JLT/JLT: Top 10's

2008-02-18T20:23:00.000-08:00

List #85: Top 10 Places to Eat in Victoria, British Columbia

01. Zambri's (110-911 Yates St.)
02. Siam Thai (512 Fort St.)
03. India Curry House (506 Fort St.)
04. Il Terrazzo (Waddington Alley)
05. The Bengal Lounge (721 Government St.)
06. James Joyce Bistro (#1-1175C Douglas St.)
07. San Remo (2709 Quadra St.)
08. Ming's (1321 Quadra St.)
09. The Mint (1414 Douglas St.)
10. The Joint Pizzeria & Deli (1219 Wharf St.)

2008-02-15T20:57:00.000-08:00

List #84: Top 10 Sleater-Kinney Songs Not on List #83

01. "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone"
02. "Get Up!"
03. "Night Light"
04. "Write Me Back, Fucker"
05. "Entertain"
06. "#1 Must-Have"
07. "Start Together"
08. "The Remainder"
09. "A Real Man"
10. "Stay Where You Are"

2008-02-15T20:48:00.000-08:00

List #83: Top 10 Songs by My Favorite Band Ever (Who I Really, Really Wish Would Get Back Together)

01. "Good Things"
02. "I'm Not Waiting"
03. "Sympathy"
04. "Not What You Want"
05. "Youth Decay"
06. "Turn It On"
07. "One More Hour"
08. "Step Aside"
09. "The End of You"
10. "Modern Girl"

2008-02-14T11:01:00.000-08:00

List #82: Top 10 Albums I've Been Listening To Lately

01. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
02. Aly & A.J. - Insomniatic
03. Brad Paisley - 5th Gear
04. Elvis Presley - ELVIS: Viva Las Vegas
05. Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
06. Aly & A.J. - Into the Rush
07. Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild OST
08. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
09. Adam Tentsta - It's a Tensta Thing
10. The Hold Steady - The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me

2007-12-06T18:09:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-29T15:15:00.000-08:00

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)

2007-11-22T19:17:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-20T16:25:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-14T19:22:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-13T18:01:00.000-08:00

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)

2007-11-07T16:45:00.000-08:00

List #75: Top 10 Album Covers

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2007-11-06T19:11:00.000-08:00

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

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2007-11-05T14:49:00.001-08:00

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

2007-11-04T17:30:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-02T15:51:00.000-07:00

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"

2007-10-30T16:08:00.000-07:00

List #70: Top 10 Stylus Pieces (One Per Writer)

01. "J-Pop Will Eat Itself: Namie Amuro" by Teresa Nieman
02. "Soulseeking: From the Cradle to the Rave" by Justin Cober-Lake
03. "Forever and Ever Amen" by Brad Shoup
04. "Soulseeking: I Hate Talking About Music" by Nick Southall
05. "A Hindered, But Magnificent Love" by Learned Foote
06. "A Second Take: The Sheltering Sky" by Nancy Keefe Rhodes [tie]
06. "Scenes: Trouble in Paradise" by Alfred Soto [tie]
07. Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party by Josh Love
08. Joanna Newsom - Ys by Mike Powell
09. "Dead Letter Office: The Grieving" by Todd Hutlock [tie]
09. "Closing Time" by Derek Miller [tie]
10. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts by Todd Burns

2007-10-28T20:26:00.001-07:00

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"

2007-10-27T15:57:00.000-07:00

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'

2007-10-26T16:57:00.001-07:00

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)

2007-10-25T15:43:00.000-07:00

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]

2007-10-24T12:58:00.000-07:00

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)

2007-10-23T16:25:00.000-07:00

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)

2007-10-22T15:39:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-21T14:08:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-20T16:39:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-19T16:47:00.000-07:00

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."

