chumptastic dot orgmy annual favouritest list - 2007 edition
i know that chumptastic has pretty much lost whatever relevancy it once had, but since i’m the kind of person who enjoys making lists, i figured i would do so even if i’m the only one who ends up reading it. for the first time ever, i didn’t attend enough live shows to include a favourites list, which is kind of shocking considering i went to something like 53 only a couple years ago. anyway, on with the lists:
| favouritest albums | |
| 1. joel plaskett emergency - ashtray rock | 14. young galaxy - young galaxy |
| 2. the national - boxer | 15. jens lekman - night falls over kortedala |
| 3. miracle fortress - five roses | 16. arcade fire - neon bible |
| 4. spoon - ga ga ga ga ga | 17. wayne petti - untitled (aka city lights align) |
| 5. caribou - andorra | 18. the new pornographers - challengers |
| 6. apostle of hustle - the national anthem of nowhere | 19. kevin drew - spirit if… |
| 7. cuff the duke - sidelines of the city | 20. weakerthans - reunion tour |
| 8. menomena - friend and foe | 21. besnard lakes - are the dark horse |
| 9. radiohead - in rainbows | 22. blitzen trapper - wild mountain nation |
| 10. the acorn - glory hope mountain | 23. the superfantastics - pop-up book |
| 11. diableros - aren’t ready for the country | 24. maximo park - our earthly pleasures |
| 12. okkervil river - the stage names | 25. the shins - wincing the night away |
| 13. stars - in our bedroom after the war | |
honourable mentions:
patrick watson - close to paradise
v/a - friends in bellwoods
feist - the reminder
the memories attack - the memories attack
of montreal - hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?
handsome furs - plague park
sondre lerche - phantom punch
los campesinos! - sticking fingers into sockets
| favouritest songs | |
| 1. caribou - melody day | 14. sebastian grainger - young mothers |
| 2. joel plaskett emergency - fashionable people | 15. wayne petti - moment by moment |
| 3. the national - mistaken for strangers | 16. menomena - wet and rusting |
| 4. bry webb and casey mecija - oh! sweet nuthin’ | 17. besnard lakes - disaster |
| 5. miracle fortress - next train | 18. the memories attack - love in the time of hate |
| 6. spoon - the underdog | 19. interpol - heinrich maneuver |
| 7. radiohead - bodysnatchers | 20. blitzen trapper - devil’s a go-go |
| 8. stars - my favourite book | 21. sondre lerche - the tape |
| 9. apostle of hustle - national anthem of nowhere | 22. apples in stereo - energy |
| 10. the acorn - the flood pt. 1 | 23. the shins - turn on me |
| 11. the diableros - nothing down in hogtown | 24. patrick wolf - overture |
| 12. young galaxy - swing your heartache | 25. wooden stars - orphans |
| 13. cuff the duke - long road | |
honourable mentions:
weakerthans - civil twilight
okkervil river - a hand to take hold of the scene
julie doiron - no more
the superfantastics - the only one i c++ is u++
jens lekman - the opposite of hallelujah
the new pornographers - failsafe
handsome furs - dead + rural
camp radio - bleed the real estate girls
(edit: how did i forget pedal pusher by abdominal?)
| favouritest movies | |
| 1. le scaphandre et le papillon (the diving bell and the butterfly) | 14. margot at the wedding |
| 2. eastern promises | 15. no end in sight |
| 3. no country for old men | 16. the simpsons movie |
| 4. superbad | 17. the lives of others |
| 5. juno | 18. the tracey fragments |
| 6. knocked up | 19. hot fuzz |
| 7. rendition | 20. gone baby gone |
| 8. the darjeeling limited | 21. the passage |
| 9. the bourne ultimatum | 22. last call at the gladstone hotel |
| 10. in the valley of elah | 23. before the devil knows you’re dead |
| 11. rescue dawn | 24. atonement |
| 12. jesus camp | 25. air guitar nation |
| 13. paris je t’aime | |
honourable mentions:
american gangster
redacted
this film is not yet rated
let’s all hate toronto
