End of the year lists. I’m striking early this year because I have to and because I don’t see much changing the list in the next month. A few comments before you read on: movies sucked this year, making this list made me realize there was a ton of great music, a bunch of hot singles were missed because I didn’t do a singles list.

MOVIES

1. The Royal Tennenbaums*
2. Ginger Snaps
3. Shrek
4. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
5. Monsters Inc.
6. Ghost World
7. Startup.com
8. Legally Blonde
9. Zoolander
10. Memento

*preemptive yes, but i have unending faith in Wes Anderson.

MUSIC-

1. Ash - Free All Angels**
2. Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
3. Call and Response - Nightflight
4. Pernice Bros. - The World Won’t End
5. Sloan - Pretty Together
6. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
7. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci - How I Long to Feel That Summer in My Heart
8. Faint - Danse Macabre
9. Ben Folds - Rockin the Suburbs
10. Beta Band - Hot Shots II
11. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World**
12. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
13. Wilco - Foxtrot Hotel
14. Bran Van 3000 - Discosis
15. Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album

**just in europe for now, sorry.

GAME CONSOLES-

1. Sony Playstation 2
2. Nintendo Gamecube
3. Sega Dreamcast*
4. Microsoft Xbox

*out of production, but still better than Micro$uck.