MP's Best Of 2009 Year-End Wrap Up
 
CDs:
1. Bigelf - Cheat The Gallows
2. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
3. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue 
4. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
5. Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
6. Them Crooked Vultures
7. Megadeth - Endgame
8. The Devin Townsend Project - Ki/Addicted
9. Heart Of Cygnus - Over Mountain Under Hill
10. Animals As Leaders

Honorable Mentions:
Lazarus AD - The Onslaught, Muse - The Resistance, Porcupine Tree - The Incident, Baroness - Blue Record and Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

And of course:
Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind

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Films:
1. A Serious Man
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Broken Embraces
4. Thirst
5. In The Loop
6. Time Crimes
7. Martyrs
8. (500) Days Of Summer
9. Anvil! The Story Of Anvil
10. Paranormal Activity

** The last few spots are still subject to change for late 2009 releases I haven't seen yet (still waiting to see the new ones from Jarmusch, Solendz, Linklater and Haneke)

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TV:
1. Lost
2. Sons Of Anarchy
3. Rescue Me
4. Breaking Bad
5. Mad Men
6. Eastbound And Down
7. Dexter
8. True Blood
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
10. Modern Family 
 

Good choices MP!  especially the Heart of Cygnus pick... I really liked that disc.

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MP's Best Of 2009 Year-End Wrap Up
 

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Films:

8. (500) Days Of Summer

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I am positively amazed to see the above mentioned movie at MP´s 2009 year-end wrap up! It is a good movie, but I did not expect MP to like it!! Very cool indeed!

4 - 8 - 15 - 16 - 23 - 42 - Are you lost??

wow no redemption, i thought they would make mikes list for sure

yeah so good choices there although I would of put PT in the top ten!!!!

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Again, great lists! I have 8/10 of those Top 10 albums.

Woah, there's more people then me who know about Lazarus A.D.? That's awesome! It's good to see some fellow Wisconsin thrashers getting some recognition. I seen them open for testament back in April and I've been a fan ever since.

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Glad to see In The Loop in there...  I'd strongly suggest checking out The Thick of It (the TV series it's based on) if you haven't already...  Truly wonderful!

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Excellent choice on Heart of Cygnus Mike.  I've been into them for a couple years.  Be sure to check out their first album "Utopia" if you haven't already.

I also think you'd dig the bands Jolly and An Endless Sporadic (links in my sig).

Great top 10 album list there, Mike. Gives me a chance to reflect on a great year of music.

But BC&SL deserves the top spot

Hey, thanks for including Over Mountain, Under Hill in your top 10!  We were stoked :)

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Very nice list Mike!!!
7 of the albums you mentioned are in my top 10...

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Interesting to see Ki/Addicted in there.  I seem to recall MP saying he wasn't really into Devy in the past.  Wonder what changed his mind? 

As an aside, Ki is my album of the year.

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Nice picks.  I need to see some of those movies.  I would have added "The Office" to the TV list though.

Megadeth and AIC in my top for this year as well.  Good stuff.

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** The last few spots are still subject to change for late 2009 releases I haven't seen yet (still waiting to see the new ones from Jarmusch, Solendz, Linklater and Haneke)

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MP's Best Of 2009 Year-End Wrap Up
 

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Films:

8. (500) Days Of Summer

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I am positively amazed to see the above mentioned movie at MP´s 2009 year-end wrap up! It is a good movie, but I did not expect MP to like it!! Very cool indeed!

Oh man, I loved that movie, i just see it last week with my girlfriend, great movie! Great choices MP!!!

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MP's Best Of 2009 Year-End Wrap Up
 
CDs:
1. Bigelf - Cheat The Gallows

NOT to question "the man" but ahem.....CTG was released in 2008!
 
And where the hell was Redemption's "Snowfall on Judgement Day"???

Mike you forgot Dexter!

Although, I haven't seen the last season because I like to watch my shows on DVD. So maybe you know something I don't.

Great list otherwise!

Mike! So glad you've heard Animals As Leaders. We all sure hyped it enough.

Surprised at no Scale The Summit, but I still love most of the picks.

