Sweeping Off The Desk of 2008:

Love me for my taste, not for myself.

FAVE RECORDINGS, NEW ALBUM:

  1. Women As Lovers by Xiu Xiu
  2. New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War) by Erykah Badu
  3. O My Heart by Mother Mother
  4. Rising Down by The Roots
  5. Forfeit/Fortune by Crooked Fingers
  6. 808s & Heartbreak by Kanye West
  7. Narrow Stairs by Death Cab For Cutie
  8. The Baroness by Sarah Slean
  9. Missiles by The Dears
  10. Stay Positive by The Hold Steady

FAVORITE ALBUMS, REISSUES/COMPILATIONS

  1. Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983 by Kid Creole and Others
  2. What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective by Steinski
  3. Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition By Pavement
  4. Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 by Bod Dylan
  5. J5 Deluxe Reissue by Jurassic 5
  6. Something About Airplanes/Live At The Crocodile Cafe by Death Cab For Cutie
  7. Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair
4:31pm | 1 Jan 2009 | 1 note | 2008 | music | lists
Sweeping Off The Desk Pt. 2 

Favorite Singles/Tracks

  1. “Can’t Speak French” by Girls Aloud
  2. “Love Lockdown ” by Kanye West
  3. “Take A Bow” by Rihanna
  4. “A&E” by Goldfrapp
  5. “A Milli” by Lil’ Wayne
  6. “Royal Flush” by Big Boi ft. Raekwon & Andre 3000
  7. “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” by Beyonce
  8. “Acid Tongue” by Jenny Lewis
  9. “Supernatural Superserious” by R.E.M.
  10. “I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me” by Annie
5:12pm | 1 Jan 2009 | 2008 | music | lists
Sweeping Off The Desk Pt. 3 and Finale

Favorite Movies:

(Due to excessive ticket prices and erratic release dates, i have not seen everything i would have liked to: RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, GRAN TURINO, SYNECHDOCHE NEW YORK, etc.)

  1. MY WINNIPEG (dir. Guy Maddin)
  2. WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL (dir. Matt Wolf)
  3. THE VISITOR (dir. Thomas McCarthy)
  4. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (dir. Errol Morris)
  5. WALL - E (dir. Andrew Stanton)

Flawed but admired: VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA, MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS, BE KIND REWIND, STEP BROTHERS

Books: THE REST IS NOISE by Alex Ross, 33 1/3 SERIES:LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE by Carl Wilson.

Live Shows:

  1. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Harborfront Centre in Toronto
  2. Aimee Mann/Squeeze, koolhaus in Toronto
  3. Bob Dylan, Saddledome in Calgary

Best Wrestler: Chris Jericho

Best City: Toronto

5:25pm | 1 Jan 2009 | 1 note | 2008 | lists | film
Today’s Shuffle.

Today’s Shuffle.

11:54pm | 14 Jan 2009 | music | ipod | lists
This Week In Film… From Jan. 18 - Jan. 24, 2009 THE ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD MANHATTA/N.Y. N.Y. (shorts) STROSZEK Documentary on Universal Horror Films DRACULA (1931) (Tod Browning version with live music by Phillip Glass and The Kronos Quartet) THE SWINGER IN THE LAND OF WOMEN

This Week In Film…

From Jan. 18 - Jan. 24, 2009

THE ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

MANHATTA/N.Y. N.Y. (shorts)

STROSZEK

Documentary on Universal Horror Films

DRACULA (1931) (Tod Browning version with live music by Phillip Glass and The Kronos Quartet)

THE SWINGER

IN THE LAND OF WOMEN

9:34pm | 25 Jan 2009 | film | lists
What I heard today…

CHINESE DEMOCRACY baffled me. cheeseball riffs, noodling solos, muppet voices, and a general unrelatable din. dead horse beaten by this point, i know.

so are the gaslight anthem what the killers tried to sound like on their “springsteen” album? neither means much to me, though some of THE ‘59 SOUND songs remind me of better songs by the gin blossoms.

Cut/Copy seem to be conceived solely to provide soundtracks to advertisements. Electric Light Orchestra and New Order without tunes.

LOS ANGELES by flying lotus  i liked.

11:38pm | 31 Jan 2009 | music | lists
THIS WEEK IN FILM. Jan. 27 - Feb. 1, 2009 High And Dizzy (1920, Dir. Hal Roach) Everything’s Gone Green (2006, Dir. Paul Fox) Equinox Flower (1958, Dir. Yasujiro Ozu) Junebug (2005, Dir. Phil Morrison) Changeling (2008, Dir. Clint Eastwood) The Lucky Dog (1921, Dir. Jess Robbins) Be Big! (1931, Dir. James Parrott) Role Models (2008, Dir. David Wain) The Son (2002, Dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)

THIS WEEK IN FILM. Jan. 27 - Feb. 1, 2009

High And Dizzy (1920, Dir. Hal Roach)

Everything’s Gone Green (2006, Dir. Paul Fox)

Equinox Flower (1958, Dir. Yasujiro Ozu)

Junebug (2005, Dir. Phil Morrison)

