Wednesday, December 28, 2005

jack mcdoer's best of 2005

drum roll, please ...

top 10 records of 2005

1 - marah - if you didn't laugh you'd cry - what rock n' roll is truly meant to be.

2 - okkervil river - black sheep boy - a stunning concept album about being the black sheep of the family.

3 - white stripes - get behind me satan - maybe their best yet.

4 - wolf parade - apologies to queen mary - lives up to the hype.

5 - fiona apple - extraordinary machine - worth the wait.

6 - son volt - okemah and the melody of riot - jay turns up the amps and gets political.

7 - portastic - bright ideas - the next best thing to superchunk.

8 - robbie fulks - georgia hard - robbie goes 70's country.

9 - new pornographers - twin cinema - neko does it again.

10 - josh rouse - nashville - intelligent pop.

top 10 songs of 2005

1 - wolf parade - apologies to queen mary - you are a runner and i am my father's son

2 - lucero - nobody's darlings - last night in town

3 - white stripes - get behind me satan - my doorbell

4 - new pornographers - twin cinema - twin cinema

5 - silver jews - tanglewood numbers - how can i love you if you won't lie down?

6 - portastic - bright ideas - i wanna know girls

7 - son volt - okemah and the melody of riot - atmosphere

8 - spoon - gimme fiction - the two sides of monsieur valentine

9 - ryan adams and the cardinals - jacksonville city nights - a kiss before i go

10 - fiona apple - extraordinary machine - extraordinary machine

top 5 movies of 2005 (i haven't seen king kong yet)

1 - walk the line

2 - the 40-year-old virgin

3 - crash

4 - a history of violence

5 - munich

top 5 tv shows of 2005

1 - the office

2 - curb your enthusiasm

3 - laguna beach

4 - real world - austin

5 - grey's anatomy

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does the term "self-important" mean anything to you???

Anonymous said...

That was rude of me to say that. I'm sorry, I was just teasing. I notice that you left Mariah Carey off the list! Why?