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1. in our AAAACASP sign, who is the chip and who is the salsa?

2. would you live on the red planet [fyi: mars] with us, since they just discovered water?

3. what is the asian word that the english word "awesome" is derived from?

4. have you ever pee'd in a bottle, cup, bowl, etc.?

5. what word specifically does john o say orgasmically on the new album [the maine]?

6. what are the main parts of the AAAACASP?

7. do you like chips and salsa?

8. what are the best stores to shopify at?

9. where did the AAAACASP founders meet?

10. what cell phone service does each have?

11. in addition to 10, what are each of their phone numbers?

12. what is the phrase "business in the front, party in the back" referring to?

13. what is the bible for pretty much everything you need to know?

14. what things do the founders of the AAAACASP unite?

15. what is the best program in the world?

16. give 5 reasons why you belong/we should let you join AAAACASP.

17. what letter makes the coolest names?

18. where were the founders born?

19. where do the founders live, and for how long?

20. how long have los founders known each otro?

So I've decided it should be a yearly practice of mine to compile these lists. Not only because of my deep passion for music, but because I personally find this type of thing interesting. And, in all honesty, I would encourage others to do something similar, if not the same thing. It's interesting to see what people's responses would be. Each selection reveals something about the person doing the selecting, whether they want it to or not. And that intrigues me. But anyhow, if you know me, you'll know music and I get along really well (it's my non-specified-gender lover. haha). And so, here are my lists for the Best of 2008.

These Lists are nowhere near perfect. There are things that shouldn't be on them (these are mostly stuck because of my love of them.). There are things that SHOULD be on here also, but aren't. Oh well.

Enjoy.


Top 10 Albums:
1. The Silver Cord (the Classic Crime)
2. Can't Stop Won't Stop (the Maine)
3. Life Is Not a Waiting Room (Senses Fail)
4. Underdog Alma Mater (Forever the Sickest Kids)
5. Lost In the Sound of Separation (Underoath)
6. Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East (Greeley Estates)
7. Fast Times At Barrington High (the Academy Is…)
8. Pretty. Odd. (Panic at the Disco)
9. A Band In Hope (the Matches)
10. Texas (Playradioplay!)
(Close) Runners up: One of the Boys (Katy Perry), Fragile Future (Hawthorne Heights), Narrow Stairs (Death Cab for Cutie), Innerpartysystem (Innerpartysystem)

Top 10 EP's:
1. Yippee EP (nevershoutnever)
2. A Coloring Storybook and Long Playing Record (Cinematic Sunrise)
3. …and a Happy New Year (the Maine)
4. Greetings From… (A Rocket to the Moon)
5. All My Friends (eatmewhileimhot!)
6. Stereo Skyline
7. Party to the People (Love You Long Time)
8. Artist vs. Poet
9. While Broken Hearts Prevail (Emery)
10. Sounds of Love (the Morning Light)

Top 7 Covers (in no order):
Still Fly (the Devil Wears Prada)
Bittersweet Symphony (Ace Enders and a Million Different People)
I Wanna Love You (the Maine)
Since U Been Gone (A Day to Remember)
Slam Crunk (Holiday Parade)
Misery Business (Sea of Treachery)
Umbrella (All Time Low)

About the songs List - There are many many other amazing songs this year. And there are many other amazing songs by ALL the bands listed below. There are about 50 songs (probably more, actually) that just BARELY got cut from the list, but these 101 are the ones I felt were the best from the year as a whole, though. Whether it be the music itself, the lyrics, etc (my personal preference and the sentimental value of the song has probably had heavy influence on this also…haha. my bad), I felt that these were all of superior quality and were…the best. Yeah. (and they're ordered alphabetically by name, so there wouldn't be and question as to if they were ranked…cause they're not. Picking 101 songs to best represent the year is hard enough. Haha.) Here it is:

