Diario

1. Song and artitsts statistics

Total songs listened: 3893
Unique tracks listened: 1554
Song repetition index: 2.505

a) Monthly top artists

Nov-2007 - The Who (11 plays)
Dec-2007 - Gary Moore (11 plays)
Jan-2008 - Daughtry (1 plays)
Feb-2008 - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (3 plays)
Mar-2008 - Raining Pleasure (8 plays)
Apr-2008 - Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος (21 plays)
May-2008 - Frank Sinatra (8 plays)
Jun-2008 - Λουκιανός Κηλαηδόνης (19 plays)
Jul-2008 - Ennio Morricone (9 plays)
Aug-2008 - The Last Shadow Puppets (10 plays)
Oct-2008 - The Beatles (9 plays)
Nov-2008 - MGMT (14 plays)
Dec-2008 - Keane (12 plays)
Jan-2009 - Vangelis (9 plays)
Feb-2009 - Keane (6 plays)
Mar-2009 - The Clash (12 plays)
Apr-2009 - Coldplay (4 plays)
May-2009 - Keane (4 plays)
Jan-2010 - Ελένη Τσαλιγοπούλου (17 plays)
Feb-2010 - The Cure (16 plays)
Mar-2010 - The Cure (11 plays)

b) Monthly top tracks

Nov-2007 The Who : Won't Get Fooled Again (7 plays)
Dec-2007 The Who : Won't Get Fooled Again (6 plays)
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(No, the title does not refer to the songs in the list below, it refers to my limp intro and weak song comments. I hope to return to the usual thick, gristly gruel next time.)

Too Much Consensus
Last time we talked about how the the fragmentation of contemporary audience has made critical consensus difficult. Not so fast, says the Village Voice's Chuck Eddy in his comments about this year's Pazz and Jop Poll. Look how closely our poll tracks with the Pitchfork list, says he. These new bands are horrible, and poll voters are both young and lazy, says he.

Ha ha ha! Laugh at the old man with me. Except...well, I almost agree with him. This is the first year I can remember that I've been almost uniformly unenthusiastic about the new music that most critics agree is great. From the short list of new critical darlings, The Antlers and Atlas Sound are the only ones (yet) that have gotten stuck in my regular rotation. Most everything else (Girls, Animal Collective, Phoenix, Dirty Projectors, etc. …

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Bold out the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

1. Where the hell have you been?

2. Gone so long and feeling so let down

3. Black, Red, Yellow

4. Pictures of You

5. There's a (title) where I come from (Tom Petty cover)

6. Is she ready to know my frustration?

7. Hey

8. Head Down

9. (Title) in the back of the head

10. When I was born I lost

11. Airbag

12. So. central rain

13. Sick, Sick, Sick

14. Bullet the Blue Sky

15. Purple Haze

16. (title) I can hardly wait til I see her

17. Little Acorns

18. Easily

19. We were hiding from the rain and the thunder

20. It's been a (title) time, how could I ever have lost you?

21. Didn't I see you in San Antone on a hot and dusty night?

22. Well, now don't you tell me to smile
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I love the retro, surf-guitar feel of this song. Surf music may have been the original punk, when you really think about it. This is one of the heavier tracks, guitar-wise, on the London Calling album.

This is a great second track - it's full of energy and kicks things off right. There really isn't much more to say except: awesome song, great guitar, great use of swagger and attitude.

Brand New Cadillac
The Clash
London Calling

I downloaded the MusicIP mixer last week and, now that this aged G3 iMac has analysed most of my music library, I've decided to give it a whirl..

The idea is that I should pick one track and use that as a 'seed' for a mix. So, I have picked Belgium's 1986 Eurovision Song Contest winner J'aime la vie and told the software to create a one hour mix.

It's interesting and... strangely effective.

There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Ein bisschen Frieden
If She Knew What She Wants
Next Lover
Heavens
Motorway To Roswell
Run for Your Life
Brand New Cadillac
Tears Are Not Enough
Popsicle
You're My Best Friend
With a Little Help from My Friends
Fever
Seven (Remix)
Ring The Bells

The Pixies track, in particular, came as rather a surprise but it fits well.

Time for another one, I think, as I wait to see whether last.fm will get out the charts in good time this week...

Body Movin'
Highway 61 Revisited
Don't Need the Sunshine
Brand New Cadillac
Angels Of The Silences
Chasing Cars
Once in a Lifetime
Roadhouse Blues
Processed Beats
Standing Here


How's that for a strrrrannnge mix?