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Post by notrandyjackson on Feb 28, 2021 16:59:29 GMT -6
Delayed, But Not Forgotten: The CZ Year-End Pop Culture Survey Returns for 2020! The past year has seen the postponement of several annual traditions from sporting events to awards shows. This annual tradition of ours (now in its 9th rendition) is no exception. If you're wondering why it took so long for me to make this announcement, here were the two main reasons: 1) Several 2020 movies of note, such as Chloe Zhao's NOMADLAND, weren't in theaters or available on streaming services until January and February 2021. So, I wanted to give people more time to watch those things before submitting their lists. 2) I wanted to give more breathing room to people after also asking them to submit lists for the Best of the 2010s poll this past summer. So now, instead of the usual mid-February deadline for this annual survey, I've set the deadline to submit your 2020 lists for Thursday, April 15th, 2021 Saturday April 17th, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. You can send those lists to me either by e-mail (mj1599@aol.com), via Twitter DMs (@avclubcz), or by posting them here on the series finale's Disqus comments section.Other than the change in the nomination period, this survey will be operated in much of the same manner as in years past. For the year 2020, I wanna know what you thought were the best artistic achievements in the following categories: -Albums -Films -Podcasts -Songs -TV Episodes -TV Programs Each of the six categories should all be part of their own, separate lists. So, don't worry about comparing albums to movies, or whatever other combination you can think of. The maximum number of items you can rank for each category is 20. The minimum you need to include in a category for your rankings to be counted is 5. You have an average of 15 points to distribute for each item you rank. So if you rank 10 albums, you have 150 points to give out among those albums. Or, if you have 15 shows, then your spread is increased to 225 points. Also, the maximum number of points you can give to any one item is 30. The minimum is, of course, 1 (please do whole numbers; no half points). Please do not distribute points strategically. For instance, let's say you're confident THE MANDALORIAN is going to be near the top of the TV list and you're concerned I MAY DESTROY YOU isn't going to finish high in the final polling. You like THE MANDALORIAN more and you would rank it higher but you decide to give I MAY DESTROY YOU more points because you want it to place better. Again, please don't do that. Distribute your points purely on how much you like something. Also, make sure your lists are ranked. And make sure that as you go down your list, each subsequent show (or episode or whatever) has less points (or it can have the same - just make sure they don't have more) than the one above it. Within each category, the following criteria should be met: -TV Programs: A show must have released at least 7 episodes to American audiences during the 2020 calendar year, or released at least 50% of its season in 2020. So a series like THE GOOD PLACE is not eligible to be on your list since it aired only four episodes out of its 14 episode fourth season during that year. Web series can be included into this category as well. However, the series must a) have episode lengths of at-least 11 minutes and b) air episodes on a well-known streaming platform that's available in the United States (this includes YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Vimeo, HBO NOW, Britbox, Disney Plus, Facebook Watch, the gone-but-not-forgotten Qubi, and well...probably anything else that you can think of). -TV Episodes: Must have premiered for American audiences (whether on-the-air or on a streaming platform) between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020. One-off specials (such as the SOUTH PARK PANDEMIC SPECIAL) are also eligible for this category. -Albums: Must have been released between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020. This category does not include any 2021 albums that may have been leaked in 2020. -Songs: Preferably, I would like for you to only add songs that were released on or after January 1, 2020. However, I will be flexible in this category by saying that you could add a 2019 song on your list as well, if