I love year-end lists. Not only because it asks us to reflect on media intake but because it’s a great way to discover what we might have missed in any given year. It’s a chance, not to gloat in your own preferences but learn from others.

As many of you know, I partner with my great friend Mark Whiten in something called the Habañero Collective. We used to do a music/interview podcast exploring/challenging notions surrounding “Christian” music but we don’t do that anymore. Somewhere along the way, it morphed into hosting house shows. Future plans include world domination but I’m getting ahead of myself. For now, here are some of our favorite picks of 2011 in various categories:

• Browse Mark’s 2011 picks
• Browse my picks for my favorite concerts of the year
• Browse my some of my favorite songs of the year
• Browse my favorite albums of 2011
• Browse my 2010 picks
• Browse my 2009 picks