Thursday, December 6, 2007

List #81: Top 10 Animated (or Partly Animated) Films


01. Fantasia
02. Pinocchio
03. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
04. Toy Story/Toy Story 2
05. Waking Life
06. Mary Poppins/Bedknobs and Broomsticks
07. Paprika
08. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
09. Beavis and Butthead Do America
10. Heavy Traffic

Thursday, November 29, 2007

List #80: Top 10 Angel Episodes


01. "Not Fade Away" (5.22)
02. "Soul Purpose" (5.10)
03. "I Will Remember You" (1.10)
04. "Waiting in the Wings" (3.13)
05. "Home" (4.22)
06. "The Trial" (2.9)
07. "The Girl in Question" (5.20)
08. "Hero" (1.11)
09. "Tomorrow" (3.22)
10. "Over the Rainbow" (2.20) / "Through the Looking Glass" (2.21) / "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" (2.22)

Thursday, November 22, 2007

List #79: Top 10 Jay-Z Albums


01. The Blueprint
02. Reasonable Doubt
03. Vol. 3...The Life and Times of S. Carter
04. Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life
05. American Gangster
06. Collision Course (w/ Linkin Park)
07. The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse
08. Kingdom Come
09. In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
10. The Black Album

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

List #78: Top 10 Coen Bros. Movies


01. Barton Fink
02. Fargo
03. No Country for Old Men
04. Raising Arizona
05. Blood Simple
06. Intolerable Cruelty
07. O' Brother, Where Art Thou?
08. Miller's Crossing
09. The Man Who Wasn't There
10. The Big Lebowski

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

List #77: Top 10 Artists That I Wish Would Be Good Again


01. Michael Jackson
02. Liz Phair
03. The Neptunes
04. Ice Cube
05. Tori Amos
06. U2
07. OutKast
08. Radiohead
09. The Flaming Lips
10. Big & Rich

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

List #76: Top 10 Album Titles


01. Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Tortoise)
02. See You Next Tuesday (Fannypack)
03. Forever Changes (Love)
04. Exile in Guyville (Liz Phair)
05. More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads)
06. Another Music in a Different Kitchen (Buzzcocks)
07. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy) [tie]
07. Fear of a Black Planet (Public Enemy) [tie]
09. Puking and Crying (S.)
10. Waitin' to Inhale (Devin the Dude)

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

List #75: Top 10 Album Covers


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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

List #74: Top 10 YouTube Vids, Pt. 2


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Monday, November 5, 2007

List #73: Top 10 Albums of the '90's (One Per Artist)


01. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
02. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
03. Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor
04. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
05. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
06. Hole - Live Through This
07. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
08. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
09. Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
10. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York

Sunday, November 4, 2007

List #72: Top TV Supporting Characters (One Per Show)


01. David Puddy (Patrick Warburton), Seinfeld
02. Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head), Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
03. Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop), Gilmore Girls
04. Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri (Tony Sirico), The Sopranos
05. Fred Mertz (William Frawley), I Love Lucy
06. Darla (Julie Benz), Angel
07. Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane (Bebe Neuwirth), Cheers
08. George "Gob" Bluth II (Will Arnett), Arrested Development
09. Endora (Agnes Moorehead), Bewitched
10. Richard Belding (Dennis Haskins), Saved by the Bell

Friday, November 2, 2007

List #71: Top 10 Fiery Furnaces Songs


01. "Bright Blue Tie"
02. "Chief Inspector Blancheflower"
03. "Waiting to Know You"
04. "Smelling Cigarettes"
05. "My Egyptian Grammar"
06. "Inca Rag/Name Game"
07. "Here Comes the Summer"
08. "Spaniolated"
09. "Police Sweater Blood Vow"
10. "Bow Wow"

Sunday, October 28, 2007

List #69: Top Ten Shiina Ringo Songs


01. "Yattsuke Shigoto"
02. "Byoushou Public"
03. "Gamble"
04. "La Salle de Bain"
05. "Honnou"
06. "Yokushitsu"
07. "Remote Control"
08. "Souretsu"
09. "Stoicism"
10. "Kabukicho no Joou"

Saturday, October 27, 2007

List #68: Top 10 Debut LP's


01. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
02. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
03. Ramones - Ramones
04. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
05. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
06. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
07. X - Los Angeles
08. M.I.A. - Arular
09. Pearl Jam - Ten
10. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Friday, October 26, 2007

