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3.1.04

Best of 2003

I have decided to join the many others who complile a list of the best of the last year. But unlike many, I decided to wait until the year was over, just incase something good made it in the final minutes of last years shot clock. So I present to you my list of the five best of 2003 in the following catagories:

CDs - Released and Purchased in 2003

1. Bill Mallonee - Perfumed Letter
2. Over The Rhine - Ohio
3. Train - My Private Nation
4. The Thorns - The Thorns
5. Sting - Sacred Love

CDs - Purchased in 2003, but not released in 2003

1. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
2. Bill Mallonee - Locket Full Of Moonlight
3. Will Kimbrough - Home Away
4. David Wilcox - Underneath
5. Martyn Joseph - Don't Talk About Love

Concerts:
1. Bill Mallonee/Will Kimbrough
2. Coldplay
3. Buddy Miller/ Bill Mallonee
4. King's X - although the opening band (a Swiss AC/DC cover band) was a bit of a let down.
5. (tie) Klonakilty - A local Irish band, but worth catching a show if you can. Their CD almost made my top list.
5. (tie) Travis - You have to love an open air concert (yet not free), that you can see without having to pay.

Movies: Viewed in the Theater

1. Lord of the Rings - All three back to back
2. Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
3. Anger Management
4. Phone Booth
5. Master And Commander

Movies: Viewed on DVD for the first time in 2003

1. Daddy Day Care
2. The Big Kahuna
3. Signs
4. A Mighty Wind
5. Count of Monte Cristo

Books:
1. Celebration of Discipline - Richard Foster
2. The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
4. Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
5. Saint Ben - John Fischer

Plays:
1. Arsnic and Old Lace - starring Michael Richards (aka Krammer or Stanley Spadowski)

Well, that is all for now.

Currently listening to: Lifehouse - No Name Face

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