Favorites of 2009

Here are some of my favorites from '09...

Favorite Albums:

1. The Boxer Rebellion - Union
2. Norah Jones - The Fall
3. Phoenix - Wolfang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Metric - Fantasies
5. The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
6. Jonsi and Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
7. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
8. Thad Cockrell - To Be Loved
9. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You
10. Switchfoot - Hello Hurricane

Albums that did not release in '09 but were on steady repeat for me this year:

• Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt
• Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow
• Josh Rouse - Country Mouse, City House
• Kings of Leon - Because Of The Times & Only By The Night
• The National - Boxer
• Peter Bradley Adams - Leavetaking

Reading List:

• A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
• Ground Up - Michael Idov
• Luther The Reformer - James M. Kittelson
• The Search for God & Guinness - Stephen Mansfield
• The Holiness of God - R.C. Sproul
  

(Some) Favorite Beers (In No particular order):

• Boulevard Nut Cracker Ale
• Delerium Tremens
• Hoegaarden Wit
• Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat
• New Belgium Mothership Wit
• New Belgium Biere De Mars
• Orval Trappist Ale
• Park Pils
• Sierra Nevada Kellerwies
• Victory Prima Pils

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