Best Movies/Music of 2012
 

TWELVE BEST MOVIES OF 2012
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/johnde...movies_of_2012

1. UNFORGIVABLE (Andre Techine)
2. SACRIFICE (Chen Kaige)
3. THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Terence Davies)
4. DARK HORSE (Todd Solondz)
5. DETENTION (Joseph Kahn)
6. THE SKINNY (Patrik-Ian Polk)
7. DAMSELS IN DISTRESS (Whit Stillman)
8. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax)
9. TAKEN 2 (Olivier Megaton)
10. THE LADY (Luc Besson)
11. FLOWERS OF WAR (Zhang Yimou)
12. LES MISERABLES (Tom Hooper)

TWELVE BEST ALBUMS OF 2012
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/johnde...lbums_of_2012/

1. SING THE DELTA, Iris DeMent
2. ELYSIUM, Pet Shop Boys
3. WORDS AND MUSIC BY SAINT ETIENNE, Saint Etienne
4. A JOYFUL NOISE, Gossip
5. THE ORIGIN OF LOVE, Mika
6. PRISMOPHONIC, Christophe Willem
7. MAKE ME BELIEVE IN HOPE, Bright Light Bright Light
8. CRUEL SUMMER, G.O.O.D. Music
9. WRITE ME BACK, R. Kelly
10. SOME NIGHTS, fun.
11. SILVER NIGHTS, Donkeyboy
12. MAKE A SCENE, Sophie Ellis-Bextor

TWELVE BEST SINGLES OF 2012
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/johnde...ngles_of_2012/

1. GO ON AHEAD AND GO HOME, Iris DeMent
2. L'AMOUR ME GANGE, Christophe Willem
3. TONIGHT (EXTENDED VERSION), Saint Etienne
4. LEAVING (BELIEVE IN PSB REMIX), Pet Shop Boys
5. WINNER, Pet Shop Boys
6. YOU BRING ME JOY, Amelia Lily
7. PERFECT WORLD, Gossip
8. SEA OF STARS, Eli and Fur
9. SIGN IN, DREAM ON, DROP OUT!, Poppy and the Jezebels
10. SHARE MY LOVE, R. Kelly
11. CELEBRATE, Mika
12. WAITING FOR THE FEELING (12" CLUB MIX), Bright Light Bright Light

CityArts Year-End Review of Pop Music

The Year In Pop Music by Armond White

Top Ten EPs of 2012 by Ben Kessler

Desire and the Tracksby John Demetry

I got to put a zero for new music and movies for 2012.I cant include Stevie's IYD screening because it does not count.

My musical tastes are *fairly* mainstream, but yet unknown to most radio-listening Americans.

My favorite albums of 2012 include:

Pacifica - The Presets
Moving Up Living Down - Eric Hutchinson
Comedians - Honeycut
Little Spark - Jessie Baylin
The 2nd Law - Muse
What We Saw From The Cheap Seats - Regina Spektor

I had huge hopes for Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel..., but found it largely bizarre and slightly unsettling.

As far as movies...meh, I'm not much of a movie guy. Cloud Atlas looks interesting, but I've not yet seen it. Themes of reincarnation fascinate me.

Most of my favorite singles are top-40 fodder.

Interesting theme to which to be attracted. I recommend very highly On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Vincente Minnelli, 1970), Made in Heaven (Alan Rudolph, 1987) and Little Buddha (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1994) which deal with the subject of reincarnation.

Thank for the recommendations; I'll see what I can find on Netflix. My favorite reincarnation movie is one I saw as a child, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud.

Reincarnation of Peter Proud, which I have not seen, is a remake of an Indian movie called: Madhumati.

Might be worth checking out; it is available on Netflix. A friend of mine from India says it is "beautiful."

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If Starlight had been released as a proper single, it would have been my #1 single of the year easily. Richard X!!