Sunday, January 04, 2009

Best of '08

This was ridiculously hard, seeing as I went to over 25 concerts this year and all my fave artists came out with outstanding albums. I did my best.

Top 5 Concerts:
1. Bonnie Raitt at Red Butte Garden
2. Mile High Music Festival in Denver
3. Ray LaMontagne at The Saltaire
4. Ani DiFranco at Library Square
5. Wilco at Red Butte Garden

Top 5 Songs:
1. "Clean Getaway" by Maria Taylor
2. "Jesus, Etc." by Wilco
3. "The Greatest" by Cat Power
4. "Little Black Sandals" by Sia
5. "Right As Rain" by Adele

Top 5 Artists:
1. Greg Laswell
2. Sia
3. Ingrid Michaelson
4. Ray LaMontagne
5. The Weepies

Top 5 Albums:
1. Three Flights from Alto Nido by Greg Laswell
2. Some People Have Real Problems by Sia
3. 19 by Adele
4. Hideaway by The Weepies
5. Hello...x by Tristan Prettyman

Top 5 Movies:
1. The Savages
2. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
3. American Teen
4. Changeling
5. Wall-E

Top 5 Places:
1. Khao Lak, Thailand
2. Denver, Colorado
3. Orange, California
4. Faifield, California
5. St. George, Utah

Top 5 people:
1. Em
2. Max
3. KJ
4. Kate
5. Ane

Top 5 TV Shows:
1. 30 Rock
2. Project Runway
3. 90210
4. The Office
5. Grey's Anatomy

Top 5 Books:
1. The Giver by Lois Lowry
2. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
3. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer
4. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
5. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Top 5 Experiences:
1. Tristan Prettyman singing "Void" just for me at soundcheck. Un-Real.
2. Falling in love with the boy. Getting engaged.
3. Seeing Tom Petty for the 2nd time with Em. Amazing.
4. Meeting Jason Mraz. Hugging his little waist.
5. Serving the people of Thailand and eating their food. Oh, and getting bit by a leech and riding an elephant.