2008
Entre Les Murs/The Class
The Edge of Heaven
My Winnipeg
WALL-E
XXY
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Shotgun Stories
Let the Right One In
Ballast
Encounters at the End of the World
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Water Lilies
Azur and Asmar: The Princes' Quest
Last Chance Harvey
Happy-Go-Lucky
Frozen River
Kung Fu Panda
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
What DVDs Should Obama Watch?M
My latest Huffington Post DVD column, shamelessly riding the coattails of 44.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Best CDs of 2008
Here are the best CDs of 2008. Let me know if I missed one of your favorite albums -- I'm always looking for more music to check out.
BEST CDS OF 2008
1. Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis -- Two Men With The Blues/Wynton Marsalis -- Standards & Ballads
2. Fleet Foxes -- Fleet Foxes/Peter Broderick -- Home
3. Mavis Staples -- Live: Hope At The Holdout
4. Teddy Thompson -- A Piece Of What You Need/ kd lang -- Watershed
5. Del McCoury Band and Various Artists -- Moneyland
6. Various Artists -- Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6/Various Artists -- Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sounds Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-1979
7. Kaiser Chiefs -- Off With Their Heads/The Last Shadow Puppets -- The Age Of The Understatement
8. Boz Scaggs -- Speak Low
9. Erykah Badu -- New Amerykah (4th World War) Part One
10. Bon Iver -- For Emma, Forever Ago/Bon Iver -- Blood Bank
11. B.B. King -- One Kind Favor
12. Q-Tip -- The Renaissance/Nas -- Nas
13. Paul Weller -- 22 Dreams
14. Jenny Lewis -- Acid Tongue
15. Sam Roberts -- Love At The End Of The World
16. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson -- Rattlin' Bones
17. She & Him -- Volume One
18. Various Artists -- New Orleans Funk Volume 2
19. Neil Diamond -- Home Before Dark/Joan Baez -- Day After Tomorrow
20. Santogold -- Santogold
21. Sonny Rollins -- Road Show Vol. 1
22. Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band -- Grapefruit Moon: The Songs Of Tom Waits
23. The Fratellis -- Here We Stand
24. Inara George -- An Invitation with Van Dyke Parks
25. Al Green -- Lay It Down
26. Lionel Loueke -- Karibu
27. The Gaslight Anthem -- The '59 Sound
28. Charlie Haden -- Family & Friends: Rambling Boy
29. James Hunter -- The Hard Way
30. Martha Wainwright -- I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
31. Ricky Ian Gordon & Michael Korie -- The Grapes Of Wrath
32. Vampire Weekend -- Vampire Weekend
33. Otis Taylor -- Recapturing The Banjo
34. The Magnetic Fields -- Distortion
35. Shelby Lynne -- Just A Little Lovin'
36. Black Mountain -- In The Future
37. Various Artists -- The George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1-45
38. Bill Henderson -- Live At The Vic/Cassandra Wilson -- Loverly
39. Aimee Mann -- @#%&*! Smilers
40. Jonas Brothers -- A Little Bit Longer
41. The Cure -- 4:13 Dream
42. David Byrne & Brian Eno -- Everything That Happens Will Happen Today/David Byrne -- Big Love: Hymnal
43. Conor Oberst -- Conor Oberst
44. Nick Cave -- Dig Lazarus Dig!!!/Sigur Ros -- Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust/Ron Sexsmith -- Exit Strategy Of The Soul
45. Elbow -- The Seldom Seen Kid
46. The Real Tuesday Weld -- The End Of The World (Live)
47. The Raconteurs -- Consolers Of The Lonely
48. Antony & The Johnsons -- Another World EP
49. Sugarland -- Love On The Inside/Jamey Johnson -- That Lonesome Song
50. Daniela Cotton -- Rare Child/The Whigs -- Mission Control/Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons -- Cabin Ghosts
BEST REISSUES OF 2008
1. The Smiths -- The Sound Of The Smiths
2. Jorge Ben -- Forca Bruta/Jorge Ben -- Jorge Ben (1969)
3. Simon & Garfunkel -- Live 1969
4. Linda Lewis -- Fathoms Deep
5. Bob Dylan -- Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006
6. Various Artists -- The Golden Age Of Popular Music: The Jazz Hits From The Hot 100 1958-1966
7. Various Artists -- A Room With A View Soundtrack
BEST SINGLES OF 2008
1. Beyonce -- "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
2. LaBelle -- "Miss Otis Regrets"
3. Adele -- "Chasing Pavements"/Duffy -- "Rockferry"
4. Van Morrison -- "Behind The Ritual"
5. David Archuleta -- "Crush"
6. Tom Jones -- "I'm Alive"
7. Jay Brannan -- "Housewife"
8. Randy Travis -- "Dig Two Graves"
9. The B-52s -- "Funplex"
10. Laurie Berkner -- "All Around My Room"
11. Mudcrutch -- "Crystal River"
BEST CDS OF 2008
1. Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis -- Two Men With The Blues/Wynton Marsalis -- Standards & Ballads
2. Fleet Foxes -- Fleet Foxes/Peter Broderick -- Home
3. Mavis Staples -- Live: Hope At The Holdout
