#year lists

[kittyit]

all the games i beat in 2022 :)

highly recommended: spiritfarer, yakuza: like a dragon & marvel's spider-man

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Best Horror Films Of 2020

Possessor directed by Brandon Cronenberg

His House directed by Remi Weekes 

La Llorona directed by Jaryo Bustamante 

The Invisible Man by Leigh Whannel 

I’m Thinking Of Ending Things directed by Chalie Kaufman 

The Color From Outer Space directed by Richard Stanley 

Gretel & Hansel directed by Oz Perkins 

Relic directed by Natalie Erika James

Scare Me directed by Josh Ruben 

Bad Hair directed by Justin Simeon 

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Best TV Shows Of 2020 

Lovecraft Country season 1 created by Misha Green 

The Midnight Gospel season 1 created by Pendleton Ward & Duncan Trussell

Steven Universe Future season 1 created by Rebecca Sugar 

Fargo season 4 created by Noah Hawley 

Devs season 1 created by Alex Garland 

The Third Day season 1 created by Felix Barett & Dennis Kelly 

Raised By Wolves season 1 created by Aaron Guzikowski 

Gangs Of London season 1 created by Gareth Evans & Matt Flannery

I May Destroy You season 1 created by Michaela Coel 

The Queen’s Gambit season 1 created by Scott Frank & Allan Scott 

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Best Action/Adventure Films  Of 2020

Bad Boys For Life directed by Abdil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah

Project Power directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Shulman

Shadow In The Cloud by Roseanne Liang 

Love And Monsters directed by Michael Matthews 

Tenet directed by Christopher Nolan

The New Mutants directed by Josh Boone 

Wonder Woman 1984 directed by Patty Jenkins 

Underwater directed by William Eubank 

Sputnik directed by Egor Abramenko 

Greenland directed by Ric Roman Waugh 

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Best Comedy Films Of 2020

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm directed by Jason Woliner 

Bad Trip directed by Kitao Sakurai 

Palm Springs directed by Max Barbakow 

Kajillionaire directed by Mranda July 

Save Yourselves! directed by Alex Huston Fischer & Eleanor Wilson 

The Lovebirds directed by Michael Showalter 

The Wolf Of Snow Hollow directed by Jim Cummings 

Bill & Ted Face The Music directed by Dean Parisot 

Freaky directed by Christopher Landon 

An American Pickle directed by Brandon Trost 

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Best Dramatic Films Of 2020

Small Axe: Lover’s Rock directed by Steve Mcqueen 

Euphoria: Trouble Don’t Always Last directed by Sam Levinson 

One Night In Miami directed by Regina King

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom directed by George C. Wolfe 

Small Axe: Mangrove directed by Steve Mcqueen 

Small Axe: Red, White, And Blue by Steve Mcqueen 

Small Axe: Education by Steve Mqueen 

Small Axe: Alex Wheatle by Steve Mcqueen 

Da Five Bloods by Spike Lee

Tesla by Abel Ferrara 

[theglasschild]

25 Things I Learned 2015

1. Don’t put yourself into one of their categories. Labels are limiting and you are not limited: you are limitless. 2. Follow your process, but also adapt. Embrace unexpected opportunities. 3. Stand up for what you believe in and let no one take it away from you. Don’t even waste your time trying to convince them. 4. Always show up. 5. Don’t get attached to what you think you know about yourself. 6. Have less, do more. 7. If you think you can do it, you really can. Period. 8. Do it as soon as you can, the best time to start is now. 9. Every one is just as scared as you are. No one really knows how to build a life. Stop thinking you’re different. 10. Learn to live on as little as possible. The less you need, the better you will feel. 11. There is no set schedule for your life. Define your life in your way. Define success in your way. 12. Talent means nothing, it’s all will. 13. Aim to make things better instead of bigger. 14. Friends are hard to find. Take care of them when you do. 15. Become a minimalist. People only use material belongings to cover up for a poor internal life. 16. Spend time with all kinds of people, they will teach you all kinds of lessons and unravel all parts of your hidden personality. If you only spend time with like-minded people you’ll never expand your way of thinking. 17. Keep your spiritual practice and inner development to yourself. That’s also a part of the practice. 18. Learn to let go. Nothing is static. 19. Work for something that is bigger than you. 20. Eat foods from the ground. Meditate. Read. Try not to thing dark thoughts before midnight. 21. Time spent on seeking inspiration is not wasted. 22. Stay up the whole night when you feel like it. Go to bed before it’s dark and wake up while the world is still asleep, when you feel like it. To experience a place at different hours of the day is like experience two different places. 23. Be an idol and you will get followers. Be yourself and you will get friends. 24. Don’t try to fix people. Instead inspire them to fix themselves. 25. Your only task is to live.

