Pulling off an extended shot proves quite a feat. The payoff: it sticks on memory like a Red Fang riff. 

And why not go for it? The masters do. 

Who would dare walk out after witnessing Orsen Welles's perfect extended shot in A Touch of Evil? Who doesn't feel like their getting the V.I.P. treatment when Henry Hill takes his date KA-ren through the back door of the Copa and meets all the wise guys in Goodfellas?

Even the overrated and pretentious Jean Luc Godard can trick an audience into sitting through his painful Weekend with a brilliant extended shot.

Any fan of cinema knows the extended shot is Brian De Palma's move, though. Just look at Snake Eyes and audiences will truly comprehend the meaning of polishing a turd. 

On Wednesday, January 25 electro-house DJ Avicii is making his Seattle debut at the Paramount Theater. 

Few DJ’s have reached their stardom as quickly as Avicii. In the last three years, the 22 year old Swede has climbed to the sixth rank on the coveted DJ Mag Top 100 DJ’s. 

Tracks like "Seek Bromance," "ID," "Fade into Darkness," and club favorite "Levels" have propelled Avicii to stardom. His BBC-Radio 1 Essential Mix dated December 10, 2011 is also incredible.

The best 80's metal album covers came from the band Manowar. They might even get my vote for "best album cover ever." 

Known for their epic tales of sorcery, sword fights, wizards and fantasy, these themes were reflected in the Auburn, New York band's music and album art.

The most "hardcore" of all of their albums was Blow Your Speakers. Not only do the band members look like some type of Norse Gods, but they also seem to be protecting the bareyl clothed women at their feet from some weird, quickly approaching zombie creatures.

The title Blow Your Speakers is also very appropriate as the band holds the record for the loudest concert this side of My Bloody Valentine.

A Hope Not Forgotten at Faith Fest
Saturday, January 7
El Corazon 

A Hope Not Forgotten is a “Melodic Hardcore” band from Seattle. If you enjoy screaming, hardcore breakdowns or just awesome metal guitar riffs, then seeing these guys live is a must!

You'll have the chance January 7 at 5 p.m. when they play an all ages hardcore faith-fest show at El Corazon. The night opens with Tommorow May Fail followed by Prepare the Bride, Vices, Vessels, Prestige and of course a band that is sure to have success for years to come, AHNF.

2011 was the year Spotify went big stateside, effectively taking the age-old process of making mixed tapes into the modern age. 

As our contributors' ballots came in I added their "favorite song" nominees to my first-ever Spotify playlist, appropriately titled "NadaMucho.com's Best of 2011."

Here's a list of the songs it includes. (Scroll down to subscribe to the list on Spotify.) 

Abe Vigoda – “Throwing Shade”

Adele – “Rollin' In The Deep”

Adele – “Rumor Has It”

Amy Winehouse – “Our Day Will Come”

The Antlers – “Putting the Dog To Sleep”

I have no shame in waiting until the first day of 2012 to finalize our 2011 year-end coverage.

Doing so gave us a chance to wade through countless other opinions on the year’s best music, movies and television programs. In sharing as many links to 2011 year-end lists as we could find through our Twitter and Facebook pages, we were reminded about stuff we fell in love with earlier in the year and got a chance check out some things we missed. The holidays afforded us extra time off from work to catch up, and ultimately we were more informed when we weighed in with our final votes.

What follows are the twenty-five favorite albums of about twenty contributors to NadaMucho.com. I’m eternally grateful to have so many cool people participating and apologize to each of them in advance if my comments on their selections seem flip. I won’t pretend to be intimate with each of these albums and, when I’m not, I’ll say so. Hopefully some of you will join me in checking out some more of 2011's best as 2012 begins. 

West Seattle is my home town and I love it.

Many people in "Seattle proper" are still clueless as to happenings west of the bridge, which is good. I'm in no hurry to have a bunch of upwardly mobile singles moving in and dumbing down the culture of the West. 

For those of you currently living and playing in West Seattle, you already know that the West is the SHIT, right? So why not have our own best of 2011 list?

Here are five examples of just how amazing the music community it is over here.

Seattle gets all the hype, but there are some great bands from "the City of Suckerpunch." Here are my top ten Tacoma acts of 2011. 

10. Basemint
Excellent, traditional surf rock in a big way.

9. Helms Alee
Will Tacoma bands never tire of coming up with great nautical reference band names? Love the new record.

8. Pioneers West
These guys got passion and will travel. Watch for them.