Music in 2008
According to Last.fm, these are the top 25 artists I’ve listened to over the past 12 months.
I must plead my case here and note that I only send data to my Last.fm account from my Pandora station (which I only listen to at work), so this list wasn’t entirely under my control.
- The Strokes
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Death Cab for Cutie
- Weezer
- Coldplay
- The Shins
- Jimmy Eat World
- Counting Crows
- Wilco
- Rhett Miller …
04 jan, 10 a.m. / read more »
“Resolutions”
First, I have to ask, why all of the hate for 2008? I mean, I know we weren’t doing that well financially, but money isn’t everything. I felt like everything I read online from December 31st–January 1st was pretty much “good riddance 2008.” I had a pretty good year overall.
Did you read that article in the New York Times about how people rarely make life changes? Yeah. While I still think …
03 jan, 1:57 p.m. / read more »
Books I Read in 2008
Happily, for some of this year I had the wonderful Readernaut to keep track of these thing for me. I’m probably missing a few, and they are out of order, but here goes.
The Other Boleyn Girl (Philippa Gregory) — I read this just in advance of the movie coming out. The movie is not really like the book, but the book is not really like history, so that’s okay.
01 jan, 11:10 a.m. / read more »
Just got an email asking for a link exchange. Checked calendar. Nope, it’s not 1998. / 05 jan, 11:38 a.m.
Are You A Restaurant Klepto? | Table Talk / Interesting comments on this post. / 02 jan, 4:20 p.m.
Who joined twitter first? (Atlanta, GA Edition) | Twitterholic.com / I’m 11th. / 02 jan, 8:47 a.m.
Raspberry-Lime Frozen Yogurt / This is all there is to frozen yogurt? Count me in. / 01 jan, 8:59 p.m.
Dan Benjamin - Being Randomly Logged Out of Websites When Using Safari / “Are you experiencing this issue as well?” Yes. / 31 dec, 3:11 p.m.
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: New Year’s Resolutions. / I laughed out loud. / 31 dec, 12:36 p.m.
371: Scenes From a Mall - This American Life / From Lacey, This American Life profiles the Cool Springs Galleria, the mall in Franklin, TN, where my parents live. Interesting that they chose this mall because the area is still among the richest in the country, I believe. / 29 dec, 4:20 p.m.
