Everyone and their brother does a top 10/100/50 at the end of the year. This year I thought I join in. Offered for your inspection–48 of my favorite albums and cultural moments.
Presented in no particular order:
1. MGMT
2. Santogold
3. Mates of State
4. Kanye
5. The Verve
6. Oasis
7. The Raconteurs
8. Coldplay
9. Conor Oberst
10. The New Odds – Cheerleader
11. Okkervil River
12. Kings of Leon
13. Mother Mother – Oh My Heart
14. Beck – Modern Guilt
15. Socratic – Spread the Rumors
16. Guns N’ Roses – Chinese[...]
48 from 2008
On January - 6 - 2009
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CBC Radio 3’s Top 103 Tracks from 2008
On January - 4 - 2009
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I can’t tell you how much I enjoy and appreciate the music that comes out of Canada. Okay, I just did. Enjoy.
http://radio3.cbc.ca/
I took out the embedded player because I couldn’t keep it from auto-playing when the page loaded. You want to go and check out CBC Radio 3’s website anyway. Lots of cool stuff there.
Best of Viral Video
On December - 16 - 2008
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Thanks to Stereogum, er…Videogum for this one. Enjoy!
Pumpkin Custard Pie
On December - 15 - 2008
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Pumpkin Custard Pie
6 eggs
2 one pound cans pumpkin
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground clove
1 1/3 cup milk
1 cup heavy cream
Pour into two 12 inch pie crusts, bake at 350 for 75 minutes.
*Note: I never made this. I found this text clipping on my hard drive and figured I might want to try it someday. So here it is.
I Don’t Want to Party
On December - 9 - 2008
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For a Swedish band whose music is about “Difficult, dull, unhealthy, passionate, mean relationships“, you could surely never tell from their music. doublePark’s lighthearted, happy sounds belie the angst beneath–in fact, you could easily be listening to American AM radio circa 1972. Word in the blogosphere is they are all the rage overseas (thanks Instrumental Analysis). I predict an invasion.
Check out “I Don’t Want to Party” (from 2006!). This is what I’m going to be singing next week when all[...]
