Favorites 2007

I've added a few new categories this year, perhaps in an attempt to compensate for the significant drop in the number of new books read. I blame the new job I took in April.

New Books
1. The Rest is Noise, Alex Ross
2. Quiver of Arrows: Selected Poems, Carl Phillips
3. Falling Man, Don DeLillo
4. Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris

Other Books
1. JR, William Gaddis
2. On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin
3. The Emperor's Children, Claire Messud
4. The Broken Estate, James Wood
5. Collapse, Jared Diamond
6. The Courtier & the Heretic, Matthew Stewart
7. The Emperor of Wine, Elin McCoy
8. Doubt: A History, Jennifer MIchael Hecht
9. The Battle for God, Karen Armstrong
10. Garden, Ashes, Danilo Kis

New Movies
1. Juno
2. The Lives of Others
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. No Country for Old Men
5. 2 Days in Paris
6. No End in Sight
7. The Bourne Ultimatum

Other Movies
1. Infamous
2. Little Children
3. Blades of Glory
4. Blood Diamond
5. Babel
6. Fracture
7. Fitzcarraldo
8. Talladega Nights
9. Ocean's 13

New Records
1. Radiohead, In Rainbows
2. Wilco, Sky Blue Sky
3. Iron & Wine, The Shepherd's Dog
4. Kanye West, Graduation

Other Records
01. Midlake, The Trials of Van Occupanther
02. Bjork, Vespertine Live
03. Grizzly Bear, Yellow House
04. The Decemberists, Castaways & Cutouts
05. Richard Strauss, Four Last Songs (Karajan, Berlin Phil Orch)
06. Jay Z, The Black Album
07. Lupe Fiasco, Food & Liquor
08. Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
09. Pedro the Lion, Achilles' Heel
10. Nielsen, String Quartets Vol. 1 (Young Danish String Quartet)
11. Pedro the Lion, Winners Never Quit
12. Kanye West, Graduation
13. Mogwai, Zidane: A 20th-Century Portrait
14. Leon Fleisher, Two Hands
15. Stars of the Lid, And Their Refinement of the Decline

TV
1. "The Wire," Season 4
2. "30 Rock"

Technology/Software (alpha list)
Basecamp
Box
Highrise
Last.fm 
Snooth (so far smoother than Cork'd)
Squarespace
Things

Podcasts (alpha list)
The Campaign Trail
Ethical Society of St. Louis
MacCast
On the Media
Music Popcast
Point of Inquiry
Shields & Brooks
The Diane Rehm Show: Friday News Round-Up
The Treatment
Washington Week

Blogs (alpha list)
3quarksdaily
Brand New
Clusterflock
Conversational Reading
Daring Fireball
The Daily Dish
Kottke
Jetson Green
The Millions
The Rest is Noise
Signal vs. Noise
Webware

Wines
1. Domaine de la Charbonniére Vacqueyras, 2003
2. Peterson Cabernet Sauvignon Bradford Mountain Vineyard, 2002
3. Oriel Hugo Zinfandel, 2004
4. Napa Cellars Merlot, 2005
5. Hahn Syrah, 2005
6. Rutherford Hill Merlot, 2003
7. Henry's Drive Pillar Box Red, 2004
8. Burley Fox Shiraz, 2006