that song was WAY more well-known and prominent in the zeitgeist during 2020 than in 2019. For example: The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" was released back in November 2019, but it's still allowed for this list because 2020 was when it skyrocketed to #1 on the Billboard charts and became one of the year's biggest pop hits. Songs released in 2019 will still be excluded, however, if they already appeared in the top 25 of our 2019 poll. -Films: Must have made their world premiere sometime during the 2020 calendar year (or during the 2019 film festival circuit), and must have been available for American audiences to legally view prior to February 28, 2021, whether through a movie theater screening or through a on-demand/streaming platform. So a movie like THE FATHER is eligible (released in theaters Feb. 2021 while also premiering in Sundance 2020) while JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (didn't premiere until Sundance 2021). Short films are also eligible for this category. Also, just because a few people have already asked: each installment of Steve McQueen's SMALL AXE counts as its own movie. Similarly, Jon Bois' THE HISTORY OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS also qualifies as a movie. -Podcasts: In order to be qualified, a podcast must have released at least six episodes between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. The podcast must have also been intended for radio or streaming audiences only. Podcasts that are just audio clips of stuff from others mediums like television shows (such as the Pardon the Interruption podcast or The Rachel Maddow Show) are not eligible. For a more closer look into how the final lists turn out, here's a link to all the 2019 rankings that were revealed last February: avclubcommunists.freeforums.net/thread/429/2019-year-end-culture-surveyHope to see as much lists as possible this time around! I will be positing regular reminders of the list prior to the deadline, in case you forget about it. |
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Post by notrandyjackson on Apr 26, 2021 15:12:08 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks For the Best Songs of 2020
The Weeknd becomes the first artist to place #1 in two different year-end songs polls, having previously earned the honors back in 2015 with "Can't Feel My Face"
1) The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights": 88 points (four mentions, two #1 selections)
2) Cardi B, "WAP" (ft. Megan Thee Stallion": 50 points (two mentions)
3) Run the Jewels, "JU$T" (ft. Pharrell Williams and Zach de la Rocha): 38 points (two mentions)
4) Fiona Apple, "I Want You to Love Me": 33 points (two mentions)
5) Christine and the Queens, "People, I've been sad": 30 points (one #1 selection)
5) Johnny Flynn, "Queen Bee": 30 points (one #1 selection)
5) Neil Cicierega, "Ribs": 30 points (one #1 selection)
5) U.S. Girls, "4 American Dollars": 30 points (one #1 selection)
9) Pop Smoke, "Dior": 29 points
10) Hope D, "Second": 28 points (one #1 selection)
10) Lido Pimienta, "Nada" (ft. Li Saumet): 28 points
10) Miley Cyrus, "Midnight Sky": 28 points
13) Doja Cat, "Say So": 27 points
13) Lady Gaga, "Rain On Me" (ft. Ariana Grande): 27 points
13) Machine Gun Kelly, "Forget Me" (ft. Halsey): 27 points
16) Bob Dylan, "Murder Most Foul": 26 points
16) Cannons, "Fire For You": 26 points
16) Glass Animals, "Heatwave": 26 points
19) Dua Lipa, "Don't Start Now": 25 points
19) HAIM, "I Know Alone": 25 points
19) Katie Gately, "Bracer": 25 points (one #1 selection)
22) Eves Karydas, "Complicated": 24 points
22) Moodymann, "Taken Away": 24 points
22) Neil Cicierega, "Just a Baby": 24 points
25) Rina Sawayama, "Bad Friend": 23 points
25) Taylor Janzen, "What I Do...": 23 points
25) The Avalanches, "Running Red Lights": 23 points
25) The Killers, "My Own Soul's Warning": 23 points
29) Bill Callahan, "Pigeons": 22 points
30) Pale Blue, "I Walk Alone With Acid": 21 points
30) Porridge Radio, "Sweet": 21 points
30) Run the Jewels, "a few words for the firing squad (radiation)": 21 points
33) Caribou, "You an I": 20 points
33) Deerhoof, "Future Teenage Cave Artists": 20 points
33) Jack Garratt, "Better": 20 points
33) Kazumi Tokata, "Opening Theme (Welcome Home)": 20 points
33) Shabaka & the Ancestors, "They Who Must Die": 20 points
33) Taylor Swift, "evermore" (ft. Bon Iver): 20 points
