Archive for the 'Top Ten Lists' Category
Eight Essential Eighties Movies
Everyone knows about Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, and Ghostbusters. But what of all the other great movies released during that decade? Here are eight movies that I consider mandatory viewing. (Besides, I never liked Top Gun anyway.)
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Top Tens of 2006
Top Ten Albums of 2006
(Standard disclaimer: these didn’t necessarily come out in 2006; they are the albums I loved the most out of everything I listened to this year.)
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Top Ten Lists of 2005
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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Top Ten Band Names
Would you still like The Beatles as much if they had been called, say, Lubricated Goat?* Probably not. One could argue that a name is almost as important to a band’s appeal as having a hot shot lead guitarist (that is, if you’re into that sort of thing). Here are ten of my personal favorite band names and why.
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Top Ten Lists of 2004
Top Ten Albums of 2004 (Once again, this includes new releases, old favorites, and just-discovered gems)
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Top Ten Lists of 2003
I saw next to zero new films this year, so making a list of Top Ten Films would be presumptuous. However, there were plenty of other things to talk about, so hopefully you will enjoy them.
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Top Ten Lists of 2002
What a strange and wonderful year. Again, I didn’t get to see nearly as many films as I would have liked, but looking back at the releases, it doesn’t seem as if I missed much Although nothing as life-changing as Fight Club, Velvet Goldmine or Ghost World came out this year, I would have liked to have seen Punch Drunk Love, Bowling for Columbine, Far From Heaven, Solaris and The Pianist. Unlike last year, there weren’t nearly as many new albums by current favorites (don’t hate me because I own Beck’s Sea Change and the new Rhett Miller CD, but haven’t listened to them yet). Enjoy.
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VH-1′s One Hit Wonders
Here are my top ten favorite things about VH-1′s One Hit Wonders special.
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It’s Not the Band I Hate, It’s Their Fans
Top Ten List of the Most Annoying People at Live Shows
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