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BEST OF 2008 part II

well this year was not really "about" albums, although i am an avid music purchaser (and i mean the real shit, in the store or offline, none of this buying the album on itunes bullshit), i did not purchase many albums this year. but i have compiled a list of my faves, purchased or stolen:

note: i am only posting mp3s for songs whose artists were not mentioned in my top 10 songs of 2008 (except department of eagles because #1 album deserves 2 songs posted) to cut down on redundancies

TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2008 again...in my humble opinion:

10. Tallest Man On Earth "Shallow Grave"

9. Okay "Huggable Dust"




8. Black Keys "Attack & Release"



7. Portishead "Third"



6. The Dutchess & The Duke "She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke"

5. Fleet Foxes "Fleet Foxes"

4. The Walkmen "You and Me"



3. Born Ruffians "Red, Yellow & Blue"



2. Vivian Girls "Vivian Girls"

1. Department of Eagles "In Ear Park"

i got a new pet!

he plays music from my ipod and dances and barks and has a light up face!

i need to think of a good name for him...

also, i made banana stuffed french toast with a streusel topping for christmas breakfast:



and...some more random pics from my aunt kathy's house:

i don't wanna (smoke marijuana) i just wanna get high

alright, let's do this. BEST OF 2008 part 1

this is what blogs are all about right? RIGHT? i'll start with:

TOP TEN SONGS OF 2008 in my humble opinion...

10. Lykke Li : Breaking It Up




9. Tallest Man On Earth : Pistol Dreams



8. Women : Black Rice



7. Fleet Foxes : White Winter Hymnal



6. Crystal Stilts : Crystal Stilts




5. The Walkmen : Four Provinces

SORRY, NO MP3 HERE

4. The Dutchess & The Duke : Reservoir Park



3. French Kicks : Sex Tourists



2. Vivian Girls : I Believe in Nothing



1. Department of Eagles : No One Does It Like You

GREETINGS FROM RURAL PENNSYLVANIA!

i love my aunt kathy's house. it is effin gorgeous and perfect and i could live in her kitchen.

so far things are going well with the fam, today we are headed to MY city to see the rockettes, pretty stoked.

then we are eating at Remi, some italian place my aunt and uncle like, yelpers seem to dig it.

in other news, i have been having a lot of trouble sleeping and i don't know why. the other night i thought it was because i drank an energy bev at about 4pm, not that they have ever really affected me that badly before when it comes to sleep. last night is just completely unexplainable though, i watched 3 eps of arrested development on hulu trying to stop my head from going going going...but it barely worked. i fell asleep for maybe an hour and had heinous nightmares of being held up at gunpoint!

march of the penguins

penguins stuffed with cream cheese and a cream cheese igloo



alfajorpes (a south american shortbread cookie) filled with milk chocolate, some dipped in flaked coconut

but i know i'm still right here, and i know here is still nowhere

The Dutchess and the Duke record has consumed me. There are very few times when I hear a song and within the first 10 seconds I am filled with an almost animalistic knowledge that not only this song but every song compiled with this song into a record will be incredibly and profoundly affecting for me. This song that I heard was "Reservoir Park" and it was one of the only songs hype machine had of theirs. I bought the album on amazon. I NEVER do that. But I had to. I went on just to look at how much the album cost, and I saw the "download this album" button and I just clicked it. I didn't even think about it. I just saw it and I clicked it, and I have not regretted it yet.

They do retro so well, it's not cheesy or patronizing, it's just a part of them. The lyrics are simple but deep, the kind of lyrics that make you think "I could write those" only to reexamine their composition moments later and realize "No I fucking could not!" because sometimes people just know how to put words together so perfectly that every other sentence you write for the rest of your life seems to be a testament to how much you will never write like them/that.

I love this fucking album so much that it is making me angry to write about it right now. I can't explain it by stringing together letters. I cannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnot.

That was 20 n's.

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