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What was your best of 2009?

videogame?
movie?
song?
album?
musician?
restaurant?
book?
gadget?
experience?
sex?

whatever....

What was your best of 2009?

Videogame: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - just incredible!!!! Right up there next to it is World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King's new patch Ice Crown Citadel. They really improved the game to do more of what you like doing like 5 man groups and raids.

Movie: I haven't seen Avatar yet, but what I suspect is that it is the best of 2009.

TV Show: Dollhouse, it really got dark and just incredible. Shame they didn't allow for this to flesh out earlier in the first season.

Music: Kate Perry, I just find myself toe tapping when I hear her music on the radio.

Gadget: I don't know if this is really a gadget, but Verizon FIOS has just been incredible. I'm getting stupid upload and download speeds.... just incredible to upload a 1Gb file in under 10 minutes.

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World's King

videogame? Don't play.

movie? "In Bruges"

song? "DOA (Death of Auto-Tune)"

album? Jay-Z Blueprint 3

musician? Jay-Z

restaurant? Bones

book? I don't read enough.

gadget? I'm sorry for saying this... Blackberry.

experience? I didn't do much.

sex? All of it.

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SecretMethod70

Videogame: I didn't really game much in 2009. Plants vs. Zombies wins by default.

Restaurant: XOCO. Not only because it's very good, but also because it's the only interesting restaurant I remember going to in 2009

Movie: Moon (Honorable Mention: The Hurt Locker)

TV Show: Dexter (Honorable Mention: the last season of Battlestar Galactica)

Song:

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loneviolist

videogame: The Sims 2, because I only really discovered the extent to which I can mod it this year.
movie... That's a hard one, didn't see many at the cinema. Probably an old favourite like Amelie.
song: Cohen's Masterpiece from the Bioshock soundtrack by Garry Schyman.
album: Who Killed Amanda Palmer.
musician: Probably my ex, because he dragged me into public playing like no one has before.
restaurant: Wahaca in Convent Garden. Silly, but their Beef Salpicon is to die for.
book: Oooh, don't know. Possibly E2 or The Glass Book of the Dream Eaters
gadget: lolwut?


Going to pick up pizza from the kebab house next door now

redsneaker

movie: It's Complicated. I laughed the entire movie. It was hilarious on so many levels for me - and just what I needed.
song: Empire State of Mind was one of the top, but not sure I'd say it was the best, but definitely up there.

restaurant: Buckhead Diner - always a favorite.

book: I actually read quite a few books this year, but none stand out as the best of...

experience: Christmas this year was a nice change.

Strange Famous

videogame?

The only game Ive played all year- Football Manager 2010

movie?

Because I dont see that many movies,and its recent in my mind cos I saw it Boxing Day-David Tennant's Hamlet. I thought he really captured the "edge of madness" thing

song?

Has to be Killing in the Name Of -RATM. I know its just mirror branding and all, but I just have this image of Simon Cowell turning on the radio at 6 PM on the Sunday to see if he's number 1, and the look on his face as those first cords crash like petrol bombs in the middle distance...

I know its a fantasy but still...

To give a song that actually came out this year - Brick Boring Brick-Paramore

album?

Only Revolutions - Biffy Clyro

musician?

Taylor Swift!!!

restaurant?

Um, I ate a quite nice joint in Birmingham a couple months ago?

book?

I have no choice but to pick a book I READ in 2009.

I was Dora Suarez - Derek Raymond

A brutal punch in the guts of a book.

gadget?

I aint much of a gadget man.

experience?

no comment on that

sex?

as above

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SecretMethod70

Thanks for reminding me to find a download of this! Seeing that production live in Stratford-upon-Avon would certainly qualify as a favorite experience of 2008, but that year has already passed

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Le temps détruit tout

"Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

Strange Famous

Its probably on I Player

and it is!

2GB download though!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pk71s/Hamlet/

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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."

The Gospel of Thomas

SecretMethod70

Unfortunately, iPlayer is restricted to the UK only. Thankfully there are sites like TheBox.bz and UKNova

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"Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

Strange Famous

Ah,ok.

I'd dl it for you, but I dont know how I could send a 2 GB file.

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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."

The Gospel of Thomas