39) Ben Hosley, "Do You Hear What I Sow?": 19 points
39) Lianne La Havas, "Bittersweet": 19 points
39) Oneohtrix Point Never, "Long Road Home": 19 points
39) Tame Impala, "Lost In Yesterday": 19 points
43) Beverly Glenn-Copeland, "River Dreams": 18 points
43) Eiffel 65, "Blue (Flume Remix)": 18 points
43) Jayda G, "Both of Us": 18 points
43) Jhene Aiko, "Pussy Fairy (OTW)": 18 points
43) LAKE, "Resolution": 18 points
48) SAINt JHN, "Roses (Imanbek Remix)": 17 points
49) Amaarae, "FANCY": 16 points
49) Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, "Ghosts": 16 points
49) Purity Ring, "Stardew": 16 points
52) Eves Karydas, "Get Me So High": 15 points
52) Fiona Apple, "On I Go": 15 points
52) HAIM, "Los Angeles": 15 points
52) Kazumi Tokata, "5 PM": 15 points
52) Smashing Pumpkins, "Cyr": 15 points
52) Tame Impala, "Borderline": 15 points
52) The Heliocentrics, "Light in the Dark": 15 points
59) Ava Max, "Kings & Queens": 14 points
59) Bakar, "1st Time": 14 points
59) Phoebe Bridgers, "Kyoto": 14 points
59) Run the Jewels, "yankee and the brave (ep. 4)": 14 points
59) Taylor Swift, "the last great american dynasty": 14 points
64) 2nd Grade, "Velodrome": 13 points
64) JARV IS..., "House Music All Night Long": 13 points
66) Drake, "Laugh Now, Cry Later" (ft. Lil Durk): 12 points
66) Dua Lipa, "Physical": 12 points
66) HAIM, "Gasoline": 12 points
66) The Strokes, "The Adults Are Talking": 12 points
70) Fiona Apple, "Under the Table": 11 points
70) Hailey Whitters, "Janice at the Hotel Bar": 11 points
70) Perfume, "Time Warp": 11 points
73) City Girls, "Pussy Talk" (ft. Doja Cat): 10 points
73) Glass Animals, "Tangerine": 10 points
73) Halsey, "You Should Be Sad": 10 points
73) Ludwig Goransson, "Posterity": 10 points
73) MJF and Chris Jericho, "Me and My Shadow": 10 points
73) ML Buch, "Touching Screens": 10 points
73) Nicolas Jaar, "Mud": 10 points
73) Shabazz Palaces, "Ad Ventures": 10 points
73) Slowly Slowly, "Melbourne": 10 points
73) Sufjan Stevens, "Video Game": 10 points
73) Sun-El Musician, "Uhuru" (ft. Azara): 10 points
73) Tony Allen & Hugh Masekala, "Slow Bones": 10 points
73) Yves Tumor, "Gospel For a New Century": 10 points
86) Hayley Williams, "Simmer": 9 points
86) Hum, "Step Into You": 9 points
86) Jessie Ware, "What's Your Pleasure?": 9 points
86) Rina Sawayama, "STFU!": 9 points
90) Cakes Da Killa & Proper Villiains, "Don Dada": 8 points
90) HAIM, "The Steps": 8 points
90) KennyHoopla, "how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway": 8 points
90) Nonlocal Forecast, "The Bubbling Up of Duality On An Autumn Night By a Forest Stream": 8 points
94) Disclosure, "Watch Your Steps" (ft. Kelis): 7 points
94) Dua Lipa, "Levitating": 7 points
94) Prince Kaybee, Shimza, Black Motion, Ami Faku, "Uwrongo": 7 points
94) Taylor Swift, "marjorie": 7 points
98) Best Coast, "Everything Has Changed": 6 points
98) Earl Sweatshirt, "Whole World" (ft. Maxo): 6 points
98) Lorenzo Senni, "THINK BIG": 6 points
98) Shock One, "Follow Me": 6 points
98) Travis Scott, "The Plan": 6 points
103) Bob Dylan, "I Contain Multitudes": 5 points
103) Charlotte Dos Santos, "Helio": 5 points
103) Mac Miller, "Good News": 5 points
103) The 1975, "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know): 5 points
103) Will Ferrell and My Marianne, "Jaja Ding Dong": 5 points
108) Alex Lahey, "Sucker for Punishment": 4 points
108) Bad Bunny, Jowell & Randy, Nengo Flow, "Safaera": 4 points
108) Fiona Apple, "The Drumset": 4 points
108) Lady Gaga, "Stupid Love": 4 points
108) Phoebe Bridgers, "I Know the End": 4 points
113) Blackpnk, "Lovesick Girls": 3 points
113) Pearl Jam, "Dance of the Clairvoyants": 3 points
113) Remi Wolf, "Down the Line": 3 points
116) DMA's, "Criminals": 2 points
116) Perfume Genius, "Describe": 2 points
116) Phoebe Bridgers & Maggie Rodgers, "Iris": 2 points
119) Bizarrap, Nathy Peluso, "Nathy Peluso: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 36": 1 point
List contributors: Something Quirky, SG Standard, Ege Bamyasi, jmunney, The Narrator Returns, Narrowstrife, Not The Real Randy Jackson, Mao Zedong
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Post by notrandyjackson on Apr 26, 2021 15:14:10 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best Films of 2020
Seven points separated the top three movies, with Spike Lee's DA 5 BLOODS barely edging past Christopher Nolan's TENET for the top spot.
