and Jesse Eisenberg is playing the lead.
A Few Good Men. The West Wing. Sports Night. Seven. Fight Club. Zodiac. Roger Dodger. Zombieland. These are just a few of the projects these three have been involved in that I knew, I just knew, would lead to The Social Network being awesome.
And then, the final piece: Trent Reznor would be scoring the movie.
Holy Jebus.
And guess what, it lives up to expectations. The opening scene, followed by what I’ll call “The Facemash Sequence,” are worth the price of admission alone, perfectly combining the talents of Sorkin, Fincher, Eisenberg and Reznor.
Is the movie wholly accurate? Of course not, it’s two plus hours to tell a story of several years. Info condensed for time, characters combined for brevity, events altered for dramatic purposes. And yet, without a single car crash, explosion or gory murder, it’s one of the most suspenseful and thrilling films of recent years.
A Few Good Men. The West Wing. Sports Night. Seven. Fight Club. Zodiac. Roger Dodger. Zombieland. These are just a few of the projects these three have been involved in that I knew, I just knew, would lead to The Social Network being awesome.
And then, the final piece: Trent Reznor would be scoring the movie.
Holy Jebus.
And guess what, it lives up to expectations. The opening scene, followed by what I’ll call “The Facemash Sequence,” are worth the price of admission alone, perfectly combining the talents of Sorkin, Fincher, Eisenberg and Reznor.
Is the movie wholly accurate? Of course not, it’s two plus hours to tell a story of several years. Info condensed for time, characters combined for brevity, events altered for dramatic purposes. And yet, without a single car crash, explosion or gory murder, it’s one of the most suspenseful and thrilling films of recent years.
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