Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts

Friday, December 28, 2012

Another List

I may not always agree with legendary gay rights activist/columnist Richard Burnett - we've had our moments of heated debates on Facebook this year, particularly - but his choices for best/hottest Montrealers of 2012 contains so many right choices that I'm left to accept even conceited hotheads Justin Trudeau and Xavier Dolan as ''hot''...

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

My Tops Of 2012

Top 15 Songs:

15. HIT ME, Mystikal
14. I BELONG IN YOUR AMRS, Chairlift
13. FINE LINES, The Guest Bedroom
12. SPRAWL II (MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS), Arcade Fire*
11. TRY, P!nk
10. SIXTEEN SALTINES, Jack White
9. DISPARATE YOUTH, Santigold
8. WE ARE ALL ILLEGALS/TODO SOMOS ILLEGAL, Outernational
7. SAPOUD, Anticipateurs
6. OBLIVION, Grimes
5. COMEBACK KID, Sleigh Bells
4. NIGGAS IN PARIS, Jay-Z & Kanye West (Watch The Throne)*
3. HELL BROKE LUCE, Tom Waits*
2. FREEDOM AT 21, Jack White
1. DEATH TO MY HOMETOWN, Bruce Springsteen

Honorable mentions: CLEANING OUT MY CLOSET by Angel Haze, DOOM AND GLOOM by The Rolling Stones, SUPERMOON MADE ME WANT TO PEE by The Flaming Lips, BREATHING UNDERWATER by Metric, THE SEER, by Swans, LAURA, by Bat For Lashes

*albums released in 2011, but singles released in 2012

Top 15 Albums:

15. SYNTHETICAL, Metric
14. YELLOW & GREEN, Baroness
13. INTERSTELLAR, Frankie Rose
12. TEMPEST, Bob Dylan
11. HANDWRITTEN, The Gaslight Anthem
10. CRASHING DISEASES AND INCURABLE AIRPLANES, USA Out Of Vietnam
9. I BET ON SKY, Dinosaur Jr.
8. R.A.P. MUSIC, Killer Mike
7. VISIONS, Grimes
6. SUN, Cat Power
5. THE HAUNTED MAN, Bat For Lashes
4. REIGN OF TERROR, Sleigh Bells
3. OLD IDEAS, Leonard Cohen
2. BLUNDERBUSS, Jack White
1. ALLELUJAH! DON'T BEND! ASCEND!, Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Honorable mentions: A SLEEP AND A FORGETTING by Islands, SWEETHEART, SWEET LIGHT by Spiritualized, LOST SONGS by ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, THE ODDS by The Evens, VICIOUS LIES AND DANGEROUS RUMORS by Big Boi, SILVER AGE by Bob Mould

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Terrible Marketing Ploy

So you've noticed all these huge earthquakes of late, right?

California, Haiti, now Chile's 8.8, so strong that it changed the earth's axis and we've lost 1.26 microsecond every day.

All just about when the shitty movie 2012 is set to come out on DVD...

Sony might be causing these, killing all those innocent poor people just to sell copies of their DVDs. Sick bastards.