1) Da 5 Bloods (dir: Spike Lee): 127 points (8 mentions)
2) Tenet (dir: Christopher Nolan): 123 points (8 mentions)
3) I'm Thinking of Ending Things (dir: Charlie Kaufman): 120 points (6 mentions, two #1 selections)
4) First Cow (dir: Kelly Reichardt): 110 points (5 mentions, one #1 selection)
5) Minari (dir: Lee Isaac Chung): 89 points (4 mentions, two #1 selections)
6) The Invisible Man (dir: Leigh Whannell): 87 points (5 mentions, one #1 selection)
7) Palm Springs (dir: Max Barbakow): 81 points (6 mentions, one #1 selection)
8) Lovers Rock (dir: Steve McQueen): 80 points (4 mentions)
9) Bad Education (dir: Cory Finley): 77 points (5 mentions)
10) David Byrne's American Utopia (dir: Spike Lee): 57 points (4 mentions)
11) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (dir: Jason Woliner): 54 points (4 mentions)
12) Wolfwalkers (dir: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart): 50 points (3 mentions, one #1 selection)
13) Malmkrog (dir: Cristi Puiu): 48 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
14) The Father (dir: Florian Zeller): 47 points (3 mentions)
15) Emma. (dir: Autumn de Wilde): 46 points (3 mentions, one #1 selection)
16) Mank (dir: David Fincher): 45 points (5 mentions)
16) The Vast of Night (dir: Andrew Patterson): 45 points (3 mentions, one #1 selection)
18) Mangrove (dir: Steve McQueen): 43 points (3 mentions)
19) Beanpole (dir: Kantamir Balagov): 41 points (2 mentions)
20) Promising Young Woman (dir: Emerald Fennell): 40 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
21) Shirley (dir: Josephine Decker): 38 points (2 mentions)
22) Let Them All Talk (dir: Steven Soderbergh): 37 points (2 mentions, one #1 selection)
23) Kajillionaire (dir: Miranda July): 32 points (2 mentions)
24) Strasbourg 1518 (dir: Jonathan Glazer): 30 points
24) The Assistant (dir: Kitty Green): 30 points (2 mentions)
24) Tommaso (dir: Abel Ferrara): 30 points (one #1 selection)
27) Vitalina Varela (dir: Pedro Costa): 29 points (2 mentions)
28) Swallow (dir: Carlo Mirabella-Davis): 27 points (2 mentions)
28) The Forty-Year Old Version (dir: Radha Blank): 27 points (2 mentions)
30) I Was At Home, But... (dir: Angela Schanelec): 26 points
31) Education (dir: Steve McQueen): 25 points
31) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (dir: George C. Wolfe): 25 points (2 mentions)
31) Never Rarely Sometimes Always (dir: Eliza Hittman): 25 points
34) Possessor (dir: Brandon Cronenberg): 24 points (2 mentions)
34) Tesla (dir: Michael Almereyda): 24 points (3 mentions)
34) To the Ends of the Earth (dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa): 24 points
34) Zombi Child (dir: Bertrand Bonello): 24 points (2 mentions)
38) A White, White Day (dir: Hlynur Palmason): 22 points
38) Yourself and Yours (dir: Hong Sang-soo): 22 points
40) The History of the Seattle Mariners (dir: Jon Bois): 21 points
40) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (dir: Aaron Sorkin): 21 points
40) The Way Back (dir: Gavin O'Connor): 21 points (2 mentions)
43) Dick Johnson Is Dead (dir: Kirsten Johnson): 20 points (2 mentions)
43) Fourteen (dir: Dan Sallitt): 20 points
43) Nomadland (dir: Chloe Zhao): 20 points
43) On the Rocks (dir: Sofia Coppola): 20 points (2 mentions)
43) Time (dir: Garrett Bradley): 20 points
48) Bacurau (dir: Kleber Mendoca Filho, Juliano Dornelles): 19 points
48) Young Ahmed (dir: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne): 19 points
50) Martin Eden (dir: Pietro Marcell): 18 points
51) The Twentieth Century (dir: Matthew Rankin): 16 points
51) The Whistlers (dir: Corneliu Porumboiu): 16 points
53) A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (dir: Will Becher, Richard Phelan): 15 points
53) Rocks (dir: Sarah Gavron): 15 points
53) The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (dir: Ken Cunningham): 15 points
56) Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (dir: Cathy Yan): 14 points
56) Onward (dir: Dan Scanlon): 14 points
56) Red, White and Blue (dir: Steve McQueen): 14 points
56) The New Mutants (dir: Josh Boone): 14 points
60) Collective (dir: Alexander Nanau): 13 points
60) Still Processing (dir: Sophy Romvari): 13 points
62) An Easy Girl (dir: Rebecca Zlotowski): 11 points
62) The Photograph (dir: Stella Meghie): 11 points
64) Freaky (dir: Christopher Landon): 10 points
64) House of Hummingbird (dir: Bora Kim): 10 points
64) Saint Frances (dir: Alex Thompson): 10 points
64) Shithouse (dir: Cooper Raiff): 10 points
64) Sound of Metal (dir: Darius Marder): 10 points
64) The Lodge (dir: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala): 10 points
64) The Personal History of David Copperfield (dir: Armando Ianucci): 10 points (2 mentions)
71) Another Round (dir: Thomas Vintenburg): 9 points (2 mentions)
72) City Hall (dir: Frederick Wiseman): 8 points
73) Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (dir: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross): 7 points
73) Soul (dir: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers): 7 points
73) The Grand Bizarre (dir: Jodie Mack): 7 points
76) Eternal Beauty (dir: Craig Roberts): 6 points
76) The Nest (dir: Sean Durkin): 6 points
78) The King of Staten Island (dir: Judd Appatow): 4 points
79) Enola Holmes (dir: Harry Bradbeer): 2 points
79) Yes, God, Yes (dir: Karen Maine): 2 points
81) Underwater (dir: William Eubank): 1 point
Special thanks to: Chris Traegar, Ege Bamyasi, DavetheDouchebag, Loki, jmunney, Mao Zedong, Polar Bears, Eric, Kristen, SG Standard, The Narrator Returns, Semi-bored torontonian, pulp, Not The Real Randy Jackson
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Post by notrandyjackson on Apr 26, 2021 15:15:50 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best TV Episodes of 2020
In 2020, the chances were that if you produced an episode with Mark Hamill as a guest star, then that episode was gonna be a good one.
