February 2010
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The 2000s: 2009
2009: Music
With The Grammy’s tonight, figured this was a good a time as any to talk about last year in music.
Top 10 Songs:
10. Never Had Nobody Like You - M. Ward feat. Zooey Deschanel
09. The Weary Kind - Ryan Bingham
08. Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare - Matt and Kim
07. No News Is Bad News - Dashboard Confessional
06. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
05. Reaction -...
January 2010
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The 2000s: 2008
2008: Film
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The 2000s: 2008
2008: Music
Top 10 Songs:
#10. Spaceman - The Killers
#09. After Hours - We Are Scientists
#08. Sentimental Heart - She & Him
#07. Skinny Love - Bon Iver
#06. I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
#05. Halo - Beyonce
#04. Forever - Chris Brown
#03. The Wrestler - Bruce Springsteen
#02. Lovers in Japan - Coldplay
#01. Love Story - Taylor Swift
That is a weird, weird grouping of artists...
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Fun With Google Trends
The Beatles vs. Jesus
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I guess Lennon was wrong.
Coldplay vs. U2 vs. Radiohead
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Battle for “Biggest Band in the World”
Apple vs. Microsoft
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For a company with 10% market share compared to its rival, that’s interesting.
Mets vs. Phillies
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Ahhh… the spikes are gorgeous.
Donnie Darko vs. Eternal...
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State of the Site
I wanted to wait for the 500th post to do this, for some kind of sentimental reason I guess. I’ve been pondering what I want to do with this site. The conclusions that I came to will result in a few changes around here.
First, I will be moving away from the sports posts for the most part, though I’ll be doing a Baseball preview like I did last year because I’ve received some...
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The 2000s: 2007
2007: Favorite Moments in Music
Top 10 Songs
#10. Forever - The Explorer’s Club
#09. Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
#08. Love Song - Sara Bareilles
#07. Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
#06. I Feel Weird - Steel Train
#05. Bittersweet Poetry - Kanye West
#04. Dizzy (Acoustic) - Jimmy Eat World
#03. Videotape - Radiohead
#02. Island - The Starting Line
#01. Human -...
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What A Great GIF.
Watching this live was a highlight of this budding new year.
Tip-o-the-cap to Dan for making the GIF.
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The 2000s: 2007
I’m gonna knock 2007 and 2008 out this week, and I will do 2009 in music before the Grammy’s and 2009 in film before the Oscars in March. Then I have some plans I wanna talk about later this week.
2007: Favorite Moments in Film
2007 offered one of the better years of this decade in film. It provided some of the most compelling drama in films like The Assassination of...
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WatchThis is the last piece of Kick-Ass press material I’ll put up until April when it comes out, but this is the first trailer that really explains whats going on, so if you weren’t sold before, you will be now.
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Movie Review Roundup
I still have a handful of movies to see before I can make my year end picks but I thought I’d do a round up of films currently on DVD (and one that is soon to be). These won’t be long reviews, just short takes on the films.
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I really was looking forward to this back in the Spring, but I didn’t get to see it in theaters so I caught it on DVD. Director Shane Acker tried...
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2010 Oscar Nomination Preview, Take 1
Bringing this back for MLIT Year 2.
After a year that saw 2 films (The Dark Knight, Wall-E) bluntly snubbed by the Academy, they made the decision to move to 10 films in the nomination field. I would argue that this should lead to more mainstream popular titles like TDK and Wall-E to get in. However, in a year which would be up there with some of the best in mainstream cinema, hugely popular and...