2007-10-17T16:57:00.000-07:00

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)

2007-10-16T21:57:00.001-07:00

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

2007-10-15T20:33:00.001-07:00

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"

2007-10-14T12:49:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-12T17:16:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-11T21:38:00.000-07:00

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

2007-10-10T01:04:00.000-07:00

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)

2007-10-09T22:46:00.000-07:00

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)

2007-10-08T14:15:00.000-07:00

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.

2007-10-08T00:02:00.000-07:00

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.

2007-10-06T21:20:00.000-07:00

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"

2007-09-30T19:50:00.000-07:00

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.

2007-09-29T12:17:00.000-07:00

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"

2007-09-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-27T13:44:00.000-07:00

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

2007-09-26T16:20:00.000-07:00

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"

2007-09-25T21:44:00.000-07:00

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"

2007-09-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

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)

2007-09-23T15:57:00.000-07:00

List #41: Top 10 Beatles Songs

01. "In My Life"
02. "A Day in the Life"
03. "Don't Let Me Down"
04. "Strawberry Fields Forever"
05. "Help"
06. "Tomorrow Never Knows"
07. "Helter Skelter"
08. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
09. "Got to Get You into My Life"
10. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"

2007-09-22T17:48:00.000-07:00

List #40: Top 10 Non-Asian Horror Movies of the Past 10 Years

01. demonlover (Assayas)
02. The Blair Witch Project (Myrick/Sanchez)
03. Wolf Creek (Mclean)
04. The Descent (Marshall)
05. War of the Worlds (Spielberg)
06. Trouble Every Day (Denis)
07. 28 Days Later (Boyle)
08. eXistenZ (Cronenberg)
09. The Others (Amenabar)
10. Pan's Labyrinth (del Toro)

2007-09-21T15:03:00.000-07:00

List #39: Top 10 East Asian Horror Movies

01. Koma (Law)
02. Vital (Tsukamoto)
03. Dumplings (Chan)
04. Audition (Miike)
05. The Eye 2 (Pang/Pang)
06. The Host (Bong)
07. Infection (Ochiai)
08. Kairo (Kurosawa)
09. Ju-on (Shimizu)
10. Shutter (Banjong/Parkpoom)

2007-09-20T15:52:00.000-07:00

List #38: Top 10 TV Shows That I Really Need To Get Into

01. Friday Night Lights
02. The Wire
03. 30 Rock
04. Ugly Betty
05. Everybody Hates Chris
06. Lost
07. Battlestar Galactica
08. Rescue Me
09. The Office
10. The New Adventures of Old Christine

2007-09-19T15:54:00.000-07:00

List #37: Top 10 Pazz & Jop 2007 Contenders

01. Kanye West - Graduation
02. M.I.A. - Kala
03. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
04. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
05. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
06. LCD Soundystem - Sound of Silver
07. Feist - The Reminder
08. Common - Finding Forever
09. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
10. The New Pornographers - Challengers

2007-09-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

List #36: Top 10 Romantic Movies

01. Sunrise (Murnau)
02. Vertigo (Hitchcock)
03. City Lights (Chaplin)
04. Before Sunrise / Before Sunset (Linklater)
05. In the Mood for Love (Wong)
06. L'Atalante (Vigo)
07. Ninotchka (Lubitsch)
08. The Piano (Campion)
09. Broken Blossoms (Griffith)
10. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong)

2007-09-17T15:14:00.000-07:00

List #35: Top 10 Movie (or TV) Musicals

01. Singin' in the Rain (Donen/Kelly)
02. The Wizard of Oz (Fleming)
03. Once More With Feeling (Whedon)
04. Swing Time (Stevens)
05. Top Hat (Sandrich)
06. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Demy)
07. A Star Is Born (Cukor)
08. The Red Shoes (Powell/Pressburger)
09. Fiddler on the Roof (Jewison)
10. The Sound of Music (Wise)

2007-09-16T19:10:00.000-07:00

List #34: Top 10 Fantasy Lottery Buys

01. Trip to Tokyo
02. Apartment in Downtown Vancouver
03. Nintendo Wii
04. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
05. Emily Carr Art Institute tuition
06. Fully-equipped laptop
07. Shiba dog
08. A crapload of clothes and accesories
09. Eau de Camille by Annick Goutal
10. Fine food & wine... lots of it

