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Best Of 2010
12/22/10 at 12:39 PM by Jonathan Bautts | In case you missed it, here is my end of the year list for 2010:
FILM
2010 started off slow and, despite the efforts of my favorite director (Nolan) and Pixar, landed the worst summer season in recent memory. Thankfully, it finished with a bang, and this is probably the first time I can ever remember not being disappointed by at least one of the major award contenders.
01. Inception
02. The Social Network
03. Toy Story 3
04. The Kings Speech
05. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
06. 127 Hours
07. The Fighter
08. Black Swan
09. The Town
10. Buried
11. Let Me In
12. Kick-Ass
13. Fair Game
14. Iron Man 2
15. Shutter Island
16. Never Let Me Go
17. Exit Through The Gift Shop
18. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part I
19. Get Him To The Greek
20. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
21. TRON: Legacy
22. The Kids Are All Right
23. Robin Hood
24. The Book Of Eli
HONORABLE MENTION
The Crazies
Edge Of Darkness
Greenberg
The Losers
The Other Guys
Predators
Red
Unstoppable
NUMBER OF FILMS SEEN IN THEATERS IN 2010
37
TV
Mad Men has become my current favorite show, and this season was one of its best. The Pacific was a great followup to Band Of Brothers, as expected, while Community currently is on a creative run like I've never seen in a comedy before. Modern Family is close behind, Lost's end was good but disappointing, Rubicon was tragically canceled, and The Daily Show continues to be the most important show on television. Now hopefully I can find the time to start on Breaking Bad.
01. Mad Men
02. The Pacific
03. Community
04. The Daily Show
05. Modern Family
06. Lost
07. Rubicon
08. Parks & Recreation
09. Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia
10. The Walking Dead
11. The Colbert Report
12. Better Off Ted
HONORABLE MENTION
30 Rock
Bored To Death
How I Met Your Mother
The League
MUSIC
This year was a fabulous year for music in nearly every genre. I listened to more hip-hip than ever before, while Jimmy Eat World officially replaced Linkin Park as my favorite band.
01. Jimmy Eat World Invented
02. Motion City Soundtrack My Dinosaur Life
03. Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
04. Anberlin Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place
05. Linkin Park A Thousand Suns
06. Circa Survive Blue Sky Noise
07. Greg Laswell Take A Bow
08. The Gaslight Anthem American Slang
09. Deftones Diamond Eyes
10. Arcade Fire The Suburbs
11. Sara Bareilles Kaleidoscope Heart
12. House Of Heroes Suburba
13. Vampire Weekend Contra
14. Against Me! White Crosses
15. Kings Of Leon Come Around Sundown
16. The Classic Crime Vagabonds
17. Alter Bridge ABIII
18. Underoath Ψ (Disambiguation)
19. Cary Brothers Under Control
20. She & Him Volume Two
21. Four Year Strong Enemy Of The World
22. Story Of The Year The Constant
23. Angels & Airwaves LOVE
24. Fair Disappearing World
25. Bruce Springsteen The Promise
26. My Chemical Romance Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys
27. Eminem Recovery
28. The Rocket Summer Of Men And Angels
29. Hellogoodbye Would It Kill You?
30. The Graduate Only Every Time
31. Joshua Radin The Rock And The Tide
32. Janelle Monαe The ArchAndroid
33. Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots
34. 10 Years Feeding The Wolves
35. Maroon 5 Hands All Over
36. Broken Bells Broken Bells
37. Valencia Dancing With A Ghost
38. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Mojo
39. The Hold Steady Heaven Is Whenever
40. The Damned Things Ironiclast
41. Jσnsi Go
42. Tokyo Police Club Champ Dusty
43. Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot
The Son Of Chico
44. The Black Keys Brothers
45. The Dead Weather Sea Of Cowards
46. Terrible Things Terrible Things
47. The Morning Of The Way I Fell In
48. B.o.B B.o.B Presents The Adventures Of Bobby Ray
49. Brandon Boyd The Wild Trapeze
50. Steel Train Steel Train
EPs
01. Lovedrug EP: Part I/Part II
02. Switchfoot Eastern Hymns For Western Shores
03. Circa Survive Appendage
04. Audrye Sessions An Otherwise Perfect Day
05. Raining And OK Living Like A Ghost
06. Keane Night Train
07. Meg & Dia Its Always Stormy In Tillamook
08. States Line Em Up
09. Sufjan Stevens All Delighted People
10. The Wedding Distance
11. Alexisonfire Dogs Blood
12. Lydia Assailants
13. Cold War Kids Behave Yourself
14. Charlotte Sometimes Sideways
15. Jason Mraz Life Is Good
FILM SCORES
01. Hans Zimmer Inception
02. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross The Social Network
03. Daft Punk TRON: Legacy
SOUNDTRACK COMPILATIONS
01. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
02. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
MUSIC VIDEOS
Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
The Black Keys Tighten Up
Coldplay Christmas Lights
Janelle Monαe Cold War
Motion City Soundtrack Her Words Destroyed My Planet
New Found Glory Truck Stop Blues
OK Go This Too Shall Pass
She & Him In The Sun
Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
MOST OVERRATED (THAT I'VE HEARD OF/LISTENED TO)
The Glee Cast
The National
Neon Trees
Mumford & Sons
Sufjan Stevens
Taylor Swift
MOST UNDERRATED
Alter Bridge
The Classic Crime
Fair
Greg Laswell
Lovedrug
Janelle Monαe
FAVORITE LYRICS
Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack)
SADDEST BREAKUP
Copeland
HAPPIEST REUNIONS
Something Corporate
Yellowcard
MOST WELCOME MAINSTREAM BREAKOUTS
The Black Keys
Florence + The Machine
Bruno Mars
Phoenix
Vampire Weekend
TOP CONCERTS
Motion City Soundtrack @ HOB Anaheim (02.15)
New Found Glory @ HOB Anaheim (03.21)
John Mayer @ Staples Center (03.25)
Something Corporate @ Bamboozle Left (03.28)
Muse @ Honda Center (09.23)
Eminem @ Epicenter Twenty Ten (09.25)
Jimmy Eat World @ The Wiltern (09.29)
Circa Survive @ HOB Anaheim (11.04)
Yellowcard @ The Glass House (11.13)
Almost Acoustic Christmas @ Gibson Amphitheatre (12.12)
NUMBER OF CONCERTS ATTENDED IN 2010
31
MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2011
Blink-182
Coldplay
Death Cab For Cutie
Foo Fighters
Incubus
Jacks Mannequin
New Found Glory
Switchfoot
Thrice
Yellowcard
HONORABLE MENTION: ALBUMS
Bad Books Bad Books
Band Of Horses Infinite Arms
Stacy Clark Connect The Dots
Envy On The Coast Lowcountry
Brandon Flowers Flamingo
Good Old War Good Old War
The Goo Goo Dolls Something For The Rest Of Us
Cee Lo Green The Lady Killer
Guster Easy Wonderful
Interpol Interpol
Lakes The Agreement
John Legend & The Roots Wake Up!
Lifehouse Smoke & Mirrors
Ludo Prepare The Preparations
Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Mκlιe The Masquerade
Nicki Minaj Pink Friday
Minus The Bear Omni
Mumford & Sons Sigh No More
The National High Violet
The New Pornographers Together
Norma Jean Meridional
OK Go Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
Robert Plant Band Of Joy
The Republic Of Wolves Varuna
Robyn Body Talk
Rihanna Loud
The Roots How I Got Over
Senses Fail The Fire
Spoon Transference
Stars The Five Ghosts
Sufjan Stevens The Age Of Adz
Weezer Hurley
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