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Best of 2008: Top Albums

This is the final article in my long-incubating series reviewing the best music I heard in 2008. Earlier I wrote about my criteria for selection, honorable mentions and best songs.

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December 11, 2008

Bike odometer: 2523
Van odometer: 154292
Weight lost (in pounds): 0
Aches & pains: n/a
Current reading: My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Cross-platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets
Recent listening: Radiohead, Tom Waits, Beck, R.E.M., Willy & The Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Recent viewing: The Hoax, Heroes, Fringe, How I Met Your Mother, Colts at Browns
Recent playing: Chain Factor, Guitar Hero, Lego Star Wars, Galcon
Recently accomplished: Quicken Online migration, purchased Xbox 360, Christmas shopping, mouse cleanup & execution
Imperative To Do: Get rid of office junk, freecycle, activate new Tivo, clean garage, get rid of MacRenewal Macs, trim bushes, pull blackberries

James Houston took seriously the challenge by rock band Radiohead to remix their song “Nude”:

Houston explains the remix on the YouTube page. More information about the remix challenge is here. Radiohead’s original is also available on YouTube along with loads of other user-created videos.

A few interesting items I came upon in the last few days:

Radiohead has released their latest album via the web. The price? It’s entirely up to you.
The Portland blogosphere is abuzz with news of Google Streetview adding Portland to the list of cities it supports.
Last night a documentary called Crystal Darkness aired on every station in Oregon. Unfortunately, we didn’t know about it until it was over.
A cyclist survived being run over by a Max train but is still in critical condition.