I Love You, Man

Amazing cast! I really can't wait to see this.

Live Action Mario (with Puppets!)

This is just awesome.

Flooding

The flooding here has been pretty crazy. I've never seen the rivers so high. Some of the locals in Ferndale are saying the Nooksack is higher than it's ever been. I guess it's the Northwest's turn to feel some effects of the climate change. First crazy snow, now this.

Here are some of my favorite images on the Bellingham Herald's site.

Japan Has Too Many People!

But I still want to visit so badly.

My Top Albums of 2008

Let me preface the list by saying that this is the first time I've ever attempted to rank my top albums of the year. I also decided not to write anything about any of the albums and include an .mp3 instead. So I'll let the music describe itself, plus I honestly don't have time for all that writing.

1) Torche - Meanderthal

Healer

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2) Paint it Black - New Lexicon

The Ledge

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3) Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadwallader

Casual Discussion in a Dome Between Two Temples

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4) Lemuria - Get Better

Mechanical

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5) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

Crimewave

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6) M83 - Saturdays = Youth

Skin of the Night

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7) Helms Alee - Night Terror

A Weirding Away

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8) Blacklisted - Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God

I Am Weighing Me Down

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9) Good Luck - Into Lake Griffy

Public Radio

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10) Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear

Eat Dinner, Bury The Dog, And Run

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11) Night Marchers - See You in Magic

Closed for Inventory

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12) Young Widows - Old Wounds

Old Skin

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13) Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls

Where Do You Run To

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14) Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lions Skull

Rise to Glory

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15) Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward

The Kelly Affair

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16) Fucked Up - Chemistry of Common Life

Twice Born

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17) Monotonix - Body Language

Summers and Autumns

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18) Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You

They are too punk for any mp3s online for this album. Go to their MYSPACE.

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19) My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1

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20) Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08

See Saw

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21) Able Baker Fox - Voices

Brand New Moses

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22) Hold Steady - Stay Positive

Sequestered in Memphis

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And the stuff that I liked but didn't listen to quite enough to rank:

Portishead - Thirds

Plastic

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These Arms are Snakes - Tail Swallower and Dove

Woolen Heirs

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Deerhoof - Offend Maggie

The Tears and Music of Love

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No Age - Nouns

Teen Creeps

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Iron Lung - Sexless//No Sex

Also too punk for the internet. Check their MYSPACE for songs.

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Akimbo - Jersey Shores

Great White Bull

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Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Gobbledigook

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And my favorite 7"s (and a short 12") that came out:

Shook Ones / End of a Year split

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Narrows -S/T

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Bookburner - S/T

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Black Breath - Razor to Oblivion

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Thursday / Envy Split 12"

For fun: My top 15 artists of 2008 according to my LAST.FM page:

- Coliseum
- Paint it Black
- Crystal Castles
- Torche
- End of a Year
- Algernon Cadwallader
- Lifetime
- My Morning Jacket
- Lemuria
- My Bloody Valentine
- Ceremony
- Radiohead
- Shook Ones
- Anamanaguchi
- Sonic Youth