Top 10 Albums:
1. Murder By Death
2. This Time Next Year
3. Counting Crows
4. In Flames
5. Less Thank Jake
6. Alkaline Trio
7. Cancer Bats
8. My Morning Jacket
9. Thursday / Envy
10. Rise Against
In Flames rocked 2008 because:
I’m not a big metal fan. I grew up on Billy Joel and when I turned from my parents music I fell into the cheesy pop punk & ska world of Blink 182, Less Than Jake, Weston and many others. Working in music has far broadened my ears and I enjoy metal more now than back then. When I first heard In Flames I liked them right off the bat, it was like this is the metal that I like! I thought A Sense of Purpose just emphasized exactly what I wanted to hear from a metal band. I know it got lots of flack from the metal community…but I love just about every song on the record. It’s aggressive, melodic, fun, and of course best when listened to loud.
Favorite thing of 2008: Halloween! Creating the best Jawa costume EVER!
What did you wish you did more of in 2008: Sleep
What are you looking forward to in 2009: Trying to get more sleep
When I first saw Paulson it was about 2 years ago at a small club in NJ. I had heard of the local Jersey band but never actually heard them. I was sold on them that night. In fact so much that I went directly to their merch booth and purchased both of their CD’s. This year a re-release of All At Once came out on Doghouse records and even though I had most of the songs, the 3 new ones were such pleasant surprise that I can’t wait for a new CD to come out. I got my fingers crossed for one in 2008, ’til then I’ll just have to play the All At Once re-master over and over.