Farewell to a Decade

As an end to the first decade of the 2000s, I thought I would take a look at music, movies, and things I never want to hear about again from this past decade.

First: The Best Albums of this Decade (It was a good decade)
1. Kid A by Radiohead
2. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
3. Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie
4. The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
5. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
6. Castaways and Cutouts by The Decemberists
7. The Lemon of Pink by The Books
8. Ágaetis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
9. The Dusty Foot Philosopher by k’naan
10. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
and honorable mentions:
· Silent Shout by The Knife
· White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
· Discovery by Daft Punk
· Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins
· In Rainbows by Radiohead
· Drum’s Not Dead by Liars
· Give Up by The Postal Service
· Joyful Rebellion by k-os
· Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay
· Visiter by The Dodos
· Writer’s Block by Peter Bjorn and John
· By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Now, the best movies of the decade
1. Amélie
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Garden State
5. Pan’s Labyrinth
6. Donnie Darko
7. 28 Days Later
8. Half Nelson
9. Coffee & Cigarettes
10. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
and honorable mentions
· Inglourious Basterds
· Children of Men
· Slumdog Millionaire
· Big Fish

Finally, things from this decade I never want to hear about again (a very incomplete list)
· Jennifer Lopez
· Twitter
· Disney musicians- Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, Hillary Duff, et. al
· Dick Cheney
· Bad musicians- Taylor Swift, especially the Black Eyed Peas
· American Idol and Ryan Seacrest and all the musicians they spawned
· Microsoft Zune

I hope this coming decade is as good to us in music and film as the previous. Radiohead's still kicking out the jams, so I imagine it will be.

peter.