The final catagory in the 2007 ‘best of’ nominations is for alcohol of the year.
While it could be argued that any alcohol that gets you drunk is a winner, the best ones are those that get you there comfortably. To decide the winner of this prestigious award the whole package of taste, innovation, alcohol content and social stigma (i.e, is it wanky?) and price must be considered.
I should start off by saying this ‘Best Of’ title is a bit of a misnomer as I won’t be covering PC games because I think their days are numbered. Also since the PS3 didn’t have many exclusive titles in it’s first years release and as most games are becoming multi platform now days I will be focusing on games from the xbox360. I will however list other platform releases in the nominees list, so feel free to let me know if I’ve left out your favorites.
This year the usual assortment of big blockbuster sequels arrived but generally received underwhelming responses. Pirates Of The Caribbean and Spiderman 3 both disappointed with convoluted or lackluster story lines and by trying to fit in too many superfluous characters. In contrast other sequels like The Bourne Ultimatum and Die Hard 4 kept audiences enthralled with over the top action scenes and car chases.
The fourth catagory in the ‘Best Of’ awards is for the gadget/hardware of the year.
Before I begin I have to admit that i’m rather biased in this area as I’ve recently brought myself a new Asus eeepc laptop. For those that are unaware it’s basically the smallest and cheapest laptop on the market weighing in just under a 1 Kg and only costing $500. I’m actually writing up this post on my eeepc at the moment and I’ll give a proper review of it in a later post but at the moment I would say that this is my gadget of the year.
The third category for the ‘Best Of’ awards is for television show of the year.
In 2007 only a few new TV shows of note were released (flight of the concords, reaper and californication) but others hit their stride and confirmed their status as cult favorites (30 rock, weeds, top gear, curb your enthusiasm). We were also subjected to the awfully craptacular viva laughlin which took the award for being the shortest running TV show with only 2 episodes aired before it got axed (Even the Mick Molloy show lasted 8 weeks). The phenomenal show Sopranos also bowed out at season 7 with an ending that pissed off a lot of people, while J.J Abrams announced that Lost would conclude with another 3 seasons.
The first category in the ‘Best Of’ awards is for album of the year.
This year there’s been a lot of talk about the tumultuous state of the music industry and how record sales are rapidly declining due to file-sharing (sounds dirty if you call it illegal downloads) and the ability of bands being able to distribute their music through websites such as myspace. Record companies have recently tried to recuperate their losses by introduce a policy where they will only sign bands that agree to give them a share in their touring and merchandise profits. This could potentially screw over bands struggling to make a living and hopefully this desperate measure will backfire on them.
The first category in the ‘Best Of’ awards is for gig/show of the year.
The last 12 months have been particularly good for live music as I’ve seen more bands than ever before. In fact I was lucky enough to see a couple of bands (Reel Big Fish & Bodyjar) twice in the one year which shows how great Melbourne’s music scene is.
In regards to venues, the Palace nightclub was burned down in suspicious circumstances (it was going to get demolished anyway), the Hi-fi bar became non existent (I didn’t see one band there), while Festival Hall and Rod Laver Arena are still the places to see the big boys play.
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