Changeling (2008, Dir. Clint Eastwood)

The Lucky Dog (1921, Dir. Jess Robbins)

Be Big! (1931, Dir. James Parrott)

Role Models (2008, Dir. David Wain)

The Son (2002, Dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)

11:48pm | 1 Feb 2009 | movies | lists | film
This Week In Film, Feb. 2 - Feb. 9, 2009. Now with ratings: HR = Highly Recommend R=Recommend P.E.=Passable entertainment W= Weak A= Atrocity The Devil and Miss Jones (1941, Dir. Sam Wood) HR The Devil Wears Prada (2006, Dir. David Frankel) W The Girl Next Door (2004, Dir. Luke Greenfield) W End of the Century: The Story Of The Ramones (2003, Dir. Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia) R The Three Caballeros (1944, Dir. Norman Ferguson) HR Greenwich Village (1944, Dir. Walter Lang) R Synecdoche, New York (2008, Dir. Charlie Kaufman) HR Two Thousand Maniacs (1964, Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis) R Blood Feast (1963, Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis) P Spirits of the Dead (1968, Dir. Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim) W

This Week In Film, Feb. 2 - Feb. 9, 2009.

Now with ratings:

HR = Highly Recommend

R=Recommend

P.E.=Passable entertainment

W= Weak

A= Atrocity

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941, Dir. Sam Wood) HR

The Devil Wears Prada (2006, Dir. David Frankel) W

The Girl Next Door (2004, Dir. Luke Greenfield) W

End of the Century: The Story Of The Ramones (2003, Dir. Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia) R

The Three Caballeros (1944, Dir. Norman Ferguson) HR

Greenwich Village (1944, Dir. Walter Lang) R

Synecdoche, New York (2008, Dir. Charlie Kaufman) HR

Two Thousand Maniacs (1964, Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis) R

Blood Feast (1963, Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis) P

Spirits of the Dead (1968, Dir. Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim) W

10:35pm | 9 Feb 2009 | 1 note | films | lists | movies
Shuffle, Feb. 10, 2009.

Shuffle, Feb. 10, 2009.

1:25pm | 10 Feb 2009 | ipod | shuffle | lists
This Week In Film: Feb. 10 - 15, 2009. Ratings explained here. Days of Being Wild (1990, Dir. Kar Wai Wong) HR The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, Dir. Tobe Hooper) R As Tears Go By (1988, Dir. Kar Wai Wong) HR Slow week i guess.

This Week In Film: Feb. 10 - 15, 2009.

Ratings explained here.

Days of Being Wild (1990, Dir. Kar Wai Wong) HR

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, Dir. Tobe Hooper) R

As Tears Go By (1988, Dir. Kar Wai Wong) HR

Slow week i guess.

1:43am | 16 Feb 2009 | lists | film
Shuffle. Feb. 23, 2009.

Shuffle. Feb. 23, 2009.

10:03pm | 23 Feb 2009 | shuffle | ipod | lists
Shuffle. Feb. 24, 2009.

Shuffle. Feb. 24, 2009.

2:54pm | 24 Feb 2009 | shuffle | ipod | lists | music
THIS WEEK IN FILM. FEB. 16 TO FEB 24, 2009. Ratings info here. Skidoo (1968, Dir. Otto Preminger) P The Love-Ins (1967, Dir. Arthur Dreifuss) W Fat City (1972, Dir. John Huston) HR 49th Parallel (1941, Dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) HR The Devil And Daniel Johnston (2005, Dir. Jeff Feuerzeig) R The Hours (2002, Dir. Stephen Daldry) P Whiskey Galore! (1949, Dir. Alexander Mackendrick) R

THIS WEEK IN FILM. FEB. 16 TO FEB 24, 2009.

Ratings info here.

Skidoo (1968, Dir. Otto Preminger) P

The Love-Ins (1967, Dir. Arthur Dreifuss) W

Fat City (1972, Dir. John Huston) HR

49th Parallel (1941, Dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) HR

The Devil And Daniel Johnston (2005, Dir. Jeff Feuerzeig) R

The Hours (2002, Dir. Stephen Daldry) P

Whiskey Galore! (1949, Dir. Alexander Mackendrick) R

10:53pm | 24 Feb 2009 | film | movies | lists
Shuffle. Feb. 27, 2009

Shuffle. Feb. 27, 2009

5:17pm | 27 Feb 2009 | music | ipod | lists | shuffle
Accounting for today:

Step 1: Remove some shelved cds.

Step 2: Drill new holes in shelving unit.

Step 3: Put in new shelves.

Step 4: Move cds out of temp boxes.

Step 5: Shelve cds until right side shelving unit is full.

Step 6: Remove vhs tapes off of middle shelving unit.

Step 7: Add shelves to middle shelving unit.

Step 8: Laugh at the ridiculousness of Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Step 9: Fill middle unit with cds.

Step 10: Fill left side shelving unit.

Step 11: Move vhs tapes into temp boxes.

Step 12: Depress even Morrissey with the lameness of this saturday.

10:04pm | 28 Feb 2009 | lists