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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Fleet Foxes top 2008, Pheasants to food says Gov., social drunkness in NYC, 2008 Tiger Files & cool recycled wooden furniture

The hauntingly simple sounds and harmonies of the Fleet Foxes have a tendency to be appreciated without the outcry of celebration that some of the more outlandish indie bands receive. NPR's listeners have claimed the Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes to be the top of their lists for 2008.

The governor is having NY State close its last pheasant farm for budget cuts and sending the pheasants to the needy this holiday season.

Is it less cool to be drunk in NY's social scenes? Read the comments, some say yes, some say its still fashionable.

2008 Tiger/Line Shapefiles released by Census Bureau.