4. Teddy Thompson -- A Piece Of What You Need/ kd lang -- Watershed
5. Del McCoury Band and Various Artists -- Moneyland
6. Various Artists -- Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6/Various Artists -- Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sounds Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-1979
7. Kaiser Chiefs -- Off With Their Heads/The Last Shadow Puppets -- The Age Of The Understatement
8. Boz Scaggs -- Speak Low
9. Erykah Badu -- New Amerykah (4th World War) Part One
10. Bon Iver -- For Emma, Forever Ago/Bon Iver -- Blood Bank
11. B.B. King -- One Kind Favor
12. Q-Tip -- The Renaissance/Nas -- Nas
13. Paul Weller -- 22 Dreams
14. Jenny Lewis -- Acid Tongue
15. Sam Roberts -- Love At The End Of The World
16. Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson -- Rattlin' Bones
17. She & Him -- Volume One
18. Various Artists -- New Orleans Funk Volume 2
19. Neil Diamond -- Home Before Dark/Joan Baez -- Day After Tomorrow
20. Santogold -- Santogold
21. Sonny Rollins -- Road Show Vol. 1
22. Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band -- Grapefruit Moon: The Songs Of Tom Waits
23. The Fratellis -- Here We Stand
24. Inara George -- An Invitation with Van Dyke Parks
25. Al Green -- Lay It Down
26. Lionel Loueke -- Karibu
27. The Gaslight Anthem -- The '59 Sound
28. Charlie Haden -- Family & Friends: Rambling Boy
29. James Hunter -- The Hard Way
30. Martha Wainwright -- I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
31. Ricky Ian Gordon & Michael Korie -- The Grapes Of Wrath
32. Vampire Weekend -- Vampire Weekend
33. Otis Taylor -- Recapturing The Banjo
34. The Magnetic Fields -- Distortion
35. Shelby Lynne -- Just A Little Lovin'
36. Black Mountain -- In The Future
37. Various Artists -- The George Mitchell Collection Volumes 1-45
38. Bill Henderson -- Live At The Vic/Cassandra Wilson -- Loverly
39. Aimee Mann -- @#%&*! Smilers
40. Jonas Brothers -- A Little Bit Longer
41. The Cure -- 4:13 Dream
42. David Byrne & Brian Eno -- Everything That Happens Will Happen Today/David Byrne -- Big Love: Hymnal
43. Conor Oberst -- Conor Oberst
44. Nick Cave -- Dig Lazarus Dig!!!/Sigur Ros -- Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust/Ron Sexsmith -- Exit Strategy Of The Soul
45. Elbow -- The Seldom Seen Kid
46. The Real Tuesday Weld -- The End Of The World (Live)
47. The Raconteurs -- Consolers Of The Lonely
48. Antony & The Johnsons -- Another World EP
49. Sugarland -- Love On The Inside/Jamey Johnson -- That Lonesome Song
50. Daniela Cotton -- Rare Child/The Whigs -- Mission Control/Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons -- Cabin Ghosts
BEST REISSUES OF 2008
1. The Smiths -- The Sound Of The Smiths
2. Jorge Ben -- Forca Bruta/Jorge Ben -- Jorge Ben (1969)
3. Simon & Garfunkel -- Live 1969
4. Linda Lewis -- Fathoms Deep
5. Bob Dylan -- Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006
6. Various Artists -- The Golden Age Of Popular Music: The Jazz Hits From The Hot 100 1958-1966
7. Various Artists -- A Room With A View Soundtrack
BEST SINGLES OF 2008
1. Beyonce -- "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"
2. LaBelle -- "Miss Otis Regrets"
3. Adele -- "Chasing Pavements"/Duffy -- "Rockferry"
4. Van Morrison -- "Behind The Ritual"
5. David Archuleta -- "Crush"
6. Tom Jones -- "I'm Alive"
7. Jay Brannan -- "Housewife"
8. Randy Travis -- "Dig Two Graves"
9. The B-52s -- "Funplex"
10. Laurie Berkner -- "All Around My Room"
11. Mudcrutch -- "Crystal River"
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
"American Idol" -- It's Back
And so is my Huffington Post coverage of the show. And here's my coverage of night two and Kansas City.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Latest Huffington Post: New DVDs and BluRay Debates
Here's my latest Huffington Post, this one on new releases and BluRay.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
My Newest Huffington Post columns
Here are my latest stories on Huffington Post:
Why CNN's Sanjay Gupta is a dumb (but telling) choice for Surgeon General.
How and Why You Should Switch To BluRay. (Loads of comments on that one.)
DVDs: My Reviews of Some December Releases.
A profile of Broadway musical South Pacific's David Pittsinger.
A roundup of holiday-themed new DVD releases.
A chat with LaBelle's Nona Hendryx.
Why CNN's Sanjay Gupta is a dumb (but telling) choice for Surgeon General.
How and Why You Should Switch To BluRay. (Loads of comments on that one.)
DVDs: My Reviews of Some December Releases.
A profile of Broadway musical South Pacific's David Pittsinger.
A roundup of holiday-themed new DVD releases.
A chat with LaBelle's Nona Hendryx.
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