1) What We Do in the Shadows, "On the Run": 88 points (four mentions, one #1 selection)
2) BoJack Horseman, "The View From Halfway Down": 55 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
3) Better Call Saul, "Bad Choice Road": 53 points (two mentions)
4) Better Call Saul "Bagman": 51 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
5) The Mandalorian, "The Jedi": 50 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
6) Mrs. America, "Jill": 46 points (two mentions)
7) DuckTales, "Quack Pack!": 30 points
7) Midnight Gospel, "Mouse of Silver": 30 points (one #1 selection)
7) Star Wars: The Clone Wars, "Mandalore Arc/Shattered": 30 points
7) Star Wars: The Clone Wars, "Mandalore Arc/Victory and Death": 30 points (one #1 selection)
11) Middleditch & Schwartz, "Dream Job": 28 points
12) How To with John Wilson, "How To Cook the Perfect Risotto": 27 points (two mentions)
13) Joe Pera Talks with You, "Joe Pera Goes to Dave Wojcek's Bachelor Party with You": 26 points
14) I May Destroy You, "Ego Death": 25 points
14) Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "Out of the Past": 25 points (two mentions)
14) The Magicians, "Oops!...I Did It Again": 25 points (two mentions)
17) The Queen's Gambit, "End Game": 23 points (two mentions)
18) Killing Eve, "Are You the Pinner?": 21 points (two mentions)
18) Rick and Morty, "The Vat of Acid Episode": 21 points
20) Better Things, "Listen To the Roosters": 20 points
20) Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, "The Technology": 20 points (two mentions)
20) Reunited Apart, "Lord of the Rings": 20 points
23) A.P. Bio, "Gary Meets Dave": 19 points
23) The New Pope, "Episode 7": 19 points
25) BoJack Horseman, "Nice While It Lasted": 18 points
25) How To with John Wilson, "How to Split the Checks": 18 points
27) Curb Your Enthusiasm, "Elizabeth, Margaret and Larry": 16 points
28) Animaniacs, "Anima-Nyet"/"Babysitter's Flub"/"The Warner's Press Conference": 15 points
28) Normal People, "Episode 12": 15 points
28) Ted Lasso, "Make Rebecca Great Again": 15 points
28) Ted Lasso, "Two Aces": 15 points
28) The Baby-Sitters Club, "Claudia and Mean Janine": 15 points
28) What We Do in the Shadows, "Colin's Promotion": 15 points
34) A.P. Bio, "Katie Holmes Day": 14 points
35) How To with John Wilson, "How To Make Small Talk": 13 points
36) What We Do in the Shadows, "Nouveau Theatre des Vampires": 11 points
37) American Dad!, "Brave N00b World": 10 points
37) Doctor Who, "Fugitive of the Judoon": 10 points
37) DuckTales, "Let's Get Dangerous!": 10 points (two mentions)
37) Legends of Tomorrow, "Romeo v Juliet: Dawn of Justness": 10 points
37) Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, "A Dark Quiet Death": 10 points
37) Never Have I Ever, "...been the loneliest boy in the world": 10 points
37) What We Do in the Shadows, "Brain Scrambles": 10 points
44) Beef House, "Prunes": 8 points
44) Dispatches From Elsewhere, "Peter": 8 points
44) The Good Lord Bird, "Smells Like Bear": 8 points
47) Better Call Saul, "Something Unforgivable": 6 points
47) Devs, "Episode 4": 6 points
47) Dispatches From Elsewhere, "The Boy": 6 points
47) PEN15, "Three": 6 points
51) AEW Dynamite, February 19, 2020: 5 points
51) Euphoria, "Trouble Doesn't Always Last": 5 points
51) Jeopardy: The Greatest of All-Time, "Match 4": 5 points
51) Legends of Tomorrow, "Mr. Parker's Cul-de-Sac": 5 points
51) Little America, "The Cowboys": 5 points
51) Ted Lasso, "Tan Lines": 5 points
51) The Baby-Sitters Club, "Mary Anne Saves the Day": 5 points
51) The Boys, "What I Know": 5 points
59) Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, "Zoey's Extraordinary Glitch": 4 points
60) Big Mouth, "Nick Starr": 3 points
People to thank: jmunney, SG Standard, Mrs. SG, Mao Zedong, Polar Bears, Eric
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Post by notrandyjackson on Apr 26, 2021 15:17:58 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best Albums of 2020
FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS finishing at the top? Not surprising. The original soundtrack to EMMA. being in the top ten, however? Slightly more surprising.
1) Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters: 98 points (six mentions, one #1 selection)
2) Rina Sawayama, SAWAYAMA: 79 points (four mentions)
3) Bob Dylan, Rough and Rowdy Ways: 61 points (three mentions, one #1 selection)
4) Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia: 60 points (three mentions, one #1 selection)
5) Run the Jewels, RTJ4: 56 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
6) Bill Callahan, Gold Record: 51 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
7) Isobel Waller-Bridge, David Schweitzer, EMMA. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 50 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
7) Ludwig Goransson, The Mandalorian: Season 2 (Original Score): 50 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
9) Jessie Ware, What's Your Pleasure?: 48 points (two mentions)
10) Tame Impala, The Slow Rush: 47 points (two mentions)
11) Phoebe Bridgers, Punisher: 42 points (two mentions)
12) Taylor Swift, folklore: 39 points (two mentions)
13) Caribou, Suddenly: 31 points (two mentions)
14) Ludwig Goransson, Tenet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 30 points (two mentions)
14) Perfume Genius, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately: 30 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
16) Lido Pimienta, Miss Columbia: 29 points (one #1 selection)
16) The Weeknd, After Hours: 29 points (two mentions)
18) Fleet Foxes, Shore: 27 points
19) Fontaine's D.C., A Hero's Death: 26 points
19) The Strokes, The New Abnormal: 26 points (two mentions)
21) Bruce Springsteen, Letter To You: 25 points (two mentions)
21) Katie Gately, Loom: 25 points
21) Neil Cicierega, Night Dreams: 25 points
21) Shabaka And the Ancestors, We Are Sent Here By History: 25 points
25) Lianne La Havas, Lianne La Havas: 24 points (two mentions)
25) Various Artists, untitled slow christmas compilation volume 1: 24 points
27) Yves Tumor, Heaven To a Tortured Mind: 23 points
28) Flo Milli, Ho, why is you here ?: 22 points
28) Nonlocal Forecasts, Holographic Universe(s?)!: 22 points
30) HAIM, Women in Music Pt. III: 21 points (two mentions)
30) Miley Cyrus, Plastic Hearts: 21 points (two mentions)
32) Amaarae, THE ANGEL YOU DON'T KNOW: 20 points
32) Neil Young, Homegrown: 20 points
32) The Necks, Three: 20 points
32) Tony Allen & Hugh Masekala, Rejoice!: 20 points
36) Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemis, Alfredo: 19 points
36) J Hus, Big Conspiracy: 19 points
38) U.S. Girls, Heavy Light: 18 points (two mentions)
39) Idles, Ultra Mono: 17 points
40) Thundercat, It Is What It Is: 16 points
41) Aksak Maboul, Figures: 15 points
41) Carly Rae Jepsen, Dedicated Side B: 15 points
41) Chloe x Halle, Ungodly Hour: 15 points
41) clipping., Visions of Bodies Being Burned: 15 points
41) Deerhoof, Future Teenage Cave Artists: 15 points
41) Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats, Unlocked: 15 points
41) Ichiko Aoba, Adan No Kaze: 15 points
41) Jon Hassell, Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two): 15 points
41) Kazumi Tokata, Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Original Soundtrack): 15 points
41) Laura Marling, Songs for Our Daughter: 15 points
41) Natalie Lafourcade, Un Canto Por Mexico (Volume 1): 15 points
41) Shabazz Palaces, The Don of Diamond Dreams: 15 points
41) The Heliocentrics, Infinity of Now: 15 points
41) Valentina Magaletti & Marlene Ribeiro, Due Matte: 15 points
55) Hayley Williams, Petals For Armor: 14 points
55) JARV IS...,Beyond the Pale: 14 points
55) Taylor Swift, evermore: 14 points
58) Elvis Costello, Hey Cockface: 13 points
58) Sufjan Stevens, The Ascension: 13 points (two mentions)
60) Jay Electronica, A Written Testimony: 12 points
61) Westside Gunn, Who Made the Sunshine: 11 points
62) Bear McCreary, Outlander: Season 5 (Original TV Soundtrack): 10 points
62) Blu & Exile, Miles: 10 points
62) Ilan Eshkeri and Shigeru Umebayashi, Ghost of Tsushima OST: 10 points
62) James Newton Howard, News of the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 10 points
62) Mekons, Exquisite: 10 points
62) Nicolás Jaar, Cenizas: 10 points
62) Tkay Maidza, Last Year Was Weird, Vol 2: 10 points
62) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank (Original Music Score): 10 points (two mentions)
62) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 10 points
62) Waxahatchee, Saint Cloud: 10 points
72) Paul McCartney, McCartney III: 9 points
72) Róisín Murphy, Róisín Machine: 9 points
72) SAULT, Untitled (Black Is): 9 points
75) The Killers, Imploding the Mirage: 8 points