2007-09-15T17:16:00.001-07:00

List #33: Top 10 Animals

01. Dogs
02. Dinosaurs
03. Seals
04. Cats
05. Whales
06. Monkeys
07. Elephants
08. Goats
09. Foxes
10. Sloths

2007-09-14T12:51:00.000-07:00

List #32: Top 10 Films of the '80's

01. Shoah (Lanzmann)
02. Do the Right Thing (Lee)
03. Raging Bull (Scorsese)
04. The Dead (Huston)
05. A Time to Live and a Time to Die (Hou)
06. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Spielberg)
07. L'Argent (Bresson)
08. Amadeus (Forman)
09. The Shining (Kubrick)
10. Fanny and Alexander (Bergman)

2007-09-13T12:25:00.000-07:00

List #31: Top 10 Albums of the '80's

01. Prince - Sign 'o' the Times
02. X - Wild Gift
03. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
04. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
05. Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full
06. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
07. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
08. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
09. Michael Jackson - Thriller
10. Sonic Youth - Sister

2007-09-12T14:09:00.000-07:00

List #30: Top 10 Film Critics Working Today

01. Jonathan Rosenbaum
02. J. Hoberman
03. Amy Taubin
04. Armond White
05. Godfrey Cheshire
06. Kent Jones
07. Dave Kehr
08. Manohla Dargis
09. Stephanie Zacharek and Andrew O' Hehir (and also the inexplicably fired Charles Taylor)
10. Chris Dashiell and Howard Schumann

2007-09-11T20:27:00.001-07:00

List #29: Top 10 World Cities I'd Like to Visit

01. Paris
02. Hong Kong
03. Dublin
04. Moscow
05. Prague
06. Tokyo
07. Rome
08. Taipei
09. Rio de Janeiro
10. London

2007-09-10T19:03:00.000-07:00

List #28: Top 10 Britney Songs

01. "...Baby One More Time"
02. "Toxic"
03. "Oops!...I Did It Again"
04. "I'm a Slave 4 U"
05. "Everytime"
06. "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
07. "Anticipating"
08. "Outrageous"
09. "Born to Make You Happy"
10. "My Prerogative"

2007-09-09T18:38:00.001-07:00

List #27: Top 10 Films I'd Like to Catch at the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival

01. The Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou)
02. The Man from London (Tarr)
03. Useless/Our Ten Years (Jia)
04. 10 + 4 (Akbari)
05. The Duchesse of Langeais (Rivette)
06. The Last Mistress (Breillat)
07. My Winnipeg (Maddin)
08. Go Go Tales (Ferrara)
09. The Edge of Heaven (Akin)
10. Tarrafal (Costa)

2007-09-08T11:24:00.000-07:00

List #26: Top 10 Videos I've Watched Recently on YouTube

01. "Metric - Dead Disco (Live Encore)"
02. "Robyn - Medley and Konichiwa Bitches"
03. "Zombie Kid Likes Turtles"
04. "Lil Wayne - Show me what you got freestyle"
05. "Mia - Jimmy (full length video)"
06. "Cloverfield - 1-18-08 - Spoof - Monstrous - Overnight"
07. "Video Mash Ups: The Killers vs. Nelly Furtado"
08. "Crashing Nemo Trailer Mash Up"
09. "Make It Rain / By: David Sides"
10. "Take Me Home Tonight (Firefly - River/Jayne)"

2007-09-07T13:55:00.000-07:00

List #25: Top 10 Tracks on Graduation or Curtis

01. 50 Cent - "I Get Money"
02. Kanye West - "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
03. Kanye West - "Everything I Am"
04. 50 Cent f/ Akon - "I'll Still Kill"
05. Kanye West f/ Chris Martin - "Homecoming"
06. 50 Cent f/ Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - "Ayo Technology"
07. Kanye West - "Good Morning"
08. Kanye West - "Big Brother"
09. 50 Cent f/ Nicole Scherzinger & Young Buck - "Fire"
10. 50 Cent f/ Mary J. Blige - "All of Me"

