Joanna Newsom live @ Headliners (Louisville, KY-Nov 24th, 2006)- 9.4

Ys has to be one of the front runners for my best of 2006 albums and seeing Newsom live only heightened my admiration for her beautiful music. First off, she is now tied with Eleanor Friedberger for the number one position on my "marry on the spot list" an honor she is proud to accept. She started off with some old songs and with a smile said, "Now I would like to play you my new album." The whole album you may ask yourself? Yes. Well, kind of. She played the first four tracks if her album with her back-up band until the crowd was restless, her monitor was on the fritz, and she stood up and said, thank you....and walked out on my life. The show was simply amazing and no words can do it justice. If she happens to stroll into your city get your hands on a ticket and have your jaw drop to the floor.

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Film Review




Casino Royale- 4.3

Borat- 7.9

Stranger Than Fiction- 5.7

Babel- 5.9

The Departed- 6.2

The Prestige- 4.5

For Your Consideration- 4.8

The Last King of Scotland- 7.8

The Science of Sleep- 4.1

Half Nelson- 6.9

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Top 25 Films (5-1)






5.) Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)












4.) Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991)













3.) Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)














2.) Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)














1.) Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson, 1996)

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Top 25 Films (9-6)

9.) The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)













8.) 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)












7.) The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)














6.) Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)

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Top 25 (14-10)



14.) On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)












13.) American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)












12.) Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)











11.) Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993)













10.) A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

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Top 25 Films (19-15)





19.) Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)













18.) Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)













17.) Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)











16.) Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)











15.) High Noon (Fred Zinnemann 1952)

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TOP 25 Films (25-20)

25.) Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)








24.) Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)









23.) The Graduate (Mike Nichols,1967)













22.) Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986)













21.) Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)















20.)Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

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