Happy new year from all here at Sitting Now. We have some great new stuff lined up for
next year including new shows, live shows, new site and some great guests! But we thought, what better way to see out the new year, than by getting our writers and
contributors to reveal their best bits of 2008!:
Ken Eakins – Editor/Show host
Best Book of 2008 – CounterKnowledge – Damian thompson
Best Film of 2008 – Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long)
Best Album of 2008 – Xaphan: Book of Angels, Volume 9 – John Zorn and Secret Chiefs 3
Best Event of 2008 – Fortean Times Uncovention
Best Story of 2008 – Anonymous vs. Scientology
Claire Lumiere – Writer/Show Host
Best Book of 2008 – Looking back, I think I really only read things from the past.
Hardly anything published this year. How about Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine?
That may be the only 2008 book I read.
Best Film of 2008 – Religulous
Best Album of 2008 – Xaphan: Book of Angels, Volume 9 – John Zorn and Secret Chiefs 3
Best Event of 2008 – I didn’t go to any real events this year.
Best Story of 2008 – I couldn’t get over the story about the geek couple that split after the woman caught her hubby cheating on her digitally. (Well, hired an investigator to catch him- which is even better). Also, I vote for the Arab man who threw his shoes at Bush. That is SUCH an insult in their culture, supposedly.
Daddytank: Writer/Myspace Heroes
Best Book of 2008 – From Hell – Alan Moore / Eddie Campbell
(It’s almost a book)
Best Film of 2008 – Cloverfield (It doesn’t make me clever
but I love this film)
Best Album of 2008 – Ire Works – Dillinger Escape Plan
(Art.Pure art)
Best Event of 2008 – Kool Keith @ The Medicine Bar (He shook my hand)
Best Story of 2008 – Worldwide multiple UFO sightings (2009 is the year)
Adrian Dobbie: Writer/Show host
Best Book of 2008 – ‘Howlings’, Various, pub. Scarlet Imprint
Best Film of 2008 – No Country For Old Men, Cohen Bros.
Best Album of 2008 – Not bought an album all year!
Best Event of 2008 – Thelemic Symposium
Best Story of 2008 – Barack Obama wins US General Election
Raymond Wiley: Co Host/Athens Karaoke Super-Star
Best Book of 2008 – Above Top Secret by Jim Marrs is best book.
Best Film of 2008 – No Country For Old Men
Best Album of 2008 – The Second Gleam by The Avett Brothers
Best Event of 2008 – Obama Election
Best Story of 2008 – Georgia Guidestones Vandalism
Heres to another cool 12 months! Happy New Year from everyone here at SittingNow!
Nice album choice, Ken!
I also need to add Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother to my best book list!