2009's BEST...   FIVE OLD FILMS • Milestones (Robert Kramer and John Douglas, 1975) at Anthology Film Archives • Méditerranée (Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1963) at the Different Directions Film Festival • J’entends plus la guitare (Philippe Garrel, 1991), bought at Kim’s Video & Music store • Loren Cass(Chris Fuller, 2006) at the Cinema Village  • Our Daily Bread (Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2005) at the Bratislava International Film Festival FIVE LIVE EVENTS • Vivienne Dick’s “New York. No Wave. Super 8” event at the Cork Film Festival • The projection of The Flicker (Tony Conrad, 1965) at the 16th monthly Experimental Film Club in Dublin • Ken Jacob’s presentation of Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures (1963) and his own Blonde Cobra (1963) at the Millennium Film Workshop as part of the HOWL! festival, including Jacob’s own live soundtrack additions to the projection of Blonde Cobra... • Arin Crumley and Kieran Masterton’s successful fundraising campaign for the Open Indie project on Kickstarter.com • Ben Morea’s public talk at 16 Beaver FIVE ALBUMS • It’s Blitz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs • Coat to Wear, Patrick Kelleher • Actor, St. Vincent • Lisa O’Neill has an album, Lisa O’Neill • The Crying Light, Antony and the Johnsons