76) Khruangbin, Mordechai: 7 points
77) Hum, Inlet: 6 points
77) Pearl Jam, Gigaton: 6 points
79) Four Tet, Sixteen Oceans: 5 points
79) India Jordan, For You: 5 points
79) Julianna Barwick, Healing Is a Miracle: 5 points
79) Mark Lanegan, Straight Songs of Sorrow: 5 points
79) Nick Cave, Idiot Prayer: 5 points
79) Nubya Garcia, Source: 5 points
79) Roger & Brian Eno, Mixing Colours: 5 points
79) The Chicks, Gaslighter: 5 points
87) Ariana Grande, Positions: 4 points
87) Deftones, Ohms: 4 points
89) The Flaming Lips, American Head: 3 points
90) Moses Sumney, græ: 2 points
90) The Mountain Goats, Songs for Pierre Chuvin: 2 points
Big-ups to: Not The Real Randy Jackson, The Narrator Returns, SG Standard, Mrs. SG, Mao Zedong, Narrowstrife, Polar Bears, jmunney, Ege Bamyasi
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Post by notrandyjackson on Apr 26, 2021 15:19:52 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best Podcasts of 2020
Following one of their better stretch of late-period episodes, COMEDY BANG! BANG! gets the top honors in our year-end poll for the first time. Nearly twelve years old, and the program still remains top-notch.
1) Comedy Bang! Bang!: 95 points (five mentions, one #1 selection)
2) U Talkin' Talking Heads 2 My Talking Head: 67 points (three mentions, one #1 selection)
3) Blank Check with Griffin and David: 52 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
4) Cum Town: 50 points (two mentions)
5) TrueAnon: 38 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
6) How Did This Get Made?: 36 points (three mentions)
7) In Our Time: 35 points (two mentions)
8) Wrestling Observer Radio: 34 points (two mentions)
9) Chapo Trap House: 33 points (two mentions)
10) Episode One: 32 points (two mentions)
11) Newcomers: 30 points (one #1 selection)
12) Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend: 29 points
12) The Darkest Timeline with Ken Jeong and Joel McHale: 29 points (two mentions)
14) Voices of Wrestling: 28 points (one #1 selection)
15) Dead Eyes: 26 points
15) Wrestling War Zone: 26 points
17) Film Tank: 25 points
17) The Next Picture Show: 25 points (two mentions)
19) Unspooled: 21 points (two mentions)
20) Arsenal Vision Podcast: 20 points
20) Art of the Score: 20 points
20) The A.V. Club Presents Film Club: 20 points
20) The Big Picture: 20 points
20) This Is Branchburg: 20 points (one #1 selection)
20) 3 Songs Podcast: 20 points
26) Blowback: 18 points
26) Oh Hello: The P'dcast 18 points
26) The Fix with Todd Martin: 18 points
29) WTF with Marc Maron: 17 points
30) Judge John Hodgman: 16 points
31) Arsecast Extra: 15 points
31) Bananas for Bonanza: 15 points
31) Doughboys: 15 points
31) Fire Draw Near: 15 points
31) Heat Rocks: 15 points
31) Pop Culture Happy Hour: 15 points
31) Rule of Three: 15 points
31) The Soundtrack Show: 15 points
31) The Wire: Way Down in the Hole: 15 points
40) The Year That Was...: 14 points
41) The Attitude Era Podcast: 13 points
41) The Place To Be Podcast: 13 points
43) Alan 4L's Prowles Paradise: 12 points
43) Pop Mom: 12 points
43) TNA Never Dies: 12 points
43) Waypoint Radio: 12 points
47) Music of the Mat: 11 points
47) Office Ladies: 11 points
47) Old School Aggressive Podcast: 11 points
47) Projexploitation: 11 points
47) Shake Them Ropes with Jeff Hawkins: 11 points
47) That's Auntertainment: 11 points
47) The Ruthlessly Aggressive Podcast: 11 points
54) Citations Needed: 10 points
54) Good One: A Podcast About Jokes: 10 points
54) Hollywood Handbook: 10 points
54) Pod Quiz: 10 points
54) Politics Theory Other: 10 points
54) Set Piece Menu Podcast: 10 points
54) The Dollop: 10 points
54) The Tobolowsky Files: 10 points
62) Dom and Andre in the Morning: 8 points
62) Threedom: 6 points
64) Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast: 7 points
65) Six Seasons & a Podcast: 5 points
65) The Cryptid Factor: 5 points
65) Word of Mouth: 5 points
68) Drag Her! A RuPaul's Drag Race Podcast: 4 points
69) My Brother, My Brother and Me: 3 points
69) Red Scare: 3 points
69) The Community Rewatch Podcast: 3 points
72) The Ron Burgundy Podcast: 1 point
The following people are gentlemen and true scholars: bongoes, jmunney, SG Standard, chris traegar, Eric, Ege Bamyasi, Not The Real Randy Jackson
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Post by notrandyjackson on Apr 26, 2021 15:21:23 GMT -6
The CZ's Picks for the Best TV Shows of 2020
Who knew that a series based on some Premier League on NBC commercials from 2013 would turn out to be so acclaimed? Well, maybe fans of Bill Lawrence knew it'd be good....but still!
