Chronologically Lost wrapped up recently. If you're not familiar with it, check it out here . I really enjoyed watching the episodes in this format, especially since I haven't received my Complete Series box set in the mail yet.
I'm finally going to get to see "Dinner For Schmucks" tomorrow. Even living in Pierre I've managed to see every summer movie I've been interested in this year except for "Schmucks" and "Cyrus", which will have to wait for DVD.
Best movies of the summer so far? "Inception", "Toy Story 3", "Despicable Me" and "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World".
Can't wait for the Valhalla fantasy football draft party on Saturday. Three or four league members can't make it, but considering we're spread to all corners of South Dakota (and one in Florida), 6 or 7 out of 10 ain't bad.
VH1 is updating their 100 Greatest Artists of Rock N Roll list starting on September 6th. Click here for most of the list. More on this later.
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth has a new biography on the shelves. I can't help but expect Metallica to release a biography in a few months that is better and more popular.
TV Update: Burn Notice and Royal Pains have their season finales tonight. Both shows are alright, but not particularly notable. I think the problem with the USA and TNT shows are that once you've seen one episode, you've seen every episode. Sure, it's like that for all procedural shows, but it seems like the cable networks are better at creating interesting characters and building solid pilots around them. After that though? Wheels spinning in mud. Maybe they should stop making TV shows and start making movies.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Album Reviews - 8/26/2010
Portugal The Man - "American Ghetto" - Sensational. A big step forward for them.
Band Of Horses - "Infinite Arms" - Solid, but not spectacular. A lot of good songs, but nothing on par with "The Funeral".
Album Review: The Black Keys - "Brothers" - Another solid blues rock album. Not quite as good as their last album, but close.
Band Of Horses - "Infinite Arms" - Solid, but not spectacular. A lot of good songs, but nothing on par with "The Funeral".
Album Review: The Black Keys - "Brothers" - Another solid blues rock album. Not quite as good as their last album, but close.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Top 500 Songs Of 2009 - #501-#476
#501 - Depeche Mode - "Wrong" from "Sounds Of The Universe" - Technically, "Wrong" comes in at #501, but I like to take note of the one song that just barely misses out on the list. Overall, I liked Depeche Mode's 2009 album "Sounds Of The Universe", but they didn't put any songs into the top 500 this year.
#500 - Regina Spektor - "Folding Chair" from "Far"
#499 - Kris Kristofferson - "Closer To The Bone" from "Closer To The Bone"
#498 - The Dirty Projectors - "Remade Horizon" from "Bitte Orca"
#497 - Karen O And The Kids - "All Is Love" from "Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack"
#496 - The Micragirls - "Summer's Gone" from "Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist" - Quite a few songs on my list are from playlists and compilations. Blalock's playlist (I don't know if they are still being produced as I haven't seen one for August 2010 yet) is a great source of obscure indie rock songs and artists.
#495 - Cam'ron - "I Hate My Job" from "Crime Pays" - I missed this song the first time I listened to "Crime Pays". "I Hate My Job" got a second evaluation when it made Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs of 2009.
#494 - Jemina Pearl - "I Hate People" from "Break It Up" - The former lead singer of Be Your Own Pet (who broke up right after releasing their best song, "Becky") put five songs on my top 500 including this one with guest vocals from Iggy Pop.
#493 - The Soulsavers - "All The Way Down" from "Broken" - The Soulsavers features lead vocals from former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan.
#492 - Jemina Pearl - "No Good" from "Break It Up"
#491 - Cymbals Eat Guitars - "Wind Phoenix (Proper Name)" from "Why There Are Mountains"
#490 - Green Day - "Christian's Inferno" from "21st Century Breakdown" - "21st Century Breakdown" was my 2nd favorite album of 2009 behind "Them Crooked Vultures", but it did put the most songs in the top 500 with 11.
#489 - Morrissey - "Children In Pieces" from "Swords"
#488 - Maino - "All The Above" from "If Tomorrow Comes" - Technically it's a Maino track, but really this is T-Pain's song.
#487 - Crash Kings - "Mountain Man" from "Crash Kings"
#486 - Juliette Lewis - "Suicide Dive Bombers" from "Terra Incognito" - Yes, it is Juliette Lewis the actress, and yes, her latest album is really good. "Suicide Dive Bombers" reminds me of the Bowie song "Diamond Dogs" for some reason.
#485 - Slayer - "Public Display Of Dismemberment" from "World Painted Blood" - It wasn't a great year for heavy metal, but Slayer's album was a highlight.
#484 - Stellastarr - "Tokyo Sky" from "Civilized"
#483 - YACHT - "Psychic City" from "See Mystery Lights"
#482 - Snoop Dogg - "Pronto" from "Malice N Wonderland" - Again, it's a Snoop Dogg track, but this is a Soulja Boy Tell 'Em song.
#481 - Music Go Music - "Explorers Of The Heart" from "Expressions" - If you like ABBA, check out Music Go Music.
#480 - Wilco - "Everlasting Everything" from "Wilco (The Album)"
#479 - Flo Rida - "Rewind" from "R.O.O.T.S."
#478 - Califone - "Funeral Singers" from "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers"
#477 - The Decemberists - "Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)" from "Hazards Of Love" - In most years, "Hazards Of Love" would have easily been the best concept album of the year. Unfortunately, it was released the same year as one of Green Day's two brilliant concept albums, "21st Century Breakdown".
