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We're getting reading to post our year end music list over at FREEwilliamsburg. Here's my black jack list of music for 2008. I can't defend the inclusion of Kanye West, but I have been loving his 808s and Heartbreak, fully knowing that autotune is the dorkiest thing to take over pop music since Peter Frampton. Oh well, I liked him too. Overall, it was a pretty good year for music, despite all the beards...

21. FENNESZ
Black Sea

20. The Eagles of Death Metal
Heart On

19. TV ON THE RADIO
Dear Science

18. Department of Eagles
In Ear Park

17. The Tallest Man on Earth
Shallow Grave

16. HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR
Hercules and Love Affair

15. GZA
Pro Tools

14. KANYE WEST
808s & Heartbreak

13. JAY REATARD
Singles 06-07

12. EL GUINCHO
Alegranzo

11. DEERHUNTER
Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.

10. THE WALKMEN
You & Me

9. JOLIE HOLLAND
The Living And The Dead

8. JOHANN JOHANNSSON
Fordlandia

7. SHE & HIM
Volume One

6. BON IVER
For Emma, Forever Ago

5. JASON COLLETT
Here's to Being Here

4. FLEET FOXES
Fleet Foxes

3. BEACH HOUSE
Devotion

2. VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Vampire Weekend

1. SANTOGOLD
Santogold

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Here's a taste:

Rick Warren routinely claims to not be a part of the Evangelical Right when speaking to secular elitists at the New York Times, but he's playing both sides of the fence. Warren has gone on record calming that he's "firmly a cultural conservative." He also believes opposing abortion, gay rights, stem cell research, human cloning, and euthanasia are "non-negotiable" and "not even debatable" for people of values. He called the Terry Schiavo debacle "an atrocity worthy of Nazism" and according to ABC news, compared gay intimacy to sex with a horse. Prior to the 2004 election, Warren set-up voter registration booths on Saddleback's church patio. Most tellingly, he sent letters to 150,000 pastors insisting they encourage their congregations to vote for Bush.

In light of the passing of Proposition 8--an issue Obama has yet to show leadership on--choosing Warren for the invocation is a slap in the face to homosexuals and Obama's liberal base. As PFAW points out, Warren has "compared marriage by loving and committed same-sex couples to incest and pedophilia." Sorry Rick, giving donuts to Prop 8 protestors doesn't make your positions any more palatable.

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