Editorial: What I Liked About 2010

La Femme (One of the things I liked about 2010)

La Femme (One of the things I liked about 2010)

I do not do Top ## lists.

But, I do like things. So in no particular order, here’s what I liked about 2010:

  • Brooks Conrad’s Grand Slam against the Reds
  • Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest
  • Twitter
  • Playing in, and recording, the snow
  • Magic Is Science
  • Seeing Auburn vs. Georgia
  • Local Natives
  • Beach House
  • Surfer Blood
  • Midlake
  • Watching my first playoff game which was also Bobby Cox’s last game as Braves manager
  • Matthew Leach, David O’Brien, Lang Whitaker, Doug Richards, Sekou Smith and Bruce Arthur
  • The Atlanta/Georgia Music Collective
  • Wavves
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jr.
  • The return of Decatur Social Club
  • Ariel Pink
  • Josh Smith and Al Horford
  • Coffee
  • Contributors
  • Cloud Nothings
  • Nature walks
  • MGMT’s Congratulations
  • Yeasayer
  • ABC on Wednesday night
  • NBC on Thursday night
  • Looking forward to Zigs
  • The Roots
  • Oryx and Crake
  • Venice Is Sinking
  • Arcade Fire
  • La Femme
  • Hot Sugar
  • Dax Riggs
  • Steve Martin
  • Banjos
  • Grey in my beard
  • Anything not having to do with work

Here’s to 2011, the year everything changes.

4 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Emily Hogan says:

    What an excellent list of awesome things about 2010!

  2. Lance says:

    we are both greybeards. I didn’t start liking mine til a few days ago.

    good list

  3. Nadia says:

    Cheers! Good stuff!

  4. [...] last year, you heard me rave about the French band La Femme. They were one of the things I liked best about 2010. I have played the song “Sur La Planche” dozens of [...]

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