From sarah at fingeronthepulse.org Wed Jan 3 22:17:10 2007 From: sarah at fingeronthepulse.org (Sarah Gordon) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:17:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: [fingeronthepulse] Best of 2006 Message-ID: This is somewhat haphazardly thrown together, but I feel that way every year when putting together a best-of list, so I suppose I won't let it stop me this year. Ask me again tomorrow, and the list might look totally different! Also, you may have noticed that this mailing list has been a bit quiet of late. I gave up my timeslot for "Finger On The Pulse" at the end of August and have decided to take a break from producing the show. It was a fantastic experience to work on the show for two years, but I decided I definitely needed a break. Thanks for all of your support over the years. I plan to keep this mailing list around to send out my annual best-of list. If you would like to get off this mailing list, just let me know and I'd be happy to remove you. Happy new year, Sarah Top 2006 Albums (alphabetical) Beirut - Gulag Orkestar http://www.beirutband.com/ Figurines - Skeleton http://figurines.dk/ Film School - s/t http://www.filmschoolmusic.com/ Shearwater - Palo Santo http://www.shearwatermusic.com/ Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming http://www.myspace.com/sunestrubdown Thee More Shallows - Monkey Vs. Shark http://www.theemoreshallows.com/ Under Byen - Samme Stof Som Stof http://www.underbyen.dk/ Young People - All At Once http://ilikeyoungpeople.com/ Best Album From 2005 That I Didn't Hear Until 2006 Gravenhurst - Fires In Distant Buildings http://www.gravenhurstmusic.com/ Best Live Performance (Rock) Sunset Rubdown at Bottom of the Hill, May 2006 http://www.myspace.com/sunestrubdown Best Live Performance (Classical) Adorno Ensemble at various art galleries in SF http://www.adornoensemble.org/ Best Way To Discover New Music Bagel Radio http://bagelradio.com/ Best Way To Acquire Music (in CD form) lala http://www.lala.com/ Best Way To Acquire Music (in mp3 form) eMusic http://www.emusic.com/ Top 2006 Films (alphabetical) Little Miss Sunshine http://www.foxsearchlight.com/littlemisssunshine/ Science of Sleep http://wip.warnerbros.com/scienceofsleep/ Shortbus http://www.shortbusthemovie.com/ Best Night At The Theater Miranda July's mixed-media work-in-progress "Things We Don't Understand and Definitely Are Not Going To Talk About", October 2006 at Theater Artaud http://mirandajuly.com/