28.12.05

The Best Shit

I'm the late one this year, so I'm gonna give you the quick version of my 2005 BEST OF. As per the last few years, I have picked a #1 Best Of for the year and then everything after is in the usual no particular order. I've no doubt I've missed a bit here, but I have been thinking about this a bit, so here goes:

ALBUM:

1. DOVES "Some Cities" (this one creeped up on me as the year progressed to be my album of the year)
2. LEANDRO FRESCO "Luz Sin Calor"
3. DK7 "Dismantled"
4. OASIS "Don't Believe The Truth"
5. HALLOWEEN ALASKA "Too Tall To Hide"
6. NEW ORDER "Waiting For The Sirens Call"
7. GREG DULLI's "Amber Headlights"
8. REVENGE "LIVE: NO PAIN NO GAIN"
9. JOHN CALE "Black Acetate"
10. FLAVIUS E "Conjunction"
11. MIA "Arular"
12. IAN BROWN "The Greatest
13. COLDER "Heat"
14. The Best of 16 VOLT
15. DEPECHE MODE: Playing The Angel

The Most Anticpated Records of 2006: Razorlight, Chemlab remixes, Cerati, Morrissey, Muse, aggression remixes, and of course, what I hope wil be called KASABIAN 2. Also, if the Roken album actually sees the light of day in 2006, I will personally buy it for Brandt. EDIT: G rightly points out that also on the anticipated list are new albums from Richard Ashcroft (which I actually heard most of and why I didn't put it here) and of course the Twilight Singers...

FILM:

1. BATMAN BEGINS/REVENGE OF THE SITH (tie)
2. CONSTANTINE
3 KISS KISS BANG BANG
4. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
5. ELECTION
6. SIN CITY
7. WEDDING CRASHERS
8. 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN
9. SERENITY
10. SKELTON KEY
11. SPL
12. TRANSPORTER 2
13. LORD OF WAR
14. 36 Quai des Orfèvres"
15. HARRY POTTER

Special Mention: ROBIN'S BIG DATE
My fanboy sense tingle in 2006 for SUPERMAN RETURNS, CASINO ROYALE and X3

GIGS:

1. JOHN CALE at St. Ann's
2. DOVES at Beyond the Narrows
3. KASABIAN at Beyond the Narrows
4. IAN BROWN at Webster Hall
5. OASIS at MSG
6. GOLDFRAPP at Nokia
7. BAUHAUS at Nokia
8. RAZORLIGHT at Bowery
9. KASABIAN at Bowery (both nights)
10. NEW ORDER at Hammerstein
11. Gallo/Sean Lennon at Tonic
12. DURAN DURAN at MSG
13. U2 at Meadowlands
14. DIE WARZAU at Don Hills
15. ELBOW at Hiro

DVDs:

1. BATMAN BEGINS/REVENGE OF THE SITH (tie)
2. CONSTANTINE
3. UNDECLARED
4. GATCHAMAN box sets
5. LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
6. ECW
7. WRESTLING SUPERSTARS OF THE 80'S
8. SIN CITY DELUXE
9. MOONLIGHTING Seasons 1 and 2
10. AMERICAN GOTHIC
11. DURAN DURAN Live in London

TV:

1. MY NAME IS EARL (*TV SHOW OF THE YEAR*)
2. 24
3. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
4. NYPD BLUE final Season
5. SMALLVILLE
6. SOUTH PARK
7. CLONE WARS
8. BOSTON LEGAL
9. WILL AND GRACE
10. ENTOURAGE

Extra:

Videogame of the year was THE HULK
Surprise of the Year was the aggression reunion
Disappointment of the year was still the lack of a HF album
Wrestler of the Year is Samoa Joe
Trip of the Year was Japan/San Fran/San Diego/LA
Cartoon of the Year is Teen Titans
Man of the Year was Vincent Cassel
Woman of the Year was Robin
Kid of the Year was my Nephew
Villian of the Year was Anus Mcanus
Hero of The Year was me of course

Happy New Year

F

2 comments:

mjg. said...

trendt didn't get a nod for his fitness at hammerstein, either?

F.J. said...

Sadly, Matt, when prepping my list (which entails me going through the past year's posts) i realized that the NIN gig made less of an impact on me than the ones listed. I'm sure I would have had a better opinion had we seen them at MSG, which I sorta regretted not going to but not really.

F