#476 - The New York Dolls - "My World" from "Cause I Sez So" - Of all the bands from the early days of punk and alternative, who would have thought that the Dolls would still be making great music 40 years later?
#500 - Regina Spektor - "Folding Chair" from "Far"
#499 - Kris Kristofferson - "Closer To The Bone" from "Closer To The Bone"
#498 - The Dirty Projectors - "Remade Horizon" from "Bitte Orca"
#497 - Karen O And The Kids - "All Is Love" from "Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack"
#496 - The Micragirls - "Summer's Gone" from "Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist" - Quite a few songs on my list are from playlists and compilations. Blalock's playlist (I don't know if they are still being produced as I haven't seen one for August 2010 yet) is a great source of obscure indie rock songs and artists.
#495 - Cam'ron - "I Hate My Job" from "Crime Pays" - I missed this song the first time I listened to "Crime Pays". "I Hate My Job" got a second evaluation when it made Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs of 2009.
#494 - Jemina Pearl - "I Hate People" from "Break It Up" - The former lead singer of Be Your Own Pet (who broke up right after releasing their best song, "Becky") put five songs on my top 500 including this one with guest vocals from Iggy Pop.
#493 - The Soulsavers - "All The Way Down" from "Broken" - The Soulsavers features lead vocals from former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan.
#492 - Jemina Pearl - "No Good" from "Break It Up"
#491 - Cymbals Eat Guitars - "Wind Phoenix (Proper Name)" from "Why There Are Mountains"
#490 - Green Day - "Christian's Inferno" from "21st Century Breakdown" - "21st Century Breakdown" was my 2nd favorite album of 2009 behind "Them Crooked Vultures", but it did put the most songs in the top 500 with 11.
#489 - Morrissey - "Children In Pieces" from "Swords"
#488 - Maino - "All The Above" from "If Tomorrow Comes" - Technically it's a Maino track, but really this is T-Pain's song.
#487 - Crash Kings - "Mountain Man" from "Crash Kings"
#486 - Juliette Lewis - "Suicide Dive Bombers" from "Terra Incognito" - Yes, it is Juliette Lewis the actress, and yes, her latest album is really good. "Suicide Dive Bombers" reminds me of the Bowie song "Diamond Dogs" for some reason.
#485 - Slayer - "Public Display Of Dismemberment" from "World Painted Blood" - It wasn't a great year for heavy metal, but Slayer's album was a highlight.
#484 - Stellastarr - "Tokyo Sky" from "Civilized"
#483 - YACHT - "Psychic City" from "See Mystery Lights"
#482 - Snoop Dogg - "Pronto" from "Malice N Wonderland" - Again, it's a Snoop Dogg track, but this is a Soulja Boy Tell 'Em song.
#481 - Music Go Music - "Explorers Of The Heart" from "Expressions" - If you like ABBA, check out Music Go Music.
#480 - Wilco - "Everlasting Everything" from "Wilco (The Album)"
#479 - Flo Rida - "Rewind" from "R.O.O.T.S."
#478 - Califone - "Funeral Singers" from "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers"
#477 - The Decemberists - "Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)" from "Hazards Of Love" - In most years, "Hazards Of Love" would have easily been the best concept album of the year. Unfortunately, it was released the same year as one of Green Day's two brilliant concept albums, "21st Century Breakdown".
#476 - The New York Dolls - "My World" from "Cause I Sez So" - Of all the bands from the early days of punk and alternative, who would have thought that the Dolls would still be making great music 40 years later?
Top 500 Songs Of 2009 - Introduction
For the past two years, I've compiled lists of my 500 favorite songs released that year. This will be the first year that I'm posting the list online and I hope to post future lists online. If you're interested in the 2008 list, feel free to email me at hinesy24@yahoo.com and I can send it to you.
While I realize that the end of August 2010 isn't really the freshest point in time to post the 500 best songs of 2009, there is a pretty good reason to wait until now. That reason? I didn't finish the damned list until a few weeks ago...
Putting this list together is a pretty complicated task. In 2009, I reviewed 852 albums (Best: Them Crooked Vultures; Worst: Lita Ford) and singled out over 5000 songs for consideration. Since I don't have a magazine staff worth of people pitching in to help, it takes awhile.
Since countdowns are more fun than top to bottom lists, I'll be starting at 500 and counting down to #1. I hope to post an update every day. Each update will have between 10-25 songs, depending on how much time I have for any given post. I'll include song title, artist, album / play list information for every song and comments on some songs.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments or by sending me an email at hinesy24@yahoo.com
While I realize that the end of August 2010 isn't really the freshest point in time to post the 500 best songs of 2009, there is a pretty good reason to wait until now. That reason? I didn't finish the damned list until a few weeks ago...
Putting this list together is a pretty complicated task. In 2009, I reviewed 852 albums (Best: Them Crooked Vultures; Worst: Lita Ford) and singled out over 5000 songs for consideration. Since I don't have a magazine staff worth of people pitching in to help, it takes awhile.
Since countdowns are more fun than top to bottom lists, I'll be starting at 500 and counting down to #1. I hope to post an update every day. Each update will have between 10-25 songs, depending on how much time I have for any given post. I'll include song title, artist, album / play list information for every song and comments on some songs.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments or by sending me an email at hinesy24@yahoo.com
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