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

scared of santa

these pictures from the chicago tribune's "scared of santa" series make me laugh ...

there's serial killer santa. he makes billy bob thornton's bad santa look like an angel ...

there's the look this kid's giving santa. i don't think he truly believes ...

there's one-eyed willie santa. that kid looks genuinely scared ....

and then there's paper mache santa. he looks like he's straight outta eyes wide shut, and i for one wouldn't sit on his lap ...

merry christmas,

jack mcdoer

two girls for every boy

greetings from a warmer, and for that matter, a happier, mission, kansas! i realized this week, after getting some “negative feedback” from my readers (there’s not many of em), that my posts have been a little down in the dumps lately. life’s not that bad, jack mcdoer! chin up, charlie! no one wants to read one sad, sorry excuse for a post after another.

it’s christmas time! it’s a time for giving. it’s a time for friends and family. there’s christmas trees, christmas presents, christmas parties, christmas chocolates, christmas cookies, hell, the local radio’s already playing christmas music twenty-four hours a day!

babies! everyone’s having em! my friend, leah, just had one. my sister-in-law’s having one this week. my step-sister’s having one in a matter of months. my friends, heather and al, are expecting baby number two. and my best friend from high school, jim (and his wife), just got preggers. i, however, am sticking to my guns!

i-pods! i’m getting one (if best buy or any other store in the metro area ever gets em back in stock). sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

and, to top if all off, three-somes! i just had me one this weekend! amaaaaaaazing!

just kidding! we got back from a particularly fun christmas party this saturday around 4 am and everyone wanted to crawl into our king-sized bed. i, being the opportunistic type, immediately ran and got my camera to get a picture for iwannabeyourblog since it’s the first time i’ve ever had two girls in my bed at the same time.

wait, i take that back. it’s the first time i’ve had two girls in my bed at the same time since my playa dayz in college!

happy holidays,

jack mcdoer