101 Best Songs of 2008!
30days – nevershoutnever
The Actress – Secret and Whisper
All It Takes for Your Dreams to Come True – A Skylit Drive
All Night Dance Parties in the Underground Palace- Alesana
Assurance Closure – Artist vs. Poet
Automatic Eyes – the Academy Is…
The Beginning (A Simple Seed) – the Classic Crime
Between Halloweens – the Matches
Bigcitydreams – nevershoutnever
Blackout – Senses Fail
Breakdown – Forever the Sickest Kids
Build the Moon – Charlotte Sometimes
Camera Shy – School Boy Humor
Clocks and Timepieces – Search the City
Closer than We Think – the Classic Crime
Clouds – the Morning Light
Coffee Break – Forever the Sickest Kids
Colorado Sunrise! – 3OH!3
Coming Down Is Calming Down – Underoath
Corps of Corpses – Hawthorne Heights
Dakota – A Rocket to the Moon
Dare4distance – nevershoutnever
Darling – Eyes Set to Kill
Decode – Paramore
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Housewives – Greeley Estates
Desperate Times Desperate Measures – Underoath
Devil Beside You – the Used
Do What You Do – Cute Is What We Aim For
Dreams – We Came As Romans
Easy to Fall In Love – Brighten
Everything – the Classic Crime
Everything I Ask For – the Maine
Family Tradition – Senses Fail
A Fault Line a Fault of Mine – Underoath
The Fire – Akissforjersey
From 24C – the Matches
Future Tense – the Matches
Garden State – Senses Fail
Grapevine Fires – Death Cab For Cutie
Hair of the Dog – Senses Fail
Harder Than You Know – Escape the Fate
Heartbeat – Stereo Skyline
Hell to Sell – the Audition
Heregoesnothin – nevershoutnever
Ho Ho Hopefully – the Maine
I'll Run – the Cab
I Had You Wrong – Love You Long Time
I Must Be Dreaming – the Maine
If Lilly Isn't Back By Sunset – Cinematic Sunrise
If We Were A Sinking Ship – Confide
Just a Man – the Classic Crime
Just Another One – A Rocket to the Moon
Let the Evil Go East – Greeley Estates
Loser – Cute Is What We Aim For
Love Maker [Acoustic] – Saosin
Madi Don't Leave – Playradioplay!
Map the Streets – Senses Fail
The Me I Used to Be – Before Their Eyes
Metatron – the Mars Volta
Mr. Winter – the Maine
My Worst Nightmare – Forever the Sickest Kids
New Poetry – Innerpartysystem
Northern Downpour – Panic at the Disco
On the Wing – Owl City
The Point – eatmewhileimhot!
Pulling A Piano From A Pond – Cinematic Sunrise
R&R – the Classic Crime
The Resolution –Jack's Mannequin
The Only Survivor Was Miraculously Unharmed – Underoath
The Saltwater Room – Owl City
Shake and Shout – Stereo Skyline
Signs – Bloc Party
Sing – the Classic Crime
Smellyalata – nevershoutnever
Smitten for the Mitten – Chiodos
Some Crap About the Furniture – Playradioplay!
Son of a Gun – Search the City
Sorry Seacrest It's Casey's Countdown – Burden of a Day
Stick Stickly – Attack Attack
Still Around – 3OH!3
Summer Hair =Forever Young – the Academy Is…
Symptoms of a Failing System – Our Last Night
Tangled Up In You – Staind
That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed) – Panic at the Disco
Thinking of You – Katy Perry
Thoughtlife (Alternate Version) – Emery
Too Bright to See Too Loud to Hear – Underoath
Typical – Tickle Me Pink
Umbrellas and Elephants – Cinematic Sunrise
The Way That You Are – the Classic Crime
We All Roll Along – the Maine
Werewolves – Secret and Whisper
When In Rome! – eatmewhileimhot!
Whoever She Is – the Maine
Woah Oh (Me vs. Everyone) – Forever the Sickest Kids
World Between Us – Sky Eats Airplane
Yankee In A Chip Shop – the Matches
Yellow Angels – Senses Fail
You Left Me – the Maine
You Told Me You Loved Me – Cinematic Sunrise
Your New Twin Size Bed – Death Cab For Cutie


Musicians of the Year:

Craig Owens: He's the frontman of at least 3 bands at the moment, and creates his own solo music also on the side of those. (Mar. 31. I will be there even if it means my dying right afterward.). Not only did he tour most of the year with his main band, Chiodos, he worked with his two side bands, writing, and recording songs and albums for both. Cinematic Sunrise released their album earlier in the year, and then re-released it in October with a couple new tracks. Chiodos also re-released their album Bone Palace Ballet in October, adding 6 previously unheard tracks, two of them being acoustic versions of already released songs. Isles and Glaciers will be releasing their album in early 2009. These side projects, along with Chiodos, prove Craigery Owens as one of the most musically talented individuals of not only this genre of music or scene, but of our time. (I know that sounds kinda lame to say, but it's true.). The lyrical quality he puts forth, his extremely passionate and deeply heartfelt voice (see Intensity In Ten Cities). His godly scream (see 1:59 of …and Then the Liver Screamed "Help!"). His beautiful face/self. Craig Owens is as close to deity as they come on earth. (read: I am in love with him and he will someday be waiting for me in my bed when I come home. Haha. Yeah, I wish.)

