http://thispatchofsky.com/blog Or somewheres Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:02:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Books read in 2008: 56. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling 55. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf 54. The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain by Alice Weaver Flaherty 53. The Queen of the Damned ... http://thispatchofsky.com/blog/2008/12/29/in-the-mind-of-the-bourgeois-reader/ I don't do top 10 lists of favorite albums for the year, but the list below were albums that I think need mentioning, at least. I have to say that Santogold was my favorite and most listened to album off of this list, and it kind of came out of ... http://thispatchofsky.com/blog/2008/12/29/new-way-home/ It seemed like this year of seeing shows was a chance to catch up on some acts that I've liked for a while but never got the chance to see live: Blonde Redhead, Polvo, Dinosaur Jr., Built to Spill and Smashing Pumpkins. Seemed like it was that way for a ... http://thispatchofsky.com/blog/2008/12/29/lights-music/