...Reviews for 2009

Here's a running list of what stuff I'm checking out this year. Recommended items in Bold.

Music:
The Beatles The Beatles in Mono (Box Set)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Legacy - Beyond Hurt Beyond Hell
Public Image Ltd. - The Flowers of Romance
Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans
Future of the Left - Travels With Myself and Another
Yob - The Great Cessation
Zu - Carboniferous
Coalesce - Give Them Rope She Said V2.0
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (Special Edition)
Coalesce - Ox
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Tweak Bird - Reservations
The Horrors - Primary Colours
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Gallows - Grey Britain
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Graf Orlock - Destination Time Today
Trash Talk - Trash Talk
Death - ...For the Whole World to See
Ladyfinger(ne) - Dusk
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
Rumplestiltskin Grinder - Living for Death, Destroying the Rest
Megasus - Megasus
Portishead - Third
The Lonely Island - Incredibad
The Swell - Tonnage
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
The Bronx - The Bronx 3

Movies:
It Might Get Loud
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Humpday
Moon
The Hurt Locker
Food Inc.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Public Enemies
Tokyo
Up
Tyson
The Hangover
Drag Me to Hell
Star Trek
Anvil
Crank High Voltage
I Love you Man
Watchmen
Gomorra
The Wrestler

Books:
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Cartoon Guide to Physics
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and Their Trainers
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy
Power of 10: The Once-A-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution
Game Feel
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Body by Science: A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Fretboard Logic
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Understanding Comics
The Road
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
Hip: The History

Games:
Batman Arkham Asylum
Trials HD
Peggle (Iphone)
'Splosion Man
Battlefield 1943
Ghostbusters
UFC Undisputed
Fallout 3
Resident Evil 5
Death Tank