2007 Tedious Lists
Here they are once again; my end of the year tedious lists:
Albums (Goal for the year - 100, total on 12/31 - 116)
Complete list
Favorites From 2007:
1. Chumbawamba - A Singsong And A Scrap
2. Fountains Of Wayne - Traffic And Weather
3. Once - Soundtrack
4. Erin McKeown - Sing You Sinners
5. Mike Viola - Lurch
6. Future Clouds And Radar - s/t
7. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
8. Walk Hard - Soundtrack
9. Martin Newell - A Summer Tamarind
10. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
11. Miss Li - God Put A Rainbow In The Sky
12. Money Mark - Brand New By Tomorrow
13. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
14. Ray Davies - Working Man’s Cafe
15. Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
16. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
17. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
18. Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
19. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
20. K.T. Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
From previous years, heard for the first time in 2007:
1. Kirsty MacColl - From Croydon To Cuba (box set)
2. The Orange Peels - Circling The Sun
3. Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynnwood
4. John Wesley Harding - The Tryst Demos
5. Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
6. Good For What Ails You - Medicine Shows ’26-‘37
7. The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
8. Kirsty MacColl - What Do Pretty Girls Do?
9. Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny (soundtrack)
10. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
11. Andy Partridge - Fuzzy Warbles Vol. 8
12. Tom Waits - Orphans (box set)
13. Richard Thompson - Daring Adventures
14. Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
15. Yusuf Islam - An Other Cup
16. Badly Drawn Boy -The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast
17. Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series 1-3
18. Elliott Smith - XO
19. The Rubinoos - Everything You Always Wanted To Know… (box set)
20. Midlake - The Trials Of VanOccupanther
Movies (Goal for the year - 150, total on 12/31 - 137)
Complete List
Favorites From 2007:
1. Once
2. Sicko
3. The Kite Runner
4. Outsourced
5. Walk Hard
6. Juno
7. Hairspray
8. Music & Lyrics
9. Across The Universe
10. The Simpsons Movie
From previous years, seen for the first time in 2007:
1. Idiocracy
2. Inherit The Wind
3. The Road To Wellville
4. Who Killed The Electric Car?
5. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
6. Shut Up And Sing
7. Grizzly Man
8. Born Yesterday
9. The Lake House
10. Down With Love
11. 49 Up
12. Chuck And Buck
13. Children Of Men
14. He Snoops To Conquer
15. Pillow Talk
16. I Didn’t Do It
17. The Squid And The Whale
18. Dave
19. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
20. Two For The Road
21. Volver
22. Millions
23. Bells Are Ringing
24. Great Expectations (1946)
25. The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain
26. Click
27. Bubble
28. Vanilla Sky
29. Silent Running
30. Hot Saturday
31. The Gods Must Be Crazy
32. Dreamgirls
33. The Love Parade
34. I Walked With A Zombie
35. The Body Snatcher
36. What A Girl Wants
37. Up The Sandbox
38. Bedazzled
39. In America
40. Desk Set
Books (Goal for the year - 50, total on 12/31 - 54)
Complete List
Favorites From 2007 (including ones that were out in hardcover in 2006):
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
2. The End Of Mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas
3. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
4. Return Of The Condor - John Moir
5. By George - Wesley Stace
6. First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde
7. The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall
8. Everything I’m Cracked Up To Be - Jennifer Trynin
9. Un Lun Dun - China Mieville
10. Stealing Buddha’s Dinner - Bich Minh Nguyen
11. Not Buying It - Judith Levine
12. The Memory Artist - Jeffrey Moore
13. The Ruins - Scott Smith
14. Dot Dead - Keith Raffel
15. Oh The Humanity - Jason Roeder
16. Riddled With Life- Marlene Zuk
17. The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde
18. You Don’t Love Me Yet - Jonathan Lethem
19. The Assault On Reason - Al Gore
20. Mr. Thundermug - Cornelius Medvei
From previous years, read for the first time in 2007:
1. Primal Tears - Kelpie Wilson
2. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde
3. Lost In a Good Book - Jasper Fforde
4. Going Out - Scarlett Thomas
5. Only Begotten Daughter - James Morrow
6. The Well Of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde
7. The Areas Of My Expertise - John Hodgman
6. London Fields - Martin Amis
8. Worldchanging
9. Chronicles - Bob Dylan
10. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
11. Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
12. Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer - Jen Sincero
13. Mortified - David Nadelberg
14. Cousins
15. Born Again - Kelly Kerney
Albums (Goal for the year - 100, total on 12/31 - 116)
Complete list
Favorites From 2007:
1. Chumbawamba - A Singsong And A Scrap
2. Fountains Of Wayne - Traffic And Weather
3. Once - Soundtrack
4. Erin McKeown - Sing You Sinners
5. Mike Viola - Lurch
6. Future Clouds And Radar - s/t
7. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
8. Walk Hard - Soundtrack
9. Martin Newell - A Summer Tamarind
10. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
11. Miss Li - God Put A Rainbow In The Sky
12. Money Mark - Brand New By Tomorrow
13. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
14. Ray Davies - Working Man’s Cafe
15. Apples In Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
16. Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
17. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
18. Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
19. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
20. K.T. Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
From previous years, heard for the first time in 2007:
