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It's that time of the year. Anyone else got a list of their favourite things from 2017? Here's mine.
Best album - Beck's Colors (from 2017); Donny Hathaway Live (from any year). Best track - Over Everything by Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile. Best TV comedy - Detectorists. Best TV drama - Ozark. Best film - Dunkirk. Best novel - Mend The Living by Maylis de Kerangal. (just ahead of I Hate The Internet by Jarek Kobek). Best non-fiction - A Very English Scandal by John Preston. Best concert - LCD Soundystem at Ally Pally. Best theatre - Network at National Theatre.
Best album - Can't do one - Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology, Endless Boogie - Vibe Killer, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - The French Press. Best track - Hungry Ghost by Hurray for the Riff Raff (incidentally I really dislike that Courtney and Kurt album) Best TV comedy - Detectorists. Best TV drama - Better Call Saul or Mr Robot Best film - Bladerunner 2049 Best novel - Not written this year, but read by me, Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Best non-fiction - Not read any. Best concert - Green Man Festival. Best theatre - I'm not cultured enough for this.
The Hurray for the Riff Raff tune really is VERY good.
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I was born underwater, I dried out in the sun.
I started humping volcanoes baby, when I was too young.
Best Album - Chloe- Endless Revisions Bicep - Bicep Blawan - Nutrition Daphni - Joli Mai Maya Jane Coles - Take Flight Dego & Kaidi - A So We Gwarn Four Tet - New Energy
Best DJ Compilations - John Digweed @ Brooklyn Oliver Shurlle Nu Breed series
Best Track - Ben Rau - Work Hard
Best TV Comedy - People Just Do Nothing
Best TV Drama - Taboo
Best Film - Dunkirk
Best Concert- LCD Soundsystem @ Ally Pally
Best DJ Sets - Steve Bug @ Back to Basics
Sasha & Digweed @ Manchester Warehouse Project
Best novel - I tend to lag a couple of years behind with novels but read Marilynne Robinsons final book of the Gilead trilogy Lila which was wonderful. I also discovered the poets Michael Symonds Roberts and Tomas Transtromer.
Best Non Fiction - Road of Bones by Fergal Keane
Best Documentary - Vietnam
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Bests of the year on 18:14 - Dec 20 by brogansnose
Best Album - Chloe- Endless Revisions Bicep - Bicep Blawan - Nutrition Daphni - Joli Mai Maya Jane Coles - Take Flight Dego & Kaidi - A So We Gwarn Four Tet - New Energy
Best DJ Compilations - John Digweed @ Brooklyn Oliver Shurlle Nu Breed series
Best Track - Ben Rau - Work Hard
Best TV Comedy - People Just Do Nothing
Best TV Drama - Taboo
Best Film - Dunkirk
Best Concert- LCD Soundsystem @ Ally Pally
Best DJ Sets - Steve Bug @ Back to Basics
Sasha & Digweed @ Manchester Warehouse Project
Best novel - I tend to lag a couple of years behind with novels but read Marilynne Robinsons final book of the Gilead trilogy Lila which was wonderful. I also discovered the poets Michael Symonds Roberts and Tomas Transtromer.
Best Non Fiction - Road of Bones by Fergal Keane
Best Documentary - Vietnam
Oh, that Vietnam doc was heavy wasn't it?
Also, for best DJ set, you should probably have listed one of my radio shows!
I was born underwater, I dried out in the sun.
I started humping volcanoes baby, when I was too young.