wongie's top 10 albums of the year (at least for me)

top 10 albums of the year
1. sufjan stevens - illinoise
2. m.i.a. - arular
3. madonna - confessions on a dancefloor
4. clap your hands say yeah - clap your hands say yeah
5. james blunt - back to bedlam
6. mariah carey - the emancipation of mimi
7. david gray - life in slow motion
8. antony and the johnsons - i am a bird now
9. the magic numbers - the magic numbers
10. lcd soundsystem - lcd soundsystem

honorable mentions
11. kanye west - late registration
12. bloc party - silent alarm
13. josh rouse - nashville
14. beck - guero
15. feist - let it die
16. kt tunstall - eye to the telescope
17. nickel creek - why should the fire die
18. brendon benson - the alternative to love
19. kaiser chiefs - employment
20. brazilian girls - brazilian girls

wongie's top 10 movies of 2005 (that i've seen)

1. brokeback mountain
2. walk the line
3. the three burials of melquiades estrada
4. the history of violence
5. serenity
6. l'enfant
7. king kong
8. crash
9. sympathy for lady vengeance
10. the constant gardener

honorary mention
11. hostel
12. wolf creek
13. batman returns
14. three times
15. in her shoes
16. the 40 year old virgin
17. sin city
18. hustle & flow
19. the wedding crashers
20. cache (hidden)

of course, i never got around to seeing movies like capote, squid & the whale, goodnight and goodluck and munich. but i'm pretty happy with my final list.
so there you go, my top 10 movies of the year. compare, discuss and definitely go check them out when you can.

2006 buzz: robin thicke

robin past (long hair) vs present (sweltering hearthrob)
yummy indeed!


who'd believe that the son of 80's actor alan thicke would turn out to be such a hunk of r&b coolness? after releasing his debut album a beautiful world back in 2003 to much fanfare but little sales returns, robin thicke was probably going to be regulated to non-hit critical wonder bin.

luckily pharrell (of the neptunes) was looking for a male vocalist to bring over to his star trek imprint and decided to repackage robin for the masses.

1st thing to go was the jesus hair (thank goodness), but what remained is robin's gorgeous voice that deserves to be heard through his r&b meets rock meets funk stylings.

keep an eye out for his upcoming album the evolution of robin thicke sometime in feb. until then give a few highlights of his album a listen (and while you're there check out 'wanna love u girl' as it's my fave single of the week).