The Automatik

Top Ten Albums of 2005 (Standard disclaimer: these didn’t necessarily come out in 2005; they are the albums I loved the most out of everything I listened to this year. For the first time in a few years there were so many good things I had to leave a few things off.)
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Having waited six months to see this film, I confess that I was a trifle concerned that it would not live up to the hype. However, Breakfast on Pluto has not only met and exceeded all of my expectations, it has transfixed me, rendering me helpless in a state of semi-hypnosis, counting the hours until I can once more be held in its thrall. Read more

I hated the first hour of this movie so much I had to fight the urge to leave the theatre at least five times.

I’m glad I didn’t.
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I know that many of you are probably experiencing this phenomenon the wonderful media have dubbed “Katrina Fatigue.” Let me tell you something: since August 29th, I’ve been pretty fatigued myself.
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Independiente, 2005

It’s hard to believe that the first Suede album was released more than a decade ago. Brilliance, bickering, band members quitting, being forced to tack on “London” to the name, and singer Brett Anderson dyeing his hair blond ensued throughout their reign, so it’s perhaps harder to believe that a band that received overwhelming amounts of UK press hype went down a few years ago with barely a whisper.
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