2008 started out great and pretty much was consistently (mostly). this picture was taken new years day cruising up the 5 with my friends amart and josh prince. it doesnt really feel that long ago. but apparently it has been. these are the best things this year.
1. barack obama
could not be more stoked to have this dude take over this year. this is as close as i got. even dilley voted for him.
2. my morning jacket
i was lucky enough to see this band, one of my favorites, 3 times this year. all 3 times they blew my mind. they put out a great album and put on a better show than anyone. and they cover kool and the gang.
3. livin the drife part 2
this summer’s tour was epic. we played many fun shows with some really cool folks like hockey, paper brain, devon williams, pokey lafarge, springtime panther, dot matrix, and many others. our van died in the best possible location and didnt take too long to get fixed. everyone took good care of us and we had the time of our lives. still not sure how we survived olympia.
4. the love house
this year i moved out of the coolest house ever aka love house. so many good times went down. so many dinners and acoustic sessions. i will always miss this home.
5. nyc
never really been there until a week ago. now its one of my favorite places. epic!!
6. la lakers
the additions of pau and trevor have put us over the top. we will win the championship this year. i was lucky enough to see them beat the kings this year.
7. tv on the radio- dlz
best song to come out this year. some kids covered it.
8. consenual/lodge
these two houses are inhabited by really awesome people. i spent more time at these houses than at my home. managed to record and play shows at both. thank you to those who live there.
9. naomi klein- the shock doctrine.
best book this year hands down.
10. roger waters
we still don’t need no education. seeing dark side of the moon performed in its entirety twice in a week was nuts.
11. basketball
somehow bball made a huge resurgence this year (playing wise). thank god. reys cross overs, adams kobe move, dilley on the boards, and kenny doing his best white trevor ariza. sick!
12. r.e.m.
will always love this band even if their new album is ehhhhh. saw them three times and had a great time each time.
13. summer heights high
the musical in the last episode is one of the funniest things i have ever seen in my life. fuck you miss!
14. graham nash “simple man”
listen to this song on repeat.
15. the constantines
i listened to this band A LOT this year. somehow i still dont have their new record though. anyway they kill.
16. james franco
homeboy happened to be in the two best movies of the year- milk and pinneapple express. good lookin dude.
17. chris rock – kill the messenger
so many good quotes came from this. “I DONT GIVE A FUCK!”
18. the hold steady
best bar band in the world!
19. street scene
in one day we saw mgmt, the new pornographers, foals, beck, spoon, cat power, tv on the radio and justice.
20. detroit octane
best parody rock band ever.
21. bon iver
hate to jump on the bandwagon but homie wrote the songs that killed this year, particularly flume and wolves.
22. capitol hill block party
in one day we managed to see the cave singers, darker my love, fleet foxes, jaguar love, kimya dawson and the hold steady. we ate some ginger snaps, jay puked in a bag and got mistaken for franz from the hold steady and we got a bunch of shitty jones soda for free. all in all it was a great time.
23. august weddings
congratulations kyle and denali, brian and cara!
24. my bloody valentine
k-swish took me to the ultimate reunion show. my bloody valentine at the santa monica civic. words cannot describe.
25. stereogum.com
wasted more time on this web site and found more good tunes here than anywhere else.
26. darker my love
only managed to catch these dudes in seattle but their new album is excellent.
27. sigur ros
one of the best albums this year, this band kills me live.
28. the tree in moorpark
best new hang out. 3rd of july fireworks went down in history.
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worst of 2008
kanye west
zach and norah make an infinite porno
vampire weekend
adams pedal board getting jacked
boston celtics
the other day lexie and i went and saw i’m not there and its fucking awesome. i dont want to hear anybody whining about it being “too weird” for them or any nonsense like that. if you aren’t into todd haynes or his style or some bullshit DEAL WITH IT. expand your mind a little. think outside the box. somethings are symbolic. just go with it. no whining. seriously. and cate blantchett had better win best actress.
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i miss my friends
Current mood: reminiscenti really miss my friends sometimes. i never see them and no one calls and i feel like i’m losing touch with the people that were there while I became who I am today. I love every aspect of me life right now except the fact that I never see or talk to my friends. Life is busy and all, but I still miss hanging out, drinking a beer, playing geetars or darts, putting otter pops down our butts, watching the Dodgers, stealing signs from Del Taco, throwing oatmeal pies at people, grilling some carne asada from Mayflower Market, going to Chocodile’s, smoking and drinking in the hills behind my house and getting busted by the police / Floyd Berger, making fun of every single item we’d find at the Retarded Citizen’s store in Oxnard (mainly the recycled underwear), yelling at Rey to “get off” of us when he’d jump on someone and he would yell “i’m trying” while continuing to hump us, telling Mookie to ‘take out da trash,’ going to Body By Davy, singing louder than Rocky Votolato at his show at the Knitting Factory, getting kicked out of Dodger games, asking whether or not she was good in bed, dressing up like the cast of Wizard of Oz for a show, singing the Brokeback Mountain song while playing the riff on the guitar, telling girls to have a nice life, Denny’s, shows, shows, shows, the Hot Rod / Dashboard show where Rey dressed up like a pumpkin, rushing the the front of the crowd when Recover went on stage at the Glasshouse, quoting David Cross, asking whether or not you want me to cut it off, karaoke (Immigrant Song), and then sitting around reminiscing about all of those times. i miss all that
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