* An example of critical postmodern work is Rolling, Jr., J. H. ( 2008 ).

Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

In July 2008, Rolling Stone commented that " Rush fans are the Trekkies / trekkers of rock ".

As of October 30, 2008 edition, Rolling Stone is a smaller, standard-format magazine size.

In March 2008, the Rolling Stone website started a new message board section once again, then deleted it in April 2010.

* Rolling Stone, 2008, The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time

* Decade of The Dude: Rolling Stone's 2008 Feature on " The Big Lebowski " in Rolling Stone magazine

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked them No. 50 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and in 2008, they received the Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked the Rolling Stones at number ten on " The Billboard Top All-Time Artists ", and as the second most successful group in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Retrospectively, " Keep Yourself Alive " is cited as the highlight of the album, and in 2008 Rolling Stone ranked it 31st in the " 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time ", describing it as " an entire album's worth of riffs crammed into a single song ".

Difford and Tilbrook confirmed during interviews at the V Festival in both 2008 and 2011 ( and in a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone ) that they plan to produce a record of new Squeeze material.

In a 2008 Rolling Stone review, Andy Greene writes that when released in late 1974: " it was greeted by a collective shrug by the rock critical establishment " and concludes: " He's released many wonderful albums since, but he's never again hit the majestic heights of this one.

In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the " 100 Greatest Singers of All Time ", and ranked Wilson number 52.

In 2008 Letterman told Rolling Stone that he would welcome Leno on his show once Leno's tenure ended.

In 2008, Rolling Stone cited this as number 60 on its list of 100 greatest " guitar songs " of all time.

At the same time, The Rolling Stones signed a one-album deal with Interscope Records / Universal Music Group outside of its contract with EMI, which expired on February 2008, and then in July 2008 signed a new long term deal with Universal Music Group.

* In 2008, Cooke was named the fourth " Greatest Singer of All Time " by Rolling Stone.

Gaye, who composed a three-octave vocal range, was subsequently ranked at number 6 on Rolling Stone's list of the Greatest Singers of All Time in 2008.

In 2008 he was ranked number 61 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time.

In 2007, Stylus magazine rated Bonham number 1 on its list of the 50 greatest rock drummers, as did the online music magazine Gigwise. com in 2008, and a Rolling Stone reader's poll where he " led the list by a significant margin " in 2011.

Rolling Stone ranked Burke as # 89 on its 2008 list of " 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

In November 2008 Rolling Stone magazine ranked Burke as # 89 on its list of the " 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

In 2008, Skip Spence's song " Omaha ", from the first Moby Grape album, was listed as number 95 in Rolling Stones " 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time ".

In August 2008, Jed Stone returned after 42 years.

Dolores Fuller's autobiography, A Fuller Life: Hollywood, Ed Wood and Me, co-authored by Winnipeg writer Stone Wallace and her husband Philip Chamberlin, was published in 2008.

* Singh, Upinder, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th century, Dorling Kindersley, 2008, ISBN 978-81-317-1120-0.

For example, in the Oliver Stone film Alexander, Vangelis conducted an orchestra that consisted of various classical instruments including sitars, percussion, finger cymbals, harps, and duduks .< ref > MFTM review of Alexander Retrieved 6 October 2008

During an interview with Joss Stone on The Jeremy Kyle Show in 2008, Williams revealed that while out of his head on dispirin he has seen UFOs three times.

In October 2008, a feature film, Stone of Destiny, based on the theft of the stone, was released by Infinity Entertainment of Vancouver.

In 2008, The Andromeda Strain was the basis for an eponymous miniseries executive-produced by Ridley and Tony Scott and Frank Darabont, and featuring Benjamin Bratt as Stone.

** Stone of Destiny ( film ), a 2008 film directed by Charles Martin Smith

The last three British-resident veterans of World War I, Bill Stone, Henry Allingham, and Harry Patch, attended the 2008 ceremony but all died in 2009.

She also guest starred in the TV show Eli Stone in the fall of 2008.

Subsequently Weiland left Velvet Revolver in April 2008 and the following month, Stone Temple Pilots announced they were reuniting for a 65-date North American tour.