List #67: Top 10 Kanye West Tracks


01. "Gone" (f/ Cam'ron & Consequence)
02. "Never Let Me Down" (f/ Jay-Z & J-Ivy)
03. "Jesus Walks"
04. "Touch the Sky"
05. "All Falls Down" (f/ Syleena Johnson)
06. "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
07. "Everything I Am"
08. "Through the Wire" (Kon the Louis Vuitton Don version)
09. "Diamonds" (remix f/ Jay-Z)
10. "Homecoming" (f/ Chris Martin)

Thursday, October 25, 2007

List #66: Funniest People Working Right Now


01. Will Ferrell
02. Eddie Izzard
03. David Letterman
04. Sacha Baron Cohen
05. Andy Samberg
06. Sarah Silverman
07. Stephen Colbert
08. Chris Rock
09. Vince Vaughn
10. Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen [tie]

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

List #65: Top 10 Buffy Episodes


01. "Once More, with Feeling" (6.6)
02. "Restless" (4.22)
03. "Hush" (4.10)
04. "Selfless" (7.5)
05. "The Body" (5.16)
06. "Fool for Love" (5.7)
07. "The Zeppo" (3.13)
08. "Superstar" (4.17)
09. "The Wish" (3.9)
10. "Conversations with Dead People" (7.7)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

List #64: Top 10 Players in the 2007 World Series


01. Josh Beckett (SP, Red Sox)
02. Jonathan Papelbon (CL, Red Sox)
03. Matt Holliday (LF, Rockies)
04. David Ortiz (DH, Red Sox)
05. Manny Ramirez (LF, Red Sox)
06. Todd Helton (1B, Rockies)
07. Mike Lowell (3B, Red Sox)
08. Brad Hawpe (RF, Rockies)
09. Troy Tulowitzki (SS, Rockies)
10. Garrett Atkins (3B, Rockies)

Monday, October 22, 2007

List #63: Top Ten European Filmmakers Working Today


01. Jean-Luc Godard
02. Bela Tarr
03. Claire Denis
04. Manoel de Oliveira
05. Jaques Rivette
06. Alexander Sokurov
07. Olivier Assayas
08. Arnaud Desplechin
09. Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
10. Terence Davies

Sunday, October 21, 2007

List #62: Top Ten Asian Filmmakers Working Today


01. Abbas Kiarostami
02. Hou Hsiao-hsien
03. Jia Zhang-ke
04. Wong Kar-wai
05. Tsai Ming-liang
06. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
07. Jafar Panahi
08. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
09. Tian Zhuangzhuang
10. Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Saturday, October 20, 2007

List #61: Top Ten North American Filmmakers Working Today


01. Terrence Malick
02. Steven Spielberg
03. Clint Eastwood
04. Richard Linklater
05. Martin Scorsese
06. David Cronenberg
07. Errol Morris
08. Spike Lee
09. Brian De Palma
10. Michael Mann

Friday, October 19, 2007

List #60: Top Ten Lines on The Carter III


01. "Unfuckin' believe, Lil Wayne's the President / fuck him, fuck him, fuck him, even if they celibate / I know the game is crazy, it's more crazy than it's ever been / I'm married to that crazy bitch, call me Kevin Federline."
02. "Rappin' is my hobby / my house has a lobby / my bitches act snobby / because I feed 'em thousands."
03. "I used to have the Starter jacket with the logo / And the hat, me myself I had the N.O. / that's the Saints, nigga."
04. "I'm tryin' to milk the game as if the game was a cow."
05. "I hope you haven't forgot about me up in the living room watching Sportscenter / you were cookin' dinner / I was such a sinner / but the Lord is a forgiver / you know, they say if you pray, you can get your blessings ordered and delivered."
06. "She wanna ride it / I let her have it / she better ride it like Danica Patrick / I get behind it and move her / like the Heimlich Maneuver."
07. "I remember the time, I wish I could bring it back / What she mean to me is what I mean to rap."
08. "Bitch say 'Weezy, make it rain' / I say 'Bitch, I ain't God' / but I am God's son but, you know, I ain't Nas / see, he got a positive aim and I ain't nice."
09. "I don't fear nothing but God and weddings / at the top of my paper, like I'm starting a heading."
10. "And here's my most funniest joke.../I'm broke."

