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Showing posts with label 2008 awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 awards. Show all posts

Monday, 29 December 2008

The 2008 Awards




TV
Best UK TV Program:
My choice: Skins
Your choice: Peep Show
Best US TV Program:
My choice: Lost
Your choice: Lost/Scrubs
Best TV Actor:
My choice: Michael Emerson (Ben, Lost)
Your choice:ditto
Best TV Newcomer:
My choice: Jeremy Davies (Daniel, Lost)
Your choise: ditto

Music
Best band of 2008:
My choice: Vampire Weekend
Your choice: Coldplay/VW
Best solo artist of 2008-non hiphop:
My choice: Bon Iver
Your choice: Frank Turner
Best UK artist of 2008:
My choice: Coldplay
Your choice: Coldplay
Best international artist of 2008:
My choice: Vampire Weekend
Your choice: Kanye West
Best US hiphop act of 2008:
My choice: Kanye West
Your choice: Kanye West
Best UK hiphop:
My choice: Kano
Your choice: Kano
Best Live Act:
My choice: Kanye West
Your choice: Kanye West
Best dance act:
My choice: Justice
Your choice: Justice
Best newcomer:
My choice: Vampire Weekend
Your choice: Vampire Weekend

3-Kanye West
2-Vampire Weekend/Coldplay

good times


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My Top 25 Songs of The Year


The hardest list i've ever written?

25. We Are Scientists-Ghouls
24. Guillemots-Falling out of reach
23. White Lies-Death
22. Q-Tip-Believe (feat. D'Angelo)
21. Estelle-American Boy (feat. Kanye West)
20. MGMT-Kids
19. Cut Copy-Hearts on Fire
18. Kid Cudi-Day N Nite (Crookers Remix)
17. Friendly Fires-Paris (rerelease but i dont care...)
16. The Hold Steady-Stay Positive
15.The Last Shadow Puppets-My Mistakes are Made For You
14. Goldfrapp-A&E
13. Laura Marling-Tap At My Window
12. Santogold-L.E.S. Artistes
11. The Streets-Heaven for the weather
10. Kanye West-Welcome To Heartbreak feat. Kid Cudi
9. T.I.-live your life feat. Rihanna
8. Coldplay-Lovers in Japan
7. Frightened Rabbit-The Modern Leper
6. Death Cab For Cutie-I Will Possess Your Heart
5. Bon Iver-Skinny Love
4. Vampire Weekend-Bryn
3. Frank Turner-I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous
2. Death Cab For Cutie-You can do better than me
1. Lil' Wayne-Lollipop (Remix) feat. Kanye West

I tried to avoid duplicates, so I suppose this wasnt 100% accurate.My no.1 choice is a bit of a spur of the moment thing. Kanyes verse is so strong, but Lil Wayne out does him.
"I got so much chips I swear they call me Hewlett Packard
I got so much chips you can have a bag if your a snacker"
genius

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Thursday, 18 December 2008

2008 awards: tv

best us/uk tv program, best actor and best newcomer; vote below!

poll by twiigs.com

poll by twiigs.com

poll by twiigs.com

poll by twiigs.com

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music polls of 2008

vote below!! repooooooooost!

best band
poll by twiigs.com

best solo artist (non hiphop)
poll by twiigs.com

best UK artist/group
poll by twiigs.com

best international artist
poll by twiigs.com

best US hip hop
poll by twiigs.com

best UK hip-hop
poll by twiigs.com

best live act
poll by twiigs.com

best dance act
poll by twiigs.com

best newcomer
poll by twiigs.com

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Sunday, 30 November 2008

the wearenotthesame 2008 awards

so its that time of year, the time whene every single music blog posts their top albums/singles/people.
  • i am going to be doing a month by month album roundup..starting with january, which should be up soon.
  • also, my personal top 20 songs and 10 albums of the year. oh and top 5 gigs.
  • there will be a number of polls going up soon, with a shortlist by me, and the winner chosen by you. categories are: best band, best solo artist, best uk artist, best international artist, best us hiphop, best uk hiphop, best live act, best festival, best dance act, best newcomer,
  • tv awards: best UK, best US, best actor
  • and then what im excited about for 2009.
its gonna be fun :D, old skool monday will return tomorrow, with some more classic hiphop
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