My Top Ten Movies Of 1994

I'll put the ones you probably haven't see first, then give honorable mention to the obvious choices.

1. Ed Wood
2. Bitter Moon
3. 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
4. Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
5. Mrs. Parker & The Vicious Circle
6. Widow's Peak
7. White
8. The Last Seduction
9. Suture
10. Spanking The Monkey

Honorable mention: Bullets Over Broadway, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Heavenly Creatures, Serial Mom, Sirens, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, Immortal Beloved, Little Buddha

My Top Ten Movies Of 1993

I'm putting these in the order I'm most likely to still watch them.

1. Baraka
2. King Of The Hill (Soderberg)
3. Groundhog Day
4. The Piano
5. Farewell My Concubine
6. Menace II Society
7. Cabeza De Vaca
8. Leolo
9. Dead Alive
10. Fearless

Honorable mentions: Household Saints, Remains Of The Day, Shadowlands, Age Of Innocence, Secret Garden, Alive, Schindler's List, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Orlando, Naked, Un Couer En Hiver

My Top Ten Movies Of 1992

You'll notice I tend to lean toward the avant-garde and Surrealism.


1. Zentropa (re-released as Europa, Lars Von Trier)
2. Naked Lunch (Cronenberg)
3. Kafka (Soderberg)
4. Delicatessen (Juno & Caro)
5. The Player (Altman)
6. Husbands & Wives (Woody Allen)
7. Unforgiven (Eastwood)
8. Malcolm x (Spike Lee)
9. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley)
10. Bob Roberts (Tim Robbins)

Honorable mention: One False Move (Carl Franklin), Bad Lieutenant (Ferrara), Light Sleeper (Schraeder), Crying Game (Jordan), Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino), Howard's End (Merchant/Ivory), Rush (Lili Zanuck), Toto Le Heros (Dormael)

My Top 10 Movies of 1991

This month I'll be posting my favorite ten movies from every year since I started writing them down back in 1991.

1. Barton Fink
2. Silence Of The Lambs
3. The Doors
4. Impromptu
5. Dogfight
6. Bright Angel
7. Black Robe
8. Man In The Moon (not Jim Carrey)
9. The Doors
10. The Rapture

Honorable Mention: My Own Private Idaho, Slacker, Europa Europa

Best Melodic Alternative Rock 2010

Soft-Alt CD Compilation by BLANCONADA (80 mins)

1. Best Coast - When I'm With You
2. Citay - Careful With That Hat
3. Beach House - 10 Mile Stereo
4. Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss
5. Crystal Castles - Celestica
6. Papercuts - Dead Love
7. The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire
8. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies
9. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
10. Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer Of The Void
11. Girls - Laura
12. Josh Ritter - The Curse
13. Surfer Blood - Swim
14. Broken Social Scene - All To All
15. The National - So Far Around The Bend 
16. The Morning Benders - Excuses
17. Mystery Jets - Alice Springs
18. Josh Ritter - Long Shadows

Best Melodic Alternative Rock 2008

Soft-Alt CD Compilation by BLANCONADA (70 mins)

1. TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
2. Raphael Saadiq feat. Joss Stone - Just One Kiss
3. Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
4. The Ruby Suns - Adventure Tour
5. Midlake - Roscoe
6. Animal Collective - My Girls
7. Deerhunter - Never Stops
8. A Camp - Here Are Many Wild Animals
9. Darker My Love - Two Ways Out
10. Annuals - Confessor
11. Copeland - The Grey Man
12. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
13. Cut Off Your Hands - Happy As Can Be
14. The Ruby Suns - Oh, Mojave
15. Autolux - Plantlife
16. Dodos - Fools
17. Snow Patrol - Lifeboats
18. TV On The Radio - Family Tree

Interesting facts:
1. The lead singer of A Camp, Nina Persson, fronted The Cardigans ("Love Me")
2.  Jenny Lewis is the singer for Rilo Kiley.
3. The Ruby Suns & Cut Off Your Hands are both from Auckland, New Zealand.

Valentine's Day Mix: Obscure & Forgotten Retro & Indie Love Songs

Most of you will know a few of these. This compilation is men singing for women. I'll do a women singing for men mix eventually. Regardless, they sound great together and will make your sweet lady-love go all googly-eyed over you and your exquisite taste. Enjoy, playa!

1. Queen - Best Friend
2. Big Star - For You
3. Byrds - It Won't Be Wrong
4. Jesus & Mary Chain - Almost Gold
5. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
6. The Doors - Indian Summer
7. The Youngbloods - Sunlight
8. John Lennon - Love
9. Roxy Music - I'd Love To Turn You On
10. Shriekback - The Only Thing That Shines
11. Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me
12. The Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
13. The Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow
14. Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
15. Love - Orange Skies
16. Red House Painters - Summer Dress
17. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
18. Magnetic Fields - The Book Of Love