Each year, a couple of friends and I from Sioux City always make, and trade, our (sometimes not) uniquely own “Best Of” mixes from our favorites of that year. But this year I decided to make a mixtape of snippets from some of the songs I really enjoyed. I must admit that I strayed from my usual stern path of checking out the new releases and struggled, or maybe better put: was tempted, to push a lot of the “popular records” into my final decision. In the end, I opted to not include some of the popular “top 10″ records (i.e. panda bear, beriut, the national, etc.),but I did have fun with it, in fact I had a blast! Here’s my compressed, comparitvely short, last hooray for the Best Music of 2007. Check it out:
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I am consciously not including the tracks played in this mix with hopes that you will help me, by commenting the artist/song, and revel in some of the similarity, or at least knowledge, of this years’ fruits. I open up the comment board to you to post anything you recognize.
I have also compiled an image of scenes/posters from some of my favorite movies I saw in 2007. By far, this doesn’t include them all, nor are they in any specific order. I also have quite a list I of flicks I still am anticipating. Some of those being: Once, King of Kong, Into the Wild, Juno, I’m Not There, The Band’s Visit, The Life Of Reilly, and many others. Here’s a pop-up of that image:
Whaddaya think? Let me know if you dig ‘em and please recommend your favorite screengems to me as well. As previously indicated, I once again invite you to tag the movies you recognize via flickr (link to the image, use the “add note” function) and help me better understand your thrills from the great, heavy, and joyous year of our lord, two thousand seven. Here’s to you and, more than well deserving, TO US.