2007-09-06T14:33:00.000-07:00

List #24: Top 10 Songs That Make Me Wish
I'd Grown Up in the '60's and '70's

01. Ramones - "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"
02. Van Morrison - "The Way Young Lovers Do"
03. James Brown - "Good Good Lovin'"
04. Blondie - "Heart of Glass"
05. The Mamas and the Papas - "California Dreaming"
06. New York Dolls - "Looking for a Kiss"
07. Al Green - "Your Love Is Like the Morning Sun"
08. The Beatles - "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
09. Love - "Alone Again Or"
10. The Slits - "A Boring Life"

2007-09-05T11:57:00.001-07:00

List #23: Top 10 Songs That Remind Me of Growing Up
in the '80's and '90's

01. Pearl Jam - "Jeremy"
02. Garth Brooks - "Friends in Low Places"
03. Duran Duran - "Rio"
04. Dr. Dre - "Dre Day"
05. Michael Jackson - "Black or White"
06. Eddie Money - "Take Me Home Tonight"
07. Whitney Houston - "How Will I Know"
08. The Cranberries - "Dreams"
09. Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"
10. Offspring - "Self Esteem"

2007-09-04T20:43:00.000-07:00

List #22: Top 10 Filmmakers Over 75

01. Jean-Luc Godard
02. Clint Eastwood
03. Manoel de Oliveira
04. Jaques Rivette
05. Chris Marker
06. Eric Rohmer
07. Alain Resnais
08. Agnes Varda
09. Claude Chabrol
10. Michael Snow

2007-09-03T11:47:00.000-07:00

List #21: Top 10 Filmmakers Under 45

01. Jia Zhang-ke
02. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
03. Peyton Reed
04. Lucretia Martel
05. Francois Ozon
06. Lynne Ramsay
07. Samira Makhmalbaf
08. Satoshi Kon
09. Bong Joon-ho
10. Judd Apatow

2007-09-02T17:26:00.000-07:00

List #20: Top 10 Artists I'd Love to See Live

01. PJ Harvey
02. Jay-Z
03. Joanna Newsom
04. Prince
05. Madonna
06. Lucinda Williams
07. Lil Wayne
08. Justin Timberlake
09. Tom Waits
10. Miranda Lambert

2007-09-01T15:25:00.000-07:00

List #19: Top 10 Live Shows I've Attended

01. M.I.A. & LCD Soundsystem @ Metro (Chicago, IL)
02. Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ The Pageant (St. Louis, MO)
03. Morrissey @ The Pageant (St. Louis, MO)
04. Fiery Furnaces @ Blue Note (Columbia, MO)
05. Kanye West @ The SIU Arena (Carbondale, IL)
06. Radiohead w/ Stephen Malkmus @ UMB Bank Pavilion (St. Louis, MO)
07. Sleater-Kinney @ Cannery Ballroom (Nashville, TN)
08. The Rolling Stones @ FedEx Forum (Memphis, TN)
09. Ashlee Simpson @ Palace Theatre (Louisville, KY)
10. Wilco @ The SIU Arena [parking lot] (Carbondale, IL)

2007-08-31T17:31:00.000-07:00

List #18: Top 10 Active Pitchers in Baseball

01. Johan Santana (SP, Twins)
02. Mariano Rivera (CL, Yankees)
03. Roy Halladay (SP, Blue Jays)
04. Roy Oswalt (SP, Astros)
05. Trevor Hoffman (CL, Padres)
06. Jake Peavy (SP, Padres)
07. Josh Beckett (SP, Red Sox)
08. Brandon Webb (SP, Diamondbacks)
09. Chien Ming-Wang (SP, Yankees)
10. Andy Pettitte (SP, Yankees)

