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Pop Review: MMXIII
Clint Eastwood
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This 2013 we had is just about cashed out and I thought we should have a thread where we could talk about our favorite pop culture of the year. If threads like this are verboten then feel free to toss this in the bin, but what can I say, I'm a sucker for lists. And I'll only speak for myself here, but I can confidently say that year-end lists have helped me check out games, music, movies, tv shows, and books that I wouldn't have looked into otherwise.
So yeah, let's rap about what we liked this year. Examples would be the usual suspects: albums, songs, TV shows, movies, games, novels, comics. But hey, if you want to talk about your favorite threads of the year, favorite youtube videos, favorite tweets, even stuff as horrible as your favorite post of the year, favorite awful internet controversy or favorite atrocious internet meme (doge), don't let me stop you. I don't want this first post to get bloated with a bunch of images and youtube clips so maybe I'll post my own opinions later, not that anyone's interested in what I think.
The one request I would make is that, beyond following the usual rules, please don't inline a million youtube videos in your post about how much you loved some artist or album. Use your words to tell us why you loved stuff!
So yeah, let's rap about what we liked this year. Examples would be the usual suspects: albums, songs, TV shows, movies, games, novels, comics. But hey, if you want to talk about your favorite threads of the year, favorite youtube videos, favorite tweets, even stuff as horrible as your favorite post of the year, favorite awful internet controversy or favorite atrocious internet meme (doge), don't let me stop you. I don't want this first post to get bloated with a bunch of images and youtube clips so maybe I'll post my own opinions later, not that anyone's interested in what I think.
The one request I would make is that, beyond following the usual rules, please don't inline a million youtube videos in your post about how much you loved some artist or album. Use your words to tell us why you loved stuff!
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not that it came out this year, but I was thinking about top shows for this year and FNL kept bubbling up
A&W Root Beer, undefeated since 1984.
Francis
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Speaking of which, this year's best drinking game was The Great Gatsby Drinking Game. Drink every time Gatsby says Old Sport.
the act of killing
upstream color
12 years a slave
the world's end
berberian sound studio
top 5 albums:
pharmakon - abandon
waxahatchee - cerulean salt
arca - &&&&&
frog eyes - carey's cold spring
saint pepsi - hit vibes
top 5 new york team non-playoff schadenfreude:
yankees
jets
knicks
giants
nets
what will be the big and hard hitting memes of 2014
no paranatural
Also, even though Ellie Goulding's Halcyon was released last year, I bought it early this year and love it so much, so that takes second place.
Umm, for tv shows, I am really torn up about this, there have been so many great ones this year. If we're going by new shows, I would have to go with Hannibal over Brooklyn 99, almost human, sleep hollow, and the bridge. For returning shows, definitely breaking bad, though i have loved arrow, elementary, eastbound and down, parks and rec, and a whole bunch of others. whew, tv is so good right now doggies.
Favourite movie is Star Trek Into Darkness, it may have been cribbing from an old story but it was action-packed and gorgeous with an excellent soundtrack and a positive message. And everything involving Vengeance had me giddy in my seat.
Song of the year is hard, but I found out this year that I have a taste for Aussie Hip Hop so I'm going to have to give it to
these guys. Unite/Pale Blue Dot from the same album is really good too.
Favourite Webcomic is Paranatural, but the Phantom Menace arc of Darths and Droids (as that is where I am up to at this stage) is close.
Favourite game is either Splinter Cell: Blacklist for its smart return to form after the very disappointing Conviction, or DmC for just doin' God's work.
knicks should be 1st. yankees were just pleasantly mediocre this year, and the jets turned out a lot better then people were expecting.
Mainstream media won't catch on to doge until at least 2016
the knicks season is definitely the most objectively hilarious, but i hate the yankees and jets so much more
and between the yankees average age being somewhere in the mid 40s, and geno smith coming back down to earth and then subsequently crashing through the earth, there is lots to look forward to
It is, I just looked.
I dig it a lot, but your mileage may vary. If you want a better taste of the album, check out the songs Gun, Recover, and Night Sky, which are the stand outs for me, in addition to mother we share
Great mix of synths and guitar, danceable as all hell, and just plain fun
old- danny brown
cupid deluxe- blood orange
anxiety- autre ne veut
cerulean salt- waxahatchee
trouble will find me- the national
stranger than fiction- kevin gates
days are gone- haim
major arcana- speedy ortiz
I also keep listening to the song Catholic Girls by The Dangerous Summer
I haven't even listened to the whole album, but the song is really good in such a weird way for me. It's feels like an evolution of a song that I would have gone crazy for in high school, but it doesn't feel dated, at least not in a bad way. Like what I'd hope a screamo band from back then could turn into. It has an earnest and strident kind of quality that it shares Japandroids, who I've also played a butt ton of despite their latest being a 2012 release.
celeb couple of the year: T and E!!
joke of the year: ouya
that autre ne veut album is one i missed until it started appearing on a ton of year end lists, but damn is it good
it has a brief lull in its runtime when they give the dude singer lead vocals for a single song, but it's not like offensively bad
his performance just gets put into pretty harsh perspective
I dug Justified, Bob's Burgers, Homeland, Game of Thrones, Psych, New Girl and Brooklyn 99 on the tv.
Trying to think on books, I know I'v read some good ones this year. Just gotta figure out if they were released this year or not.
2014 will be the first year of the retro-meme.
Mr. T Ate My Balls will be huge.
The new mario game on Wii U was great but I only played co-op with my roommate, so I can't say that it was my favorite. It's super fun though, shame it's on such a brick dud of a console.