Taking the Fun Out of It

So late as to not even really be relevant, but who cares. Here's my best of '09 if only for the sake of documentation.

Best Albums:

10.) Built to Spill - There is no Enemy

9.) The Thermals - Now We Can See

8.) Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms

7.) We Were Promised Jet Packs - These Four Walls

6.) The XX - XX

5.) Passion Pit - Manners

4.) Lucero - 1372 Overton Park

3.) Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains

2.) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

1.) Why - Eskimo Snow


Noteworthy Songs (in no particular order):

Future of the Left - Arming Eritera
Phoenix - Lisztomania
Phoenix - 1901
Why - Into the Shadows of My Embrace
We Were Promised Jet Packs - This is my House, This is My Home
Animal Collective - My Girls
Brand New - Daisy
Frank Turner - The Road
Carter Burwell - Lost Fur (From the Where The Wild Things Are Sdk.)
Cymbals Eat Guitars - And the Hazy Sea
Lucero - Johnny Davis
Lucero - Darken My Door
Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
The XX - Intro
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - This Love is Fucking Right
Midnight Masses - Heaven

My Favorite Film of The Year:

Fantastic Mr. Fox - Saw a lot of great movies this year, but nothing captured the joy of movies more than this Wes Anderson flick.

My Year in Gaming
* I made time and played through more games than I probably ever have.
* I got a PS3. Time to step it up Nintendo.

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