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2008 Music In Review
Summary of my music listening in 2008 (according to my Last.fm):
Total Tracks Listened To (2005-2008): 66216
175 Loved Tracks, 32 Posts, 2 Playlists, 147 Shouts
Top Artists of 2008:
Top Tracks of 2008:
Top Albums of 2008:
I definitely expected what you can see - many old albums pretty high on the charts. It took me until later in the year to start to fully get into a lot of the newer releases. Once I did, a number of them creeped their way pretty high up my All Time charts as well. I’m two days away from my four year anniversary on Last.fm and will do a brief recount of my last four years on Last.fm at that time. My “Best of 2008″ post on Drive A Faster Car will be going up soon with some mp3 goodness in tow.
Dec 31, 2008 1
Screw 2008
Some of my excuses why I may have been a bit cranky in 2008:
01- April: My last and closest grandparent, my mom’s mother, passed away
02 - A friend of mine (32 years old) had a stroke and was in a coma for over a week
03- April: My mother was laid off (with 60k others) from Citi
04- May 7: I was laid off from Super Deluxe (Turner)
05- Late April/Early May: I was forced to drop out of school after missing all of my final exams while out of town for funeral.
06- My car died
07- May 25: Erlene’s fatal accident
08- My dead car was totaled while I was out of town
09- A close family member arrested on felony charges (later dropped)
10- Junior died of brain aneurysm
11- Put Tom, my cat of 16 years, to sleep
12- Mother’s condo had hot water heater explode and flood her entire downstairs with six inches of water (much destroyed)
13- Johnny Ether died
14- An old friend raped
2008 was a really rough year for a lot of people. It was pretty hard to handle at times. I think the world really threw it at me but it helped me focus, reevaluate and step forward in new directions like never before. It wasn’t all bad - some of my favorite peaks of 2008 include 28 trips, dozens of new acquaintances and contacts, a few fantastic new friends and my dream job (Super Deluxe) - despite the brevity of the company.
I have a good feeling 2009 has a lot in store for all of us. A new year. A new President coming into office. Hopefully a new full-time job for both my mother and I, in addition to the thousands who are suffering from the current economy. Next step: Write out my New Years resolutions. I’m ready to move forward.