– Charlotte Eriksson

[youthcamprecords-blog]

2013 album of the year

This year has been incredibly good for new music, in my opinion. Some times these top 10 lists are hard to assemble, but this year it has because it has had to come down from around 18 records! This is just compiled of the classic interpretation of an album. 10+ & at least on one 12". 1. ONSIND - Anaesthesiology Easily number one. Probably number one for my favourite album this decade. Fantastic and inspiring lyrics, song writing & stories. And so much more. Download this record here at whatever price you would like: http://onsind.bandcamp.com/album/anaesthesiology 2. Paramore - Paramore The evolution of this band has blown me away. Forever growing, in every way you would like a band to do so. Still keeping hold of aspects of themselves but constant progress. I am convinced Hayley's career will go the way of Gwen Stefani, and I couldn't be more excited to see it unfold! The band isn't just Hayley, but whereas musically there is a lot of different influences & sounds pushed, Hayley really has found herself both lyrically and vocally. Read this great interview with her; http://m.rollingstone.com/music/news/paramores-hayley-williams-talks-slaying-sexism-her-oddest-tour-rider-20131011 3. NONA - Through The Head NONA have been a band for nearly 3 years now, but truly I believe this record was really the start of them. A new line up and most definitely a new sound. Out goes the pop punk and in came a huge wall of sound influenced by Smashing Pumkins, Superchunk, etc. But with the energy & speed of the punk bands that you could hear in the sound they seem to be shedding. I was never the biggest fan of this mix, I just didn't think it was powerful enough, and this record is being remixed and mastered and rereleased on 6131 records in the new year! Fall in love with this record and nerd out to some of these lyrics with me! "SAY SOMETHING NICE TO ME, ILL CALL IT A VICTORY!" http://nonawc.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-head-2 4. Hookworms - Pearl Mystic I have no idea what this sounds like. Maybe it doesn't sound like anything else, or maybe it's just so far away from my musical sphere. All I know is that this is amazing! Perfect to listen to on dark commutes home. Brilliant band, that do it all on their own terms, which is great to see! http://gringorecords.bandcamp.com/album/pearl-mystic 5. Arctic Monkeys - AM I havent actively listened to anything that AM have released since their first record. I believe this is their fourth. It was recommended so highly I went out and bought it, and it is brilliant. So much swag, so simple but just ideal. The production is brilliant. The music is so bluesy, so riffy but at the same time I think its so hip hop. I can't get over this record! 6. Jungbluth - Partache This is the only "heavy" record that has held my attention span this year. One of the heaviest bass sounds I have ever heard! I was lucky enough to see them at CMAR & in London, but wasn't overlly blown away, but on record this is so powerful! Some very melodic parts that just push the darker parts. The artwork and record art is brilliant also! http://jungbluth.bandcamp.com 7. Los Campesinos - NO BLUES This will almost undoubtedly be the record I put in then realise it was too low within the first month of the next year. Los Campesinos have really pushed themselves for this record. A lot more electronic than ever before, but still the Los Camp that you'll know and love. Seems to have pushed against Hello Sadness' moody ballads and gone full on pop a lot more. I can't wait to fall for this record even more, with more listens. http://m.soundcloud.com/los-campesinos 8. RVIVR - The Beauty Inbetween This is the first RVIVR record I have ever listened to all the way through, and it was on recommendation from a lot of friends. This is a very bold record to have made, and I think it's all the greater for it. It sounds frustrated & angsty but at the same time it is so beautiful. So many melodies, from the vocals to those little guitar licks and they just work so so well! http://www.rumbletowne.com/rtr/rtr-releases/RTR017 9. T-Shirt Weather - Having A Bad Time Upon first listen I think this record can be quite abrasive & agitating, but once you get past the recording levels you'll realise just how great these songs are. So many subtletys that you can pick up on with listen after listen, and some great listen. I think people can be lazy with their descriptions of this band, I never see people write about the pop punk sensibilities of The Undertones & The Only Ones but that's where I think you can find the FFO:'s for this band. Take note of this band, have a listen. http://tshirtweather.bandcamp.com/album/having-a-bad-time 10. Tegan & Sara - Hearthrob What's not to like? Brilliant synth pop. It doesn't come off on every song on this record but when it does (it does more than it doesn't) it really is great! A lot of these records are by in dependant artists & put out by independent record labels. Support them!