People like to do end of the year lists, things that came out in whatever year they thought was tops. The problem is that we aren't as hip as we think we are, and stuff gets under the radar sometimes (I didn't hear Illmatic until 2006). So here's some things I liked about 2008 that didn't necessarily happen in 2008.
Getting married
Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
The Dark Night
Xbox 360 (so many awesome games, I can't wait 'til it breaks!)
Mr. Lif - I, Phantom (this song is actually my favorite part of every year.)
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Cephalectomy - Eclipsing The Dawn and Dream Cycle Mythos
Progressive.com commercials
Cracked.com
Vomitus.com (again, a favorite every year)
Watching horror movies with my kids
Kobo Abe's The Ruined Map
Gay music I used to like when I was a teenager (Type O Negative, Machine Head, Fear Factory, Finch, Mortal Decay, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Glassjaw, Failure)
William S. Burroughs' The Place Of Dead Roads and The Western Lands
Adult Swim
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
How I Survived (Biography Channel)
America (President Obama, motherfuckers!)
Hank Williams III
Eyehategod
Special shout outs to Intervention (on A&E). That show cracks my shit up. I'm pretty sure at least a quarter of the episodes are made up, but that is probably my favorite show to watch in 2008. My wife doesn't like to watch it with me because I laugh too much. It's kind of like Law & Order in that every episode is exactly the same until the end. And it's WAY funnier.
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