I usually like something with a lot more energy (see below) but there is something so appealing and mellow 
and haunting about the Fleet Foxes, just as I liked the Jayhawks so much 20 years or so ago....



and I know that they are not new but I loved them in 2013...and Silversun Pickups..also not new, 
but a favorite of mine in 2013...and a LOT of energy

 

Just like last year I loved Fitz and the Tantrums with their retro Motown LA hipster rock and roll thing...



Good golly you listen to this music and it is sooooo flippin' awesome you retain some faith in the next generation,
 that they are not all twee hipsters wasting their youth and irritating gen xers like me....

Best movie?  We saw Woody's MIDNIGHT IN PARIS in 2012 and looooved it...
but I think the DESCENDANTS had to be another favorite movie we saw in 2012...
and sooner or later we shall see SKYFALL :)

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And thank GOD health care is gonna become a fact.