Tomorrow will be breaking into the year 2009, and the time has finally come. You have suffered through the “professional” opinions of Paste Magazine and scoffed at the suggestions of NPR. You’ve been waiting for a “Best of 2008 List,” that actually carries some weight… well my friend, you will wait no longer. Without further hesitation, I give you Maven’s Top 10 Albums and Movies from 2008.

The Maven Family would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Ryan, Alastair, and Jake would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas by ruining one of your favorite holiday songs.

What we can’t accomplish with natural talent we make up for with good intentions and embarrassing efforts. The later of which makes for much more interesting blog posts.

Trashketball is a national pastime here at the Maven office. In this rare video appearance Jake attempts one the greatest levels of difficulty known to the Trashketball community..the double bank shot! She is a fickle lady. Many men have lost their fortunes on her charms and promises of Trashketball infamy. Can Jake be the first to overcome certain ridicule and tame this elusive minx?

For the second Maven Man Challenge the boys take on Chris in a series of competitions. If Chris loses he’ll have to shave his head. Chris is pretty sure that won’t happen.

Our friends at Theset asked us to whip together an interstellar concept for the alum art of their newest release neveroddoreven. We think it’s out of this world! (Oh come on! Seriously, that’s a clever joke!)

We feel extremely lucky to have been approached by NINE12 to develop their brand identity. After a few weeks of concepting and execution we’ve put together a presentation that we can’t wait to share with Candice, the company’s founder and all around superhero!

Today we received a care package from one of our favorite people Melinda Van Kirk. We just want to send a special thank you to her for her friendship, her support, and her candy! We would also like to take this moment to say that we love getting candy (hint).

Chris couldn’t figure out why he felt so drained at the office today. I told him “it’s because it’s Thursday.” He said, “No that’s not it. It’s because I’m working across from a tree stump.”

In our constant effort to both stay in shape and procrastinate from actual work the Maven team embarked on its first official Man Challenge. Today’s challenge: Who can hold up a pair of iMac boxes the longest? The competition was fierce, tempers were high, and in the end there could be only one Champion.

Here’s a quick look at what’s going on behind the scenes for Kyle Korver’s new website. Stay tuned…