Music

dirty projectors – bitte orca
micachu and the shapes – jewellery
grizzly bear - veckatimest
lightning dust – infinite light
animal collective – merriwether post pavilion
tegan and sara – sainthood
the yeah yeah yeahs – it’s blitz!
st. vincent – actor
tune-yards – bird-brains
fever ray – fever ray

honorable mention: sunset rubdown – dragonslayer, mos def – the ecstatic , the gossip – music for men, neko case – middle cyclone, the fiery furnaces – I’m going away, YACHT – see mystery lights, the xx – xx, vivian girls – everything goes wrong

09 albums I’m currently listening to but haven’t listened to enough to judge: girls – album, japandroids – post-nothing, rihanna – rated r, alicia keys – the element of freedom, the dream – love vs. money

Movies

The Landlord*
Fantastic Mr. Fox
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Beeswax
Bright Star
Goodbye Solo
Medicine for Melancholy
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Beaches of Agnes
The Messenger

*this was my favorite movie I’ve seen all year, but it came out in 1970, so it’s technically disqualified

might make the list but haven’t seen yet: Gomorrah, Summer Hours, In the Loop, Precious, Sugar, 35 Shots of Rum, Mammoth, Broken Embraces, Inglorious Basterds

Other random 2009 pop culture enjoyments/discoveries: This American Life Seasons 1 and 2, Radiolab, Super Mario Bros for Wii, Beatles Rock Band, A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore, Susan Sontag – Reborn: Journals & Notebooks 1947-1963, Smashburger, printmaking class/wood engraving tools, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, Bored to Death, banana chocolate chip muffins from Blue Line, pub quiz victory, smartwool socks

*sorry for the audio distortion.

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