2008 Round-Up!
OK, you’ve been working on your BEST all year and now you’re ready to lay it down! So without further delay it’s time for the annual Salt News and Weather Round-up! The best of 2008 as voted by us. Simply select the “comments” button below and paste the following list into the “reply” field along with your nominations. Submit your BEST today!
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December 19th, 2008 at 7:56 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Manfred Manslaughter / Waikato University
BEST GADGET: Numark IDJ2
BEST RADIO STATION: Fleet FM
BEST TV SHOW: Outrageous Fortune
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Oakley Frogskins
BEST ONE LINER: ‘Eat my Shit.”
BEST LUNCH BAR: High St Bakery
BEST SITE or BLOG: http://www.myspace.com/manfredmanslaughter
BEST GEORGE BEST: Pulp- This is Hardcore Rare reissue
BEST NEW BEST: http://www.Stonerdoom.co.nz
BEST IN SHOW: Obama
December 19th, 2008 at 8:51 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL:steve smiths 45th in thames.
BEST GADGET:ipod
BEST RADIO STATION:live, natrad, bfm
BEST TV SHOW finktv
BEST FASHION REVIVAL:hair
BEST ONE LINER:did you really by me a goat! (steve smith, thames)
BEST LUNCH BAR:coromandel cafe
BEST SITE or BLOG:cricky.com
BEST GEORGE BEST:cafe
BEST NEW BEST:kiko-pops lime and maple flavor
BEST IN SHOW:dogette
December 19th, 2008 at 8:54 am
BEST GIG:Roy Ayers – what that guy can do with a xylophone…..
BEST GADGET: Stainless Steel soap- believe the hype, it’s a miracle!
BEST RADIO STATION: Tie between Marcus Lush and Kim Hill – thinking peoples strumpets
BEST TV SHOW: Jackie Brown Diaries – bring her back!
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Nothing, the 80’s were bad then – lets look ahead people!
BEST ONE LINER: Usually i’m quite pissed by this stage
BEST LUNCH BAR: Daikoku Ramen Downtown – hasn’t changed in 15 years
BEST SITE or BLOG: http://www.revolveclothing.com – i’m giving my secret away
BEST NEW BEST:Barrack Obama – finally!!!!
BEST IN SHOW: My puppy Mac x
December 19th, 2008 at 11:17 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: my own ’sarah is free’ party. ask me about it some time…
BEST GADGET: my Juno Hamburger Phone
BEST RADIO STATION: to be safe I will say, ‘no comment’ or ‘bfm’
BEST TV SHOW: The Office (I don’t care if its the american one – its awesome)
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Fluro nail polish
BEST ONE LINER: ‘good as’
BEST LUNCH BAR: Banzai Sushi (symonds st)
BEST SITE or BLOG: http://bobbyrobin.blogspot.com of course!
BEST IN SHOW: That guy that threw his shoe at p. bush = awesome
December 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Alphamales Comeback at the Carlton
BEST GADGET: There’s a recession on, can’t buy gadgets now.
BEST RADIO STATION: National
BEST TV SHOW: Curb Your Enthusiasm
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Bare feet
BEST ONE LINER: Best group? We’re barely even a group, Phoenix Foundation should’ve won.
BEST LUNCH BAR: The Don
BEST SITE or BLOG: http://www.naomiklein.org
BEST GEORGE BEST: George Best (the original)
BEST NEW BEST: Having an office
BEST IN SHOW: The Federal Reserve
December 19th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Peaches at PowerStation
BEST GADGET: 2nd Gen iPhone
BEST RADIO STATION: B
BEST TV SHOW: Dexter
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Nudity
BEST ONE LINER: “No, the other left”
BEST LUNCH BAR: AllPress
BEST SITE or BLOG: LastFM
BEST NEW BEST: Reclaiming turf
BEST IN SHOW: The King of Kong
December 19th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Rockabilly night at Mighty Mighty
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BEST GADGET: ipod touch
BEST RADIO STATION: bFM
BEST TV SHOW: Burn Notice
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Apathy
BEST ONE LINER: “Fuck me like Al Quaeda”
BEST LUNCH BAR: Benediction
BEST SITE or BLOG: http://0×000000.com (now defunct!
December 21st, 2008 at 3:53 pm
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Annies lamb on the spit!
BEST GADGET: folding wooden ruler from the takapuna market
BEST RADIO STATION: K
BEST TV SHOW: Madmen
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Dunhill Red
BEST ONE LINER: “I can’t find the um… the stationary. Do you want to help me look?”
