A couple of lists that I didn't really have a chance to elaborate on, but thought I should include for the sake of posterity :o)
Top Nine Songs
- Substitution - Silversun Pickups
- Hero of War - Rise Against
- Just Breathe - Pearl Jam
- Gimme Sympathy - Metric
- Locked Doors - The Trews
- The Ballad of Hugo Chavez - The Arkells
- No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
- Piano 4 Hands - Wintergloves
- Keep It Together (So I Can Fall Apart) - Ben Harper and Relentless 7
Top Nine Books I Read (not necessarily published in 2009. I read a lot of older stuff this year)
- Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell (audiobook)
- The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- Ubik by Phillip K Dick
- Jack Wakes Up by Seth Harwood
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Brave Men Run by Matthew Selznick (audiobook)
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Happy new year everyone!