My Top 10 Albums Of 2011

2011's been a pretty great year for music, it has to be said. Yes, of course I'm ignoring the singles chart. That waterhole was poisoned long ago. I'm tired and I'm feeling slightly more despondent than usual, so here's your obligatory Top 10 albums of the year. Please note, these aren't necessarily the best in my eyes, but are my favourites; the ones I've had the most enjoyment out of. In reverse order...

10. DRC Music - Kinshasa One Two
9. Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!
8. Gorillaz - The Fall
7. Chickenfoot - III
6. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
5. Kasabian - Velociraptor!
4. RHCP - I'm With You
3. White Lies - Ritual
2. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
1. Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See

There's a reasonable amount of variety on show with these albums, and for me, each and every one of them offered a lot to be enjoyed. The critics may not have taken to them particularly well, especially in the case of White Lies, but fuck the critics...this is my Top 10. I hope you all have a rather spiffing new year, and that 2012 brings a fuckton of persistent happiness. It won't, because we're living in reality; but hey, here's to hoping? It's time for me to run along and be all miserable, so if you don't mind... Ciao.

Merry Christmas (Skyrim-style)

Well, would you look at that! No seriously. Look at it. LOOK, BITCH. It's Christmas Eve (again) and (nearly) everyone's getting excited (again) for Santa Claus to (not) come to their houses and (not) give them some (occasionally) amazing gifts. Thrilling stuff. At this time of year I feel I must do some form of obligatory post or video, for purposes of your seasonal pain entertainment.

"Mr Jenkins - putting the Ben into Ebenezer since 1994"

To be fair, I'm not that much of a Scrooge. I guess I just struggle to get into the festive mood as easily as most people seem to be able to. I do enjoy the occasional Christmas-themed film (especially Elf and The Muppet Christmas Carol), I do enjoy the masses upon masses of delicious food, I do enjoy receiving presents for people, and I do very much enjoy giving gifts to people, believe it or not. The source of my wretched grumblings must originate from my hatred of the extensively stretched build-up to Christmas; starting approximately 2 entire fucking months before the day itself. Bah. But anyway, on with the show and whatnot. 

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released earlier this year, to overwhelming praise from fans and critics alike. It's been in contention for pretty much every 'Game Of The Year 2011' contest running, and deservedly so. I myself have not yet purchased the game, but I plan to soon. I plan to do so on the exact same day that I wave goodbye to my A-levels, my hopes of university application, and my future. The likelihood is that come tomorrow morning, afternoon, or evening (whenever the hell it is that you people open your presents), many more people will be wasting their lives away in the blissful world of Skyrim, shouting "fus ro dah" to their hearts' content. What more fitting way to celebrate Christmas then, than to improve one of the planet's most popular festive tunes by use of popular video-game quotage? Okay, okay...so this is a dreadful idea. But please, make my day; make my year...

"All I want for Christmas is FUS RO DAH!!!"

Merry Christmas, all. Make sure you have a bloody good one!
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