Top 5: Josh's 2005 Edition

I've been wanting to get back to our Thursday Top 5 lists since we had to rebuild the site last month. Today I will declare these to be the last of my end-of-year summaries. These are all my opinions (although I think Jay may agree on a few). Feel free to pitch in in the comments sections. That's what this is all about folks! Bring on 2006!

ALBUMS
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CONCERTS
1. Iron & Wine & Calexico w. Sufjan Stevens, Salvador Duran & Ebony Hillbillies at Webster Hall
2. The Decemberists with Sons & Daughters at Webster Hall
3. The National with Palomar at The Mercury Lounge
4. SLINT at Irving Plaza
5. Alaska and Ash at the Bowery Ballroom

MUSIC BLOGS (the most informative, readable and unpretentious)
1. Aquarium Drunkard
2. Muzzle of Bees
3. Chromewaves
4. So Much Silence
5. Copy, Right

FILMS

1. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2. Sin City
3. (tie) The 40 Year Old Virgin/ Wedding Crashers
4. The Squid & the Whale
5. Walk the Line

TV SHOWS

1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Arrested Deveopment
3. Deadwood
4. Lost
5. Entourage

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PERSONAL MEMORIES
1. Leaving my job at Steeplechase Films and travelling around the country seeing many of my friends
2. Purchasing a HDTV and enjoying it every minute possible
3. The death of my laptop and consequentially the first 5 months of Audio For Drinking
4. Seeing over a half-dozen ballgames around the country where the Astros were seemingly always the visiting team
5. (I'm reserving this spot for the next two weeks...just in case)