Happy New Year to you all! It’s that time again... Completely unsolicited, though painstakingly detailed, lovingly compiled and respectfully submitted, here are lists of the films, videos/DVD's, LPs'/CD's and books I enjoyed most in 2003:
TOP 5 MOVIES
Rabbit Proof Fence (evil done despite best intentions)
Thirteen (Nica will be holding at 12 forever, thanks)
The Man Without A Past (Finland Rocks!)
The Secret Lives of Dentists (no root canals, but still SCARY)
28 Days Later (finally some good eatin' in London)
TOP 5 VIDEOS/DVD'S
The Believer (=teenage identity crisis x infinity)
Raising Victor Vargas (romance without the "comedy")
Blue Car (full contact poetry)
Intacto (lucky? if not, this may be why)
No Such Thing (millennium monster...literally)
TOP 5 LP'S/CD'S
Avenue Q Original Broadway Cast Recording (Sesame Street for 22 year olds)
Slobberbone- Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today (an all-time American original)
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros- Streetcore (redemption/epitaph)
No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion (yeah, well I've still forgotten more than you'll ever know, I think)
Rooney-s/t (powerful pop)
TOP 5 BOOKS
Atonement- Ian McEwen (family secrets and lies)
Wonder When You'll Miss Me- Amanda Davis (RIP way too soon)
Samaritan- Richard Price (society's microscope)
Boy Still Missing- John Searles (childhood trauma)
Plainclothes Naked- Jerry Stahl (such depravity!)
Feel free to respond with a list of your own. Here's to a great 2004!
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