1. Kirsty MacColl - From Croydon To Cuba (box set)
2. The Orange Peels - Circling The Sun
3. Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynnwood
4. John Wesley Harding - The Tryst Demos
5. Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
6. Good For What Ails You - Medicine Shows ’26-‘37
7. The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
8. Kirsty MacColl - What Do Pretty Girls Do?
9. Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny (soundtrack)
10. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
11. Andy Partridge - Fuzzy Warbles Vol. 8
12. Tom Waits - Orphans (box set)
13. Richard Thompson - Daring Adventures
14. Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
15. Yusuf Islam - An Other Cup
16. Badly Drawn Boy -The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast
17. Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series 1-3
18. Elliott Smith - XO
19. The Rubinoos - Everything You Always Wanted To Know… (box set)
20. Midlake - The Trials Of VanOccupanther
Movies (Goal for the year - 150, total on 12/31 - 137)
Complete List
Favorites From 2007:
1. Once
2. Sicko
3. The Kite Runner
4. Outsourced
5. Walk Hard
6. Juno
7. Hairspray
8. Music & Lyrics
9. Across The Universe
10. The Simpsons Movie
From previous years, seen for the first time in 2007:
1. Idiocracy
2. Inherit The Wind
3. The Road To Wellville
4. Who Killed The Electric Car?
5. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
6. Shut Up And Sing
7. Grizzly Man
8. Born Yesterday
9. The Lake House
10. Down With Love
11. 49 Up
12. Chuck And Buck
13. Children Of Men
14. He Snoops To Conquer
15. Pillow Talk
16. I Didn’t Do It
17. The Squid And The Whale
18. Dave
19. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
20. Two For The Road
21. Volver
22. Millions
23. Bells Are Ringing
24. Great Expectations (1946)
25. The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain
26. Click
27. Bubble
28. Vanilla Sky
29. Silent Running
30. Hot Saturday
31. The Gods Must Be Crazy
32. Dreamgirls
33. The Love Parade
34. I Walked With A Zombie
35. The Body Snatcher
36. What A Girl Wants
37. Up The Sandbox
38. Bedazzled
39. In America
40. Desk Set
Books (Goal for the year - 50, total on 12/31 - 54)
Complete List
Favorites From 2007 (including ones that were out in hardcover in 2006):
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
2. The End Of Mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas
3. The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
4. Return Of The Condor - John Moir
5. By George - Wesley Stace
6. First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde
7. The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall
8. Everything I’m Cracked Up To Be - Jennifer Trynin
9. Un Lun Dun - China Mieville
10. Stealing Buddha’s Dinner - Bich Minh Nguyen
11. Not Buying It - Judith Levine
12. The Memory Artist - Jeffrey Moore
13. The Ruins - Scott Smith
14. Dot Dead - Keith Raffel
15. Oh The Humanity - Jason Roeder
16. Riddled With Life- Marlene Zuk
17. The Big Over Easy - Jasper Fforde
18. You Don’t Love Me Yet - Jonathan Lethem
19. The Assault On Reason - Al Gore
20. Mr. Thundermug - Cornelius Medvei
From previous years, read for the first time in 2007:
1. Primal Tears - Kelpie Wilson
2. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde
3. Lost In a Good Book - Jasper Fforde
4. Going Out - Scarlett Thomas
5. Only Begotten Daughter - James Morrow
6. The Well Of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde
7. The Areas Of My Expertise - John Hodgman
6. London Fields - Martin Amis
8. Worldchanging
9. Chronicles - Bob Dylan
10. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
11. Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
12. Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer - Jen Sincero
13. Mortified - David Nadelberg
14. Cousins
15. Born Again - Kelly Kerney