2007-08-30T15:52:00.000-07:00

List #17: Top 10 Active Offensive Players in Baseball

01. Alex Rodriguez (3B, Yankees)
02. Albert Pujols (1B, Cardinals)
03. Vladimir Guerrero (RF, Angels)
04. Magglio Ordonez (RF, Tigers)
05. Ryan Howard (1B, Phillies)
06. Barry Bonds (LF, Giants)
07. David Ortiz (DH, Red Sox)
08. Justin Morneau (1B, Twins)
09. Hideki Matsui (LF, Yankees)
10. Prince Fielder (1B, Brewers)

2007-08-29T17:10:00.000-07:00

List #16: Top 10 Songs I Don't Like by Artists I Do

01. Liz Phair - "Why Can't I"
02. R.E.M. - "Everybody Hurts"
03. Madonna - "American Life"
04. The Beatles - "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
05. OutKast - "Roses"
06. The Velvet Underground - "Sister Ray"
07. Eminem - "Ass Like That"
08. Jay-Z f/ Beyonce - "Hollywood"
09. Missy Elliot - "Lose Control"
10. M.I.A. - "Boyz"

2007-08-28T15:53:00.000-07:00

List #15: Top 10 Songs I Like by Artists I Don't

01. Modest Mouse - "Float On"
02. Dido - "White Flag"
03. Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead or Alive"
04. Christina Aguilera - "Genie in a Bottle"
05. Ryan Adams - "New York, New York"
06. Metallica - "No Leaf Clover"
07. Bright Eyes - "When the President Talks to God"
08. Oasis - "Don't Look Back in Anger"
09. Sum 41 - "We're All to Blame"
10. Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"

2007-08-27T17:00:00.000-07:00

List #14: Top 10 Albums of the Past 10 Years

01. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
02. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
03. Robyn - Robyn
04. Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
05. Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up on Me
06. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
07. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
08. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
09. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

2007-08-26T13:20:00.000-07:00

List #13: Top Food Dishes

01. Risotto con Pomodori at Caffe de Medici (Vancouver, BC)
02. Cashew Chicken Delight at Siam Thai (Victoria, BC)
03. Pizza with cheddar, mozzarella, feta, spinach, and cashews (my own creation) at The Joint (Victoria, BC)
04. Chicken Don at Kaya (Carbondale, IL)
05. Seasonal Risotto at The Pink Door (Seattle, WA)
06. Lemon Chicken, House Chow Mein and Vegetable Chop Suey at Kimbo (Victoria, BC)
07. Mushroom, Salami, and Black Olive Pizza at San Remo's (Victoria, BC)
08. Portobello Ravioli with Yellow Rice at Mary's (Herrin, IL)
09. Luci's Lasagna at Luciano's (Victoria, BC)
10. Garlic Bread w/ Cheese at Lisa's (Herrin, IL)

2007-08-25T15:27:00.000-07:00

List #12: Top 10 Buffy Characters

01. Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head)
02. Spike (James Marsters)
03. Anya Jenkins (Emma Caulfield)
04. Faith Lehane (Eliza Dushku)
05. Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
06. Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter)
07. Glory (Clare Kramer)
08. Drusilla (Juliet Landau)
09. Jonathan Levinson (Danny Strong)
10. Clem (James Charles Leary)

2007-08-24T18:17:00.000-07:00

List #11: Top 10 East Asian Pop Songs

01. Rene Liu & Stanley Huang - “Black Black Heart”
02. Wink - "Sabiashii Netaigyo"
03. Teddy Robin & the Playboys - "Magic Colors"
04. Ayumi Hamasaki - "Will"
05. Namie Amuro - "Wowa"
06. Hayami Yu - "Get Out of My Life"
07. Justin Heathcliff - "You Know What I Mean"
08. Lee Jung Hyun - "Q"
09. Shiina Ringo - "Gamble"
10. Jolin - "Dancing Diva"

