Some of the great stuff I got from Santa this year:
Music:
• Ryan Adams, Cardinology
(only 1 new album from Ryan this year? Slacker!)
• Against Me!, Acoustic EP
had a few songs from this, but not the entire thing... awesome
• Kings of Leon, Only By the Night
Am looking forward to hearing this whole thing... review to come
• TV on the Radio, Dear Science
Same with KOL...
• Ike Reilly Assasination, We Belong to the Staggering Evening
I posted 1 song from this a while ago on the blog, nice to hear the whole album!
• AC/DC, Black Ice
Walmart exclusive, and STILL one of Sony's biggest selling albums of the year
• Buckcherry, Black Butterfly
Josh Todd never disappoints!
• Wye Oak, If Children
Local kids (UMBC) make good... on Merge Records, too!
DVDs:
• Monster Road
(Doc portrait of Clay Animator Bruce Bickford)
• The Last 1948 Show
(The Classic Series that preceded and inspired Monty Python)
• The Dark Knight
(along with the rest of America)
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Season 6
(Food Items Solve Crimes)
Video Games:
• Dead Space (Xbox360)
Survival/Horror/Action in Space
• Gears Of War 2 (Xbox360)
Blockbuster Sequel to one of my favorite games
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox360)
dark side of the force... cooooool
• The Orange Box (Xbox360)
5 of the best games ever made (2007's game of the year) all on one disc, on sale for 20 bucks!
Libations:
• Lump Of Coal
(mmmmmm... favorite Chocolate Stout)
• Rogue Chocolate Stout
(mmmmmm...)
• Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel
(had others from them, can't wait to try!)
• Porto Feist 1995 Vintage Port
(hand painted lettering on the bottle!)
• a Healthy mix of Old Dominion and such from Tim
(awesome! awesome! awesome! thank you!)
Various Awesomeness:
• NYT Obama Victory Issue, sealed in plastic
(GREAT IDEA, DAD!)
• 2 x Vintage Macintosh Ads (Think Different) Framed!
• Radioactive Octopus vs Frogmen
• Mad Magazine collection of Star Wars Parodies over the years
• Colored Pencils (w/ pad)
• Stuff White People Like (book)
• Clothes!
etc... etc... etc....
And the greatest gift of all?
• Delivering the Kidney Stone!
Sniff... It's a Cristmas Miracle!
Thank you everyone for what is probably my best "haul" of fantastic presents, I still can't believe this is the year we all decided to "cut back"!!!! I hope you all like what we got for YOU! I know we sure enjoyed giving them all to you! Merry, Merry Christmas, and I look forward to a new 2009 just around the bend! (Go Obama!)
