As ever, all subject to change...
Best Album
James
Blake - Overgrown
These
New Puritans – Field of Reeds
Toy –
Join the Dots
Arctic
Monkeys - AM
Johnny
Marr – The Messenger (Released in 2012. I don’t care.)
Best Song
Arcade
Fire – Reflektor
Best Musical Re-discovery
Echo
and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
Best Film
But
late to it, but In Bruges
Best Book
Tyler
Hamilton – The Secret Race
Best Gig/Event
“Project Archie”. Me Rachel and others organised
kids from local schools to sing with a local band about New Mills’
reverse-Archimedes screw
Best TV Programme
Not one
but BBC4 Friday night rockumentaries in general
Best Radio Programme
I’m going for Shaun Keavney, but urge you to listen
to Jarvis Cocker, Giles Peterson and, surprisingly, Cerys Matthews.
Best Website
Spotify. Never thought I would, but I buy into the
“any album you want to play ever (except The Best of the Beatles)” idea.
Best Sporting Moment
We won the Ashes and the Tour De France, and got to
the Cup Final - and all left me a bit cold. But I didn’t realise I wanted Andy Murray to win Wimbledon as
much as I evidently did in the last game.
Revelation
The Who
– Tommy. Thought it would rock opera tosh. It’s not.
Worst Purchase / Disappointment
The film Sightseers. Shite.
Best Child-Related Thing
£1
movies on Saturday morning.
Best Lifestyle Change
Minor,
but not always doing every activity
as a complete family group.
Sort
Rachel
Riley. Imagine my disappointment when she turned out to be very average at
dancing.
Person, People or Thing You’d
Most Like to See Set Upon By a Pack of Wolves
I’m
going to re-pair Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq for this one.
The Winning Thing You’d Most
Recommend Your Fellow Judges to Own/Have/Consume/Do
Spotify/wider
6 Music DJs for broader music consumption.
Obvious first observation. No Sir D of B. I wondered about that...
ReplyDeleteIf I had a 6-10, he'd definitely be in that. But it sort of doesn't need saying either...
ReplyDeleteRelistening now on Spotify. (after a quick blast of the 12" of Labour Of Love).