Awesome list Mike, glad you picked Mastodon's Crack The Skye near the top of your list. THE LAST BARON RULES!!

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I really hope he hasn't seen District 9 as that pretty much was the only amazing film this year.

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Mike you forgot Dexter!

Although, I haven't seen the last season because I like to watch my shows on DVD. So maybe you know something I don't.

Great list otherwise!

 
Good call...my bad!
(I made my TV list about a month ago and only just caught up on this season of Dexter this past week in Australia.....BEST SEASON yet BTW...AWESOME!)
 
Anyways, I fixed the list... 
 
MP

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MP's Best Of 2009 Year-End Wrap Up
 
CDs:
1. Bigelf - Cheat The Gallows

NOT to question "the man" but ahem.....CTG was released in 2008!
 

 
Of course I know that....but I only discovered the CD the last few weeks of 2008, so it missed my list last year....
 
I must say it really was the soundtrack to my 2009...the year of the ELF!
 
MP

great lists mike, Endgame is a surpising but well deserved addition, awesome album

I can't be in two bands at once. Tom Petty tried that with The Heartbreakers and The Wilburys. Nearly killed the fucking guy...

Mike,

If possible I'd love to hear any additional thoughts you have on the new Alice in Chains album. I know you're a big fan and that Dirt is one of your favorite 90's albums, but I'm curious as to your thoughts on having a new singer and how you compare the new album to the old stuff. It's apparent that the fact this made your list means you're in agreement with people like me that this wasn't a sellout move or in anyway disrespecting Layne by continuing on without him. I can't stand when people have made that argument because there's an entire history of bands whose singers left or died and continued on successfully with someone else. Anyway, tell us more on your thougts of this album, which I agree is very awesome!

maybe this has been mentioned (i didnt look), but i wonder what MP's feelings are in regards to OSI: Blood. i realize the reasons he didnt play on it, but that doesn't have to mean he doesn't like it. Be the Hero has one of the best metal grooves i've heard in years. i'd be shocked if he wasn't into at least THAT tune. and don't get me started on the beauty that is Radiologue...

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The best thing about this list is that I get to see all the good stuff that is coming to Australia. Of the top ten CD's, all  but three of the bands have toured , or will be , in the last year.
 
The Flaming Lips topped my list this year after their AWESOME show in Melbourne. The CD ain't half bad, either ;)
 
We are so fortunate as music lovers to have these bands grace our stages and give us some of life's memorable moments.
 
 

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wow no redemption, i thought they would make mikes list for sure

Same here, it might be in his Top 20 though. "Black And White World" is one of my favorite tracks of '09.

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MrSawyer


Mike you forgot Dexter!

Although, I haven't seen the last season because I like to watch my shows on DVD. So maybe you know something I don't.

Great list otherwise!

 
Good call...my bad!
(I made my TV list about a month ago and only just caught up on this season of Dexter this past week in Australia.....BEST SEASON yet BTW...AWESOME!)
 
Anyways, I fixed the list... 
 
MP

Mike, the list in the Hero of the Day Thread is still not showing love for Dexter

im most surprised to see Devin Townsend on there.
i thought i read in his FAQ he said he didn't care much for Dev's music...must of had a change of heart!

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Great choices;
Mastodon's last album was one of the most 'fresh' & addictive ones (at least for me!) out there.

Indeed surprising to see Devin on the list. Hopefully Mike will catch up on some of Devin's earlier stuff he initially didn't like. 

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Just wanted to wish the Portnoy family a Merry Christmas. and I am so sorry you have some douche bag fans. 
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Merry Christmas, sir :)

Wow, Mike, seriously.  How DO you find the time of day to listen to and watch all of this stuff?  I barely have time to watch one or two TV series... you must have really amazing time management.  I still gotta hear half those albums and watch most of those movies.

 

Yo Mike where's Curb Your Enthusiasm?

Th Black Swan episode alone should put it on the list...

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Very good choice in your number 1 film, A Serious Man; a quick glance of the films of this year and I would put it in my top 3 if not number 1 as well.

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It would be interesting to know what Mike thinks about Antichrist. 

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I guess the Veronica Mars Hero-of-the-Day was not quite good enough to merit top 10 inclusion.