Sunday, December 31, 2006

2006 In (brief) Review

I hereby declare that I consider myself in no way an adequate or worthy judge of the following items, yet I feel I must join the masses putting in their two cents. My scope on these catagories is very narrow, so please do not be quick to cast a stone.

Best Movies
1) Little Miss Sunshine
2) Lady in the Water
3) Stranger than Fiction
4) Science of Sleep (*Best watched under influence of acid...jk)
5) Talladega Nights


Best Albums
1) Damien Rice -- 9
2) Regina Spektor -- Begin to Hope
3) Sufjan Stevens -- The Avalanche
4) Snow Patrol -- Eyes Open
5) Muse -- Black Holes and Revelations
Honorable Mention: Keane -- Under the Iron Sea

*Biggest Letdown: Thom Yorke -- The Eraser
*Standout Songs:
Crazy -- Gnarles Barkley
Hide and Seak -- Imogen Heap
Many Lives for 49 MP -- Final Fantasy
Micah 6:8 -- Charlie Hall


Books Read this Year
1) The Great Divorce -- C.S. Lewis
2) "A Problem from Hell": America in the Age of Genocide -- Samantha Power
3) A New Kind of Christian -- Brian McLaren
4) Good to Great -- Jim Collins
5) Angels and Demons -- Dan Brown

*Worst Book: Tax Revolt by Phil Valentine


Best Concerts
1) Sufjan Stevens -- Rhyman Auditorium
2) Muse -- War Memorial Auditorium
3) Andrew Peterson and Friends (Behold the Lamb of God Tour) -- Rhyman Auditorium
4) Family Force Five (Opening for Paramore) -- Rocketown
5) Lovedrug with Brandston, The Myriad, and Lorien -- Exit/In

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