Joel's Top Five

Top 5 2006

No fancy pictures from me; this is just a bare-bones top 5.

Album of the Year:
Phoenix -- It’s Never Been Like That

Top 5 Albums of the Year:
1) Phoenix -- It’s Never Been Like That
2) Hot Chip – The Warning
3) Joanna Newsom – Ys
4) Fiery Furnaces – Bitter Tea
5) Elvis Costello – My Flame Burns Blue

Honorable Mention:
NOMO – New Tones;
Yo La Tengo – I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass
Regina Spektor – Begin to Hope (can’t decide whether it should be a guilty pleasure…);
Thom Yorke – Eraser;

Song of the Year:
Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland.

Artist/Band of the Year:
I'll take "Artist" to be open to any media: Lennart Nilsson

Lennart Nilsson's book Life is truly one of the most impressive collections of photographic works that I have ever seen.

Worst Album of the Year:
Ron Artest – My World. (listen to the song Haterz)

Guilty Pleasure of the Year (song, artist, or album):
Justin Timberlake

Movie of the Year:
The Departed

Top 5 Movies of the Year:
1) The Departed
2) Life in the Undergrowth (DVD release date May 2, 2006)
3) Borat
4) Brick
5) Thank You for Smoking

Honorable Mention:
Jackass 2; Ricky Bobby

Actor of the Year:
Sacha Cohen - Borat
Jet Li - Fearless

Actress of the Year:
Pamela Anderson – Borat

Worst Movie of the Year:
The Illusionist

TV Show of the Year:
World Cup

Top 5 TV Shows of the Year:
1) World Cup
2) Arrested Development
3) Daily Show
4) Dog Bites Man
5) South Park X

Top DVD Pick-up of the Year:
N/A

Guilty Pleasure of the Year (TV or movie):
Nature shows on PBSdigital. (I don’t feel guilty).

Top 5 Internet Videos
1. SNL Shorts:
It’s my dick in a box (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1dmVU08zVpA)
Natalie Portman Rap (http://youtube.com/watch?v=TKgGfsf3eZ8)

2. Muppet Promiscuous (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fxafl6-WQwo)
3. Little Superstar (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gx-NLPH8JeM)
4. Allen The Answer Iverson: "Practice" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI)
5. Amazing Liquid (http://youtube.com/watch?v=nq3ZjY0Uf-g)

honorable mention:
AZ coach after tough loss to the Bears (http://youtube.com/watch?v=LBOCE3eue3Y)
I need no drugs (http://youtube.com/watch?v=X6eBBTXjfUM)

A personal favorite that no one else will like:
Med students’ answer to JT’s Sexyback (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ojjUGE2BH_E)

Non-qualifying videos that I think I saw for the first time this year
Touch of Gold (http://youtube.com/watch?v=lsO6D1rwrKc)