1) Ted Lasso: 158 points (six mentions, three #1 selections)
2) What We Do in the Shadows: 132 points (six mentions, one #1 selection)
3) Better Call Saul: 127 points (six mentions, two #1 selections)
4) I May Destroy You: 106 points (five mentions, one #1 selection)
5) The Last Dance: 96 points (five mentions)
6) The Mandalorian: 92 points (six mentions)
7) The Good Lord Bird: 82 points (five mentions, one #1 selection)
8) How To with John Wilson: 68 points (three mentions)
9) Devs: 67 points (five mentions)
10) The Queen's Gambit: 60 points (three mentions)
11) BoJack Horseman: 55 points (three mentions)
12) Joe Pera Talks With You: 53 points (three mentions, one #1 selection)
13) The Plot Against America 50 points (three mentions)
14) Normal People: 47 points (two mentions)
15) City So Real: 44 points (three mentions)
15) Mrs. America: 44 points (three mentions)
17) The Midnight Gospel: 40 points (two mentions)
18) Babylon Berlin: 39 points (two mentions, one #1 selection)
19) Never Have I Ever: 38 points (two mentions)
20) The Great: 36 points (two mentions)
21) Animaniacs: 34 points (two mentions)
21) Dispatches From Elsewhere: 34 points (two mentions)
23) Harley Quinn: 30 points (one #1 selection)
23) Mom: 30 points
23) Star Wars: The Clone Wars: 30 points (two mentions)
23) Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist: 30 points (one #1 selection)
27) AEW Dynamite: 28 points (two mentions)
27) The Baby-Sitters Club: 28 points (two mentions)
29) Saved By the Bell: 26 points (two mentions)
30) Black Monday: 25 points
30) DuckTales: 25 points (two mentions)
30) F Is For Family: 25 points
30) Holey Moley: 25 points
34) Perry Mason: 23 points (two mentions)
34) The New Pope: 23 points
36) Dark Side of the Ring: 22 points (one #1 selection)
37) Superstore: 21 points (two mentions)
38) Aunty Dolly's Big Ol' House of Fun: 20 points (one #1 selection)
38) Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian: 20 points (two mentions)
38) Legends of Tomorrow: 20 points (two mentions)
38) Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 20 points (two mentions)
38) Raised By Wolves: 20 points
38) Tacoma FD: 20 points
44) Beef House: 18 points
44) PEN15: 18 points (two mentions)
44) Solar Opposites: 18 points
47) My Brilliant Friend: 16 points
48) A.P. Bio: 15 points (two mentions)
48) Curb Your Enthusiasm: 15 points (two mentions)
48) The Magicians: 15 points (two mentions)
51) Love, Victor: 14 points
51) The Crown: 14 points
53) Betty: 12 points
53) Search Party: 12 points (two mentions)
55) Better Things: 10 points
55) Doom Patrol: 10 points
55) Feel Good: 10 points
55) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: 10 points
55) Letterkenny: 10 points
55) P-Valley: 10 points
55) The Boys: 10 points
62) American Dad!: 9 points (two mentions)
62) Ramy: 9 points (two mentions)
64) Brockmire: 8 points
64) Corporate: 8 points
64) Stargirl: 8 points
64) Star Trek: Picard: 8 points (two mentions)
68) Rick and Morty: 7 points (two mentions)
69) Sex Education: 6 points
69) Unorthodox: 6 points
71) Everything's Gonna Be Okay: 5 points
71) Ghosts: 5 points
71) Teenage Bounty Hunters: 5 points
71) The Outsider: 5 points
71) The Third Day: 5 points
76) Bob's Burgers: 4 points
76) Earth to Ned: 4 points
78) Lovecraft Country: 1 point
78) Party of Five: 1 point
78) Tiger King: 1 point
All hail these great list-makers: Ruck Cohlchez, bongoes, Not The Real Randy Jackson, Polar Bears, jmunney, Eric, SG Standard, Mrs. SG, Loki1001, Semi-bored torontonian, Mao Zedong, Ege Bamyasi, chris traegar
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