Just like last year, only it's this year. In no particular order:

My Favorite Movies of 2006
-Brick
-The Science Of Sleep
-Stranger Than Fiction
-The Departed
-The Prestige
-Monster House
-The Oh In Ohio
-Little Miss Sunshine
-The Inside Man
-Superman Returns
-Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
-Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
-V For Vendetta
-Idiocracy
-Happy Feet
-An Inconvenient Truth
-Who Killed The Electric Car?
-Tenacious D: The Pick Of Destiny (the first and last song)
-The Good German
-Scoop

My Favorite TV Shows of 2006
-The Office
-Heroes
-Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip
-The Class
-Sex Hospital

My Favorite Albums of 2006
-Regina Spektor: Begin To Hope
-Joanna Newsom: Ys
-Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Show Your Bones
-Nellie McKay: Pretty Little Head
-Beck: The Information
-Suzanna Choffel: Shudders & Rings
-Cat Power: The Greatest
-Thom York: The Eraser
-Lily Allen: Alright Still

Non-New Bands I Discovered and/or Started Buying A Lot Of in 2006
-Broken Social Scene
-The Dresden Dolls
-Serge Gainsbourg

Live Stuff I Had Fun At in 2006
-Jon Brion (twice!)
-826 Benefits (twice!)
-The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
-The Polyphonic Spree
-Sondre Lerche
-Fiona Apple

Stuff That Bugged Me in 2006
-Casino Royale
-X-Men 3
-Superman Returns
-Cars
-A Scanner Darkly
-Art School Confidential
-Idiocracy
-Tenacious D & The Pick Of Destiny (everything else)
-Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip
-Sex Hospital
-Dreamgirls
-A Prairie Home Companion
-United Flight 93 (I didn't actually see it)
-HD
-My Super Ex-Girlfriend
-The Last Kiss

Stuff I'm Looking Forward To in 2007
-Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York
-a new album from Jon Brion?
-more shows at the Largo with Jon Brion?
-a new movie score by Jon Brion?
-Spider-Man 3
-a new Feist album?
-The Polyphonic Spree: The Fragile Army
-Sondre Lerche: Phantom Punch
-Tideland
-The Wendell Baker Story
-a new Postal Service album?
-Caótica Ana
-The Shins: Wincing The Night Away
-Sicko
-Fantastic Four 2: Rise Of The Silver Surfer
-There Will Be Blood
-a new Bjork album?
-the return of Futurama!
-Knocked Up
-The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Stuff That Scares Me in 2007
-The Transformers
-Fantastic Four 2: Rise Of The Silver Surfer
-Spider-Man 3

Movies I'm Bummed I Missed In 2006 But I'll See In 2007
-Little Children
-The Fountain
-Pan's Labyrinth
-The Secret Life Of Words
-Shortbus
-Come Early Morning
-Dixie Chicks: Shut Up & Sing
-Fast Food Nation
-Children Of Men

This is totally incomplete. I'll update as I go.

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