2007-08-23T20:49:00.000-07:00

List #10: Top 10 Singers

01. James Brown
02. Polly Jean Harvey
03. Corin Tucker
04. Prince
05. Lucinda Williams
06. Morrissey
07. Solomon Burke
08. Neko Case
09. Chan Marshall
10. Tom Waits

2007-08-23T20:41:00.000-07:00

List #9: Top 10 Bands

01. Sleater-Kinney
02. The Beatles
03. Ramones
04. Talking Heads
05. Destiny's Child
06. The Smiths
07. Sonic Youth
08. Fleetwood Mac
09. X
10. Radiohead

2007-08-23T20:25:00.000-07:00

List #8: Top 10 Rappers

01. Jay-Z
02. The Notorious B.I.G.
03. Rakim
04. Lil Wayne
05. Ghostface Killah
06. Chuck D
07. Scarface
08. Bubba Sparxxx
09. Snoop Dogg
10. Eminem

2007-08-23T20:13:00.000-07:00

List #7: Top 10 Actors

01. Orson Welles
02. Sean Penn
03. James Stewart
04. James Mason
05. James Gandolfini
06. Marlon Brando
07. Jack Nicholson
08. Marcello Mastroianni
09. Robert Mitchum
10. Nick Nolte

2007-08-23T19:59:00.000-07:00

List #6: Top 10 Actresses

01. Ingrid Bergman
02. Marilyn Monroe
03. Greta Garbo
04. Jennifer Jason Leigh
05. Maggie Cheung
06. Jeanne Moreau
07. Agnes Moorehead
08. Isabelle Huppert
09. Liv Ullman
10. Kirsten Dunst

2007-08-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

List #5: Top 10 Filmmakers

01. Orson Welles
02. Jean-Luc Godard
03. Robert Bresson
04. Carl Theodor Dreyer
05. Abbas Kiarostami
06. Hou Hsiao-hsien
07. Yasujiro Ozu
08. Terrence Malick
09. F.W. Murnau
10. Steven Spielberg

2007-08-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

List #4: Top 10 Books

01. Ulysses, James Joyce [tie]
01. Finnegans Wake, James Joyce [tie]
01. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce [tie]
04. In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust
05. This Is Orson Welles, Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, and Jonathan Rosenbaum
06. Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion
07. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov [tie]
07. Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi [tie]
09. Grown Up All Wrong, Robert Christgau
10. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss

2007-08-23T19:12:00.000-07:00

List #3: Top 10 TV Shows

01. The Sopranos [tie]
01. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer [tie]
01. Gilmore Girls [tie]
04. Seinfeld
05. The Late Show with David Letterman
06. The Real World [New York (92) through Chicago (02), especially San Francisco (94), Seattle (98), and Hawaii (99)]
07. I Love Lucy
08. The Wonder Years
09. My So-Called Life
10. Firefly

2007-08-23T18:57:00.000-07:00

List #2: Top 10 Songs

01. The Ronettes - “Be My Baby”
02. Sleater-Kinney - “Good Things”
03. The Mountain Goats - “Oceanographer’s Choice”
04. The Beatles - “In My Life”
05. Van Morrison - “Crazy Love”
06. The Notorious B.I.G. - “Juicy”
07. The Smiths - “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want”
08. Jay-Z - “Heart of the City”
09. Prince - “When U Were Mine”
10. Rene Liu & Stanley Huang - “Black Black Heart” (Chinese version)

2007-08-23T18:48:00.000-07:00

List #1: Top 10 Films

01. Au hasard Balthazar (Bresson, 66)
02. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 28)
03. Citizen Kane (Welles, 41)
04. The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles, 42)
05. Days of Heaven (Malick, 78)
06. Sunrise (Murnau, 27)
07. Taste of Cherry (Kiarostami, 97)
08. Sátántangó (Tarr, 94)
09. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 58)
10. Histoire(s) du Cinéma (Godard, 88-98)