Best Of – Adagat

Best Albums of 2019

Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 by Adam

It was a deceptively solid year for music. We were given an eclectic mix of new music from both veteran innovators (Lana Del Rey, FKA Twigs, Nick Cave, James Blake) and newcomers that dominated the global charts (Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Lizzo). 2019 feels like a precipice, in a way. Not just for music, or film, and other forms of art. The social fabric of ou...

Best Films of 2018

Posted on December 22, 2019December 27, 2019 by Adam

For the second year in a row, I present to you the best movies of the year… The previous year, that is. It’s hard to stay on top of all the movies that come out. And it’s hard to make it to the theater when you have a family, a job, and a thousand other things to do every day. What most of us end up doing is just waiting for it to come out on streaming. It’...

Best Albums of 2018

Posted on December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 by Adam

2018 was a deceptively great year for music. There wasn’t a runaway favorite for Best Album of the Year like there was last year, when Kendrick Lamar’s DAMNstole the spotlight and never gave it up. But in that vacuum, it allowed a bunch of new and/or underappreciated artists to fill the void. And people really stepped up their game. This year was filled with great mus...

October Playlist Ready!

Posted on November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 by Adam

It's November, so that means I've completed my monthly October playlist! These playlists are a place for me to remember the songs that struck me throughout the month. It helps me create my lists at the end of the year. And it's fun to go back and listen to what I was into at various points throughout the year. You can kind of track my listening habits and, to a certain degr...

Best Films of 2017

Posted on October 17, 2018October 18, 2018 by Adam

I know, I know. It's 2018. It's almost the end of 2018, actually. And here I am, posting my list of Best 2017 Films. I intended to do this in, like, February. Back when this was still a relevant topic. But I never did. I suppose I was too busy watching movies to put this together. But then a funny thing happened. My torrid film-watching pace through the first 5 or...

Best of Playlists Playlist 2018 – Part 1

Posted on June 17, 2018October 17, 2018 by Adam

Every June and December I put together a playlist of my favorite songs from all the playlists I've made each month (plus random playlists for moods or events). I usually have about 40 tracks per month that I add to various playlists. From January to June, that's almost 250 songs to choose from. It's a difficult task to select only 30 or 40 songs out of 6 months of great mus...

Oscar Predictions – 2018

Posted on March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 by Adam

Somehow, I managed to see all of the Best Picture nominees from 2017, maybe for the first time ever (or at least since my glory days in high school). So here are my predictions for this year’s Oscars, and my votes for who should actually win. I didn't make predictions for every single category - only the categories I felt informed enough about to have an opinio...

Black Mirror Season 4 Ranked

Posted on January 6, 2018October 18, 2018 by Adam

Okay, stop. Before we get any further, I want to clear up one thing. When you approach a show like Black Mirror, I find that it's better to go into each episode knowing NOTHING. Don’t read the synopsis, don’t ask your friends what any of them are about. Heck, it’s risky enough just looking at the title and screenshot on Netflix. There’s a reason for this. If yo...

Best Albums of 2017

Posted on December 31, 2017January 12, 2018 by Adam

Just as TV is being transformed by streaming platforms, music in 2017 was dominated by Spotify, Apple Music, and other services. More than 30 million people in America now pay for music streaming subscriptions. While streaming was originally seen as a potential downfall for major labels and the industry at large, music sales in general are actually up 17%. Music is big and ...

Best TV of 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017February 22, 2018 by Adam

This year, there was more TV than any person could conceivably watch. That’s both a blessing and a curse. Instead of a few shows per year dominating the general conversation, there is an endless parade of binge-worthy viewing readily available at the click of a button. The inherent problem, of course, is that with so many new and worthwhile shows at the ready, ...