1. Between The Buried And Me. Their album called Colors was released in 2007, but I didn't fully appreciate it, until I purchased their Colors Live CD/DVD this year. The band is full of brilliant musicians who are doing things never before done in music. If you have not heard the album or seen the DVD, you are truly missing out. Go check out their back catalogue, as well.
2. Anberlin releasing New Surrender and having "Feel Good Drag" reach the top 10 on "Billboard's Top Modern Rock Tracks" chart.
3. The Transformer's movie. Yes, I'm late on this one, too. It came out in 2007 and I saw it and liked it, but I watched it again and liked it even more. This movie put Megan Fox on the map as she was voted sexiest woman in the world by FHM Magazine.
4. Copeland's album You Are My Sunshine. Probably my favorite album released in 2008. It's just full of beautiful, relaxing songs. This was a down year for me in terms of new music, so the fact that I could listen to this album all the way through may have been enough to put it at the top for me.
5. Progressive Metalcore. Between The Buried And Me. Protest The Hero. The Human Abstract. Check out those bands. Amazing musicians.
6. Judd Apatow. The guy just makes the funniest movies. The 40 Year Old Virgin. Superbad. Knocked Up. Step Brothers. Pineapple Express. Walk Hard. Anchorman. Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In 2008 I came to the conclusion that I know I will get my money's worth of laughs when I go see one of his productions.
7. Facebook. I think I like it better than myspace.
8. Mae. I saw them play an amazing show in Covington, Ky in October and they blew me away.
9. Life In Your Way. My favorite hardcore band broke up and I'm still heart broken. I did get to see them one last time, at least.
10. The Boston Celtics. I was glad to see them win the NBA Championship!
11. Michael Phelps and his amazing Olympic Performace.
12. Albert Einstein. I read about how he was named person if the Century for the 1900's and I became fascinated.
13. Lil Wayne selling a million copies of Tha Carter III in the first week
14. The Office. It's amazing.
15. Michael Jordan Youtube Highlight Videos. I watched aot of them.
16. The demise of Christian Hardcore News. I kinda lost interest.
Favorite TV Shows of 2008:
1. The Office
2. One Tree Hill
3. Lost
4. The Pick Up Artist
5. Wipeout
6. Rock Of Love
7. Hell's Kitchen
8. Celebrity Rehab
9. To Catch A Predator Reruns
10. House
Favorite movies of 2008 in no order:
Transformers
Juno
Four Christmas'
Yes Man
Pineapple Express
Step Brothers
The Dark Knight
Get Smart
Nick And Nora's Infinite Playlist
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Favorite Bands in 2008:
Anberlin
Mae
Life In Your Way
Between The Buried And Me
Jimmy Eat World
Mute Math
Copeland
Dead Poetic
Artists I discovered or rediscovered in 2008:
Further Seems Forever
Sufjan Stevens
The Beatles
Lil Wayne
mewithoutYou
All The Day Holiday
Copeland
Accpetance
Misery Signals
Something Corporate
The Human Abstract
Hands
Protest The Hero
Sherwood
Daphne Loves Derby
Waking Ashland
Awesome bands that broke up in 2008:
Life In Your Way
Still Remains
The Format
My most listened to songs in 2008 (guesstimate):
Paperthin Hymn - Anberlin
The Everglow - Mae
When You Thought You'd Never Stand Out - Copeland
Light Up Ahead- Further Seems Forever
Beneath It All - Life In Your Way
Different - Acceptance
23 - Jimmy Eat World
Sun Of Nothing - Between The Buried And Me
Feel Good Drag - Anberlin
Molotov - Dead Poetic
On Your Porch - The Format
Control - Mate Math
Sorry - Five O'Clock People
Home - Nifty Tom Fifty
Skyline Drive - Mae
The Sun And The Moon - Mae
Cool new album in 2008:
Copeland - You Are My Sunshine
Anberlin - New Surrender
Between The Buried And Me - Colors Live
Protest The Hero - Fortress
The Human Abstract - Midheaven
Underoath - Lost In The Sound Of Separation
The Vincent Black Shadow - Monstruo
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Lights - EP
Misery Signals - Controller
Favorite Sports Teams in 2008:
USA Basketball
University of Kentucky Football
University of Kentucky Basketball
Memphis Tigers Basketball
Boston Celtics
Miami Dolphins
Duke Basketball
Favorite Websites of 2008:
Absolutepunk.net
Facebook.com
Myspace.com
Google.com
Yahoo.com
Youtube.com
Buzzgrinder.com
Radioandrecords.com
Billboard.com
Hitsdailydouble.com
Indievisionmusic.com
Blabbermouth.net
MetalSucks.net
Last.Fm
Ukmix.org
Perfixmag.org
Unexplained-Mysteries.com
Favorite Concerts of 2008:
Life In Your Way at The YMCA
Mae at The Mad Hatter
Demon Hunter, Soul Embraced, Oh Sleeper, Living Sacrifice at Bogarts
As I Lay Dying, Trenches, Evergreen Terrace, and August Burns Red at Bogarts
Ichthus Festival
Norma Jean, MyChildren MyBride, Oh Sleeper, The Showdown, Haste The Day in Louisville on Halloween
Still Remains, Emarosa, and Catherine in Louisville
Concert Highlight of The Year: Haste The Day coming out Dressed Like The Showdown and playing one of their songs and having The Showdown pasted over their own band logo at the Halloween concert.
Personal Highlights of the year:
Getting engaged to the most wondeful, beautiful, outstanding woman in the world.
Getting to go to Florida.
Getting a very good new job.
Any Tim time is good time.
Making a new friend in Aaron.
Finding a new church me and Jennie both like.
Discovering O'Charley's pretzel crunch chicken. Yum!
