Staff Picks: Books, movies and music for the END OF THE WORLD

The editors of the Gazette present our various top 10s (in no particular order) for the end of the world. It’s a wonderful mix of both awesome and horrifying indulgences. Here’s to you, planet Earth. Thanks for all these magnificent cultural wonders over the years!

Top 10 TV Shows/Movies:

Pride & Prejudice

Real House Wives

Teen Mom

Freaks and Geeks

Friday Night Lights (first and last episodes)

Bend It Like Beckham

Apocalypse Now!

Children of Men

Waterworld

The Omega Man

Top 10 Books/Graphic Novels:

Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

The Bible

Ghost World

The Wasteland

Logan’s Run

Pride & Prejudice

Lord of the Rings (all)

Paradise Lost

Clifford

Thus Spake Zarathustra

Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns

Top 10 Songs:

Look Happy, It’s The End Of The World – Matthew Good Band

Dance or Die – Janelle Monáe

The Very Last Night Of The End Of The World – Craig Cardiff

Drawing Flies – Soundgarden

It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Bob Dylan

Wave of Mutilation – Pixies

Antichrist Television Blues – Arcade Fire

Streets of Fire – New Pornographers

Dead Letter & the Infinite Yes – Wintersleep

Ride of the Valkyries – Wagner