2009 Lists
Here are my 2009 lists. I haven't had time to re-post my 2000s lists for countblastula's benefit, even though he has already seen them and in fact had to supply me with several... anyway, I'll do that this week.
For once I have far more books on my list than albums. This is literally all I can remember listening to in 2009 that was new:
Favorite 2009 Albums:
1. The Corner Laughers - Ultraviolet Garden (I shouldn't really count this but if I don't I won't even have five on here!)
2. The Orange Peels - 20/20
3. They Might Be Giants - Here Comes Science
4. Tinted Windows - s/t
5. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Favorite pre-2009 albums heard for the first time in 2009:
I'm not even going to try. Apparently I don't listen to music anymore?
Favorite 2009 movies:
1. Up!
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. 500 Days of Summer
4. Coraline
5. Watchmen
6. Avatar
7. District 9
8. The Time Traveler’s Wife
9. 9
10. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
Favorite pre-2009 movies seen for the first time in 2009:
1. Milk
2. The King of Kong
3. Ghost Town
4. Burn After Reading
5. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
6. Monsters vs Aliens
7. Idiocracy
8. Tropic Thunder
9. Let the Right One In
10. Bolt
Favorite books from 2009:
1. Fool - Christopher Moore
2. Juliet, Naked - Nick Hornby
3. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
4. Tell Me Where it Hurts - Nick Trout (new in paperback)
5. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger
6. Angels of Destruction - Keith Donohue
Favorite books from previous years:
1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
2. To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
3. Watchmen - Alan Moore
4. Pet Sematary - Stephen King
5. Flight - Sherman Alexie
6. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
7. Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
8. Pigeons - Andrew Blechman
9. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (that's right, I place a classic beneath Young Adult fantasy and sexy vampire books. I'm just being honest.)
Favorite 2009 Live Shows not including me:
1. Fountains of Wayne/Mike Viola - Cafe du Nord, 1/18
2. John Wesley Harding - Rickshaw Stop + some rich person's house, 10/16 + 10/17 (I count this as one wondrous evening)
3. Billy Bragg - GAMH, 10/5
4. JWH - Independent, 4/5
5. Splitsville - Knitting Factory, LA 8/1
Best shows I participated in:
1. The Corner Laughers/KC Bowman - Red Rock, Mountain View, 11/6
2. The Corner Laughers CD Release - Make Out Room, 10/31
3. The Corner Laughers/KC Bowman/Anton Barbeau/Allen Clapp/Allyson Seconds/The Paul & John - Grant & Green, 12/15
4. The Corner Laughers/William Cleere Band - Peri’s, Fairfax, 8/25
5. The Corner Laughers/Linda Draper/The Orange Peels - Make Out Room, SF 6/14
Favorite TV Shows (all years):
1. Doctor Who
2. The IT Crowd
3. True Blood
4. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
5. The Office
As for other stuff.. 2009 was okay. It had some extremely low lows, like Brad's death and other horrible things which basically defined the year for me. It also had some highs for me (I got engaged, and I finished school) but all in all I am ready to move on to 2010 (which is good, because it's already here). May it be better for us all!
For once I have far more books on my list than albums. This is literally all I can remember listening to in 2009 that was new:
Favorite 2009 Albums:
1. The Corner Laughers - Ultraviolet Garden (I shouldn't really count this but if I don't I won't even have five on here!)
2. The Orange Peels - 20/20
3. They Might Be Giants - Here Comes Science
4. Tinted Windows - s/t
5. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Favorite pre-2009 albums heard for the first time in 2009:
I'm not even going to try. Apparently I don't listen to music anymore?
Favorite 2009 movies:
1. Up!
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. 500 Days of Summer
4. Coraline
5. Watchmen
6. Avatar
7. District 9
8. The Time Traveler’s Wife
9. 9
10. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
Favorite pre-2009 movies seen for the first time in 2009:
1. Milk
2. The King of Kong
3. Ghost Town
4. Burn After Reading
5. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
6. Monsters vs Aliens
7. Idiocracy
8. Tropic Thunder
9. Let the Right One In
10. Bolt
Favorite books from 2009:
1. Fool - Christopher Moore
2. Juliet, Naked - Nick Hornby
3. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
4. Tell Me Where it Hurts - Nick Trout (new in paperback)
5. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger
6. Angels of Destruction - Keith Donohue
Favorite books from previous years:
1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
2. To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
3. Watchmen - Alan Moore
4. Pet Sematary - Stephen King
5. Flight - Sherman Alexie
6. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
7. Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
8. Pigeons - Andrew Blechman
9. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (that's right, I place a classic beneath Young Adult fantasy and sexy vampire books. I'm just being honest.)
Favorite 2009 Live Shows not including me:
1. Fountains of Wayne/Mike Viola - Cafe du Nord, 1/18
2. John Wesley Harding - Rickshaw Stop + some rich person's house, 10/16 + 10/17 (I count this as one wondrous evening)
3. Billy Bragg - GAMH, 10/5
4. JWH - Independent, 4/5
5. Splitsville - Knitting Factory, LA 8/1
Best shows I participated in:
1. The Corner Laughers/KC Bowman - Red Rock, Mountain View, 11/6
2. The Corner Laughers CD Release - Make Out Room, 10/31
3. The Corner Laughers/KC Bowman/Anton Barbeau/Allen Clapp/Allyson Seconds/The Paul & John - Grant & Green, 12/15
4. The Corner Laughers/William Cleere Band - Peri’s, Fairfax, 8/25
5. The Corner Laughers/Linda Draper/The Orange Peels - Make Out Room, SF 6/14
Favorite TV Shows (all years):
1. Doctor Who
2. The IT Crowd
3. True Blood
4. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
5. The Office
As for other stuff.. 2009 was okay. It had some extremely low lows, like Brad's death and other horrible things which basically defined the year for me. It also had some highs for me (I got engaged, and I finished school) but all in all I am ready to move on to 2010 (which is good, because it's already here). May it be better for us all!