Virgil Dickerson

Top 10 Records of 2008
1. Austin Lucas “At War With Freak Folks”
2. The Gaslight Anthem “the 59′ Sound”
3. Portugal the Man “Censored Colors”
4. Justin Townes Earle “The Good Life”
5. Mike Hale “Broken With No Hope”
6. Dillinger Four “Civil War’
7. Dr. Dog “Fate”
8. Matt Pryor “Confidence Man”
9. Able Baker Fox “Voices”
10. Human Highway “Moody Motorcycle”

Honorable Mention Records of 2008
Horse Feathers, Nada Surf , Dead to Me, Frank Turner, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Cheap Girls, Sleepercar, Black Keys, In the Red, Loved Ones, Chuck Ragan / Austin Lucas, Ben Nichols

Favorite Songs of 2008
1. Bon Iver “Skinny Love”
2. Austin Lucas “Go West”
3. Drag the River “Having a Party” (sam cooke cover)
4. Dillinger Four “Gainesville”
5. The Gaslight Anthem “59 sound”

Top 5 Movies/Shows
1. Superbad
2. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
4. Metalocalypse
5. Pineapple Express

Top 5 Books
1. I Just Want My Pants Back by David Rosen
2. Turning Failure into Ideology by Brian Polk
3. Sleeveface
4. Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, by Joe Nick Patoski
5. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye by Ronen Kauffman

Best Moments:
Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground album release show in Seattle, Going to the Fest and having a fucking blast, and having our best year ever after 13 rocky years. I feel really lucky to still be playing this game. I also feel really inspired to have Obama as our president elect.

Worst Moments:
1. My son had a really bad case of pneumonia this year and we had to spend a week in the hospital during his 2nd birthday.
2. Having to deal with the shitty excuse for a postal service we have. They have lost, damaged, or stolen more packages than I care to think about.
3. Never enough hours in the day.

Favorite Beers / Food

1. Osker Blues became my new favorite brewery, they have some of my favorites: Dale’s Pale Ale, Old Chub, Ten Fidy, Gordon
2 . Jalapeno beef at Spicy Basil
3. Tofu Noodle bowl at New Saigon