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
Filed under: who knows
everyones favorite laker that looks like a lion going off! sick.
1. santa cruz, ca
twin lakes, the red room, the boardwalk, the balcony, west cliff, michoacan, britania arms, love house. this town rules. what the fuck??
2. tour
hey jealousy, embassy suites, van diesel
3. larry hosford and his all star band
4. new guitar new amp new 8 track
5. bjork live at shoreline may 19, 2007.
6. whidbey island
7. sonic youth daydream nation show
8. des ark
9. lucero/big star weekend october 20 2007
10. neil young
11. ghostface killah
12. jeff tweedy/blue grass festival
13. spencer reunion
14. big sur
15. stella
16. planet earth
17. the hold steady
18. radiohead
19. magnolia electric co.
20. the arcade fire
21. flawless victory
22. san francisco
23. the fishtank (r.i.p.)
24. the shipwreck (r.i.p.)
25. singing lucero on the beach 3 am
26. cicadas / giraffes? giraffes! / silian rail (3-way tie)
27. im not there
28. salvador dali
29. van morisson
30. sealions
i spent the past week jamming with a new band that should be called “spencer again” but probably won’t. it was really fun. the soundtrack for the drive back today consisted of-
blood brothers ‘burn piano island burn’
des ark ‘loose lips sink ships’
every time i die ‘hot damn’
ten grand ‘this is the way to rule’
cicadas ‘consult the bones disgusting skulls’
cursive ‘happy hollow’
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guess what kind of mood i was in.
here are the top ten of the past week.
1. only real fans/make-up/ooh ooh ooh ooh song (3 way tie)
2. sillian rail
3. i’m not there soundtrack
4. salvador dali
5. mom’s cookies
6. my grandparents dancing
7. el pollo loco dollar menu
8. the drums
9. jay-z and nas “success”
10. ultimate frisbee
i try not to write/think about britney spears too much but this is too good- petraeus’ report on britney’s progress.
The recent performance at the MTV Video Music Awards vastly exceeded initial projections of awesomeness. Not only did the few dancing moves she executed get her heart rate up to 145 — prime fat-burning range — but Ms. Spears did not fall or cry. Though the time lapse between recorded music and lip sync was off by an average of 2.5 seconds, this was a vast improvement over the House of Blues tour, where the average was actually forever, because she didn’t know the words to her new song. Though she still hasn’t memorized the lyrics — which, for the record, are “gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme” — she now mouths other words in its place, some of which clearly do involve giving her things.
the rest here by joel stein
at life, everything. fuckin a.
my biggest thing about this is what did barack obama do? i can understand going off on hilary clinton, but seriously what makes barack obama a “jerk” or deserve to suck on a machine gun? he hasn’t ever done anything to anyone yet. his crime is being a good looking, viable (therefore threatening) candidate. i dont understand how fox news has him on all the time, and even had him on to explain this. isnt it interesting comparing the reponse they gave rage against the machine, who basically read a piece of a noam chomsky essay, and this mother fucker with is huge machine guns (which must be compensating for something) because he has labeled it “outrage humor.” well sorry dude there is no punchline, so its not funny. here is the kicker about this i love my country bull shit front he puts on-
Nugent claims that 30 days before his Draft Board Physical, he stopped all forms of personal hygiene. The last 10 days he ingested nothing but junk food and Pepsi, and a week before his physical, he stopped using the bathroom altogether, virtually living inside his pants caked with excrement and urine. That spectacle won Nugent a deferment.
Filed under: who knows
until then here is some tv carnage greatest hits. this shits made by the dude from vice/truth commericals and it is truly amazing stuff, but apparently only in small doses for most people. enjoy.
i recommend all of these things as well as early van morisson and pelican’s city of echoes album.
keaton collective 