Alrighty then. It’s a year end list, but there is still some timely stuff that just needs to be said.
Bear with me…it’s brief.

1. The American Express “Don’t Take Chances, Take Charge” commercial. Smartest ever. Personal favorite is when the stove lights on fire with worry.

2. The Los Angeles Opera finally got around to Wagner’s Ring Cycle. We went. What can I say? I agree with Rita, “The Ride of the Valkyries” was great as were Linda Watson (Brünnhilde) and Ekaterina Semenchuk (Frika). But I fear they were the best of it. We assembled at dinner to discuss and came up with this: The Achim Freyer Petting Zoo. I wanted to do live action or rather just a live corral of painted pets in front of the Music Center, but would have settled for a Photoshop version. Needless to say, I think that the Petting Zoo was one of the great ideas of 2009 that never got acted on. Probably a few more off those out there. Send me yours!

3. The Orphan movie billboard campaign. So many people wanted to talk about it…mostly how creeped-out they were, but we seemingly just couldn’t get enough of it.

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4. The return of Nau. One of my favorite clothing lines. Great looking with all the right stuff: Sustainable Business Practices, Environmental Friendly Clothing, Social Responsiblity. You are gonna feel good about the way you look!

5. For you business folks out there, Dilbert still has chops.

6. Lastly, one from my Shazam list…this is such a hard choice. I tend to tag trance/dance music which is not exactly a quick listen and I promised brevity. And…I have to cop to True Blood as being my shameless vampire obsession.
So here you go, from the great Slim Harpo, Strange Love.