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  Mikey 04:15:51 pm on January 20, 2008 | 4 | # |
  Tags: 2007, best of, Movies

  All the 2007 releases that I’ve seen, from worst to best, broken out into categories.

  Passes the time
  TMNT
  The Simpsons Movie
  Eye In The Sky

  Entertaining enough
  Live Free or Die Hard
  Transformers
  Ocean’s Thirteen
  American Gangster

  Interesting
  The Lookout
  Waitress
  Black Snake Moan
  King of Kong
  
  On the way to greatness, but got derailed in the end
  Knocked Up
  3:10 to Yuma
  Sunshine

  Well made
  Hot Fuzz
  300
  Zodiac

  A cut above
  Rescue Dawn
  Eastern Promises
  The Bourne Ultimatum
  Ratatouille

  Way cute
  Juno

  Exploitation cinema
  Death Proof (Grindhouse)

  Lo-fi love story
  Once

  Super vulgar and super funny
  Superbad
  
  Superbadass!
  No Country for Old Men

  Leftovers from 2006
  The Lives of Others
  After the Wedding

   
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  Tin 02:42:18 pm on January 12, 2008 | 0 | # |
  Tags: 2007, Music, review

  Mikey’s list is pretty good. I just have a few additions of my own.

  Eisley - Combinations
  A sophomore effort that was actually good!

  David Crowder Band - Remedy
  Not my favorite of theirs, but overall, a pretty good album.

  Colbie Caillat - Coco
  Not sure why I like this album so much. Maybe it’s because all of her songs sound the same. Haha.

  Luna Halo - Luna Halo
  Solid album from beginning to end.

  Daphne Loves Derby - Good Night, Witness Light
  A good mix of full-band and acoustic stuff.

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  Some nice singles:

  Alicia Keys - Lesson Learned
  Her best song off her latest, in my humble opinion.

  CRS - Us Placers
  Looking forward to more of this.

  Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
  The other songs are okay.

  Jack’s Mannequin - Bruised (Acoustic)
  Waiting for the Something Corporate comeback.

  Anberlin - Adelaide
  I’ve never met a girl named Adelaide, but the name works pretty well in this song.

  Lifehouse - First Time
  These guys are always good for at least one song per album.

  Mandy Moore - Extraordinary
  The only song I listen to off her new one.

   
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  Mikey 10:39:03 pm on January 10, 2008 | 1 | # |
  Tags: 2007, best of, Feist, Kanye West, Meiko, Modest Mouse, Music, Wilco

  In no particular order

  Meiko - Meiko

  Single: Piano Song

  My favorite cuts: Reasons to Love You, Sleep

  Member of my “Jenny Lewis All-Stars”* (top 5 female, indie singer/songwriters likely to have or already have had their music on a prime-time TV show, ie: Grey’s Anatomy) Solid album overall. Could very well be my favorite from 2007.

  Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

  Single: Dashboard

  My favorite cuts: Missed The Boat, We’ve Got Everything

  Kanye West - Graduation

  Single: Stronger

  My Favorite Cuts: Stronger, Everything I Am

  Feels like two Kanye albums in one, and splits neatly right after Can’t Tell Me Nothing. Starting with Barry Bonds we hear a more experimental Kanye.

  Feist - The Reminder

  Single: 1 2 3 4

  My Favorite Cuts: 1 2 3 4, My Moon My Man

  I used to think Let It Die was better. That notion may have been pre-mature. Also a member of the Jenny Lewis All-Stars.

  Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

  Single: You Are My Face

  My Favorite Cuts: Sky Blue Sky, Hate it Here

  OK, this is my favorite of 2007.

  Honorable Mentions

  MAE - Singularity

  Radiohead - In Rainbows

  Sara Bareilles - Little Voice

  Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

  Lupe Fiasco - The Cool

  Guilty Pleasure: The Graduate - Anhedonia

  Song Everyone Loves: OneRepublic - Apologize

  Franz Ferdinand award for catchiest song: Metro Station - Shake It

  Disappointing

  Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City

  Dashboard Confessional - Shade of Poison Trees

   

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