Top 8 of 2008

So I love music, and I love to tell people about music. So for the second year running (I feel a tradition coming on fast...) I'm going to countdown my favorite albums of the year. Last year I counted down my Top 7 of 2007 and was very pleased with the results. This year I'll be counting down my Top 8 of 2008.

My one disclaimer is that 2008 has quite honestly not been a good year for music. A large percentage of the albums on this year's list would not have made it onto the 2007 list with the amount of good music released last year. I admit, as ever, that I have certainly not heard all that there is to hear. My budget does not allow me to buy all that I would like, and my ears do not allow me to listen to all that others would like. So naturally I have probably missed some great albums, or at least some albums that would be great in the eyes of another. But these eight albums are great to me, and I'll do my best to explain why.

Comments and discussions are of course welcome, along with any suggestions of great albums to come out in the past year that I may have passed over by accident or intent.

Changes & Announcements

Hello friends.

Though my days of blogging are pretty much over, and obviously have been for some time, Zealous Endeavor is going to serve a new purpose come January 5, 2009.

That's the day I'm moving to Gaithersburg, Maryland to begin my internship with the event planning department of Sovereign Grace Ministries. I'll be there from January until May, when I will return home to Georgia to finish the last year of my undergraduate degree at Georgia State University. I'm excited to go but reluctant to leave.

This blog will then become an easy way for me to keep up with friends back home. However, I'll be sure to leave out the most important details so that they are forced still to call and e-mail. If you want to keep up with me but can't be bothered to remember to check this blog, don't forget about e-mail subscriptions, over on the right side of the page.

I expect I'll be busy with work but have little idea what my free time is going to look like. If I begin to write again, I promise you'll be the first to know. With no classes to occupy my mind, it's a high possibility.

I probably won't do much updating between now and January, but keep an eye out for my top albums of 2008 countdown coming in the next few days/weeks. If you still haven't checked out my Top 7 of 2007, I recommend you get a move on so that you can clear the budget for the 2008 list. The albums mentioned also make great Christmas gifts.

That's all for now. The future comes swiftly.