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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Best of 2009

Josef’s Best of 2009 Lists

Music worth the effort:

• Chris Smither – Time Stands Still
• Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
• Rosanne Cash – The List
• Rickie Lee Jones – Balm in Gilead
• Next To Normal – Original Broadway Cast Recording
• Bruce Springsteen – Working On a Dream
• Muse – The Resistance
• Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
• Bruce Cockburn – Slice of Life (Live Solo)
• Sondre Lerche – Heartbeat Radio

Television's better moments:

• Glee
• Mad Men
• Retro Night (KOFY TV 20) & Outta Sight Retro Night (WGN America)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• PBS Newshour
• Tony Awards
• The Good Wife
• Rachel Maddow Show
• Brothers and Sisters
• Big Bang Theory
• 30 Rock
• Community

Films to see:
  • Rudo y Cursi
  • The Brothers Bloom
  • Coco Before Chanel
  • This Is It
  • Brothers