Matt Bubar

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"I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it." - Jack Handey

Best of 2018

Music

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10.

Cat Power

Wanderer

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9.

Noname

Room 25

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8.

Jeff Tweedy

WARM

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7.

Mount Eerie

Now Only

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6.

Thom Yorke

Suspiria Soundtrack

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5.

Mitski

Be the Cowboy

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4.

Travis Scott

ASTROWORLD

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3.

Blood Orange

Negro Swan

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2.

Father John Misty

God's Favorite Customer

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Beach House

7

Movies

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18.

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Directed by: Gus Van Sant

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17.

Hereditary

Directed by: Ari Aster

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16.

Isle of Dogs

Directed by: Wes Anderson

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15.

Three Identical Strangers

Directed by: Tim Wardle

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14.

Searching

Directed by: Aneesh Chaganty

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13.

A Quiet Place

Directed by: John Krasinski

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12.

The Old Man and the Gun

Directed by: David Lowery

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11.

Halloween

Directed by: David Gordon Green

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10.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Directed by: Morgan Neville

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9.

Sorry to Bother You

Directed by: Boots Riley

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8.

Deadpool 2

Directed by: David Leitch

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7.

Widows

Directed by: Steve McQueen

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6.

RBG

Directed by: Julie Cohen, Betsy West

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5.

BlacKkKlansman

Directed by: Spike Lee

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4.

Suspiria

Directed by: Luca Guadagnino

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3.

Mid90s

Directed by: Jonah Hill

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2.

Leave No Trace

Directed by: Debra Granik

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Eighth Grade

Directed by: Bo Burnham

Books I enjoyed reading this year
(In no particular oder)

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

By: Reza Aslan

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Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.

By: Jeff Tweedy

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The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House

By: Ben Rhodes

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21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By: Yuval Noah Harari

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1984

By: George Orwell

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Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011

By: Lizzy Goodman

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House of Leaves

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

By: Yuval Noah Harari

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Leonardo da Vinci

By: Walter Isaacson

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

By: Yuval Noah Harari

Video Game

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Red Dead Redemption 2

Developed By: Rockstar Games

Best of 2019

Music

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17.

Stella Donnelly

Beware of the Dogs

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16.

Toro y Moi

Outer Peace

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15.

Blood Orange

Angel's Pulse

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14.

Wilco

Ode to Joy

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13.

Burial

Tunes 2011-2019

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12.

Whitney

Forever Turned Around

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11.

Thom Yorke

ANIMA

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10.

Bon Iver

i,i

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9.

FKA twigs

MAGDALENE

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8.

Weyes Blood

Titanic Rising

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7.

Vampire Weekend

Father of the Bride

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6.

The National

I Am Easy to Find

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5.

James Blake

Assume Form

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4.

Big Thief

Two Hands

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3.

Angel Olsen

All Mirrors

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2.

(Sandy) Alex G

House of Sugar

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1.

Big Thief

U.F.O.F.

Movies

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22.

The Edge of Democracy

Directed by: Petra Costa

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21.

The Report

Directed by: Scott Z. Burns

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20.

Joker

Directed by: Todd Phillips

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19.

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Directed by: Joe Talbot

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18.

Diego Maradona

Directed by: Asif Kapadia

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17.

American Factory

Directed by: Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar

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16.

Apollo 11

Directed by: Todd Douglas Miller

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15.

The Farewell

Directed by: Lulu Wang

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14.

Honeyland

Directed by: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov

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13.

The Lighthouse

Directed by: Robert Eggers

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12.

1917

Directed by: Sam Mendes

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11.

Little Women

Directed by: Greta Gerwig

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10.

Midsommar

Directed by: Ari Aster

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9.

Jojo Rabbit

Directed by: Taika Waititi

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8.

The Irishman

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

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7.

Uncut Gems

Directed by: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

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6.

Knives Out

Directed by: Rian Johnson

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5.

Waves

Directed by: Trey Edward Shults

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4.

Us

Directed by: Jordan Peele

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3.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

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2.

Parasite

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho

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Marriage Story

Directed by: Noah Baumbach

Books I enjoyed reading this year
(In no particular oder)

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How We Fight For Our Lives

By: Saeed Jones

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Eyes to the Wind: A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance

By: Ady Barkan

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The Apology

By: Eve Ensler

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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

By: Ronan Farrow

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Between the World and Me

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

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The Monk of Mohka

By: Dave Eggers

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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

By: Jane Mayer

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Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

By: Sheelah Kolhatkar

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

By: Matthew Walker

Video Game

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Death Stranding

Created By: Hideo Kojima

Best of 2017

Music

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10.

Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors

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9.

Thundercat

Drunk

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8.

The National

Sleep Well Beast

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7.

Grizzy Bear

Painted Ruins

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6.

Fleet Foxes

Crack-Up

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5.

Mount Eerie

A Crow Looked at Me

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4.

Phoenix

Ti Amo

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3.

Father John Misty

Pure Comedy

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2.

Destroyer

ken

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Kendrick Lamar

DAMN.