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Best Albums of 2008

December 18, 2008

Another year, another list of the tunes I obsessed over. Some of these are likely to be popular picks all over the internet, but I also want to mention a bunch of albums that haven’t gotten the props they deserve. My favorite albums of 2008:

30. Cool Kids, The Bake Sale
Sparse electronic samples drip and drop […]

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Best Albums of 2008 (so far)

July 2, 2008

Only halfway through the Aught Eight, there are a handful of standout discs I would recommend. There are others in the running, but the following have earned the most play time and mindshare at the halfway point.

British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?
The bravado in the critic-baiting title is equaled only by the rafter-shaking […]

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Skip to the Titles

June 19, 2008

I’m insanely jealous of movie title designers and the design-nerd awesomeness of their jobs. So I’m happy to have found these two amazing links:
Art of the Title.
Forget the Film, Watch the Titles.
The first site links to my current favorite sequence, Showtime’s Dexter. Absolutely brilliant credits for the serial-killer-as-cop crime drama. PS, Digital Kitchen is right […]

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Bringing Back the Mixtape

April 1, 2008

Ok, I’d love to just copy/paste the entry I did at work for Muxtape.com. But that seems like cheating when it’s so easy to link and be done. Isn’t that what these internets are supposed to be about? Besides, it’s excellent that my workplace allows me to post this type of content for the sake […]

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Album Covers of 2007 (Part II): The Best

January 25, 2008

Having already expressed my opinions about the Worst Album Covers of 2007, it’s time to talk about the Best of 2007. These are the covers that I thought did something just a little different in their overall packaging.
Battles “Mirrored”
Beautiful photography taken from their “Atlas” video shoot, an interesting angle and understated type. A futuristic look […]

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