Guest Blogger Mark's Best of 2008
Mark, making a rare visit to Blockhead headquarters, offers his best of 2008:
Best music of 2008: On that list, I would put Bon Iver's "For Emma, Forever Ago..." as the best, and I also liked Sam Phillips's "Don't Do Anything."
Best Christmas Songs Discovered (a tie): Fat Daddy by Muddy Waters and the one by Steve Colbert. Also I downloaded a version of Frosty the Snowman being played on a hand saw.
Best books: Out Stealing Horses
Best movie: "No Country for Old Men" and... it's not from last year but the other night on cable I watched "Buffalo 66." What a gem. I was especially pleased with myself for not ever choosing to live in Buffalo, New York.
Best new drink tried: Amaretto and ginger ale. This brought back pungent tingly memories from just after high school when one day in my 1978 Honda Civic...
Best pizza (delivered): Pizza La half-and-half, hand tossed crust, Italian basil and spicy sausage.
Best Sento: 8-cho mei, Ginza, Tokyo
Best Super Sento: Yukai Sokai, Chigasaki / Runner up: Inariyu, Hachiioji
Best podcast: It's All Politics, NPR
—Mark (Blockhead Emeritus)
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