In 2008 heavy rains caused structural damage to the modern concrete covering holding the " Black Stone " marble together over the Lapis Niger.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia named Washington as one of three people ( the others being directors Oliver Stone and Michael Moore ) with whom they were willing to negotiate for the release of three defense contractors that the group had held captive from 2003 to 2008.

* 1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic ( d. 2008 )

* 1922 – Richard Blackwell, American actor, journalist, fashion designer, and critic ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, critic, and journalist ( b. 1923 )

Tom Moon, former music critic at the Philadelphia Inquirer, included " Forever Changes " in his 2008 book " 1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die.

* 2008 – George Pruteanu, Romanian literary critic and politician ( b. 1947 )

Current well-known economists include 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner Paul Krugman, a public intellectual and advocate of modern liberal policies ; Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve ; Ben Bernanke, the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve ; Joseph Stiglitz, an American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics winner, critic of inequality and the governance of globalization, and Chief Economist of the World Bank.

In 2008, London Evening Standard critic, Ben Lewis, applied the term to three Turner Prize nominees and saw them amongst a movement which was reviving the formalism of the early 20th century ; he advocated values of an aesthetic informed by modesty, generosity and genuine emotion.

Beyond this, much of the critical estimation of the film continues to be low ; in 2008, film critic Joe Queenan of The Guardian named Heaven's Gate the worst film ever made.

* Richard Blackwell ( 1922 – 2008 ), fashion critic

Other notable writers of the turn of the 20th century include Michael Chabon, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay ( 2000 ) tells the story of two friends, Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, as they rise through the ranks of the comics industry in its heyday ; Denis Johnson, whose 2007 novel Tree of Smoke about falsified intelligence during Vietnam both won the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was called by critic Michiko Kakutani " one of the classic works of literature produced by Vietnam War "; and Louise Erdrich, whose 2008 novel The Plague of Doves, a distinctly Faulknerian, polyphonic examination of the tribal experience set against the backdrop of murder in the fictional town of Pluto, North Dakota, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

Algis Budrys ( January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008 ) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic.

Author, rock critic and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Kot and the Chicago Tribune named the band their 2008 Chicago " Band of the Year ", calling them " as good a rock band as any to call Chicago home in the last decade.

* John Russell ( art critic ) ( 1919 – 2008 ), British American art critic

* Bob Rae ( 1977 )-Premier of Ontario ( 1990-1995 ), Member of Parliament ( 1978-1982, 2008 – present ), Liberal Party of Canada foreign affairs critic

In 2008, the head rock and pop critic of The Guardian, Alexis Petridis, criticised the programme for being unadventurous, claiming " There's virtually no dance music, nothing experimental, not much pop or hip-hop.

An ardent critic of the Bush administration's expansion of presidential power, Hentoff in 2008 called for the new president to deal with the " noxious residue of the Bush-Cheney war against terrorism.

* September 1 – James Reaney, poet, playwright and literary critic ( d. 2008 )

During the debate over the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ( commonly referred to as " the bailout of the U. S. financial system ), Sherman was an early and outspoken critic of the proposal, leading the House revolt against the bailout bill, a move which made him " spectacularly unpopular with both the Republican and Democratic leaderships, not to mention K Street.

Criterion released a Region 1 DVD on February 19, 2008 with features that include: an audio commentary by Cox and screenwriter Wurlitzer, Dispatches from Nicaragua, an original documentary about the filming of Walker, On Moviemaking and the Revolution, reminiscences 20 years later from an extra on the film, behind-the-scenes photographs, and a booklet featuring writings by film critic Graham Fuller, Wurlitzer and Linda Sandoval.

In May 2008, he was a significant critic of the abolition of the 10p tax rate and this led to Field describing Gordon Brown as " unhappy inside his own body ".

Dinklage was chosen by director Andrew Adamson for the role of Trumpkin in Prince Caspian ( 2008 ), although film critic Bill Gibron described his role as a " cutesy stereotype he has tried to avoid.

* Shawn Lonsdale ( 1969 – 2008 ), American videographer and critic of the Church of Scientology

He has represented the Montreal electoral division of Papineau in the Canadian House of Commons since 2008 as a member of the Liberal Party and currently serves as the party's critic for youth, post-secondary education, and amateur sport.

Also in 2008, Democracy for America endorsed outspoken Iraq war critic Barack Obama, who later went on to become the 44th President.