I was going to make lists of my top movies and albums and books from this year, but then I realized I haven't heard/seen/read enough to really do them justice. I haven't seen The Queen. I haven't heard the new Belle and Sebastian. But here are some lists that roughly represent 2006 for me. Lists are really the best way to express a period of time, anyway.
First, movies:
1. The Science of Sleep by Michel Gondry
2. The Departed by Martin Scorsese
3. Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola
4. A Prairie Home Companion by Robert Altman
5. Little Miss Sunshine by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Top five books I read this year:
1. Possession by A. S. Byatt
2. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
3. Watership Down by Richard Adams
4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
5. Girl Meets God by Lauren Winner
My Five Top Albums of 2006:
1. The Crane Wife by The Decemberists
2. Ys by Joanna Newsom
3. Bottoms of Barrels by Tilly and the Wall
4. Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
5. Cannibal Sea by Essex Green
The thing is, though, what really expresses my year is The Mountain Goats. I started listening to their song No Children in January, then I got We Shall All Be Healed in Febuary and The Sunset Tree in March. I heard Tallahassee in its entirety while driving to Little Rock in May. I started listening to Sweden a lot when I started grad school. Then I got Get Lonely in September and All Hail West Texas in October. I went to see them twice in November, bringing everything to a brilliant climax. The Mountain Goats weren't even on my last.fm charts at the beginning of the year and they hit the top by the end. Hooray for judging the year by lists.
Posted by linnea at 31.12.06 19:56I want to see the Departed but I think I missed it and will have to wait for the DVD. How come Snakes on a Plane isn't in your list? C'mon!
Posted by: Malnurtured Snay at 04.01.07 10:15