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1. I like Hype Machine a lot. Therefore, you should, too. It seems they've organized the year in music in a much cooler way than most other trite year-end lists. They have aggregated year-end lists from the most-read music blogs on the web. (Not sure that our site made that cut.) Check out their Music Blog Zeitgeist 2008. (Shout out to Ajay G. and Avani D. for first turning me on to Hype Machine. And shout out to Bryan K. for the link.)

2. I also like Slate a lot. And again, you should, too. They also put together a well thought-out discussion of the year in music. These guys (using the term gender-neutrally) are very smart and talented; and they think and write about music very seriously. We, on the other hand, are none of those things and are barely literate. So thank you readers for bearing with us.