The Top 10 Singles of 2008

Here's one more musical top 10 list for all of you audiophiles out there. The ten songs of 2008 that I thought ruled the most were:

10. "American Boy" Estelle featuring Kanye West
9. "A-Punk" Vampire Weekend
8. "Discipline" Nine Inch Nails
7. "Spaceman" The Killers
6. "Piece of Me (Tiesto Remix)" Britney Spears
5. "Lost" Coldplay
4. "Sex on Fire" Kings of Leon
3. "Chemtrails" Beck
2. "Ricochet!" Shiny Toy Guns

My favorite song of the year is...

1. "Kids" MGMT

Again, please comment. Yell at me for any inappropriate inclusions or exclusions. Or, if you must, give mad props.

Also, if you haven't already, check out my Top 10 Albums of 2008.

The Top 10 Albums of 2008

Every year, I write up my list of the top 10 movies of the last 12 months. This year, I decided to force my musical taste down your throats as well. Here are, in my not-so-humble opinion, the 10 best albums of 2008:

10. One of the Boys, Katy Perry
9. Only by the Night, Kings of Leon
8. Circus, Britney Spears
7. Day & Age, The Killers
6. The Slip, Nine Inch Nails
5. Dear Science, TV on the Radio
4. Modern Guilt, Beck
3. Season of Poison, Shiny Toy Guns
2. Oracular Spectacular, MGMT

The Best Album of 2008 is...

1. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay

Please leave some comments. I'd love to know what you think.

The Most Awesomest News Story for the week of Dec 21-27, 2008

When will people learn to just shut the fuck up when they're in a movie?

On Christmas, during a screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (which totally rules and you should go see it now), James Cialella became annoyed with the people sitting in front of him because they were talking. James, trying to be reasonable, asked them to quiet down.
When their rudeness continued, he shot them.



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PS. When I refer to a story as awesome, I mean unusual or interesting or even shocking. I do not condone shooting loud people in movie theatres.

The Most Awesomest News Story for the week of Dec 14-20, 2008

The pool at the Atlantic Resort in the Bahamas has a pretty cool feature: a shark tank underneath. Oh yeah, while swimming in the pool, there are sharks directly underneath you. Pretty sweet, right?

Well, on Tuesday the 16th, one of the sharks decided he didn't like being confined to his tank, so, like any sensible shark would do, he leaped out. Onto a water slide. And rode down it into the pool.



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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Yes, my friends, it is my favorite time of the year!

No, not Christmas time, Oscar Season! Between now and the end of the year, film studios are releasing all of the year's best films in order to be noticed for Academy Award consideration. Since I don't live in Los Angeles, a lot of these movies won't reach me until January or February, meaning I have two months of movie bliss coming to a theatre near me! Woo hoo!

I am especially looking forward to seeing Doubt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button & Frost/Nixon.

If you have any suggestions for movies to see, leave them in the comments section.

Also, check back in a few weeks for my Top 10 albums and songs of 2008, and in February for my Top 10 movies!

Peace.

The Most Awesomest News Story for the week of Dec 7-13, 2008

A woman in West Palm Beach, FL will no longer be receiving around $2,000 a month in alimony payments after a kick-ass court ruling. A stipulation in her divorce agreement states that she would receive alimony payments from her ex-husband until she either gets married or cohabitates with another person for over three months. Well, in 2005 she was sentenced to nine years in prison for injuring 2 men in a drunk driving accident. Her husband challenged in court that during her time in prison she is cohabitating with her cellmate. A panel of judges agreed and ordered her alimony be cut off.

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I Suck

So it's been about 2 months since my last post, which is pathetic.
I vow to, from now on, post something at least once a week.
So keep on reading people (or more likely, person).