<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - 2004 Year in Review</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artsandliving/yearinreview?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><description>2004 Year in Review</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Look Back in Anger]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24378-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24378-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Critic Stephen Hunter reviews the films of 2004, the year when Hollywood crashed and burned.]]></description><author> Stephen Hunter</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bully Pulpit Films]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24373-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24373-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Does it say something about the state of contemporary cinema that, for one critic, 2004 will be best remembered as the year she finally learned how to spell "Fahrenheit"?]]></description><author> Ann Hornaday</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best DVDs of 2004]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44742-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44742-2005Jan3.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The best releases of last year and a look ahead to what's coming in 2005.]]></description><author> Jen Chaney</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auld Lang Resigned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38003-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38003-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You can't "in with the new" if you don't "out with the old." We therefore herewith submit a list of things and personalities that we could so easily do without in 2005.]]></description><author> Tom Shales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[TV Let Things Slide]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24388-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24388-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's too early to say how many slopes we started, or continued, slipping down in 2004, but it was definitely a slopeful year.]]></description><author> Tom Shales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Year of Comings And Goings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24374-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24374-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a busy and eventful year for classical music in the capital area, the Washington National Opera had a standout season.]]></description><author> Tim Page</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Busy B's Held Sway in Pop]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24383-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24383-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From Beyonce to Bono to Bruce, Pop Music 2004 was the Year of the B.]]></description><author> Sean Daly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting a Spin on Pop That Rose to the Top]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35713-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35713-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You won't find Franz Ferdinand in this Top Pop Albums of 2004 extravaganza. The hands-down darlings of critics this year sounded to these ears like a bunch of same-sounding B-sides from Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" days.]]></description><author> Sean Daly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Music 2004]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14343-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14343-2004Dec20.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com music critic Joe Heim revealed his best picks for music and performances of the year.  Post yours and read others.]]></description><author>LiveOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Glory' and Greatness]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24384-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24384-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Theater critic Peter Marks reviews the highlights -- and lowlights -- of the year onstage.]]></description><author> Peter Marks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dance Anniversaries, Memorably Observed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24375-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24375-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As they have done throughout the dance world for the past many decades, Balanchine, Cunningham and Taylor dominated the local dance front this year.]]></description><author> Sarah Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Masters, Old and New]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24368-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24368-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There is a lot of griping about Washington's cultural deprivation compared with the world's other famous cities; but in 2004 alone, the exhibitions on view in Washington would have done any megalopolis proud.]]></description><author> Blake Gopnik</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picking Up Around the House]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24376-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24376-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the world of design, 2004 was a year of polar opposites. But the richness of the human spirit proved astounding.]]></description><author> Linda Hales</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bites to Remember]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17689-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17689-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Over the past 12 months Washington Post restaurant critic Tom Sietsema experienced plenty of mouthwatering meals.]]></description><author> Tom Sietsema</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book World Raves]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30101-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30101-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Another year's harvest of wonderful books! The following are excerpts from reviews that ran during this calendar year.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Top 100 National Bestsellers of 2004]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47649-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47649-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A look at Nielsen BookScan's top sellers for the entire year reveals a fascinating list, from "One Hundred Years of Solitude" to "Who Moved My Cheese?," and represents sales of about 450 million books throughout the country.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desson Thomson's Top 10 Films]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34267-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34267-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With such assured movies as "Tarnation," "Intimate Strangers," "Spider-Man 2," "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" and "The Motorcycle Diaries" reluctantly forced out of this list, I had the agonizing but enjoyable task of coming up with  even better candidates. Here they are, then, my own personal 10.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael O'Sullivan's  Top 10 Exhibits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36302-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36302-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[1. "The Quilts of Gee's Bend."  Sewn together by craftswomen from rural southwestern  Alabama from scraps of denim work clothes, corduroy of many hues and whatever else was lying around the house, these boldly cockeyed quilts, on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, could have gone head to head with anything from the museum's collection of contemporary abstract painting -- and won handily.]]></description><author> Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post staff writer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Bites of 2004]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36280-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36280-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eve Zibart highlights the tasty food finds from 2004.]]></description><author> Eve Zibart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Year in Nightlife]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36288-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36288-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/yearinreview</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:26:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From the VIP Club to H2O, Texas Hold 'Em to cicada cocktails, a look back at 2004's openings, closings and trends.]]></description><author> Fritz Hahn</author></item></channel></rss>