Top 15 Albums, 2008. The soundtrack to an unbelievable year.
1. TV On the Radio, Dear Science
2. Bajofondo, Mar Dulce
3. Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid
4. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
5. The Week That Was, The Week That Was
6. Shugo Tokumaru, Exit
7. Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
8. Shearwater, Rook
9. Okkervil River, The Stand Ins
10. David Byrne and Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
11. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend
12. The Hold Steady, Stay Positive
These albums weren’t released this year, but were on heavy rotation:
13. The National, Boxer
14. The National, Alligator
15. Beirut, The Flying Club Cup
Top 7 products I can’t live without (sometimes I remember there’s a girl attached to the fountain pen case, you know):
1. Giga Body Balm
2. Smashbox O-plump (it won over O-gloss)
3. Carmex click stick SPF 30
4. Novuskin Facial VCO
5. Olay Regenerist Serum
6. Neutrogena Body Mist Sunblock
7. Neutrogena Dry-Touch SunblockÂ
Top 5 apps (any platform):
1. fring
2. Tweetdeck
3. Skitch
4. Evernote
5. BluePhone Elite
And now it’s 4 am, and we’re off to a place where I have (sob) no broadband access. Wish me luck.
