...Full list of 2010 Reviews

To recap here are my recommendations for 2010:

Music

Movies

Games

Books

Here's the full list of everything!

Recommended items in Bold.

Music:

Call Me Lightning - When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free
Daft Punk - Discovery
Eyehategod - Dopesick
Footloose - Official Soundtrack
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
INXS - Kick
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Squirrel Bait - Squirrel Bait
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
Tron Legacy Soundtrack
Chambers - Old Love
Weekend - Sports
Total Abuse - Mutt
Off! - First Four Eps
Black Cobra - Bestial
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Middian - Age Eternal
Castrovalva - Castrovalva
Castrovalva - We Are Unit
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine 2010 Reissue
Girl Talk - All Day
High on Fire - The Art of Self Defense
Earth - Bureaucratic Desire for Extra Capsular Extraction
Kylesa - Time Will Fuse Its Worth
Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
Kylesa - Spiral Shadow
No Age - Everything In Between
Torche - Songs for Singles
Cancer Bats - Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
Ida Maria - Fortress 'Round My Heart
Sleigh Bells - Treats
Fugazi Live Series: Volume 1
Fugazi Live Series: Volume 2
Fugazi Live Series: Volume 4
Floor - Floor
Isis/Melvins - Split EP
David Bowie - Station to Station
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder
Against Me! - White Crosses
Trash Talk - Eyes & Nines
The Cure - Disintegration [Deluxe Edition]
David Cross - Bigger and Blackerer
LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Van Halen - 5150
Doomriders - Black Thunder
The Ghost of a Thousand - This Is Where the Fight Begins
The Method Actors - This Is Still It
Crime in Stereo - I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Black Breath - Razor to Oblivion
Universal Order of Armeggedon - S/T
Doomriders - Darkness Comes Alive
The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine

Movies:

True Grit
Tron 2.0
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inside Job
The Social Network
Catfish
The Town
Machete

Jackass 3dPiranha 3d
Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldBest Worst Movie
Inception
Toy Story 3
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Iron Man 2
Kick-AssA Prophet
The Crazies
Shutter Island

Books:

Dressing the Man

The Power of Eye ContactThe 4 Hour Body
How Music Works
Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga
Grifftopia
The Little Book That Beats the Market
The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet
Sex at Dawn
The Skinny on Real Estate InvestingThe 4-Hour Workweek
The Design of Design
No Country for Old Men8 Steps to a Pain free Back
Got Fight?
101 Things I Learned in Business School
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
Perfecting Sound Forever
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
George Lucas Blockbusting
In Defense of Food
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses

Games:

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Nba 2k11
Angry Birds
Game Dev StoryEA MMA
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Super Meat Boy
Dead Rising 2
Halo Reach
Dead Rising: Case Zero
Monday Night Combat
Limbo
Red Dead Redemption
Starcraft 2
God of War 3
Heavy Rain
Bioshock 2

...2010: My favorite music

Here's a list of music I got in 2010 that I enjoyed and would recommend.  Man I bought a bunch more than this but a ton of them were on the cusp of being reccomendable...Note a lot of these didn't come out in 2010:

1. Doomriders - Darkness Comes Alive
• Dunno how I missed this in 2009 but it's pretty much what I look for in hardcore.
2. Floor - Floor
• Imo this is even better than Torche.
3. Trash Talk - Eyes & Nines
4. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
• More consistent than the first.  How is it that I like this but not Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds?
5. No Age - Everything In Between
• On here for the first 2 songs.
6. Black Breath - Razor to Oblivion
• Yeah I realize this is from 2009 and they released an album this year.  Haven't heard it yet though so it'll have to wait until next year.
7. Fugazi Live Series: Volume 1
8. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
• Ok in case you're wondering where the last 10 years of Melvins albums came from, listen to this.
9. Call Me Lightning - When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free
• These guys like the Who; I like the Who.
10. Tron Legacy Soundtrack
• Ok ignore this...I'm a big Tron fanboy.

Honorable Mentions:

• The Ghost of a Thousand - This Is Where the Fight Begins
• Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
• The Cure - Disintegration [Deluxe Edition]
• NIN - Pretty Hate Machine 2010 Reissue
• Girl Talk - All Day
• High on Fire - The Art of Self Defense
• Off! - First Four Eps
• Daft Punk - Discovery
• Eyehategod - Dopesick
• Footloose - Official Soundtrack
• INXS - Kick
• Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East

...2010: My favorite movies

Here's a list of movies I saw in the theaters in 2010 that I enjoyed and would recommend:

