The view from Bar Bocaiúva. I miss you, Bolinho de Carne. I miss you, Marta.

BCE. Best Christmas Ever.
It started with Matias coming over with a huge pork loin with peaches and cinnamon and tasty fatty bits (he even brought a baster - which I still have), basmati rice and yummy potato salad made by the world famous Carmen Burns’ mom. We ate, we drank, we watched some TV and drank some more.
A note on Christmas in Brazil: It happens on Christmas Eve and it happens fucking late. The shit usually doesn’t end until 1 or 2am with family and gifts and food. Matias had …

In alphabetical order:
A few notes: I’m not going to write about all of them and the things that I do write will be short and dry. And this is not a list of the best songs of 2008 but a single sample of my favorite albums of 2008.
And, open this shit in in a browser and you can listen to all the songs.
Key: Band - Song - (From Album)
Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep (From No Way Down)

Another incredible band from Gothenburg, Sweden. What the fuck do they put …