g'day,
so the naughties are ending.
Haven't seen many "best of the decade" retrospectives yet.
But I'm interested -
what are your top 5 albums? books? movies?
what do you reckon?
i'll have a crack:
books:
1 the secret scripture - sebastian barry
2 the road- cormac mccarthy
3 true history of the kelly gang - peter carey
4 life of pi - yann martel
5 oxford big ideas science 2 (especially the engineering chapter) - yes, heavily biased
albums:
1 in rainbows - radiohead
2 up all night - the waifs
3 gurrumul - gurrumul
4 a rush of blood to the head - coldplay
5 tea & sympathy - bernard fanning
movies
pass (I haven't seen 5 movies in the decade)
anyone? click on comment to post...
2 comments:
Ando's Albums
1. Decksanddrumsandrockandroll - Propellorhead (esp. Shirley Bassey track: History Repeating)
2. Live From Mars - Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
3. Poses - Rufus Wainright
4. Tea & Sympathy - Bernard Fanning
5. Soundtrack to Ocean's 11
As we leave the 'naughties' ... what decade do we enter?
I recently heard a suggestion that the last 'decade' or 'chunk' of our history commenced with 9/11 and concluded with exit of Bush and the rise of the GFC. What will the next decade be know for?
? the copenhagen accord ?
? the obama decade ?
? tiger's demise ?
Alright, Im going to give it a shot...
Movies:
-The Royal Tenenbaums
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-Almost Famous
-The Ancorman
-Juno
Books:
-Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin
-Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts
-The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
-The Time Travelors Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
-Scar Tissue, Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman
(gosh, just realised how boring I am - they are all 'best sellers' for sure. Guess I don't read heaps!)
Albums (this is impossible!! So many...)
-The Sheperd's Dog, Iron and Wine
-In Rainbows, Radiohead
-The Cure, Greatest Hits (is that cheating?!)
-Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
-Damien Rice, O
I really want a top 10 for music, and still not sure about a couple - i agree with Live From Mars also.
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