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December 12, 2004
The Best of 2004
What good is the end of the year without a list or two to recap what we've seen, heard and done? Not much good at all. So, without further adieu, I present (in no apparent order) my wildly eclectic list of the best of the year that was twenty aught four.
Best Reasons to Stay a Toys R Us Kid
- Sweetums from the Muppets
- Stewie from Family Guy
- Stephen Hawking from the Simpsons
Best 80s Revival
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Care Bears
- Super Mario Bros.
- Tron
Best Videos Actually Shown on MTV This Year
- Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out”
- Modest Mouse “Float On”
- Eminem “Mosh”
- Outkast “Roses”
- Kanye West “All Falls Down”
Best Excuses to Stay Up Late
- “Conan O'Brien Insults My Homeland”
- “Trump or Monkey”
- Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- “Fun With Editing”
- The Walker, Texas Ranger Lever
- Fred Armisen as “Ferecito”
Hope for Us Losers
- Boston Red Sox
- Ken Jennings
- Jamie Foxx
- Seattle Storm
Celebrities: They’re Nothing Like Us! (And I Have the Facts to Prove It)
- Lindsay Lohan’s exhaustion
- Paris Hilton’s sex tape
- Ashlee Simpson’s Irish jig
- Star Jones’s wedding
- Britney Spears’s brain
Best Excuses to Skip Work
- DJ Tony on the Ellen show
- “Regis & Kelly Do It” week
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View
Prettiest Young Thing(s) of the Year
- Misty May & Kerri Walsh
5 Best Movie DVDs
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Extended Edition
- Star Wars Trilogy
- Spider-Man 2
- Mickey Mouse in Black & White Vol.2
- Spellbound
Trailer Park (aka 5 Best Flicks I Haven’t Yet Seen Because I’m Lazy or Because They’re Not Out Yet
- Sideways
- Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Kinsey
- Ocean’s 12
- The Life Aquatic
Top 3 Flicks
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Kill Bill Vol.2
- The Incredibles
Yes, I Read Books! (And These Were Good)
- America The Book by the Daily Show people
- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
- The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket
Reality Sucks (But These Shows Didn’t
- Survivor All-Stars
- The Amazing Race IV
- The first Apprentice
Tivo Ain’t Cheap! (aka the Best of TV on DVD)
- The Office Complete Collection
- Curb Your Enthusiasm seasons 1-2
- The Simpsons seasons 4-5
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer seasons 6-7
- Seinfeld seasons 1-3
Hide the Remote!
- Lost
- Arrested Development
- The O.C.
- Rescue Me
- Gilmore Girls
- 24
Albums of the Year
Hip-Hop
- Kanye West - The College Dropout
- DJ Danger Mouse & Jay-Z - The Grey Album
- The Roots - The Tipping Point
- de la Soul - The Grind Date
- The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come For Free
Indie Rock
- Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
- Interpol - Antics
- The Arcade Fire - Funeral
- Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
- Smoosh - She Like Electric
Country & Folk
- Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Oh, My Girl
- Alison Krauss + Union Station - Lonely Runs Both Ways
- Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
- Devendra Banhart - Niño Rojo
- Dolorean - Violence in the Snowy Fields
Mainstream Rock
- Elbow - Cast of Thousands
- R.E.M. - Around the Sun
- U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
- The Presidents of the US of A - Love Everybody
- Green Day - American Idiot
Pop
- Ray LaMontagne - Trouble
- Citizen Cope - The Clarence Greenwood Recordings
- Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love
- Brian Wilson - Smile
- Rufus Wainwright - Want Two
Electronic & Dance
- Air - Talkie Walkie
- Junior Boys - Last Exit
- Zero 7 - When It Falls
- Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
Americana
- Chris Whitley - Weed
- Grant Lee Phillips - Virginia Creeper
- Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
- Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
- Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Short & Sweet (The Best EPs)
- The Bens - The Bens
- Jem - It All Starts Here
- Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken
Posted by Queuetipp at December 12, 2004 05:45 PM