1. Inside Job
• Fantastic documentary that ties together all the events and players that lead to our current economic situation. 
2. The Social Network
• David Fincher can turn most anything into a thriller.
3. Inception
4. Toy Story 3
5. True Grit
6. Black Swan
7. Best Worst Movie
• Came out of this movie in a really good mood.  It's a documentary about the culture that surrounds a movie that is really bad but really good.
8. Piranha 3d
• This one might not be so great to watch at home, but in the theaters it was a blast.
9. Catfish
• Documentary about a facebook relationship that was never what it seemed.  Try and see this without reading anything about it.
10. Jackass 3d

Honorable Mention:

• Machete
• The Town
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Shutter Island
• Tron 2.0
• The Crazies

...2010: My favorite games

Here's a list of games I played in 2010 that I enjoyed and would recommend. This list does not include 2 games from my company Rock Band 3 and Dance Central that I would consider top 10 :

    1. God of War 3

• The most incredible, dynamic levels I've ever played.

    2. Dead Rising: Case Zero

    3. Dead Rising 2

    4. Red Dead Redemption

• Really well acted.  The time period really suits open world gameplay.

    5. Starcraft 2

• I haven't ever played a game so many hours and sucked so bad.

    6. Halo Reach

    7. Game Dev Story

• I love simulation games.  I've always wanted a sim-game based on running a game company....

    8. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

    9. Monday Night Combat

  10. Limbo

Honorable Mention:

• Angry Birds
• EA MMA
• Bioshock 2

...2010: My favorite books

Here's a list of books I read in 2010 that I enjoyed and would recommend.  Not all of these came out in 2010 though:

1. Grifftopia
• I haven't read as many political books this year as I have in past years for some reason.  Perhaps it's because it gets me all worked up and I can't sleep.  This one is a must read.
2. Sex at Dawn
• Curious why men and women sometimes have trouble with monogamy?  Why do women have multiple orgasms and men don't?  Is it possible a women could change how she feels about a man when he stops wearing condoms?  All these and more answered
3. The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
• The best book I've read on game design.
4. The Power of Eye Contact
5. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
• Someday I hope video games have a tomb of a book like this.
6. Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga
• Ok Jimmy Page and John Bonham were big time jerks.
7. 8 Steps to a Pain free Back
8. How Music Works
9. The 4 Hour Body
10. The Little Book That Beats the Market
• Pretty simple way to take care of your own investments.  There's even a mutual fund the writer started that does it all for you (I just invested in it).

Honorable Mention:

• The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet
• The Skinny on Real Estate Investing
• The 4-Hour Workweek
• No Country for Old Men

...and these are the first half of 2010 recommendations

The year is over half over, pretty slow for reviews... Here's what's on my list so far in reverse order from when I experienced them:
 

Music:
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Trash Talk - Eyes & Nines
The Cure - Disintegration [Deluxe Edition]
The Ghost of a Thousand - This Is Where the Fight Begins
Black Breath - Razor to Oblivion
Doomriders - Darkness Comes Alive

Movies:

Best Worst Movie
Inception
Toy Story 3
The Crazies
Shutter Island

Books:
No Country for Old Men 

8 Steps to a Pain free Back
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

Games:

Limbo
Red Dead Redemption
Starcraft 2
God of War 3
Bioshock 2

...My Best Movies of 2009

Top 5:
1. The Hurt Locker
2. Anvil
3. Food Inc.
4. Avatar (3d)
5. Up

Honorable Mention (in no particular order):
Star Trek
Where the Wild Things Are
Zombieland
Moon
Gomorra

All my 2009 reviews are here.

...My Best Books of 2009

Actually strike that...these are the top books I read in 2009.  I barely read anything that came out in this year :)


Top 5:
The Road
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health 
Body by Science: A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy
Understanding Comics 

Honorable Mention: 
The Wisdom of Crowds
Anticancer: A New Way of Life
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and Their Trainers
Power of 10: The Once-A-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution


All my 2009 reviews are here.

...My Best Music of 2009

Top 5:
1. Coalesce - Ox (not the EP)
2. Converge - Axe to Fall
3. Ladyfinger(ne) - Dusk
4. Kylesa - Static Tensions
5. The Horrors - Primary Colours

Honorable Mention (in no particular order):
Megasus - Megasus
The Beatles - The Beatles in Mono (Box Set)
Nirvana - Bleach (Remastered)
Baroness - Blue Record
Lightning Bolt - Early Delights
Nirvana - Live at Reading
The Jesus Lizard - Head (Remastered)
Yob - The Great Cessation
Zu - Carboniferous
Gallows - Grey Britain
Trash Talk - Trash Talk
Rumplestiltskin Grinder - Living for Death, Destroying the Rest
The Bronx - The Bronx 3

All my 2009 reviews are here.

