2010 Year End Recap
2010 Year End Recap
My annual list of the things I've done in the past year -- 2010 -- music I've listened to, books I’ve read, movies and TV shows I’ve seen, places I've gone to, things I've experienced, web sites I've frequented, etc.
Music Bought:
• Best of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
• Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
• Custom Built - Bret Michaels
• Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - My Chemical Romance
• Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden - Elvis Presley
• Elvis Movies - Elvis Presley
• Frank Sinatra: Vegas - Frank Sinatra
• Hands All Over - Maroon 5
• Hang Cool Teddy Bear - Meat Loaf
• He Touched Me - Elvis Presley
• How To Destroy Angels - How To Destroy Angels
• Metropolis: The Chase Suite Special Edition - Janelle Monáe
• Mothership - Led Zeppelin
• Saturday Night Fever: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various Artists
• Stand Up And Shout: The Anathology - Dio
• Viva Elvis, The Album - Cirque du Soleil featuring Elvis Presley
• Viva Las Vegas [Motion picture soundtrack] - Elvis Presley
Books Bought:
• Bourne Deception, The Eric Van Lustbader
• Busting Vega$: A true story of monumental excess, sex, love, violence, and beating the odds - Ben Mezrich
• Doo Wop Motels: Architectural Treasures of the Wildwoods - Kirk Hastings
• Fabulous Las Vegas in the 50s: Glitz, Glamour & Games - Fred E. Basten & Charles Phoenix
• Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms - Ethan Gilsdorf
• Fault Line - Barry Eisler
• Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister, The - Chris Nichols
• Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
• Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7 - Kevin Dart
• Wacky Packages - The Topps Company and Art Spiegelman
Magazines:
• Time
• Wired
Movies - Seen in theaters, on cable, or rented:
• 21
• A Life Less Ordinary
• A Serious Man
• A Shot In The Dark
• Avatar
• Bad Company
• Benny & Joon
• Box, The
• Date Night
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Dinner For Schmucks
• Disaster Movie
• District 9
• Don’t Say A Word
• Everybody’s Fine
• Extract
• Fighter, The
• Get Him to The Greek (unedited version)
• Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
• Gods and Monsters
• Grey Gardens
• Hangover, The
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
• Hot Tub Time Machine
• Hurt Locker, The
• Invention of Lying, The
• It’s Complicated
• Jurassic Park 3
• Land of the Lost
• Last Castle, The
• Leaving Las Vegas
• Michael Jackson This Is It
• Million Dollar Baby
• Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
• Ninja Cheerleaders
• O
• Ocean’s Eleven (Original 1960 film, starring “The Rat Pack”)
• Precious
• Proposal, The
• Ramen Girl, The
• Reign of Fire
• Requiem For A Dream
• Salt
• Scorpio
• Showgirls
• Sherlock Holmes
• Shutter Island
• Social Network, The
• Spirit, The
• Spy Game
• Sunshine Cleaning
• Sweetest Thing, The
• This Is Elvis
• Time Traveler’s Wife, The
• Town, The
• Tron: Legacy
• Up In The Air
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Documentary Films
• Good Hair
• I Am Comic
• Poliwood
• Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
Independent Films
• Girlfriend Experience, The
Films too “painful” to get through:
• Synecdoche, New York
Comedians on HBO
• Rick Gervais - Out of England 2
What I’m Watching On TV This Season: (season, syndicated reruns)
(Network shows)
• 30 Rock
• Chuck
• Community
• Family Guy
• Hawaii Five-0
• Modern Family
• Office, The
• Parks and Recreation
• Simpsons, The
• Undercover Boss
• Undercovers
(Cable Shows, original series)
• Batman: The Brave and The Bold
• Boardwalk Empire
• Burn Notice
• Covert Affairs
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
• Entourage
• Freaks and Geeks
• Glory Daze
• Greek
• Mad Men
• Nikita
• Ricky Gervais Show, The
• Soup, The
• True Blood
• Z Rock
(Reality Shows - network & cable)
• American Idol
• Apprentice, The
• Celebrity Apprentice
• You're Cut Off
• Flipping Out
• For The Love of Money
• For the Love of Ray Jay 2
• Frank The Entertainer: A Basement Affair
• Hell’s Kitchen
• Hollywood Treasure
• I Want To Work For Diddy 2
• Las Vegas Jailhouse
• Las Vegas Undercover RAW
• Master Chef
• Millionaire Matchmaker
• Pawn Stars
• Private Chefs of Beverly Hills
• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
• Real Housewives of New Jersey
