Year End Wrap Up: A Few of My Favorite Things (in 2008)
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 01:46PM Everyone else has been tossing their lists up, so here are my lists of my favorite media in 2008. Keep in mind that my lists would probably be way bigger (specifically in music) if I was more into p2p, but I haven't completely given in to all of that yet (yet....).
The 25 Albums of 2008:
25. David Cook - David Cook
24. Robyn - Robyn
23. Air Traffic - Fractured Life
22. Paper Rival - Dialog
21. Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)
20. Anberlin - New Surrender
19. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
18. Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
17. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
16. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
15. Weezer - Red Album
14. Shiny Toy Guns - Season of Poison
13. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
12. M83 - Saturdays = Youth
11. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
10. The Kooks - KONK
9. Goldfrapp- Seventh Tree
8. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
7. Copeland - You Are My Sunshine
6. Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia
5. The Foxglove Hunt - Stop Heartbeat
4. Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro
3. We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery
2. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into
1. Beck - Modern Guilt
The 10 Songs of 2008:
10. MGMT - "Electric Feel"
Electric Feel - MGMT
9. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "Dawn of the Dead"
Dawn of the Dead - Does It Offend You, Yeah?
8. Copeland - "The Day I Lost My Voice (The Suitcase Song)"
The Day I Lost My Voice (The Suitcase Song) - Copeland
7. Shiny Toy Guns - "Money For That"
Money For That - Shiny Toy Guns
6. M83 - "We Own The Sky"
We Own The Sky - M83
5. Midnight Juggernauts - "Tombstone"
Tombstone - Midnight Juggernauts
4. Weezer - "Pork & Beans"
Pork and Beans - Weezer
3. Beck - "Walls"
Walls - Beck
2. Anberlin - "Haight St"
Haight St. - Anberlin
1. sElf- "Monogamy"
Monogamy - sElf
The 5 Best Shows of 2008:
5. The Cure @ Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2008)
4. Pearl Jam @ Madison Square Garden (June 24, 2008)
3. Midnight Juggernauts @ Bowery Ballroom (May 9, 2008)
2. Piebald's third to last show EVER @ Bowery Ballroom (April 17, 2008)
1. Rufus Wainwright & Friends COMPLETELY UNPLUGGED @ Angel Orensanz Foundation For the Arts (March 19, 2008)
The 5 Albums I'm Glad I Found/Bought in 2008 Even Though They Existed Way Before That:
5. Atom & His Package - A Society of People Named Elihu
4. Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
3. L.E.O. - Alpacas Orgling
2. American Football - American Football
1. sElf- Gizmodgery (Japanese Import)
The 5 Websites That I Adored in 2008:
5. Twitter
4. Mint
3. Thrive
2. ArtistData
1. Yapta
The 5 TV Shows I Couldn't Go A Week Without Watching in 2008:
5. Private Pratice
4. Dirty Sexy Money
3. Grays Anatomy
2. Chelsea Lately
1. The Soup
The 5 Films of 2008 That I'll Actually Watch Again:
5. Iron Man
4. The Dark Night
3. Twilight
2. Milk
1. Wall-E
The 5 Viral Videos That Will Still Have Me ROFLing in 2009:
5. One Man, Tiny Bananas
One Man, Tiny Bananas from Mike Dunn on Vimeo.
4. TwitterWhore (part One)
3. Hampster On A Piano
2. Drinking Out of Cups
1.Internet Party: When Google's parents leave town...
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So, what were your fave?
Reader Comments (1)
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