BEST LUNCH BAR: The Snack Log.
BEST SITE or BLOG: thecoolhunter.net
BEST GEORGE BEST: Chris and the naked bottom grass romp.
BEST NEW BEST: Best war on terror.
BEST IN SHOW: Parnell Pools!
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:40 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: PJ Harvey
BEST GADGET: My new date stamp
BEST RADIO STATION: Bfm
BEST TV SHOW: Heroes
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Tennis socks
BEST ONE LINER: It’s a dirty weekend but we’ll be clean.
BEST LUNCH BAR: No such thing.
BEST SITE or BLOG: bbqporknoodlesoup.com
BEST GEORGE BEST: Scratch
BEST NEW BEST: Fleur
BEST IN SHOW: I wouldn’t like to brag.
December 24th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Apparently my ex has the best parties
BEST GADGET: A new rug has transformed my bedroom
BEST RADIO STATION: From Our Own Correspondent
BEST TV SHOW: The Wire
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: The Mo. Don’t Mo-an.
BEST ONE LINER: Don’t Mo-an.
BEST LUNCH BAR: Bangali joint around the corner is cheap and has old posters of very proud but under-whelming looking Bengali wrestlers (with mo’s, of course). Obviously from a time gone by when you couldn’t just wrestle in a computer game.
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BEST IN SHOW: Nut Roast (hopefully)
January 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Sonic Boom
BEST GADGET: sorry but the iphone is geek fun
BEST RADIO STATION: Bfm despite killing off Glasvegas in 1 week
BEST TV SHOW: Entourage series 5…hard not to watch a whole series in 1 sitting.
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Paul Smith shoes from Paul Smith’s Covent Garden
BEST ONE LINER: “Choppy choppy?”
BEST LUNCH BAR: Can’t shake Taqueria
BEST SITE or BLOG: igoogle, have it all in one place
BEST GEORGE BEST: Brody’s 12 funnel personal journey
BEST NEW BEST: “Tardiest Best of”
BEST IN SHOW: BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA: 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:56 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Dylans stag @ the Bogan Day Out showgrounds
BEST GADGET: That new phone thingy from that fruit company
BEST RADIO STATION: the B bro…
BEST TV SHOW: The Wire for drama The Boosh for larfs
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Louvres
BEST ONE LINER: Guns, Cars and Rock’n'Roll bro…
BEST LUNCH BAR: Lunch cafe @ work when I was in Italy
BEST SITE BLOG: coolhunter
BEST GEORGE BEST: Street Fighting man, Stevie G
BEST NEW BEST: more online records stores
BEST IN SHOW: Guns, Cars and Rock’n'Roll bro…
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:23 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Against Me, Kings Arms – Wed 7 May, 2008
BEST GADGET: Guitar hero World Tour
BEST RADIO STATION: Solid Gold 93.8FM
BEST TV SHOW: Gossip Girl
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Spats
BEST ONE LINER: Get yer hand off it Daryl.
BEST LUNCH BAR: Harvest, Grey Lynn
BEST SITE or BLOG: Ricky Gervais.com/thissideofthetruth.php
BEST GEORGE BEST: Callum Best
BEST NEW BEST: Paris Hilton’s My New BFF
BEST IN SHOW: Barack Hussein Obama
January 30th, 2009 at 8:45 am
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Easter Races
BEST GADGET: Apple
BEST RADIO STATION: b
BEST TV SHOW: The Office
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: I like the bare feet call
BEST ONE LINER: ‘I’ve always wanted a suitcase handcuffed to my wrist.’
BEST LUNCH BAR: Mexicali and or Mexican Cafe’
BEST SITE or BLOG: http://ffffound.com/
BEST NEW BEST: Design Internship
February 20th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
BEST GIG/PARTY/FESTIVAL: Kraftwerk Townhall
BEST GADGET: My girl friends iPhone
BEST RADIO STATION: BFM – still
BEST TV SHOW: Lost/Curb Your Enthusiasm/daily show
BEST FASHION REVIVAL: Curves
BEST ONE LINER: “was that a steinlager?”
BEST LUNCH BAR: Altezano
BEST SITE or BLOG: http://morecowbell.net/
BEST NEW BEST: Cornflakes
BEST IN SHOW: MC Hammer is following me on twitter
December 10th, 2009 at 7:52 am
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