So, for a long time my last.fm software stopped scrobbling stuff. I had some free time and realized I should just re-download it. Hurray, it's working! And my music profile is definitely about to change.

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, and company) were just amazing. Both the band and the audience weren't sure what to make of it, because it was at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, which despite its outdated red velour seat cushions is a beautiful place. That didn't stop them from giving a great performance, despite how restless the crowd was after the painful opening act (a singer/songwriter from Nebraska whose name nobody got).

Alot of the crowd (including myself) was probably excited mostly because they'd seen Once and was curious about the on-stage chemistry of Glen and…

So, the Glow in the Dark Tour concert was strange. Mostly in a good way, but partly in just a really…fucked up way.

First of all, the rule about no cameras only got to us about 5 minutes before we were up to be poked and prodded by security, so we tried to hide them. Of course, I was the only one with a purse, so we "hid" them in there. So of course they were found, and of course I was the last one of my group to be checked, so I had to walk by myself back to…

Because I don't usually have qualms with my encounters with music, I either like it or I don't, I don't worry about these journal entries. However, I'm torn about Rivers Cuomo's solo album "Alone-the Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo". It's a collection of demos recorded between 1992 and 2007, and if it had come out soon after, say, the days of Maladroit, i'm sure I wouldn't hesitate and would buy it right away.
HOWEVER. After the joke that was Make Believe, I'm a little more skeptical, even if some of the demos were recorded during the Pinkerton era.…

My #1 beef with matt pond PA is that their #1 most-scrobbled song in the last 6 months is their cover of "Champagne Supernova". Sorry, but a cover should not be their most popular song. Especially among the music snobs that generally make up last.fm users. Shame on you all!

stolen..how mainstream are you?
My top 20..

1. matt pond PA- 61,920 listeners
2. Andrew Bird- 168,492 listeners
3. Josh Rouse- 79,765 listeners
4. Voxtrot- 76,990 listeners
5. Guster- 138,473 listeners
6. Weezer- 692,834 listeners
7. Travis- 324,830 listeners
8. M.I.A.- 186,641 listeners
9. the New Pornographers- 246,331 listeners
10.…

Stolen from FranklinBluth, who I still have yet to be introduced to. Apparently i'm not as tired as I thought I was.

Write in your Top Ten for the week.

1. The Beach Boys
2. M.I.A.
3. Paloma
4. Voxtrot
5. Spice Girls
6. Miles Davis
7. Imogen Heap
8. Decemberists
9. Guster
10. Josh Rouse

Now answer these questions.

1. What was the first song you ever heard by 8?
"Los Angeles, I'm Yours." The Decemberists were half-forced on me because my friend convinced me to go with her (drive her) to their concert, which ended up being really…