Year/Decade in Review

John’s top 10 TV shows of 2013

These were my 10 favorite shows of 2013: 1. “Bunheads” (Season 1, ABC Family) — I know “Bunheads” was the best show on TV in 2013 because

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A look back at the best albums of 2012 (Music commentary)

Making a list of my favorite albums of a year is fairly simple: I think of which discs I spun most often in my Jeep

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John’s top 10 movies of 2012

Here are my picks for the top 10 movies of 2012: 1. “This Is 40” — Writer-director Judd Apatow’s first great film in five years, rather than

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2012

Here are my top 10 TV shows of 2012: 1. “Parenthood” (Season 3-4, NBC) — I hate to have the same No. 1 two years in a row,

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John’s top 10 movies of 2011

As always, I start my top 10 movies of the year list with a disclaimer: Since I live in a small town, I haven’t seen

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2011

For me, this was the year of “What’s going to happen next?” Who killed Rosie Larsen? Will Emily get revenge? How long can Bridget fool

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John’s top 10 movies of 2010

I’d like to see “Somewhere” and “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” before making my top 10 movies list, but such is life in a small town, and I

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These were the catchiest singles of 2010 — for better or worse (Music commentary)

I don’t actively seek out mainstream pop hits like I used to, so when two songs are bouncing around my brain at the end of

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John’s top 5 albums of 2010 (Music commentary)

1. Jenny and Johnny, “I’m Having Fun Now” — When two musicians in a relationship make an album together, it rarely results in good music; at least

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2010

This was the year when TV changed from low-definition to high-definition and from squares to rectangles (I still have a square, and I know I’m

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