Because I’m a self-promoting narcissist, I figured I would make sure my top albums of 2008 list on Buzzgrinder gets as much attention as possible.

Maybe I’m having trouble seeing it from someone else’s perspective, but there are absolutely no surprises on that list. Either way, I highly recommend you check out every album on there, as well as anything on my fellow Buzzgrinder writers’ lists that are being posted all this week. I’ve already made a few new discoveries this week thanks to them.

I was just reading largehearted boy’s sixth birthday post and realized that I, too, started blogging (here, anyway) in January as well. So I decided to check, and discovered that this blog just hit the three-year mark two weeks ago.

My first blog post was on January 17, 2005. I’d like to think I’ve gotten better since then. I’m posting more regularly these days if nothing else. Browse the archives in the right column and decide for yourself.