My Tops of 2006
Top Albums:
Dosh - The Lost Take (Anticon)
Excepter - Alternation (5RC)
First Nation - S/T (Paw Tracks)
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (Sony)
Liars - Drums Not Dead (Mute)
Pajo - 1968 (Drag City)
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (Geffen)
Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser (XL)
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And Will Beat Your Ass (Matador)
Top Films:
A Scanner Darkly (Linklater)
Art School Confidential (Zwigoff)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Charles)
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (Lynch)
Thank You For Smoking (Reitman)
United 93 (Greengrass)
Top Shows Attended:
Animal Collective, Black Cat, WDC
Arab Strap, IOTA, Arlington, VA
Brightblack Morning Light & Espers, DC9, WDC
Jack Rose, Velvet Lounge, WDC
Jamie Lidell, Black Cat, WDC
Lorelei, DC9, WDC
Silver Jews, Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville VA
Sonic Youth, 9:30 Club (Two shows), WDC
Spank Rock, Black Cat, WDC
Whitehouse, Pig Destroyer, Wolf Eyes, DC9, WDC