2010 was an excellent year for movies, the best since 2007. I only saw 25 in all but of those 9 were nominated for Best Picture and I would have been happy with any of my top 15 being in my top 10. I was disappointed that The King's Speech beat out The Social Network at the Oscars but at least it was still a very good film. On the other hand, ( Read more... )

Arcade Fire did not have my album of the year but it was nice to see them win the Grammy and also end the broadcast with my song of the year ( Read more... )

Maybe I'm getting older, maybe the new bands just aren't as good, but only one debut (Sleigh Bells) made my top 10 and every other "new" artist in my list previously made their mark in another great band (Sleater-Kinney, Nine Inch Nails, Bloc Party). Fortunately Blood Red Shoes came from out of nowhere at the end of the year (I got it for ( Read more... )