Monthly Archives: December 2008

The Top Twenty Albums of 2008 (The Top Five)

With less than eight hours to go, here’s the rest of my picks for 2008. These five kept shifting positions, so any one is probably interchangeable with another. The changes in position were based less on my own taste than the general state of the world. Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue Gnarls Barkley – The

That 2008-In-Review Questionnaire (Meme)Meme Thing

Nikki did it. So did Sara. And Amber. So I might as well. What did you do in 2008 that you have never done before? Successfully piloted a pontoon boat, thus justifying my hard-earned Tennessee Boating License. As the son of a tourney-winning fisherman, this was much like taking up an ancestral mantle. Seriously. How

Ficlets No More

We’re sorry to inform you that on Jan. 15, 2009, Ficlets will be shut down permanently. For reasons that aren’t entirely clear — shouldn’t AOL have the means to maintain a simple social network for micro-writing? — the flash fiction site with an adorable name is going the way of the do-do and the Kozmo.

The Top Twenty Albums of 2008 (10 through 6)

Ever closer, we’re counting on down … Jeff Hanson – Madam Owl John Legend – Evolver TV On The Radio – Dear Science, Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War) Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It

Thou Shalt Have Thy LOLs

Coming Soon (January 2009), originally uploaded by northfultondramaclub. So, I’m in a play. Not directing this time. I’m in this one. Playing a part I should know well enough: myself. The show is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) — basically, all 37 plays performed by three actors in about 90 minutes. My co-stars

Doctor Hugh

I’ve decided that there is really only one person to take over the Doctor Who role. Hugh Laurie. If for nothing else than to watch the heads of clueless fanboys explode in righteous indignation at the casting of an American actor, only to have their shame further deepened by learning that he’s really very, very

The Top Twenty Albums of 2008 (15 Through 11)

The list continues. Al Green – Lay It Down Flying Lotus – Los Angeles Murs – Murs for President Danielia Cotton – Rare Child Keziah Jones – Nigerian Wood

The 2008 Grammy Nom Nom Noms (Part One)

There are 110 statues in play for 2008. 2008, by Grammy definition, runs from the first of October 2007 to the last day of September 2008. Every year, I look at the big list and think about doing some predictions, but then I get all caught up in the need to support each educated guess

The Top Twenty Albums of 2008 (20 Through 16)

Once again, I’m taking up the critic’s mantle. For no other reason than the fact that I can, I’m looking back at 2008′s musical offerings to determine those I find worthy of being called The Best. And so, here begins my list of The Top Twenty Albums of 2008 … starting with the bottom five.