One Man, One Vote

Favorites encountered in 2014, plus a few unfavorites:


Books

1. My Friend Dahmer, Derf Backderf (2012)

2. Yoga For Those Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It, Geoff Dyer (2003)

3. Red Azalea, Anchee Min (1994)

4. Slow Getting Up, Nate Jackson (2013)

5. The Short Tragic Life of Robert Peace, Jeff Hobbs (2014)

6. A Girl Named Zippy, Haven Kimel (2002)

7. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast (2014)

8. A House In the Sky, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett (2013)

9. Little Failure, Gary Shteyngart (2014)

10. Undress Me In the Temple of Heaven, Susan Jane Gilman (2010)

Least favorite book: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick (1968)


Photobooks

1. Louis Faurer, Anne Wilkes Tucker (2003)

2. Moonshine, Bertien Van Manen (2014)

3. Pictures and Words, Juergen Teller (2012)

4. Minutes To Midnight, Trent Parke (2014)

5. Truck Stop, Marc Wise (1995)

6. Honky Tonk, Henry Horenstein (2003)

7. Mangini Studio, Gordon Stettinius and Terry Brown

8. Men In America, Tom Arndt (1994)

9. Diary, Corinne Day (2000)

10. Belonging To The West, Eric Paddock (1996)

Least favorite photobook: At Zenith, William Eggleston (2014)

Films

1. The Act Of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer (2012)

2. Skeleton Twins, Craig Johnson (2014)

3. Nebraska, Alexander Payne (2013)

4. Cutie And The Boxer, Zachary Heinzerling (2013)

5. Jodorosky's Dune, Frank Pavich (2013)

6. Benda Bilili!, Renaud Barret and Florent De La Tullaye (2010)

7. Twelve Years A Slave, Steve McQueen (2013)

8. Her, Spike Jonze (2013)

9. Tim's Vermeer, Teller (2013)

10. Klown, Mikkel Norgaard (2010)

Least favorite film: The Room, Tommy Wiseau (2003)

Albums

1. Phonography, R. Stevie Moore (1976)

2. Songs In the Key of Z, The Curious Universe of Outsider Music, Vol. 1-4 (2000/2013)

3. Legend, Henry Cow (1973)

4. Garagearray, Dylan Shearer (2014)

5. Voobaha, Barnes and Barnes (1982)

6. World Psychedelic Classics 5, William Onyeabor (2013)

7. Apostrophe, Frank Zappa (1974)

8. Ping Pong, Momus (1997)

9. It's the Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through, Jeffrey Lewis (2003)

10. Commune, Goat (2014)

11. Music For Your Mother, Funkadelic (1993)

12. Girlpool, Girlpool (2014)

13. Poodle Hat, Weird Al Yankovic (2003)

14. Mug Museum, Cate Le Bon (2013)

15. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson (2014)

16. The Power Out, Electrelane (2004)

17. Nashville Sputnik, Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan (2008)

18. Nunsexmonkrock, Nina Hagen (1982)

19. What You Will, Ahleuchatistas (2009)

20. Kingdom Come, Arthur Brown (1973)

Least favorite album: Now + 4eva, Architecture In Helsinki (2014)