The thing about a year is that it must have LISTS! And these, therefore, are them.
Previous years: 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2017 - 2016 Podcasts - 2016 Albums
Top 10 TV Or Internet Shows I Watched In 2022 (that weren’t all from 2022)
10) House Of The Dragon (HBO Max)*
9) The Bear (Hulu)*
8) Evan And Katelyn (Youtube)
7) Jim Lill (Youtube)
6) The Sandman (Netflix)
5) Foureyes Furniture (Youtube)
4) Top Of The Lake (Sundance, Hulu)
3) the first three seasons of Cheers (CBS, Hulu)
2) the first three seasons of The Sopranos (HBO, HBO Max)
1) the first six seasons of The West Wing (NBC, HBO Max)
*Did not finish! Because spoiler, didn’t actually finish much new TV this year!
Every Book I Read In 2022 (unranked)
https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2022/67269378
Top 10 Books I Read In 2022 (that weren't all from 2022)
10) Minor Detail - Adania Shibli
9) The Murder On The Links - Agatha Christie
8) Luster - Raven Leilani
7) The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie
6) Go Ahead In The Rain - Hanif Abdurraqib
5) Dracula - Bram Stoker*
4) The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
3) The Master And Margarita - Mikahil Bulgakov
2) Arcadia - Tom Stoppard*
1) The White Album - Joan Didion
*Re-read
Top 10 Honorable Mention Albums Of 2022
The Loneliest Time - Carly Rae Jepsen; Sometimes, Forever - Soccer Mommy; Are We Gonna Be Alright? - Fickle Friends; MUNA - MUNA; Anaïs Mitchell - Anaïs Mitchell; Emotional Creature - Beach Bunny; Save The Baby - Enumclaw; Laurel Hell - Mitski; <COPINGMECHANISM> - WILLOW; Hold The Girl - Rina Sawayama
Top 10 Songs Of 2022
One per artist!
10) Chaise Longue - Wet Leg
9) Home By Now - MUNA
8) Talk That Talk - Twice
7) The Only Heartbreaker - Mitski
6) Quicksand - Hatchie
5) Old Friends Like Lost Teeth - The Wonder Years
4) Wretched - Bartees Strange
3) Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift
2) Pink Venom - Blackpink
1) American Teenager - Ethel Cain
Top 9 Concerts I Went To In 2022
9) Soccer Mommy - Franklin Music Hall (Philadelphia, PA)
8) Carly Rae Jepsen - The Met (Philadelphia, PA)
7) Mitski/The Weather Station - Bold Point Park (Providence, RI)
6) Bartees Strange - The Foundry (Philadelphia, PA)
5) Rina Sawayama - The Fillmore (Philadelphia, PA)
4) The Weather Station - World Cafe Live (Philadelphia, PA)
3) Pet Symmetry - First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
2) The Wonder Years/Spanish Love Songs/Origami Angel - Concord Music Hall (Chicago, IL)
1) Blackpink - Prudential Center (Newark, NJ)
Top 8 Songs on Blackpink’s “Born Pink”
8) The Happiest Girl
7) Tally
6) Ready For Love
5) Typa Girl
4) Hard To Love
3) Shut Down
2) Yeah Yeah Yeah
1) Pink Venom
Top 2 Blackpink Albums
2) The Album (2020)
1) Born Pink (2022)
Top 20 Songs On Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” (the 3am edition)
20) Vigilante Shit
19) Bejeweled
18) Glitch
17) Dear Reader
16) Sweet Nothing
15) Question…?
14) High Infidelity
13) Paris
12) You’re On Your Own, Kid
11) Labyrinth
10) The Great War
9) Bigger Than The Whole Sky
8) Lavender Haze
7) Maroon
6) Snow On The Beach
5) Midnight Rain
4) Karma
3) Mastermind
2) Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
1) Anti-Hero
Top 10 Taylor Swift Albums
10) Lover (2019)
9) Midnights (2022)
8) Self-titled (2006)
7) Fearless (2008)
6) Speak Now (2010)
5) folklore (2020)
4) reputation (2017)
3) 1989 (2014)
2) evermore (2020)
1) Red (2012)
Top 10 Albums Of 2022
10) Preacher’s Daughter - Ethel Cain
9) Wet Leg - Wet Leg
8) Giving The World Away - Hatchie
7) Surrender - Maggie Rogers
6) Expert In A Dying Field - The Beths
5) Midnights - Taylor Swift
4) Born Pink - Blackpink
3) MOTOMAMI - Rosalía
2) The Hum Goes On Forever - The Wonder Years
1) Farm To Table - Bartees Strange
Top 10 Honorable Mention Restaurants Or Bars I Went To In 2022
Spice Finch (Philadelphia, PA); Aki Nom Nom (Philadelphia, PA); Spicy Moon (New York City, NY); Il Cantuccio (Nerano, Italy); La Capannina (Capri, Italy); Volvér (Philadelphia, PA); Lokal (Berlin, Germany); otto (Berlin, Germany); Suraya (Philadelphia, PA); Pizza Shackamaxon (Philadelphia, PA)
Top 10 Restaurants Or Bars I Went To In 2022
10) Kensington Quarters (Philadelphia, PA)
9) The Backdoor (Seattle, WA)
8) Friday, Saturday, Sunday (Philadelphia, PA)
7) Barbuzzo (Philadelphia, PA)
6) Monk’s Cafe (Philadelphia, PA)
5) Haisous (Chicago, IL)
4) Glass Hostaria (Rome, Italy)
3) Three Dots And A Dash (Chicago, IL)
2) Ella Elli (Chicago, IL)
1) The Girl And The Goat (Chicago, IL)
Top 10 New (Or New To Me) Podcasts Of 2022
10) Downstream
9) Tape Notes
8) The Vinepair Podcast
7) Sharp Tech
6) Cartoon Avatars
5) Odd Lots
4) The Town
3) The Vergecast
2) Crypto Island
1) Dead Cat
Top 10 Podcasts Of 2022
10) The Big Picture
9) The Content Mines
8) Reconcilable Differences
7) NYT Popcast
6) Holy Swift
5) Lovett Or Leave It
4) Accidental Tech Podcast
3) Fighting In The War Room
2) Doughboys
1) Blank Check
Top 10 Honorable Mention Movies Of 2022
The Banshees Of Inishirin; Avatar: The Way Of Water; RRR; Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio; Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers; The Batman; The Northman; Kimi; Bodies Bodies Bodies; Scream
Top 5 Movies Not From 2022 That I Saw For The First Time In 2022
5) The Tragedy Of Macbeth (2021)
4) Beginners
3) West Side Story (2021)
2) Perfect Blue
1) The Royal Tenenbaums
Top 5 Movies Not From 2022 That I Rewatched In 2022
5) Margin Call
4) Happy Death Day
3) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
2) Beauty And The Beast
1) Princess Mononoke
Every 2022 Movie I Saw, Ranked
https://letterboxd.com/andrewthewhip/list/2022-ranked/
Top 10 2022 Movies I Didn't See But Want To
10) Stars At Noon
9) Triangle Of Sadness
8) Armageddon Time
7) Emily The Criminal
6) Dual
5) Aftersun
4) Women Talking
3) Bones And All
2) Return To Seoul
1) The Menu
Top 10 Movies Of 2022
10) Cha Cha Real Smooth
9) Everything Everywhere All At Once
8) Nope
7) The Fabelmans
6) After Yang
5) Decision To Leave
4) Pearl
3) Babylon
2) TÁR
1) The Worst Person In The World