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

List #59: Top Ten Oscar Season Releases I Plan on Catching


01. No Country for Old Men (Coen/Coen)
02. I'm Not There (Haynes)
03. There Will Be Blood (Anderson)
04. Atonement (Wright)
05. Sweeney Todd (Burton)
06. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Lumet)
07. Margot at the Wedding (Baumbach)
08. Michael Clayton (Gilroy)
09. Juno (Reitman)
10. Gone Baby Gone (Affleck)

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

List #58: Top 10 Sean Penn Performances


01. Dead Man Walking
02. Mystic River
03. The Thin Red Line
04. Sweet and Lowdown
05. Carlito's Way
06. Casualties of War
07. Colors
08. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
09. Hurlyburly
10. 21 Grams

Monday, October 15, 2007

List #57: Top 10 Ayumi Hamasaki Songs


01. "Will"
02. "Step You"
03. "Ladies Night"
04. "Heaven"
05. "Jewel"
06. "Real Me"
07. "Ourselves"
08. "Alterna"
09. "Until That Day"
10. "Hana-bi"

Sunday, October 14, 2007

List #56: Top 10 Musical Artists Under 30


01. Lil Wayne
02. Joanna Newsom
03. Karen O
04. Miranda Lambert
05. Amy Diamond
06. Justin Timberlake
07. Ashlee Simpson
08. T.I.
09. The Game
10. Nellie McKay

Friday, October 12, 2007

List #55: Top 10 Most Overrated Albums of the 2000's


01. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
02. Brian Wilson - Smile
03. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
04. Arcade Fire - Funeral
05. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
06. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
07. Green Day - American Idiot
08. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
09. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
10. Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury

Thursday, October 11, 2007

List #54: Top 10 Most Underrated Albums of the 2000's


01. Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography
02. Courtney Love - America's Sweetheart
03. Northern State - All City
04. The Sounds - Living in America
05. Sahara Hotnights - Kiss and Tell
06. Quasi - The Sword of God
07. Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
08. Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
09. Bubba Sparxxx - The Charm
10. Eminem - Encore

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

List #53: Top 10 Most Overrated Movies of the 2000's


01. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Jackson)
02. Last Days (Van Sant)
03. School of Rock (Linklater)
04. Memento (Nolan)
05. Almost Famous (Crowe)
06. Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky)
07. Lost in Translation (Coppola)
08. American Splendor (Berman/Pulcini)
09. Adaptation (Jonze)
10. Children of Men (Cuaron)

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

List #52: Top 10 Most Underrated Movies of the 2000's


01. Miami Vice (Mann)
02. Bring It On (Reed)
03. The Terminal (Spielberg)
04. Happy Here and Now (Almereyda)
05. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (Brooks)
06. Stuck on You (Farrelly/Farrelly)
07. In the Cut (Campion)
08. Trouble Every Day (Denis)
09. Hulk (Ang)
10. The Brown Bunny (Gallo)

Monday, October 8, 2007

List #51: Top 10 Things That Must Happen
for the Yankees to Advance in the Playoffs



01. Get a better-than-quality, preferably seven-inning or longer, start out of Wang tonight.
02. Use Joba's arm sparingly. He didn't need to pitch two full innings in a five-run game. Now, we may have to use Veras or Villone or whoever in a tighter late-game situation.
03. Get significant production out of the middle of the line-up. I'm looking at you, A-Rod.
04. Play small ball, if necessary; steal bases to get in better scoring position. I like the bunt attempts I'm seeing!
05. Drive in runners in scoring position; duh.
06. Keep making Indians pitchers work to get outs. A drawn-out at-bat is always a good thing, even if it doesn't lead to a man on base.
07. In particular, if we win tonight, wear Sabathia out in Game 5. He might be the best pitcher in the American League right now, but on three days' rest, he can be chased relatively early if he doesn't get quick, easy innings.
08. Play with urgency, but don't press to hit it out with every swing.
09. Start Doug Mientkiewicz at first, and either Jose Molina or Shelley Duncan at DH. Giambi looks tired.
10. Stock up on Off if the series returns to Cleveland.
List #50: Top 10 Performances in Films We Saw at the Vancouver International Film Festival


01. Jeanne Balibar - The Duchess of Langeais
02. Kene Holliday - Great World of Sound
03. Ann Savage - My Winnipeg
04. Guillaume Depardieu - The Duchess of Langeais
05. Patrick Carroll - Redacted
06. Tony Leung - Lust, Caution
07. Tang Wei - Lust, Caution
08. Francois Berleand - The Girl Cut in Two
09. The Mom from Ma Wu Jia*
10. Talat Bulut - Bliss

