Sterfish's Place: The Best Of Year Two: Part II (June 2005-November 2005)

Today is the second anniversary of my blog and to celebrate, I now bring you Part II of The Best Of Year Two. Check out Part I if you haven't already.

June 2005

Demon Days Is A Dark, Pleasant Surprise

The End Of My Time On General Assistance

Stand Alone Complex OST+ Is Another Very Good Kanno Soundtack: Okay, so I'm a Yoko Kanno fan. It's not like I've reviewed every domestically released CD she's done...I don't own the Cowboy Bebop CD-Box.

It's Hot In Here: Notice that I did not attempt to make a lame Nelly reference.

Dancing With The Stars Is More Fun Than It Should Be

You Never Know Who Is Reading Your Blog: I recently read that Sons & Daughters is in production, so I hope it's going well.

The Michael Jackson Verdict

Kanye West's New Video Is A Slight Disappointment: Now, the video for "Gold Digger"? That was a real disappointment.

Batman Begins Is A Great Reboot: I can't wait for the sequel.

A Guide To The Best Of Animated Batman

Pretty Ricky's Music Isn't All That Pretty: This review, which is also posted on Blog Critics, has received hundreds of comments on that site and resulted in one crazy ass Pretty Ricky fan making vicious comments and calling me ugly. Frankly, it could've been worse.

The Degrassi "Not Quite" Every Episode Ever Marathon: As far as I know, "Accidents Will Happen" still has never aired on The N in its entirety.

Thoughts On The 2005 BET Awards

All Or Nothing At All: Given the sales of this album, apparently it's nothing at all.

RJD2’s Since We Last Spoke Is No Deadringer

July 2005

Summer Mixmania! Song List and Summer Mixmania! Bonus

Advance Review: The Cookbook by Missy Elliott: I admit that I like this album a little less than when I wrote this review, but it's still enjoyable.

Water Woes

CD Review: The Understanding by Röyksopp

You Gotta Love Family / Why I Hate My Transportation Options: Times like this, I hate my "accommodate everyone" personality.

Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds

The Reverse Crossover: I bet money that if the beat to "Hollaback Girl" started playing at a club right now, people would get excited.

The Shoe Cleaner Incident: Looking back on that incident now, I dislike what that guy did for one reason. It makes it seem like black people like to automatically call out racism when white people don't do what they would like. I'm not going to call a white person who cuts me off in traffic a racist...I'm gonna call him an asshole.

The Rock Reviews: These are scattered across the span of a few months, but I am linking all of them here.
Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes
Now Here Is Nowhere by Secret Machines
Guero by Beck
X & Y by Coldplay

TP.3 Disappointed: Will R. Kelly ever make good music that isn't serial again?

My Favorite 100 Albums (1985-2005): There are probably a few albums I'd add to this list now and maybe some I'd remove.

Thoughts On The 2005 Emmy Nominations: An interesting fact: A One Tree Hill fansite linked to the Blog Critics version of this post because I mentioned that the show was Emmy-worthy.

Review: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Oh, The Places The People You Know Go: NU, where ya at?

So They Think Lightning Can Strike Twice?

Review: MeruPuri by Matsuri Hino: If you like shoujo manga, you should be reading this title.

Some Things Are Better Left Unseen: If you like anime, you should avoid Dead Leaves like avian flu.

Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex OST 3 Is Another Solid Kanno Soundtrack: Look for this to get a brand new review if/when it is released in the States.

The End Of An Era On 106 & Park: For me, this show went from appointment viewing to "maybe I'll catch it to see a New Joint."

B5's Album Shows Their Potential: The Blog Critics version of this review, like the Pretty Ricky review, has hundreds of comments. Overall, the B5 fans seem to be a little nicer than those crazy Pretty Ricky fans.

August 2005