December 2009
29 posts
Top 10 Albums of the Decade
10. The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows 9. The Microphones - The Glow, pt. 2 8. Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning 7. The National - Alligator 6. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday 5. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 4. The Wrens - The Meadowlands 3. The Clientele - Strange Geometry 2. The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee 1. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Videogum: The Worst People of 2009 →
Also, Videogum: The Best People of 2009
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
The Wrens (13)
The Strokes (10)
Earth (9)
Cursive (6)
Phoenix (3)
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Dell Tech Support? More like Dell BLECH (a lot of barf) Support, amirite??
Thank God For Friends You Can Count On To Tell You...
me: If I asked you to rate the decisions I made last night on a scale of Mostly Pretty Good to Definitely Very Great, what would you say?
James: Your decisions were Always Definitely The Most Great, Ever
me: OK! Thanks!
Sorry For All The Times I've Made Fun Of Sports...
Dr. Google (Google Howser, MD? Is that funny?) has diagnosed me with Rotator cuff tendinitis. FFFF that, you guys! Also, is getting “tennis shoulder” from actually playing tennis cool or not cool? Because right now I am mostly feeling like it is embarrassing. And finally, is a trip to Santa Barbara in good health too much to ask for? “Yes, it is too much to ask for.” -God
The 9513: Top 100 Country Albums of the Decade →
In the midst of so many samey lists, it’s nice to see an authoritative one on country.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
The Mountain Goats (34)
Sufjan Stevens (27)
Spoon (24)
The xx (23)
The National (16)
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NYT - The 9th Annual Year In Ideas →
Fritos® Misto →
!!!
The Best Viral Videos of 2009: A Retrospective by Videogum
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13) →
The Mountain Goats (83)
Van Morrison (40)
Chris Isaak (23)
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (20)
The Mountain Goats & John Vanderslice (14)
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Predict Pitchfork's Top 10
1. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
2. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
5. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
6. The Xx - The Xx
7. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
8. Girls - Album
9. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
10. Atlas Sound - Logos
catbird:
Pitchfork is posting their “Best Of” 2009 lists this week...
Patronizing The Arts. →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-6) →
The Mountain Goats (88)
The Constantines (50)
The xx (26)
Bright Eyes (21)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (20)
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Videogum's Teen Korner: My Life Is Twilight! →
Small Black - Despicable Dogs
It’s like a chillwave version of The Wrestler!