It's Been a While, Hasn't It

Hello,
Sorry it took me about 2 months to post. I'm sure all four of you who read this were very disappointed; a combination of winter break, winter classes, and the general need to do nothing after a murderous semester kind of shut me down for a while.

But I'm back, baby. And to kick off the new year (except for the Giants/Jets piece below, which I tried to pitch with no success), I'm gonna do something I've always wanted to do: Top 10 lists. Obviously I'm a huge music/movie fan, and I'm big into retrospectives. So, without further ado, here's my favorite movies and music from the last year, subject to change; I've still got a lot to see and hear.

Top 10 Movies of 2009

1: "Inglourious Basterds"
2: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
3: "The Hurt Locker"
4: "District 9"
5: "Star Trek"
6: "The Hangover"
7: "Up in the Air"
8: "The Taking of Pelham 123"
9: "Where the Wild Things Are"
10: "Zombieland"

Top 10 Albums of 2009 (favorite tracks in parentheses)

1: Bruce Springsteen: "Working On a Dream" ("Queen of the Supermarket")
2: Green Day: "21st Century Breakdown" (“¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)”)
3: Eminem: "Relapse" ("Medicine Ball")
4: Phoenix: "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" ("Rome")
5: U2: "No Line on the Horizon" ("I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight")
6: Mastodon: "Crack the Skye" ("The Czar")
7: Dave Matthews Band: "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" ("Shake Me Like a Monkey")
8: Jay-Z: "The Blueprint 3" ("Young Forever")
9: Bob Dylan: "Together Through Life" ("Beyond Here Lies Nothin'")
10: Karen O & the Kids: "Where the Wild Things Are" ("All is Love")