best of 2008 recap

was a bit of a down year, both for music and film... we just didn't get out as much this year as year's past. we'll see how 2009 shakes out. with a sizable mortgage payment looming, I doubt it'll be much better on the entertainment front.

albums

1. vampire weekend - vampire weekend
2. ode to j. smith - travis
3. oracular spectacular - mgmt
4. viva la vida - coldplay
5. golden delicious - mike doughty
6. narrow stairs - death cab for cutie
7. the odd couple - gnarls barkley
8. með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust - sigur ros
9. accelerate - r.e.m.
10. dear science - tv on the radio
11. way to normal - ben folds

honourable mention: boxer - the national (discovered way too late, fave album of the year)

movies

1. forgetting sarah marshall
2. dark knight
3. iron man
4. pineapple express
5. be kind rewind
6. hamlet 2
7. tropic thunder
8. hellboy 2
9. zach and miri make a porno
10. wall-e
11. role models

sorry I missed: slumdog millionaire, let the right one in, rachel getting married, frost/nixon, milk