HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! Here’s hoping 2014 finds you well. Things are great in Sonoma- the family had a good year and my radio show ALL KINDSA GIRLS remains a fixture on Saturday nights at KSVY 91.3. If you want to know what the show is all about head over to the blog and facebook pages. Like every year, my life in 2013 was enriched by fantastic movies, DVD’s, TV shows, records and books that I watched, streamed, listened to and read. Now, in a proud tradition that dates back to 1999, I humbly submit my 2013 Top 5’s:
TOP 5 MOVIES
The Spectacular Now
(BMOC)
Fruitvale Station (American tragedy)
Enough Said (man, it doesn’t get ANY easier)
Spring Breakers (ultimate bangerz)
(tie) Don Jon, Frances Ha (the pains of being pure at heart)
TOP 5 DVD’S/WEB STREAMS
War Witch (hear Komona)
Smashed (working the program)
Warm Bodies (zombie love)
Umberto D (thank God for our dogs)
Pitch Perfect (long live Fat Amy)
TOP 5 ALBUMS
Love
Sign- Free Energy (more
cowbell!)
Can’t
Wait- Sugar Stems (Milwaukee’s
finest)
We
Need The Rain- The Bye Bye Blackbirds (pure pop from Oaktown)
Buttons: From Champaign to Chicago- Various Artists (joyful Illi-noise)
Above,
Beyond and In Between- Lisa Mychols (SoCal pop chanteuse)
TOP 5 BOOKS
The
Art Of Fielding- Chad Harbach (we
all need a Mike Schwartz)
Telegraph
Avenue- Michael Chabon (welcome
to Brokeland)
The
Professional- Robert B. Parker (Mr.
Parker, you will be missed)
The
Imperfectionists- Tom Rachman (end
of an era)
In
One Person- John Irving (a
spinning top)
TOP 5 TV/CABLE SHOWS
House Of Cards (smoke filled rooms)
Orange Is The New
Black (pied Piper)
Game
of Thrones Season 2 (winter is
coming...)
Orphan Black (Cosima is my favorite)
Walking
Dead Season 3 (Michonne rules!)
Don’t get to enough live performances to give it a category of
its own but Jaime and I saw A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and
Murder in New York last week and it was awesome!
If you’d like to see any past Top 5 lists, I’ve put them up
on the Rick’s Top 5 Lists Blog.
I’d love to hear your favorites from 2013 so please send them along- I’m always
on the lookout for quality viewing, listening and reading material.
Here’s wishing you all a healthy, happy and prosperous 2014!!