...My Best Games of 2009

Top 5:
1. Batman Arkham Asylum
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
3. Uncharted 2
4. UFC Undisputed
5. 'Splosion Man

Honorable Mention (in no particular order):
Pixeljunk Shooter
Assasins Creed 2
Trials HD
Fifa 10
Peggle (Iphone)
Shadow Complex
Resident Evil 5
Death Tank

I'm not including 2 games I worked on that I think were great, The Beatles: Rock Band and Rock Band Unplugged :)

All my 2009 reviews are here.

...All Reviews for 2009

Here are all the books, games, and music I got in 2009. I'll post my best of lists in a few days.

Recommended items in Bold.

Music:
Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
Baroness - Blue Record
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Girl Talk - Night Ripper
Coalesce - Ox (EP)
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Jemina Pearl - Break It Up
Working For a Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
Lightning Bolt - Early Delights
Tides - Giant
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
AC/DC - Backtracks
Hall & Oats - The Essential Darryl Hall & John Oats
Converge - Axe to Fall
Nirvana - Bleach (Remastered)
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Danzig - Danzig
Nirvana - Live at Reading
The Jesus Lizard - Head (Remastered)
LCD Soundsystem - 45:33
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:
An Education
Avatar (3d)
The Road
Where the Wild Things Are
A Serious Man
Capitalism: A Love Story
Zombieland
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:
The Wisdom of Crowds
David Cross - I Drink For a Reason
Anticancer: A New Way of Life
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:
Pixeljunk Shooter
Assasins Creed 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Fifa Soccer 10
Uncharted 2
Demon's Souls
Madden 10
Halo ODST
Batman Arkham Asylum
Trials HD
Peggle (Iphone)
Shadow Complex
'Splosion Man
Battlefield 1943
Ghostbusters
UFC Undisputed
Fallout 3
Resident Evil 5
Death Tank

...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

..,best of best of music lists

This sites got you covered in terms of what people think is the best music:
http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/

...Top of 2009

Interesting year of purchases last year. Probably the least amount of gaming I've done in 10 years...I also think it was an off year for games. Not the best year for music or movies either imo. Still there were some good things:

Music
Torche - Meanderthal
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
The Bronx - The Bronx 3
Triclops - Out of Africa
Future of the Left - Curses

Honorable mention:
The Death Set - Worldwide
Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer


Movies
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Wall-E
The Dark Knight
The Wrestler

Honorable mention:
Burn After Reading
Mongol
Iron Man
American Teen
Forgetting Sarah Marshall


Games
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Rock Band 2
Braid
Super Smash Bros Brawl

Anything missing?

...things to review later (updated constantly)

So some stuff I haven't got to (and am waiting for a new template). Stuff I recommend in bold.

Music:
Tonnage - The Swell
The Bronx - The Bronx 3
Descendants - Milo Goes to College
The Nerves - One Way Ticket
Black Elk - Always a Six, Never a Nine
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
Portishead - Dummy
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
Young Widows - Old Wounds
Black Flag - Loose Nut
Joy Division - Les Bains Douches
Joy Division - In the Studio With Martin Hannett
Does It Offend You, Yeah - You Have No Idea What You Are Getting Youself Into
Devo - Oh No! It's Devo
Coalesce - 012:2
Aerosmith - Rocks
M.I.A. - Kala
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Earles and Jones - Just Farr A Laugh
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Cancer Bats - Hail Desroyer
Melvins - Nude With Boots
3 Inches of Blood - Fire Up the Blades
The Beatles - Love
Sigur Ros - ()
Local H - 12 Angry Months
Guns N' Roses - Lies
Van Halen - Van Halen (remastered)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
The Death Set - Worldwide
Fugazi -Steady Diet of Nothing (remastered)
Idiot Pilot - Wolves
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
Torche - Meanderthal
Elvis Costello - This years model (rhino version)
Evangelista - Hello, Voyager
Triclops - Out of Africa
The Breeders - Mountain Battles
Fight Amp -Hungry for Nothing
Cancer Bats - Birthing the Giant
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Joe Lally - Nothing is Underrated
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
The Hives - The Blank and White Album
Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Disfear - Live the Storm
Black Mountain - In the Future
Future of the Left - Curses
*Shels - Laurentians Atoll
*Shels - Sea of the Dying Dhow
Akimbo - Navigating the Bronze
Chavez - Better Days will Haunt You
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
Ont Blod - Grizzly Twister
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
High on Fire - Death Is the Communion
A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place to Bury Strangers
Austerity Program - Black Madonna
The Very Best of Herman's Hermits
Against Me! - New Wave
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops
Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
Neurosis - Given to the Rising
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Pissed Jeans - Hope for Men
Halo of Flies - Music For Insect Minds
The Cure - Faith
The Jam - This is the modern world / all mods cons
Black Flag - The complete 1982 Demos
Public Image ltd. - Public Image
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
The Hope Conspiracy - Death Knows Your Name
Modern Life Is War - Witness
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
Big Business - Here Come the Waterworks
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Totmoshi - Ladron
These Arms Are Snakes - Easter
Death Proof (OST) - Various Artists
Melvins - A Senile Animal
Unsane - Visqueen
The National - Boxer
Battles - Mirrored
Ho-Ag - The Word from Pluto

