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Written By: Bryan Kremkau |
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It’s time for one of those ‘year in review’ lists. I have been doing one for the last few years so might as well keep to tradition. 2007 was a decent year in music but the movies weren’t that great. Hopefully 2008 will be a better year!
Top 10 Albums of 2007:
1. The Aggrolites – ‘Reggae Hit L.A’
Best Song: “Free Time”
2. The Shins – ‘Wincing The Night Away’
Best Song: “Australia”
3. Hard-Fi – ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’
Best Song: “Tonight”
4. The Queers – ‘Munki Brain’
Best Song: “Girl About Town (Helen Love cover)”
5. Rogue Wave – ‘Asleep at Heaven’s Gate’
Best Song: “Lake Michigan”
6. Josh Ritter – ‘The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter’
Best Song: ”Right Moves”
7. Ben Weasel and his Iron String Quartet – ‘These Ones are Bitter’
Best Song: “Let Freedom Ring”
8. Kaiser Chiefs – ‘Yours Truly, Angry Mob’
Best Song: “Ruby”
9. The Pietasters – ‘All Day’
Best Song: “Change My Ways”
10. Young Dubliners – ‘With All Due Respect’
Best Song: “Pair of Brown Eyes”
Best Album that came out in 2006 but was released in the USA in 2007:
Lily Allen - ‘Alright, Still’
Best Song: “LDN”
Disappointing Albums of the Year:
Tiger Army – ‘Music from Regions Beyond’
Reunions I’d Like To See:
The Smiths
Screeching Weasel
Minor Threat
Clannad
Skankin Pickle (in honor of Lynette)
Bands & Artists That Need to Tour in the Northeast in 2008:
Tom Waits
The Levellers
Swingin’ Utters
Hard-Fi
Mad Caddies
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Can’t Wait to hear new music from:
The Levellers
Pennywise
Billy Bragg
DeVotchKa
Funniest Musical Duo I’d Like To See:
Fred Schneider and Jello Biafra
Favorite Concerts This Year:
The Pogues @ Roseland, NYC
DeVotchKa @ Spiegeltent
Young Dubliners @ Burlington County Amphitheatre, NJ
Gogol Bordello @ Irving Plaza, NYC
Morrissey @ Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC
Most Overrated Bands:
U2
Beastie Boys
Radiohead
White Stripes
Bands/Artists I’m sick of reading/hearing about:
Dan Deacon
Radiohead
Any Winehouse
Artist I’d thought I’d never listen to:
Bob Dylan
Bands/Artist I Started to listen to a lot This Year:
New Model Army
Nick Drake
The Aggrolites
Rogue Wave
The Kooks
Teenage Bottletrocket
The Adicts
Top 10 Movies of 2007:
1. The Bourne Ultimatum
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
3. Transformers
4. Superbad
5. Shoot Em Up
6. Knocked Up
7. 3:10 to Yuma
8. Eastern Promises
9. 300
10. Blades of Glory
Worst Movies of the Year:
Hotrod
Spiderman 3 (a.k.a Spiderman: The Emo Years)
Shrek the Third
Movies I haven’t seen that I’d probably like:
Joe Strummer: the Future is Unwritten
Beowulf
The Golden Compass
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Movies I’m Sick of:
Movies with penguins in it
Movies with Lindsay “Muniz” Lohan
Movies starring Andy Samberg
Top 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2008
1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2. The Dark Knight
3. Iron Man
4. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Best DVDs of 2007:
Braveheart: Special Collector’s Edition
Lost: The Complete Third Season
Little Britain: The Complete Collection
Jericho: The First Season
Top 5 TV Shows of the 2007:
1. Heroes
2. The Office
3. Lost
4. The Unit
5. Jericho
Runner-Up: Prison Break
Most Anticipated TV Shows of 2008:
Jericho: Season 2
Lost: Season 4
24: Season 7
Heroes: Season 2 part 2
The Most Unfunny TV Show Ever:
Flight of the Concords
Words That Need to Go Away:
Pwned
Teh
W00t
McDreamy
Huckabee
People Who Need To Be Run Over By a Tank:
People that use the words above
Saddest Death of 2007:
Fred Weasley
Biggest Douchebag of 2007:
Michael Vick
Best Book of 2007:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Best Magazine of 2007:
Entertainment Weekly (great bathroom material…well besides Playboy haha)
Favorite Website of 2007:
http://www.flickr.com
Funniest Saying in 2007:
“Don’t tase me bro!”
The Thing I Want The Most That Came Out This Year:
Nikon D300
The Website you’ll keep coming back to:
http://www.readjunk.com |
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