Don’t think we’ve had a best of the year yet! So anything music, tv, video, book, gig, sporting event.. only rule is it had to be

NEW IN 2019.

Mine:

Film- Joker. Easy choice

TV series- so many great ones, End of the F-ing World (series 2); Get Shorty (series 3); Watchmen, Killing Eve, Euphoria.. But I’ll go for The Boys.

Album- very difficult, mostly because I only listen to things once and move on, trying to find the new and exciting. It’s a pain. But the one album I listened to the most was
“Complicate Your Life With Violence” by L’Orange & Jeremiah Jae.

Gig- 3 main contenders Milo, Working Men’s Club and Tropical **** Storm – TFS just win it as it was the most memorable, even though I ended up going on my own! They had the best support too.

Sport- England v New Zealand, rugby world cup semi-final.

I can’t think of much more TBH, and I expect the Mods might remove the second Pic because of the sweary in the title..

film. dogman
tv series. killing eve.
music. james taylor hits thing I was given
sport. egan benal.

I expect the Mods might remove the second Pic because of the sweary in the title..

What was it? (And I don’t suppose you have a smaller Watchmen pic?? 😉 )

As a good-looking rebel who lives by his own rules I can’t give a single answer for most of it. Some of it actually came out this year, some of it came out years, even decades ago and I only found it this year.

Film: 1 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2 The Irishman 3 Rise of Skywalker
TV series. 1) Haunting of Hill House 2 Derry Girls 3) Mindhunter 4) The Deuce final series.
Music. The Ramones.
Sport. WC Downhill Series and Rugby WC

Film: Parasite, Le Mans ’66

Not quite as good as expected but still decent: Joker, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Endgame, The Irishman (need another viewing)

To watch and to play for: Little Women, Marriage Story

Worst by a country mile: Rise of Skywalker

TV: Unbelievable

Music: The New Pornographers – In the Morse Code of Break Lights, W.H Lung – Incidental Music

Live: Ride, OMD, W.H Lung were all great.

1. Englands game VS the all Blacks

2. Purchasing a bike based on only a remit of fun

3. Accepting I’m a mid-lifer

What was it?

**** Yo Feelings by Robert Glasper.

The Watchman pic came off Google, here is another..

Film – another vote for Joker.
TV – Chernobyl and Giri Haji
Sport – World Cup final and Headingley test in the cricket. Rugby World Cup semi was amazing although the final rather took the gloss off it.
Music – Fontaines DC.

Yeah Chernobyl of course! Forgot about that.

Star Trek Discovery on telly …
The rest don’t know.

TV – Definitely Chernobyl followed by Brassic for us

Film – another Joker vote

Film – Joker
TV- Chernobyl
Album- I’m easy to find – the national
Sport – Leeds v Derby 2nd playoff

Medical procedure – percutaneous atrial septal defect repair (it was new to me, anyway)
Film – Joker
TV – The Boys

Film – In Bruges (I know, I know… it’s old. But it’s out on Netflex, and it is brilliant in every way!)

TV – Fleabag

Album – London Grammar (they were new to me, and I only “disovered them” because here someone posted a link to their cover of Chris Isaaks’ Wicked Game)

Sport – Deceuninck Quick-Step’s performances in the 2019 Spring Classics

Best day: Saturday, sometimes Thursday, cos I have Thursday off with my 3yr old.
Best season: Summer. Was good this year. I did a shit load of cycling including up 2 actual mountains in Wales.
Best Bike: my new to me Cotic Rocket. After years of being a HT till I die guy I came upon a great deal for a rocket and absolutely love it. My riding has improved no end.
Best musical artist: Technimatic. Liquid drum n Bass duo released a new album in April and it’s awesome.
Best fb group: the Midlands mtb group is really friendly and I’ve been on 2 social rides with them after years of avoiding group rides, and had a good time.

Best gig of the year Blue Rose Code at Watercolour Music.

Other highlight A. U. O. B  march in Ayr followed by a few pints in Billy Bridges

Albums:..Choose from..”Future Dust”.The Amazons, “The Balance”, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Sam Fender,”Hypersonic Missiles”( even though he left the best track off the album), Demob Happy “Holy Doom”…and currently Sturgill Simpson ” Sound & Fury ”
Gig: The Amazons ..Newcastle O2..also best time as I was there on an ovenighter with my 16 year old son..
Film..dont have one ( although I was bored silly with the Joker )..
TV : Game of Thrones final season & Killing Eve..
Biggest regret..working too hard & spending very little time on my mountain bike ..which will change next year when reverting back to a 4 day working week..

Best film: Hail Satan?

Best music: Gerd Janson DJ mixes

Best TV: the umbrella academy

Best sport: Snowshoe world cup DH

Best ride: Thornilee or South lakes cheeky, or maybe gwydir

Best bike product: magic Mary 2.6

Film Booksmart

Music, either Lizzo; Cuz I love You, or Anima by Thom Yorke

Telly: Mindhunter or Russian Doll, or Dark all on Netflix.

Riding, Easy the MTB Basque trip in October.OMG saving up madly to go again.

Changing my film choice to Mid ’90s.

TV: Succession. Was Russian Doll this year?

Film: dunno. Booksmart was okay, Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Book: All that man is. Szalay, only read it this year.

Wave: Los Lobos I’ll name.

Ride: jennride plus a lakes extended weekend. A day with basquemtb gets an honourable mention.

Gig: probably Mac Demarco, Halifax
Albububum: dunno. Streaming has largely put paid. Listened most to Ordinary Pleasure, Toro y Moi, and to all Drug dealer.

Music:

Rosalia

A Palé     sick tune. love it. She is fantastic

TV.  Probably Chernobyl

sport, cricket WC final (the last 40 minutes) the most mind bendingly exciting thing i think i’ve ever seen .  You can’t make it up, sport is the best

Ride. Trans provence day 5

Gigs . alas i live in rural sweden.

nice thread @dezb, shame not more bites

Rosalia… She is fantastic

Oh yeah. I’d have put down El Mal Querer as my album of the year if it hadn’t been realeased in 2018…

However my actual album of the year would have to be Nulifer Yanya’s Miss Universe (Kim Gordon’s No Home Record a close second).

Film, that’s easy: Dolor y Gloria (and not just because it features la Reina…). A real return to form of Almodovar

My best moment on the bike was the descent into Fort Augustus on the GGW which just flowed for me, i felt truly connected to the bike.

Best bivvy was the summer solstice, such beautiful skies

Album – Pond ‘Tasmania’
Song – Sharon van Etten ‘Seventeen’
TV – The Boys
Film – Once Upon A Time in Hollywood*
Book – Epic Bike Rides of the Americas

* I only ever see new films in planes so am not the best arbiter of cinematic excellence.