Best Albums of 2010

2010 was filled with great new music.  Here's a list of my top 10 albums of the year:

1) Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons


2) Lady Killer by Cee Lo Green


3) Brothers by The Black Keys


4) God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise - Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs


5) High Violet by The National


6) Odd Blood by Yeasayer


7) Plastic Beach by The Gorillaz


8) Treats by Sleigh Bells


9) The Suburbs by Arcade Fire


10) Wake Up! by John Legend  & The Roots

Greatest sports movies

Like most guys I love a good sports movie.  They will bring you to tears, give you chills, and inspire you for hours.  There have been many great ones over the years but here are my top 5:

Remember the Titans


Rudy


Hoosiers


Miracle


Chariots of Fire


I didn't include comedies ... if so, Major League, Talladega Nights, and Happy Gilmore would have made the list ;)

Baseball fans might be ticked that Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and The Natural did not make the list (what can I say, baseball is not my favorite).  Invictus, The Blind Side, and We Are Marshall are all solid choices.  I also didn't consider the Rocky series because they may have dominated my list.  What are your all-time top sports movies?

3 Recent Music Discoveries

I love discovering new music - it's somewhat of a hobby.  As one who does not listen to the radio, I check out samples from iTunes and research new music online.  I often buy a song or two from various artists and come back for more if I dig 'em.  Here are three artists that I came across lately and can't seem to get enough of:

Deer Tick
- if you want to try a song or two, I'd recommend: Twenty Miles, Dirty Dishes, and These Old Shoes


Dawes
- buy the North Hills album or start with: When My Time Comes and When You Call My Name.


Johnny Flynn
- Thank you to my friend, Sean, for the recommendation.  Check out Tickle Me Pink and Brown Trout Blues from A Larum or one of his latest songs, Kentucky Pill.

Top 5 action movie tough guys

Lots of potential candidates for this top list so I decided to focus on tough guy characters that appeared in more than one movie.  My apologies to James Bond crazies but I have never been much of a fan (although Daniel Craig has a good chance of changing my mind).  Here's my list:

Frank Martin (Jason Statham) - Transporter
 - He is so awesome he single handedly inspired me to shave my head


John McClain (Bruce Willis) - Die Hard
- Just reinforces my argument that bald guys are super awesome


John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) - Rambo
-Rambo is so tough that he can sport a mullet and get away with it


Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) - Bourne Trilogy
- Even though I was a grown man when the movies came out, I literally wanted to be Jason Bourne for quite some time


Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) - Lethal Weapon
- one of my favorites from high school


Here is one that should definitely be on the list (I'll call it a tie for 5th):

Han Solo (Harrison Ford) - Star Wars

And although he is confined to TV, he is SO TOUGH he deserves a nod:

Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) - 24

Top 10 Movies: Comedy

Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this ... and totally redeem yourself!  - Harry (Dumb and Dumber).

Dumb and Dumber is pure comedy gold to me.  There are certain movies that I can watch over and over again and laugh every time - a good comedy can put me in a better mood in an instant.  What are you favorites?  Here's my list:

1) Dumb and Dumber

2) Dr Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

3) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

4) Monty Python and the Holy 

5) Office Space

6) Wedding Crashers

7) Ace Ventura

8) Best In Show

9) Napoleon Dynamite

10) The Princess Bride

I know a lot of classics were left off the list.  Let me know what I am missing.  Here's a few of my notable mentions: Happy Gilmore, SuperTroopers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, What About Bob.