top 20 of 2008 (no particular order)
- Metallica - "Death Magnetic"
- Scarlett Johansson - "Anywhere I Lay My Head"
- Torche - "Meanderthal"
- Nine Inch Nails - "The Slip"
- Kings of Leon - "Only By The Night"
- Beck - "Modern Guilt"
- Fucked Up - "The Chemistry of Common Life"
- Longwave - "Secrets Are Sinister"
- The Melvins - "Nude With Boots"
- Russian Circles - "Station"
- Bible Of The Devil - "Freedom Metal"
- Burning Brides - "Anhedonia"
- Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
- Toadies - "No Deliverance"
- The Sword - "Gods Of The Earth"
- Valient Thorr - "Immortalizer"
- Murder By Death - "Red of Tooth and Claw"
- Sigur Ros - "Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust"
- The Raconteurs - "Consolers Of the Lonely"
- The Gutter Twins - "Saturnalia"
Honorable Mentions:
Nine Inch Nails - "Ghosts I-V"
Norma Jean - "Vs The Anti-Mother"
Local H - "12 Angry Months"
Black Keys - "Attack And Release"
AC/DC - "Black Ice"
Made Out Of Babies - "The Ruiner"
Oasis - "Dig Out Your Soul"
Trivium - "Shogun"
Quatre Tete - "Art Of the State"
....and for the fact that it FINALLY came out, I can't NOT mention:
Guns N' Roses - "Chinese Democracy"
Movies of 2008:
"Iron Man"
"The Dark Knight"
"Incredible Hulk"
"Step Brothers"
"Speed Racer"
"Wall-E"
"The Wrestler"
"Burn After Reading"
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
Back in time.....
In 1998, not only did I graduate High School, but there was some decent music coming out. Here's a few titles I still listen to today:
Deftones - "Around The Fur"
Cake - "Prolonging The Magic"
Afghan Whigs - "1965"
Bad Religion - "No Substance"
Avail - "Over The James"
Far - "Water & Solutions"
The Living End - S/T
Local H - "Pack Up The Cats"
Marilyn Manson - "Mechanical Animals"
Queens Of The Stone Age - S/T
Pearl Jam - "Yield"
Rancid - "Life Won't Wait"
Refused - "The Shape Of Punk To Come"
Stone Temple Pilots - "No. 4"
Turbonegro - "Apocalypse Dudes"
System Of A Down - S/T
VAST - "Visual Audio Sensory Theater"
Zeke - "Kicked In The Teeth"
I was only 8 in 1988, so I didn't know of many of these titles from then. My excuse: a) nobody guide me, b) I'm sure mom wouldn't have bought me any of these:
Bad Religion - "Suffer"
Danzig - S/T
Iron Maiden - "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
L.A. Guns - S/T
Metallica - "...And Justice For All"
Ministry - "The Land Of Rape and Honey"
Social Distortion - "Prison Bound"
Traveling Wilburys - "Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1"
Mudhoney - "Superfuzz Bigmuff"
Soundgarden - "Ultramega OK"
Slayer - "South Of Heaven"
Poison - "Open Up and Say..Ahh!"
The Pixies - "Surfer Rosa"
Motley Crue - "Dr. Feelgood"
1978 was a great year, though it was 2 years prior to my conception. Here's some goodies that are now 30yrs old and still stand the test of time:
Misfits - "Static Age"
Cheap Trick - "Heaven Tonight" and "At Budokan"
Dire Straits - S/T
Rolling Stones - "Some Girls"
Ramones - "Road To Ruin"
The Police - "Outlandos d'Amour"
Van Halen - S/T
Bruce Springsteen - "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"
Black Sabbath - "Never Say Die!"
Led Zeppelin - "In Through The Out Door"
1968.....what can I say? Some staples in the record collection:
The Who - "Magic Bus
The Beatles - "White Album"
The Doors - "Waiting For The Sun"
Jeff Beck - "Truth"
Otis Redding - "The Dock Of The Bay"
Cream - "Wheels Of Fire"
Velvet Underground - "White Light/White Heat"
Sly & The Family Stone - "Dance To The Music"
Free - "Tons Of Sobs"
