A Playlist for 2008: Meat's Sweet Treats.In the first of a series commemorating the best of 2008, Luke Meat, Music Director at CiTR in Vancouver, puts together a playlist of some of his favourite tracks of the year. Luke Meat Luke Meat contributes our first playlist. As the Music Director at CiTR Radio in Vancouver, Luke gets to listen to an awful lot of new music over the year. With so much to choose from, picking favourites can be a challenge, but you know, if you listen to enough music you get to be pretty discriminating . Luke also hosts the program Anoize (see the !earshot profile) and is also one of the instigators behind the Value Village People. You can catch his show, which is a whole different thing than this list, streaming live or on podcast at www.citr.ca. 2008 in ReviewAs the new year comes in, it time to look back at the musical year that was... The '2008 Best of...' Playlists The year-end playlist for friends and family is an annual tradition for many music lovers. !earshot takes a look at what a few of our friends and family from the music obsessed world of c/c radio are cooking up this year. Weirdoes & Movie Stars: Bazooka Goes Bonkers In the O-EIGHT Fader in the Key of Simultaneity Meat's Sweet Treats Picks and Pans 2008 Looking back at some of the best, the over-rated, local surprises and more... The year-end mix tape/CD playlist is a seasonal ritual for many music fans who labour over carefully crafted collections to share with friends and fellow music lovers. At !earshot we thought we'd tap a few of the music geeks we know - programmers, music directors and plain old music lover's - to find out what tracks are making it into their personal best-of collections for 2008. We can't give you the actual tracks, but we're sure you can figure out how to seek them out in the in the wild west of the internet. Track 'em down, put 'em in yout iPod. Enjoy Meat's Sweet TreatsBy Luke Meat The Legendary Pink Dots: Torchsong Menace Ruine: Dismantaling Final Fantasy: The Butcher Oasis: The Shock of the Lightning The Better Beatles: Penny Lane Tobacco: Hairy Candy 1977: Free Women: Shaking Hand Steinski-: Number Three On Flight Eleven Times New Viking: My Head A Faulty Chromosome: Them Pleasures Of The Flesh
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