1 A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius David Eggers 2 Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris 3 The Neal Pollack Anthology Of American Literature Neal Pollack 4 Revolting Youth : The Further Journals of Nick Twisp C.D. Payne 5 The Slate Diaries Jodi Kantor…
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Jonathan Yu's Television Of The Year…For White Trash
1 Who Wants To Marry A Multimillionaire? Fox 2 Big Brother CBS 3 The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards MTV 4 Anything With Chris Matthews NBC | CNBC | MSNBC 5 Change Of Heart Syndication 6 Surprise Wedding Fox 7 Behind The Music: Creed VH1…
Jonathan Yu's Television Of The Year
1 Survivor CBS 2 The West Wing NBC 3 Malcolm In The Middle Fox 4 Jackass MTV 5 The Daily Show Comedy Central 6 Election Night Coverage – 7 The Tom Green Cancer Special MTV 8 The Late Show With David Letterman CBS 9 Iron…
Jonathan Yu's Movies Of The Year
1 Chicken Run Dreamworks 2 Traffic USA Films 3 Almost Famous Dreamworks 4 You Can Count On Me Paramount Classics 5 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Sony Pictures Classics 6 Chuck And Buck Artisan Entertainment 7 Quills Fox Searchlight 8 State And Main Fine Line Features…
Jonathan Yu's Recordings Of The Year
1 Radiohead Kid A 2 OutKast Stankonia 3 The Beatles 1 4 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 5 Bob Dylan The Essential Bob Dylan 6 Travis The Man Who 7 Zebrahead Playmate Of The Year 8 Blur The Best Of Blur 9 Good Charlotte Good…
Jonathan Yu's 100 Songs Of The Year
When we sat down to plan this special list, we took the arrival of the Backstreet Boys' "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" as the starting point of the year in music. Everything else was up for grabs. The staff and I traded lists,…
Tweak of the Week
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Yearbook Anonymous
And I thought I got away with a lot as "editor-in-chief" of my high school yearbook. Akiba Hebrew Academy, California Scandal: Seven graduating students were blamed for a malicious prank regarding their yearbook as a sign of their boredom with the school. A bogus yearbook…
Christmas Presents That Don't Not Suck
Once again, the holiday season is upon us. This year, I urge you all to give generously. Give non-perishable goods, give toys, and – if you're short on cash – give head. Just don't give these things: Backstreet Boys • Black And Blue Devil music….
Tweak of the Week
The hell is a Bat Mitzvah? Some 12-year-old girl envies her brother so now every kid gets a service and party? Give me a break. Why does everybody have to do everything? I mean, how far must we level the playing field until people are…