Top 10 Entertainment of the '00s (Pt. 2)

January 1, 2010

     Part 1 of the Top 10 Entertainment of the '00s was posted yesterday and featured a bit of everything. Today, Part 2 concludes the Top 10 and is about as varied as the Part 1, although it's probably a bit more predictable. Enjoy the list, and Happy New Year!

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Top 10 Entertainment of the '00s (Pt. 1)

December 31, 2009

     A year ends and lists are made. A decade ends and lists become the format by which every website publishes content for a span of three to four weeks. Most people embrace these lists, covering everything from the obvious to the completely pointless (a lot of the time, both are not mutually exclusive). We love lists, though; we love to quantify and qualify what is "the best", and lists are the result of that. It's not enough to appreciate something on its own, it must be better or worse than something else. Our brain appreciates that order. I appreciate that order quite a bit, although these lists are quite subjective and, thus, pretty much the complete opposite of order. It's an interesting paradox. So, in the spirit of the last days of this interesting decade, I've decided to list what I find to be the Top 10 Entertainment of the '00s.

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Wolford Mtn. Project

October 28, 2009

     In the summer of 2006 some close friends and I took a road trip. It was, in theory, a quintessential road trip. The plan was to head west to the coast of California and back again to the comfort of our homes where we’d revel to our friends about the adventures we’d encountered. We would hit what we decided were necessary destinations—the Rockies, the salt flats of Utah, San Francisco, Los Angeles and the Grand Canyon—with little itinerary outside of that. It was a good trip, complete with the clichéd ups and downs, twists and turns and all the melodrama one would and could expect.

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Where The Wild Things Are

September 30, 2009

     I was fortunate enough (or perhaps too willing to spend $40) to be able to see a sneak preview of Where The Wild Things Are at The Music Box on Southport here in Chicago. The event was hosted by Dave Eggers (who co-wrote the movie) and his 826 Chicago tutoring center and allowed for the audience to participate in a Q&A with Catherine Keener, Max Records, and director Spike Jonze after the screening. It was a great experience and I loved the movie. I haven't seen too many films this year, for better or worse, but I do think it's one of the best of '09. Check out my review and Q&A coverage on Chicagoist.