• Real Housewives of New York
• Storage Wars
• Tabatha’s Salon Take Over
• Top Chef
• Top Chef All Stars
• Top Chef: Just Desserts
• Top Chef Masters
• Watch What Happens Live
(Shows that I stopped watching)
• Dollhouse [Cancelled]
• Party Down [Cancelled]
• Gangland [Got bored with it]
• Scream Queens 2 [Got bored with it]
(TV & Cable Documentary Shows & Informational Programs)
• Attack of the Show
• 48 Hours: Hard Evidence “Truth and Consequences”
• After Midnight: Las Vegas
• American Greed: Scams
• Best Thing I Ever Ate
• Brace For Impact
• Crime Inc: Counterfeit Goods
• IFC Media Project
• MacHEADS
• Marijuana, Inc.: Inside America’s Pot Industry
• Marriage From Hell: Breakup of AOL Time Warner
• Pawn Stars
• Planet of The Apps: A Handheld Revolution
• Rebels With A Cause
• Rise and Fall of Tiger Woods, The
• Roc Docs: Soul Train: The Hippest Trip In America
• Three Sheets: New Years Eve in New York
• Welcome To Macintosh
• Will, The: Family Secrets Revealed: Death Reveals Secret
DVDs:
• 21
• Elvis: ‘68 Comeback (Special Edition)
• Elvis, Aloha From Hawaii
• Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (Special Edition)
• Elvis On Tour
• Godfather, The: The Coppola Restoration
• Hangover, The
• Karate Kid, The [1984 original] (Special Edition)
• MI-5, Volume 7
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Repo Man
• Sopranos, The: The Complete Series
• Viva Las Vegas (Deluxe Edition)
Restaurants:
• Agean
• Alcapulco
• Alta Strada
• Bella Costa
• Bertucci’s
• Bickfords
• British Beer Company
• Bugaboo Creek
• Castle, The (The Pub at Boston University for students/faculty/alumni)
• Chateau, The
• Cheesecake Factory, The
• Chef Chow’s House
• Coolidge Corner Clubhouse
• Craftsteak (MGM Grand @ Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Mashantucket, CT)
• Dunkin Donuts
• Friday’s
• Fuji
• Golden Temple
• International House of Pancakes (IHOP)
• Jumbos Seafood
• Kowloon Restaurant
• Legal Seafoods
• Longhorn Steakhouse (South Hackensack, NJ)
• Outback Steakhouse
• Pino’s Pizza
• Pizzeria Dante
• Plaza 46 Diner (South Hackensack, NJ)
• Popeye’s
• Sabrina Wong
• Skipjack's
• Sofia Italian Steakhouse
• Stockyard, The
• South Pacific
• Subway
• Three Gorges
• Villa, The
• Zaftigs
My annual list of the things I've done in the past year -- 2010 -- music I've listened to, books I’ve read, movies and TV shows I’ve seen, places I've gone to, things I've experienced, web sites I've frequented, etc.
Music Bought:
• Best of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
• Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
• Custom Built - Bret Michaels
• Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - My Chemical Romance
• Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden - Elvis Presley
• Elvis Movies - Elvis Presley
• Frank Sinatra: Vegas - Frank Sinatra
• Hands All Over - Maroon 5
• Hang Cool Teddy Bear - Meat Loaf
• He Touched Me - Elvis Presley
• How To Destroy Angels - How To Destroy Angels
• Metropolis: The Chase Suite Special Edition - Janelle Monáe
• Mothership - Led Zeppelin
• Saturday Night Fever: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various Artists
• Stand Up And Shout: The Anathology - Dio
• Viva Elvis, The Album - Cirque du Soleil featuring Elvis Presley
• Viva Las Vegas [Motion picture soundtrack] - Elvis Presley
Books Bought:
• Bourne Deception, The Eric Van Lustbader
• Busting Vega$: A true story of monumental excess, sex, love, violence, and beating the odds - Ben Mezrich
• Doo Wop Motels: Architectural Treasures of the Wildwoods - Kirk Hastings
• Fabulous Las Vegas in the 50s: Glitz, Glamour & Games - Fred E. Basten & Charles Phoenix
• Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms - Ethan Gilsdorf
• Fault Line - Barry Eisler
• Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister, The - Chris Nichols
• Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
• Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7 - Kevin Dart
• Wacky Packages - The Topps Company and Art Spiegelman
Magazines:
• Time
• Wired
Movies - Seen in theaters, on cable, or rented:
• 21
• A Life Less Ordinary
• A Serious Man
• A Shot In The Dark
• Avatar
• Bad Company
• Benny & Joon
• Box, The
• Date Night
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Dinner For Schmucks
• Disaster Movie
• District 9
• Don’t Say A Word
• Everybody’s Fine
• Extract
• Fighter, The
• Get Him to The Greek (unedited version)
• Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
• Gods and Monsters
• Grey Gardens
• Hangover, The
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
• Hot Tub Time Machine
• Hurt Locker, The
• Invention of Lying, The
• It’s Complicated
• Jurassic Park 3
• Land of the Lost
• Last Castle, The
• Leaving Las Vegas
• Michael Jackson This Is It
• Million Dollar Baby
• Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
• Ninja Cheerleaders
• O
• Ocean’s Eleven (Original 1960 film, starring “The Rat Pack”)
• Precious
• Proposal, The
• Ramen Girl, The
• Reign of Fire
• Requiem For A Dream
• Salt
• Scorpio
• Showgirls
• Sherlock Holmes
• Shutter Island
• Social Network, The
• Spirit, The
• Spy Game
• Sunshine Cleaning
• Sweetest Thing, The
• This Is Elvis
• Time Traveler’s Wife, The
• Town, The
• Tron: Legacy
• Up In The Air
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Documentary Films
• Good Hair
• I Am Comic
• Poliwood
• Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
Independent Films
• Girlfriend Experience, The
Films too “painful” to get through:
• Synecdoche, New York
Comedians on HBO
• Rick Gervais - Out of England 2
What I’m Watching On TV This Season: (season, syndicated reruns)
(Network shows)
• 30 Rock
• Chuck
• Community
• Family Guy
• Hawaii Five-0
• Modern Family
• Office, The
• Parks and Recreation
• Simpsons, The
• Undercover Boss
• Undercovers
(Cable Shows, original series)
• Batman: The Brave and The Bold
• Boardwalk Empire
• Burn Notice
• Covert Affairs
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
• Entourage
• Freaks and Geeks
• Glory Daze
• Greek
• Mad Men
• Nikita
• Ricky Gervais Show, The
• Soup, The
• True Blood
• Z Rock
(Reality Shows - network & cable)
• American Idol
• Apprentice, The
• Celebrity Apprentice
• You're Cut Off
• Flipping Out
• For The Love of Money
• For the Love of Ray Jay 2
• Frank The Entertainer: A Basement Affair
• Hell’s Kitchen
• Hollywood Treasure
• I Want To Work For Diddy 2
• Las Vegas Jailhouse
• Las Vegas Undercover RAW
• Master Chef
• Millionaire Matchmaker
• Pawn Stars
• Private Chefs of Beverly Hills
• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
• Real Housewives of New Jersey
• Real Housewives of New York
• Storage Wars
• Tabatha’s Salon Take Over
• Top Chef
• Top Chef All Stars
• Top Chef: Just Desserts
• Top Chef Masters
• Watch What Happens Live
(Shows that I stopped watching)
• Dollhouse [Cancelled]
• Party Down [Cancelled]
• Gangland [Got bored with it]
• Scream Queens 2 [Got bored with it]
(TV & Cable Documentary Shows & Informational Programs)
• Attack of the Show
• 48 Hours: Hard Evidence “Truth and Consequences”
• After Midnight: Las Vegas
• American Greed: Scams
• Best Thing I Ever Ate
• Brace For Impact
• Crime Inc: Counterfeit Goods
• IFC Media Project
• MacHEADS
• Marijuana, Inc.: Inside America’s Pot Industry
• Marriage From Hell: Breakup of AOL Time Warner
• Pawn Stars
• Planet of The Apps: A Handheld Revolution
• Rebels With A Cause
• Rise and Fall of Tiger Woods, The
• Roc Docs: Soul Train: The Hippest Trip In America
• Three Sheets: New Years Eve in New York
• Welcome To Macintosh
• Will, The: Family Secrets Revealed: Death Reveals Secret
DVDs:
• 21
• Elvis: ‘68 Comeback (Special Edition)
• Elvis, Aloha From Hawaii
• Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (Special Edition)
• Elvis On Tour
• Godfather, The: The Coppola Restoration
• Hangover, The
• Karate Kid, The [1984 original] (Special Edition)
• MI-5, Volume 7
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Repo Man
• Sopranos, The: The Complete Series
• Viva Las Vegas (Deluxe Edition)
Restaurants:
• Agean
• Alcapulco
• Alta Strada
• Bella Costa
• Bertucci’s
• Bickfords
• British Beer Company
• Bugaboo Creek
• Castle, The (The Pub at Boston University for students/faculty/alumni)
• Chateau, The
• Cheesecake Factory, The
• Chef Chow’s House
• Coolidge Corner Clubhouse
• Craftsteak (MGM Grand @ Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Mashantucket, CT)
• Dunkin Donuts
• Friday’s
• Fuji
• Golden Temple
• International House of Pancakes (IHOP)
• Jumbos Seafood
• Kowloon Restaurant
• Legal Seafoods
• Longhorn Steakhouse (South Hackensack, NJ)
• Outback Steakhouse
• Pino’s Pizza
• Pizzeria Dante
• Plaza 46 Diner (South Hackensack, NJ)
• Popeye’s
• Sabrina Wong
• Skipjack's
• Sofia Italian Steakhouse
• Stockyard, The
• South Pacific
• Subway
• Three Gorges
• Villa, The
• Zaftigs