*I can't find this (apparently non-professional) actress' name anywhere, but she was remarkable.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

List #49: Top 10 Radiohead Songs


01. "Talk Show Host"
02. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)"
03. "Optimistic"
04. "Man O' War" (aka "Big Boots")
05. "How to Disappear Completely"
06. "Idioteque"
07. "Black Star"
08. "Let Down"
09. "Lucky"
10. "Pyramid Song"

Sunday, September 30, 2007

List #48: Top 10 Postseason Predictions


01. The Rockies beat the Padres in tomorrow's NL Wild Card tiebreaker game, but fall in five to a more talented Phillies team in the Division Series.
02. Arizona tops Chicago in four; Cubs fans find something other than the Cubs to blame for the loss.
03. C.C. Sabathia gets a Game 1 win, but the Yankees take the next three to advance past Cleveland.
04. The Red Sox sweep the Angels.
05. The Phillies sweep the D-Backs in the NLCS.
06. New York over Boston in five in the ALCS.
07. The Yankees win their 27th World Series, defeating the Phillies in a tense Game 7 at Yankee Stadium.
08. A-Rod proves that he can perform in the playoffs, and is named the Series' MVP.
09. After winning a ring, A-Rod decides not to opt out, remains a Yankee, and wins his third MVP award.
10. Matt Holliday narrowly edges Jimmy Rollins and Prince Fielder as the NL MVP, while Sabathia and Jake Peavy win their respective leagues' Cy Young Awards.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

List #47: Top 10 PJ Harvey Songs


01. "Driving"
02. "Nickel Under Foot"
03. "The Dancer"
04. "Plants and Rags"
05. "Send His Love to Me"
06. "This Is Love"
07. "Sheela-Na-Gig"
08. "Is This Desire?"
09. "The Devil"
10. "Yuri-G"

Friday, September 28, 2007

List #46: Top 10 Male Film Performances


01. James Stewart - Vertigo
02. Orson Welles - Chimes at Midnight
03. Robert Mitchum - The Night of the Hunter
04. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
05. John Wayne - The Searchers
06. James Mason - Lolita
07. Charles Chaplin - Monsieur Verdoux
08. Sean Penn - Dean Man Walking
09. Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris
10. George Sanders - Voyage to Italy

Thursday, September 27, 2007

List #45: Top 10 Female Film Performances


01. Renee Maria Falconetti - The Passion of Joan of Arc
02. Agnes Moorehead - The Magnificent Ambersons
03. Marilyn Monroe - The Misfits
04. Ingrid Bergman - Notorious
05. Anne Wiazemsky - Au Hasard Balthazar
06. Nicole Kidman - Eyes Wide Shut
07. Greta Garbo - Ninotchka
08. Maggie Cheung - Actress
09. Liv Ullman and Bibi Andersson - Persona
10. Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin - The Piano

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

List #44: Top 10 Great Pick-Me-Up Songs


01. Bubba Sparxxx - "Comin' Round"
02. Sleater-Kinney - "Words and Guitar"
03. Beyonce f/ Jay-Z - "Crazy in Love"
04. Madonna - "Into the Groove"
05. The Beatles - "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
06. Garth Brooks - "Friends in Low Places"
07. Ayumi Hamasaki - "Ladies Night"
08. Amy Diamond - "Welcome to the City"
09. T.I. - "What You Know"
10. Hanson - "MMMBop"

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

List #43: Top 10 Great Depressing Songs


01. The Smiths - "I Know It's Over"
02. The Notorious B.I.G. - "Suicidal Thoughts"
03. Bruce Springsteen - "Highway Patrolman"
04. Van Morrison - "T.B. Sheets"
05. Cat Power - "Names"
06. Neil Young - "Philadelphia"
07. John Lennon - "Working Class Hero"
08. Hole - "Northern Star"
09. Radiohead - "Street Spirit (Fade Out)"
10. Lil Wayne - "Something You Forgot"

Monday, September 24, 2007

List #42: Top 10 Players in the NBA


01. Kobe Bryant (SG, Lakers)
02. LeBron James (SF, Cavaliers)
03. Carmelo Anthony (SF, Nuggets)
04. Kevin Garnett (PF, Celtics)
05. Steve Nash (PG, Suns)
06. Jason Kidd (PG, Nets)
07. Dirk Nowitzki (PF, Mavericks)
08. Tim Duncan (PF, Spurs)
09. Allen Iverson (PG, Nuggets)
10. Dwight Howard (C, Magic)