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Mike Tully's Picks of the Year 2003

TOP 10 FILMS:
1) "In This World" (Michael Winterbottom)
2) "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (Peter Jackson)
3) "Elephant"/"Gerry" (Gus Van Sant)
4) "Raising Victor Vargas" (Peter Sollett)
5) "Spellbound" (Jeffrey Blitz)
6) "The Fog of War" (Errol Morris)
7) "All the Real Girls" (David Gordon Green)
8) "The Real Cancun" (Rick de Oliveira)
9) "Friday Night" (Claire Denis)
10) "My Architect" (Nathaniel Kahn)

Honorable Mention: "Capturing the Friedmans," "In My Skin," "Lost in Translation," "The Station Agent," "Love and Diane," "To Be and To Have," "School of Rock," "Cold Mountain," "City of God," "Old School," "Stevie," "Mondays in the Sun," "Step Into Liquid," "American Splendor," "Bus 174," "Pieces of April," "Elf," "Out of Time," "The Italian Job".

Didn't See That I Wish I Had: "The Son," "Lost in La Mancha," "Spider," "Laurel Canyon," "Sweet Sixteen," "Dirty Pretty Things," "The Magdalene Sisters," "Shattered Glass," "21 Grams," "In America," "My Flesh and Blood," "Rivers and Tides," "Stone Reader".

TOP 10 ALBUMS:
1) The Oranges Band "All Around"
2) Viktor Vaughn "Vaudeville Villain"
3) Rufus Wainwright "Want One"
4) The Darkness "Permission to Land"
5) The Wrens "The Meadowlands"
6) My Morning Jacket "It Still Moves"
7) Cat Power "You Are Free"
8) The Strokes "Room on Fire"
9) King Geedorah "Take Me To Your Leader"
10) Jay-Z "The Black Album"

Honorable Mention: Aesop Rock "Bazooka Tooth"; Bonnie Prince Billy "Master and Everyone"; Bubba Sparxxx "Deliverance"; Gorky's Zygotic Mynci "Sleep: Holiday"; Grandaddy "Sumday"; Hieroglyphics "Full Circle"; Missy Elliott "This Is Not A Test!"; The Majesticons "Beauty Party"; Nada Surf "Let Go"; Obie Trice "Cheers"; Outkast "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below"; Thursday "War All the Time"; Various Artists "All The Real Girls: Soundtrack"

TOP 10 SINGLES:
1) Outkast "Hey Ya!"
2) The Darkness "Get Your Hands Off My Woman"
3) R. Kelly "Ignition (Remix)"
4) The Oranges Band "OK Apartment"
5) 50 Cent "In Da Club"
6) Nada Surf "Inside of Love"
7) The Strokes "Automatic Stop"
8) The Thrills "Big Sur"
9) The Shins "Saint Simon"
10) Rufus Wainwright "Oh, What a World"

MISCELLANEOUS BESTS OF THE YEAR:
Richard Yates - "Revolutionary Road," "The Collected Stories of Richard Yates" (The greatest writer EVER.)
Townes Van Zandt - "Live at the Old Quarter," "The Nashville Sessions"
The Darkness - Bowery Ballroom 9/18, Irving Plaza 11/18
"The Singing Detective" (Original BBC Series)
Jhumpa Lahiri - "The Namesake"
Neil Young - "On the Beach" (Reissue)
Teenage Fanclub - "Four Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty-Six Seconds"
Game 7, Red Sox vs. Yankees (Nice Guy Eddie's, Lower East Side; Even though the fucking Yankees won, this was still an exhilarating experience.)

MOMENT OF THE YEAR:

Drew Nicholas hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer to beat UNC-Wilmington in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Go Terps!!!


[Ed. - I have to admit the last one reminded me of my favorite photo of all time. If we could track this girl down we would treat her to a weekend in NYC, all alcohol and legal expenses paid.]


April 1, 2002. College Park, MD after the Terrapins beat the Hoosiers in the NCAA Championship.
Maryland 64, Indiana 52, Prince George's County Cops 1



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