one last thing before I quit

A short list of some of my favorite things from this past year.

Favorite Movies Released in 2009
(In no particular order)
- Up
- The Damned United
- The Hangover
- Where The Wild Things Are
- I Love You, Man
- Up In The Air
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Favorite Movies Released Before 2009
(That I watched for the first time this year)
- Milk (2008)
- Hype! (1996)
- A League of Ordinary Gentlemen (2005)
- W. (2008)
- Fanboys (2008)
- In Bruges (2008)
- Sugar (2008)
- Helvetica (2007)

Most Memorable Concerts
- AC/DC
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Coldplay

Favorite Albums
- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Phoenix)
- Lost In The 80s (The Lost Fingers)
- Backspacer (Pearl Jam)
- Them Crooked Vultures (Them Crooked Vultures)
- The E.N.D. (The Black Eyed Peas)

Songs Most Listened To
(According to last.fm)
- It's A Dream (Neil Young)
- Rise (Eddie Vedder)
- Kids (MGMT)
- I Got A Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
- Wheels (Foo Fighters)
- Billie Jean (The Lost Fingers)
- Andy You're A Star (The Killers)
- Lasso (Phoenix)
- The End (Pearl Jam)
- Love Lockdown (Kanye West)

There are many varieties of sad stories that can be told. Some deal with life and death, dreams and aspirations, hope and miracles.

Paul Mawhinney has one that touched me. It actually also made me upset. No, it's not another 'Britain's Got Talent' contestant, but just a man and his record collection. Just watch. It's very self-explanatory.



I just don't get it. How could any music museum not want to own this. Or even just a record label. I think it'd be heartbreaking for this collection to just go to some guy who'll hang on to a few albums, then tuck the others away in the attic. Ugh. Does anyone have $3 million I can borrow?!

I had heard a quick story about a cover album a couple weeks ago and I finally remembered to look into it the other day. The label that put this album out is called Pterodactyl Squad. They got a bunch of different DJs/artists to redo a bunch of Weezer songs. But not like you'd think. They're totally done in the old 8-bit NES/GameBoy-esque style. I can only recommend you to listen to it. It's even a free download.

*In My Head; Queens Of The Stone Age