Happy New Year

So the Noughties are almost over. What's the next decade going to be called, do you think? Answers on a postcard to some other fucker please.

What's this year brought? Good and bad, like every other year I've experienced, I suppose. Generally more good than bad, so that's a big plus. I've always had a problem remembering much past what happened last week, so I'm going to let 2009 just pour out and we'll see what I recall.

Arctic Monkeys third album, good - slow burner, but ace. Same for Kasabian. Jamie T was great, best so far, by far. Fukkk Off was wonderful, as was Fuck Buttons. Best album of the year was Phoenix 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix', which leaked for what seemed like a decade, so I heard and enjoyed it in bits for ages. The Hurt Locker wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be, Star Trek was brilliant (best line 'Get out of the chair!), Monsters versus Aliens was funny enough, kids loved it. Fear of Tigers did one of the best remixes of the year, with Sound of Arrows and then released one of the best albums, for free - sweet. Boys Noize finally got the recognition he deserved and 'Waves', with Erol was one of the best tunes of the year. Inglorious Bastards was weirdly great and like no war film I've seen before, or maybe it's a cross between The Dirty Dozen, Kelly's Heroes and Catch 22, but nastier. Viva Tarantino! The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassuss was my film of the year and also the one whose title I could never remember, Two Door Cinema Club and Crystal Fighters restored my faith in Kitsune (not that I actually lost faith in them, I just wanted them to do something). Ellie Goulding is just the female voice from my dreams (sorry Sarah Cracknell). Ed Banger did nothing (did they? apart from Mehdi), Poney Poney Run Run, Exit Calm, White Belt Yellow Tag, 3oH3! Acid Girls! Acid Girls were just brilliant - the video for 'Numbers' is one of the best videos of the year, only pipped by the Spike Jonze video for Unkle 'Heaven', because I can watch it again and again. I didn't see enough films this year. The Wire was the best thing I've EVER seen on television and I don't know why. DeadWood is the second best thing I've seen. Peep Show is consistently the best show on UK telly. Loved that RATM was Christmas number 1, just because it shows that with enough organisation we can turn back the tide of shit that sometimes threatens to swamp us. Politicians are fucking awful greedy bastards, but we have to vote for one of them, or stupid racist wankers like Nick Griffin will get more power. We don't want that to happen. Bankers royally fucked us and didn't even 'give us a reacha round' and we'll be paying for that for years. Twats. Grasshopper died (weirdly), as did Jacko. John Hughes died, Karl Malden died, Molly Sugden dead. Obama became president, which was a fucking brilliant (and I still owe Stu fifty quid, betting him that it would never happen), John Stewart the Daily Show is still good. Iyaz 'shorty like a melody in my head' was officially the catchiest tune of the year. As was 'shorty on the dancefloor' by Sean Kingston (a sharty theme?) Deadmau5 album was good ('Ghosts and Stuff', top), Joaquim wasn't that good. Vitalic delivered after four years, some misses on there, but mainly heeeets and beats. The Macabbees album was superb. Metric album, great. SMD 'Audacity of Huge', haven't given the album a proper listen yet. I've been busy!!

Christ I'm going to forget loads here...

Frankmusik...

Jay-Z 'Empire State of Mind' - never been to NYC, but when I do I want this playing in my headphones when I leave the airport. Hurts are going to be big, if the number of hits the video of 'Wonderful Life' has got is anything to go by. The Arthur Baker remix of 'Wonderful..' was triffic. Chester French and Erik Hassle were good. Renaissance Man, Laidback Luke, Burns, Riton, Primary 1, Run Riot, Brodinski, Soulwax, Felix da Housecat, Japanese Popstars, Designer Drugs, Fake Blood, Miike Snow 'Black & Blue', Echo & The Bunnymen, Kings Of Leon 'Sex on Fire' (sorry, but it's a sexy mother of a tune), Big Pink 'Dominoes'..fuck it was quite a year, all in all.

This post may well be a work in progress. I'll be crawling on line at 3am to add - Yuksek! Dada Life, D.I.M 'Lyposuct', Dizzee 'Bonkers', Calvin Harris on X-Factor, Don Rimini, Ian Brown album, ace. Prodigy killed it live, haven't danced so much in years. Tiga's album was ok, the SW stuff being the best. Van She album, was that this year? Oh I don't know - ha!

Have a great 2010. If someone could keep notes from now on, that might make things easier for me this time next year.

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