What is it about rock movies that just hit the spot sometimes... I just finished watching High Fidelity. That movie makes me appreciate the need to have a running soundtrack to one's life.

What else is there, really.

So... my top songs to shuffle out 2008 and ring in the new year? Here's 19 of 'em, in no particular order...


1. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, Muse
2. On the Radio, Regina Spektor
3. Walk on the Wild Side, Lou Reed & the Velvet Underground
4. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine), Bob Dylan
5. Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
6. Many Shades of Black, The Raconteurs
7. For Emma, Bon Iver
8. Bangers & Mash, Radiohead
9. Rockers to Swallow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10. Summer Is Coming, Matt Pond PA
11. Say It To Me Now, Glen Hansard
12. Time to Pretend, MGMT
13. Manhattan, Kings of Leon
14. Rock n' Roll Suicide, David Bowie
15. Just Couldn't Tie Me Down, The Black Keys
16. Dry the Rain, The Beta Band
17. Rev 22:20 (Dry Martini Mix), Puscifer
18. Crazy for You, Adele
19. You Really Gotta Hold on Me, She & Him