Top 10 Releases of 2008:
1. Saturdays = Youth, M83
2. Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, Sigur Rós
3. Stay Cold, Trapped Under Ice
4. Fate, Dr. Dog
5. Civil War, Dillinger Four
6. Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket)
7. Bring Me Your Love, City And Colour
8. Lucky, Nada Surf
9. Split, Dirty Money/Trapped Under Ice
10. From The Bottom, Off With Their Heads
Top 6 Shows of 2008:
1. Celebrated Summer Second Anniversary Show, 09/27, Ten Car Pile-Up
2. Polar Bear Club, Fireworks, Brick, 12/10, CCAS
3. Dr. Dog, 12/03, 930 Club
4. Tegan & Sara, 10/02, Rams Head Live!
5. Nana Grizol, Witches, 05/27, Frisby House
6. The Chase, xBreatheInBreatheOutx, At Best, Timber, 12/20, Corpse Fortress
Top 6 Things I Did This Year:
1. Went On Tour
2. Published A Zine
3. Read 28 Books
4. Lived Independently In Baltimore
5. Spent A Month In California
6. Organized Goucher's Sexual Violence Education Initiative
Top 6 Spots In The Baltimore Area:
1. Pretty Boy Reservoir
2. The Avenue (The Golden West/Common Ground)
3. Charm City Art Space
4. Frisby Street
5. Celebrated Summer Records
6. Woodberry Kitchen (food rules, end of story.)
Top 6 States I Visited/Explored:
1. California
2. Texas
3. Wisconsin
4. Pennsylvania
5. Ohio
6. Every Other State I Visited
Reading List 2008:
1) The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
2) Hot Water Music, Charles Bukowski
3) Barrel Fever, David Sedaris
4) The Stranger, Albert Camus
5) The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller
6) Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
7) The Book Of Imaginary Beings, Jorge Luis Borges
8) In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
9) Lord of the Flies, William Golding
10) Wicked, Gregory Maguire
11) A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
12) Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America, Barbara Ehrenreich
13) The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White
14) Tender Is The Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald
15) A Passage to India, E.M. Forster
16) The Kite Runner, Khaled Housseini
17) The Heart That Bleeds: Latin America Now, Alma Guillermoprieto
18) The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
19) Fury, Salman Rushdie
20) Watchmen, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
21) Double Duce, Aaron Cometbus
22) A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Housseini
23) The Death of Vishnu, Manil Suri
24) Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
25) Lucky, Alice Sebold
26) The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
27) My Life In The Jugular Vein, Ben Snakepit
28) Snakepit 2007, Ben Snakepit
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