Best Of 2011: Danny R. Phillips

Published on December 21st, 2011 in: Best Of Lists, Books, DVD, Movies, Music, TV |

In terms of entertainment, 2011 has been kind of slow for me. Electronic acts, dubstep, and boring indie bands named after animals or things you have no hope of pronouncing in the correct way, have been a plague on the music scene like the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918. OK, that may be a bit exaggerated but you get the idea.

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There have been, however, some things in music, movies, and the written word that have gotten my attention in 2011. Here’s my list of both new and old gems I’ve discovered and revisited in the past year. I hope you find my list enjoyable and informative. If not, better luck next year.

Music

Foo Fighters, Wasting Light (reviewed here)
The Black Keys, El Camino
Radkey, Irrationally Yours EP
Peggy Sue, Acrobats
Matthew Sweet, Modern Art
Nirvana, Nevermind 20th Anniversary Edition
Radio Moscow, The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz
Arctic Monkeys, Suck It and See
Pistol Annies, S/T
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, S/T
Fugazi, Repeater
Fishbone, Crazy Glue EP
Husker Du, Flip Your Wig
The Jayhawks, Tomorrow The Green Grass (re-issue)

bob mould see a little light

Books

Bob Mould, See A Little Light
David Meyer, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Story of Gram Parsons
Alan Moore/Kevin O’Neill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 1 and 2
Hunter S. Thompson, Songs of The Doomed
George Orwell, Animal Farm
Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller, Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
Nick Hornby, Juliet Naked
Augusten Burroughs, You Better Not Cry: Stories For Christmas
David Bret, Trailblazers: The Tragic Lives of Gram Parsons, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley
Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Nick Hornby, Slam
Mike Evans, The Beats
Jack Kerouac, Lonesome Traveler

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TV/Movies/DVD

Metal Evolution
The New Girl
Spectacle: Elvis Costello with . . . Season Two DVD (reviewed here.)
The Walking Dead
Raising Hope
Modern Family
House, M.D.
American Pickers
Hoarders
Brad Meltzer’s Decoded
Pearl Jam Twenty
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, A Film by James Moll
The Rum Diary
The Adjustment Bureau
The Fighter
The Runaways
Watchmen: Tales of The Black Freighter
Batman: Year One DVD
Portlandia, Season One DVD (reviewed here.)

2 Responses to “Best Of 2011: Danny R. Phillips”


  1. Travis Boley:
    December 21st, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Was the absence of Wilco’s “The Whole Love” just an accidental oversight? Your list was heavy on re-issues. Surely there is room for an album that was released for the first time in 2011.

  2. Danny R. Phillips:
    December 21st, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    I did include albums that were released in 2011 for the first time. Matthew Sweet’s “Modern Art” the foos, Peggy Sue, etc. As I do like Wilco, I just wasn’t as grasped by “The Whole Love” like I was there previous albums. Again, this is just my opinion. I’ll give “Love” another listen and see if I have a change of heart.







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