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The Ten Best Films of the Decade

In Alphabetical Order:

All the Real Girls (David Gordon Green, 2003)

Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki, 2003)

Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)

City of God (Fernando Meireilles, 2003)

Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)

The Man Who Wasn’t There (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2001)

Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki, 2005)

24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)

25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)

WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)

Worst Films Of The Decade

(In no particular order)

Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Waiting…

Ray

Napoleon Dynamite

Nacho Libre

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Juno

Paper Heart

Good Dick

Hannah Takes the Stairs

Date Movie

Epic Movie

Meet the Spartans

Disaster Movie

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Storytelling

Chasing Papi

Phat Girlz

Delgo

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

What Happens In Vegas


(Christ, I know there’s TONS more)

Top 10 Comedy Albums of the Decade

1. Andrew Earles and Jeffrey Jensen, Earles and Jensen Present: Just Farr a Laugh: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever! Vols. 1 & 2

2. Patton Oswalt, Feeling Kinda Patton

3. Mitch Hedburg, Mitch All Together

4. David Cross, Shut Up You Fucking Baby!

5. Neil Hamburger, Laugh Out Lord!

6. Paul F. Tompkins, Impersonal

7. Eugene Mirman, The Absurd Nightclub Comedy of Eugene Mirman

8. Andrew Daly, Nine Sweaters

9. Various, Comedy By The Numbers: Book-on-Tape CD!

10. David Cross, It’s Not Funny

Top 50 Songs of the 2000’s

#1 “Goin’ Against Your Mind” Built to Spill (2006)

The Best Song of the Decade.  Sorry, it’s such a large audio file so I had to resort to a live bootleg YouTube version.  Enjoy it anyway!

Top 50 Songs of the 2000’s

#2 “Jesus, Etc.” Wilco (2002)

Not the biggest Wilco fan, but man, this is powerful stuff

Top 50 Songs of the 2000’s

#3 “Patty Lee” Les Savy Fav (2007)

Can every band write a song as balanced and great as this?  Please?


Top 50 Songs of the 2000’s

#4 “The Ballad of the Sin Eater” Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (2003)

Powerhouse anthem that mainstays its staying power

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Top 50 Songs of the Decade

#5 “Ready For the Floor” Hot Chip (2008)

The Electro-Beat-Down of the Decade

Top 50 Songs of the 2000’s

#6 “House of Jealous Lovers” The Rapture (2003)

These boys knew how to work a dance floor