Movies:
The Wrestler
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York
Milk
Religulous
W.
Burn After Reading
Pineapple Express
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Wanted
Mongol
Stuck
Iron Man
American Teen
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Girls Rock
The Signal
In Bruges
Cloverfield
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
The Savages
I am Legend
No Country for Old Men
Control
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Shoot 'em Up
Stardust
Superbad
The King of Kong
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Simpsons Movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ratatouille
Death at a Funeral
Sicko
Black Book
28 Weeks Later
Knocked Up

Books:
The Road
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
Hip: The History
Outliers: The Story of Success
Cobain Unseen
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
My Stroke of Insight
Hack: How I Stopped Worrying About What To Do With My Life & Started Driving a Yellow Cab
Right is Wrong
American Hardcore
Songwriters on Songwriting
Michael Moore's Election Guide
Black Sabbath's Master of Reality
How Do You Work This Life Thing?
Here, There, and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
Nirvana's In Utero
Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone
Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures
Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
A Voyage for Madmen
The Tipping Point
The Game
Blink
What to Eat
All I need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned From the Toxic Avenger
Noam Chomsky - Failed States
Douglas Coupland - JPod
David Sklansky - No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice
Einstein
Buddha (vol 1-8)

...best of 2007

Here's my favorites for 2007: I reserve all rights to change this as I remember more :)

Music (includes releases from late 2005)
Top 5
Against Me! - New Wave
Akimbo - Navigating the Bronze
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Future of the Left - Curses
Melvins - A Senile Animal

Honorable Mentions
Grinderman- Grinderman
Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
Battles - Mirrored
The National - Boxer
Patton Oswalt - Werewolves and Lollipops (well not music but a cd)


Movies
Top 5
The King of Kong
The Host
Grindhouse
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille

Honorable Mentions
There Will Be Blood
Control
Sicko
Black Book
Superbad


Games
Top 5
Rock Band
Orange Box
Call of Duty 4
Bioshock
Super Mario Galaxy

Honorable Mentions
Halo 3
Puzzle Quest
Skate
The Darkness
Mass Effect

...Best of 2006

EDIT: Whoa, I forgot Dead Rising

Here's my favorites for 2006 that I experienced. Anything I missed?

Music (includes releases from late 2005)
Top 5
The Mall - Emergency at the Everyday
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Reuben - Very Fast Very Dangerous
Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth
Mastodon - Blood Mountain

Honorable Mentions
The Bronx - The Bronx
Converge - No Heroes

Movies
Top 5
The Prestige
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
An Inconvinient Truth
Little Miss Sunshine

Honorable Mentions
The Descent
The Departed
Borat
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Brick

Games
Top 5
Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC)
Dead Rising (360)
Wii Sports (Wii)
Brain Age (DS)
Guitar Hero 2 (PS2)

Honorable Mentions
Bully (PS2)
Gears of War (360)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Elite Beat Agents (DS)

...new cd reviews

Got a bunch of new cds to review...I think I may wait to do new reviews until I switch over to the new blogger....and I can't switch to the new blogger until the have 3 column teplates...

decisions, decisions...

...best of 2005 [EDIT]

[EDIT] - oops forgot some things...

Here's my favorites for the year. Did I forget anything..any hidden gems I don't know about?

Music (includes releases from late 2004)
Top 5
Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
Nine Black Alps - Everything Is
Genghis Tron- Cloak of Love
Converge - You Fail Me
Torche - Torche

Honorable Mentions
The Bronx- The Bronx
The Rise - Reclamation Process
Big Business -Head For The Shallow
Open Hand - You and Me
Lightning Bolt- Hypermagic Mountain

Movies
Top 5
Sin City
Kung Foo Hustle
Old-Boy
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Constant Gardener

Games
Top 5
Resident Evil 4
F.E.A.R.
Battlefield 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Mario Kart DS

Honorable Mentions
Guitar Hero

...some current game reviews

Currently playing or just finished:
Freedom Force 2 (PC) - B+ so far
Fight Night 2 (PS2) - B
Brothers in Arms (XBOX) -B+ so far

Also saw Sin City (grrrrr ate) and changed the layout here on the right. The book and movie reviews were getting too low on the page so I mixed all the reviews up. I'll have last weeks band pics up tommorow night.