Top 10 DVD Releases1. “Thank You For Smoking”2. “Clerks II”3. “The Devil Wears Prada”4. “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”5. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”6. “V for Vendetta”7. “Thumbsucker”8. “The Constant Gardener”9. “Good Night, and Good Luck”10. “The Squid and The Whale”
Top 5 Albums1. “Riot City Blues” – Primal Scream2. “Living With War” – Neil Young3. “Rather Ripped” – Sonic Youth4. “Under a Billion Suns” – Mudhoney5. “You in Reverse” – Built to Spill
Top 10 Books1. “Against the Day,” by Thomas Pynchon2. “The Best American Short Stories 2006,” by Ann Patchett and Katrina Kenison 3. “Rumpole and the Reign of Terror,” by John Mortimer 4. “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War,” by Max Brooks5. “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,” by Doris Kearns Goodwin6. “Absurdistan,” by Gary Shteyngart7. “The Nimrod Flip-out,” by Etgar Keret8. “Water for Elephants,” by Sara Gruen9. “After This,” by Alice McDermott10. “March,” by Geraldine Brooks
Top 3 Cameras1. HP Photosmart R8172. Canon PowerShot A5403. Kodak EasyShare V570
Top 10 Technology Toys 1. Nintendo Wii2. Nintendo DS Lite3. USB drives4. External Hard drives5. Wireless keyboards/mice6. Xbox 3607. PlayStation Portable (PSP)8. Windows Vista9. Macbook Pro10. PlayStation 3 (PS3)
Top 5 Overpriced Gifts 1. 2006 Bugatti Veyron Porsche: $1,192,0572. A dance-on piano (as seen on the movie, “Big”): $250,0003. A night on the Queen Mary 2 Cruise Ship: $3,9004. 1 oz. Beluga Caviar from the CCaspian Sea: $1505. Lower orchestra seating at the new Cirque du Soleil: LOVE $150
Top 10 stocking stuffers 1. Soup2. Bootleg copy of O.J. Simpson’s book3. Spare car parts4. Teacup poodle5. Condoms6. Shoehorn7. Volcano insurance8. Stockings9. gift certificate for 75 cents to the $1 store10. Deodorant
-Compiled by Chris Coyle, Alex Jones, Jenna Long, Fernando Ramos, Damien Sutton and Chaley Zachmeier