Top Albums of 2008

2008 ended up being a year that opened up my musical world. This year I found myself diving head first into the indie/singer-songwriter genre. I am far from an expert listener to this genre, and there can be/is a lot of crappy music you have to sift through (though I’d argue less than with top 40 style music) to find the true gems… but what gems they are.

Playlist: Summer 2008

I used to be THE master of playlists. The last couple years of high school and first couple of college, I could pump out a killer mix in a matter of minutes. Somewhere along the road, I just stopped making them. I guess I figured the shuffle feature in iTunes or on my iPod was good enough.
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Winter Playlist

I’m a fan of playlists — and for this weeks installment of “Monday’s for Music,” I’ve decided to post my Winter 2007-08 playlist. These are fifteen songs that I found myself listening to more than any others during the Winter months.

Yes we can

Keeping on the same basic political theme of the last couple posts (and the next couple coming down the pipe), today I’m posting will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas music video that he, along with 30 other celebrities produced for the Obama campaign.

Mandolin Rain

I’m taking a bit of a departure from writing up a full album in order to talk about a single song that I was recently re-introduced to. It was a song I heard plenty of times in my childhood as my mother was into all that 80’s pop rock crap.* The song, Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby.

Ingrid Michaelson

Wow, what can I say?!

I can say that I’m ashamed that it took an Old Navy commercial to get me to fall in love with that voice. But, oh, what a voice.

Let me just say this: Ingrid Michaelson hits my ear drums just right. There is no one else I’ve found who’s music is as fulfilling as hers.

Top Movies (I Saw) of 2007

Although I probably saw less movies this year then in most, I’ve decided to put together a ‘top ten’ list. So here are my Top Ten Movies of 2007 (that I’ve seen), with honorable mentions to movies that have a high probability of making the list once I see them.The List

3:10 to Yuma
Freedom Writers
Dan In [...]