It’s that time of year when everyone is reflecting back on 2005, taking stock of what it meant to us and what we enjoyed the most and least about the past year of our lives. The DJs are all playing their top 10 albums and the Academy Awards will soon pass judgement on the past year in flimmaking. And since I have a blog I’m obviously supposed to pass some of my own judgement, if for no other reason, so that you all may sleep better at night having known my opinions on such things… so here goes (feel free to disagree and post your own “best of” to rebut my foolishness).
Albums
5. Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
4. Weezer – Make Believe
3. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
2. Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams
1. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
Films [updated]
[this is a fluid list because I have yet to see Capote, A History of Violence, Millions, North Country and others]
5. Brokeback Mountain
4. Walk the Line
3. Jarhead
2. Crash
1. Good Night, and Good Luck
TV Shows
5. Squidbillies
4. CSI
3. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
2. The Office
1. The Colbert Report
Books [updated]
[the first two were actually published in 2004]
3. The March by E.L. Doctoro
2. Tortured Wonders by Rodney Clapp
1. Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren
…wow so after that woefully incomplete list, I’m looking forward to your “best of,” so start commenting.
Happy new Year Charlie
-Jake
Happy New Year to you too Jake! Where’s your list?
Albums
5.Fall Out boy-From under the cork tree
4.Jack Johnson-In Between Dreams
3.Story Of the Year-In the Wake Of Desermination
2.Jimmy Eat World-Stay on My side tonight
1.Switchfoot-Nothing is sound
Flims
3.Crash
2. The cronicles of Narnia,The lion the witch and the wardrobe
1.King Kong
TV Shows
5.One Tree Hill
4.Smallville
3.Cold Case
2.CSI
1.Comander and Chief
Books
I dont like to read So not top books of this year
but if you want to recomend any books im up for the challenge
No TV shows for me.
New music for 2005:
- Depeche Mode: Playing the Angel
- Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth
- VNV Nation: Matter + Form
- Noise Unit: Voyeur
- The Arcade Fire: Funeral
2004 music or earlier that I didn’t listen to until this year that deserves a serious mention:
- The Dresden Dolls
- Autolux
- Squarepusher
- Aphex Twin
The only movies that stuck out in my mind as being thoroughly impactful were Wallace and Gromit and the remake of Amityville Horror with Glen Reynolds. The former because it was downright hilarious and beautiful. The latter was impactful because it seriously freaked me out and was probably one of the only scary movies I ever saw that gave me a nightmare.
- Rize was also totally awesome, but not very well-known. Look it up.
- Batman Begins rocked it, too.
- I really liked Constantine. Maybe I’m the only one.
Websites:
- Stuff On My Cat!
- Generous Orthodoxy’s ThinkTank blog.
- Pastor John Wright’s blog (yes I designed it and set it up, but he really used it well for his first year blogging!)
- Radical Preaching blog. Pastor Scott Langford has done an amazing job at organizing people interested in ‘Radical Orthodoxy’, blogged some excellent books, and even drew the attention of Daniel Bell to our comments section!
Books: Now you’re talkin’.
1. Genealogy of Nihilism: Philosophies of Nothing and the Difference of Theology, by Conor Cunningham
2. Blue Like Jazz, by Donald Miller
3. Introducing Radical Orthodoxy, by James K. A. Smith. One rad bro.
4. The Character of Theology: An Introduction to Its Nature, Task, and Purpose (A Postconservative Evangelical Approach), by John R. Franke
5. Theology & Social Theory, by John Milbank. Call me nuts… this was one of the most challenging books I’ve ever read, but it was worth it.
In Memorium:
Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005, R.I.P.)
(This is Lynn Shawcroft’s blog, Mitch’s wife.)
Peace,
Eric
Jake,
I’d reccomend Blue Like Jazz. Read it now!
I fear my list will be dismissed as a “girl” list. It’s a shame if that occurs.
Albums (I second Charlie’s Jack Johnson & Death Cab inclusion, but maybe not their respective ordinals … and I shan’t include them in my list in an effort to eliminate redundancies)
5. Regina Spektor – Soviet Kitsch [Sept. 2004 … I didn’t hear her on NPR ‘til Nov. ‘05!]
4. Coldplay – X&Y
3. Rent – Soundtrack (movie)
2. Ben Folds – Songs for Silverman
1. Rufus Wainwright – Want Two [Nov. 2004 … sue me!]
Films
[Funny #6. 40 Year-Old Virgin]
5. King Kong (what I could see of the movie while weeping)
4. Harry Potter 4: Goblet of Fire
3. Star Wars, Episode 3
2. Pride and Prejudice (for what it’s worth: it won over a BBC-6-hour-P&P junkie)
1. Crash
TV Shows
4. Biggest Loser (how cheesy am I?)
3. Scrubs
2. The Daily Show
1. The Office
Books (these are surely not strictly from 2005, but close)
4. Resurrection of the Son of God, by N.T. Wright
3. What Are They Saying About [WATSA] Mark?
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (vol. 6), by J. K. Rowling
1. The Ending Of Mark And The Ends Of God: Essays In Memory Of Donald Harrisville Juel, edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Patrick D. Miller
Thanks For the recomendation Charlie
-Jake
Good list CharPar, here are mine, in random order-
ALBUMS:
Beck- Guero
Gorillaz- Demon Days
Foo Fighters- In Your Honor
James Blunt- Back to Bedlam
Kelly Clarkson- Breakaway (which technically dropped 12/2004)
FILMS: (of those that i saw)
Millions
Crash
Charlie & the Choco Factory
40 Year Old Virgin
Batman Begins
TV:
Scrubs
Project Runway
The Office
Lost
Arrested Development
CSI…for that Tarantino episode alone