My year-end culture consumption round-up. Good frakking times.
Top Ten Albums 2006
1. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2. The Dresden Dolls – Yes, Virginia
3. Ghostface – Fishscale
4. Regina Spektor – Begin to Hope
5. Beyonce - BDay
6. Lily Allen – Alright, Still
7. Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
8. T.I. - King
9. Justin Timberlake – Futuresex/Lovesounds
10. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
Honorable Mentions:
The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
Devotchka – Curse Your Little Heart EP
The Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
Favorite albums consumed but not created in 2006
1. The Billy Nayer Show – Rabbit
2. Jose Gonzales – Veneer
3. The Pretenders –The Isle of View (Live)
4. Jens Lekman – Oh You’re So Silent Jens
5. Brian Eno – Another Green World
6. Francois Breut – Une Saison Volee
7. Nouvelle Vague - Self-Titled
8. Keren Ann - Not Going Anywhere
9. Cadence Weapon - Breaking Kayfabe
10. Kylie Minogue - Fever
Best Singles/Tracks 2006
1. "Ring The Alarm" - Beyonce
2. “Crazy” - Gnarls Barkley
3. “My Love” – Justin Timberlake
4. “Doctor Blind” – Emily Haines
5. “You’re My Flame” – Zero 7
6. "The Champ" - Ghostface
7. "No Friend of Mine" - Lily Allen
8. "Keys Open Doors" - Clipse
9. “Upgrade U” – Beyonce
10. “Strawberries” – Asobi Seksu
11. "Ain't No Other Man" - Christina A.
12. "I'm Talkin To You" - T.I.
13. "Launch Yourself" - Adem
14. "Get Myself Into It - The Rapture
15. “Go Baby Power Now” - Puffy AmiYumi
16. "Tell Me What You Want" - The Pipettes
Embarrassed to admit I loved:
“Call Me When You’re Sober” – Evanesence (Both the track and the video.)
Best Live Shows 2006
1. Amadou & Mariam @ Central Park Summerstage (July 16)
2. The Ditty Bops @ Spiegeltent
3. Regina Spektor @ Town Hall (Sept 27)
4. Radiohead @ The Theater at Madison Square Garden (June 13)
5. Devotchka @ Spiegeltent
6. The Billy Nayer Show @ The Knitting Factory (June 30)
7. Dresden Dolls @ Webster Hall (April 22)
8. Jens Lekman @ Bowery
9. Joanna Newsom/Neko Case @ McCarren Park Pool
10. Damsel & Fly @ Fat Baby (January)
11. Cadence Weapon @ The Knitting Factory
12. La Laque @ Mercury Lounge
13. Talib Kweli @ B.B. Kings (April 15)
14. Neko Case @ Webster Hall (April 7)
15. Metric @ Webster Hall ((March 10)
16. Bloc Party (yeah, I know) @ McCarren Park Pool
17. Nada Surf @ Webster Hall (March 8)
18. Belle & Sebastian/New Pornographers @ Nokia Theater Times Sq. (March 3)
19. Big Daddy Kane (opening for MF Doom) @ Nokia Theater Times Sq. (Jan 26)
Why did I pay good money to see:
1. Boyz 2 Men @B.B. Kings (July 15)
2. Madonna @ Madison Square Garden
(No seriously, why did I?)
Best on the Big Screen 2006:
1. Red (Kieslowski)
2. The Departed
3. Repulsion (Polanski)
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Dave Chappelle's Block Party
6. The Science of Sleep
7. Little Children
8. Casino Royale
Weirdest shit I saw all year:
Drawing Restraint 9 (I still heart you Bjork.)
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I know why I paid good money to see Boyz II Men, I just don't understand why I didn't get my money's worth!!!
Ways in which Boyz II Men didn't give me my money's worth:
1. Sang over karaoke tracks (no live band).
2. Were missing an integral member of the troupe (Michael McCary, the bass).
3. Failed to compensate for the absence of the fourth member during Michael's "Baby, I'm So Sorry..." spoken verse in "End of the Road," leaving the audience in the uncomfortable void of a minute-long vocal-less (backing-tracked) bridge.
4. Sang "Motown Philly" TWICE.
5. Handed out roses during "I'll Make Love to You." (Okay, this cheesiness I kind of expected, but on top of everything else...)
Not worth scratching that nostalgic itch. Not even good for the laughs!
Also, I apologize for my earlier substitution of "II" with "2." I should know better by now.
Shit, that spoken verse is in "Down on Bended Knee," isn't it.
Hhaha
I mean I understand why I didn't get my money's worth.. the disapoointment was just difficult to comprehend I know you aren't well versed in the ways of BIIM, since you had to keep asking me their names.
Alrite, I'm a mate of Sarah's.
Shit hot, you saw Big Daddy Kane and MF Doom. Sweet.
Big Daddy Kane never shows up in the UK when I try to see him.
Last time I tried he was a no-show so I ended up hitting the whisky and next thing I remembered I was on my bike cycling about in the rain on the other side of Nottingham about two miles away from the venue. I like to think it's what Big Daddy Kane would have wanted, I'm sure he's secretly down with cycling what with his aversion to half steppin' n'all.
I fail to understand how a Boyz II Men concert could generate enough expectations to allow ensuing disappointment. I think I saw them on Fresh Prince once. Now a Take That concert I could understand...
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