Christofer Drew: He is nevershoutnever, who released the Yippee EP last July. That EP, though it be only four songs long, is so close to perfect. His voice, the lyrics. They're all so very well done, and shows poppy music at its best. Not only did he release that EP, but he is also the genius behind the band eatmewhileimhot! (now Mr Owl) who released the All My Friends EP this December. Although the styles and audience, etc, NSN and EMWIH have are completely different, both are brilliant, showing how versatile and talented Christofer Drew is. (If you need help seeing this, listen to the first twenty seconds of smellyalata (NSN) and then go to 2:30 of The Point (EMWIH). [ohhhhmy alksjdglkjasdg. That SCREAM.]). Oh and he's only 17. He's my same age, and is, like Craigery, already nearing godhood. Yeah…he's amazing. (read: also ultrafine)

Band of the Year:

The Maine
I chose the Maine as the Band of the year for several reasons. First off, at the very end of 2007 they released their first EP, The Way We Talk, which reached and held the no. 1 place on Smartpunk's CD listing, while still in high school. They recorded the entire EP in 4 days. After their EP's release, they did some DIY touring, and then, because they were still in high school, they began working on a full length. In spring of 2008 they recorded a cover of Akon's "I Wanna F*** You," which was released in April on the Punk Goes Crunk compilation. In July they released their nearly flawless full length, Can't Stop Won't Stop. They spent most of their summer touring, supporting Good Charlotte and Boys Like Girls on the Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour, and then Warped Tour after that. After that, they toured with the Academy Is… and We The Kings In the UK , after which they Toured with All Time Low and Mayday Parade for two months. And to top it off, they ended the year releasing a near perfect holiday EP, …And a Happy New Year. All this as teenagers, basically just out of high school. The Maine have accomplished in the space of about one year, what it takes other bands a few years to do. The Maine have proved themselves to be of the best quality. And besides. They're all extremely fine, and John Ohhhhh's voice? Amazing. That's all I have to say to that.



So this year's list was alot more complete and longer than last year's...which, i think is good. Haha. And if you've actually read this far...praisethelord. I love you. You may disagree on the goodness, maybe because of how long it is. Haha. But ehh. It aint no thang. (PS. i dont mind critiques or suggestions etc on what should/shouldnt be on here.)

And also, I'm proud to say I saw these last three artists live this year. And most from the above lists also. And loved every second of it.

Peace. I Love You.
Andy Fillmore

soooooooo. ive never posted a blog before. but this one is good stuff cause... it just is. these are my lists of the best of 07.

the 10 best albums of 2007:
1. Chiodos: Bone Palace Ballet
2. All Time Low: So Wrong It's Right
3. A Day to Remember: For Those Who Have Heart
4. Tegan and Sara: The Con
5. Lovehatehero: White Lies
6. Blessthefall: His Last Walk
7. Paramore: Riot
8. Alesana: On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax
9. The Used: Lies for the Liars
10. Scary Kids Scaring Kids: [self titled]

(ok this one was so hard to do. i was gonna try and get it down to 10. buttttt. it was so freakin hard just to get it down to 30 songs. haha. i was being reallllly picky and still ended up with 70 songs to start out with. and since theyre all so good there's no real order in them. but here it is...)

the 31 [edit: somehow i forgot one song so 30 became 31] best songs of 2007:
Intensity in Ten Cities (Chiodos)
The Haunting (Anberlin)
Call It Off (Tegan and Sara)
Carry Me Down (Demon Hunter)
Miserable at Best (Mayday Parade)
Pale Blue Dot (the Receiving End of Sirens)
Early Mourning (Alesana)
The Undertaker's Taste for Revenge is Unquenchable (Chiodos)
Nineteen (Tegan and Sara)
Not an Angel (City Sleeps)
Born For This (Paramore)
Fast Forward to 2012 (A Day to Remember)
Dear Maria Count Me In (All Time Low)
Faces (Scary Kids Scaring Kids)
Worlds Apart (Silverstein)
Amity (Lovehatehero)
Outta Heart (Hot Hot Heat)
Teeth the Size of Piano Keys (Chiodos)
Apology (Alesana)
Rise Up (Blessthefall)
Surround Yourself (the Graduate)
Earthquake (The Used)
6 Feet Under the Stars (All Time Low)
The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle (A Day To Remember)
Pray (Blessthefall)
Dark Come Soon (Tegan and Sara)
This Conversation is Over (Alesana)
Here's to the Past (A Day to Remember)
Shameless (All Time Low)
Running With Scissors (Lovehatehero)
The Unwinding Cable Car (Anberlin) [edit: somehow i overlooked this. but it belongs in the best songs of 07.]


ha. so i'll confess. i originally wanted to make a list of the 10 best songs. butttttt. that was too hard so i made it 20. but i still couldnt narrow it down enough. so it became 25... and yeah. ha. it ended with 30. though im not gonna lie. that was reallllly hard narrowing that down that far. haha. well there it is. the top 10 albums. wasnt too difficult. andd the top 30 songs of 2007. enjoy. or laugh at. w/e. i love music, fools.