Recent nonsense

Blogging has been non-existent this past week, thanks to a stack of papers to grade (done) and a three-day vacation (done, alas). Let's try to catch up.

Stylus and Pitchfork has released its list of the 50 best albums of the year; I've written the New Pornographers blurb for the former.

I'll post my own list shortly; there's a couple of albums I've recently bought which I'm still assessing (Spoon, Lee Ann Womack) for Pazz & Jop purposes.

As for movies, I loved Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe, unwieldy title and all. Still on the list: Syriana (sorry, Phoebe), Brokeback Mountain.