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The mundane easy stuff:

Top 10 Artists by playcount:
1. Brad Paisley - 6,021 plays
2. Morrissey - 2,708 plays
3. Greg Edmonson - 2,450 plays
4. Natalie Merchant - 2,382 plays
5. Murray Gold - 2,100 plays
6. Josh Turner - 2,071 plays
7. Tori Amos - 2,043 plays
8. Keith Urban - 2,027 plays
9. John Barrowman - 2,026 plays
10. 10,000 Maniacs - 1,546 plays

Top 10 Albums by playcount:
1. Greg Edmonson - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - 1767 plays
2. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night - 1527 plays
3. Jeremy Soule - Oblivion Original Soundtrack - 1098 plays
4. Brad Paisley - Mud on the Tires - 1084 plays
5. Stillhouse Hollow - Dakota - 964 plays
6. Keith Urban - Keith Urban: Greatest Hits - 857 plays
7. Brad Paisley - 5th Gear - 783 plays
8. Murray Gold - Doctor Who - Series 3 (Original Television Soundtrack) - 753 plays
9. Greg Edmonson - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Original Soundtrack from the Video Game) - 683 plays
=. Murray Gold - Doctor Who (Original Television Soundtrack) - 683 plays

Top 10 Songs by playcount:
1. Greg Edmonson - Nate's Theme - 214 plays
2. Brad Paisley - Oh Yeah, You're Gone - 184 plays
3. John Barrowman - You'll Think of Me - 167 plays
4. Brad Paisley - The Best Thing That I Had Goin' - 159 plays
5. Brad Paisley - Everybody's Here - 153 plays
6. Keith Urban - Romeo's Tune - 148 plays
7. Brad Paisley - Welcome To The Future - 148 plays
8. 10,000 Maniacs - Don't Talk - 146 plays
9. Murray Gold - Doomsday - 143 plays
10. Brad Paisley - American Saturday Night - 137 plays

Best discoveries:
- Brad Paisley - Well duh. Truth is I first scrobbled I'm Still a Guy back in Oct 08, but obviously wasn't paying attention enough, as it wasn't till the new year that I really discovered him. And listened to him over 6,000 times. Love his humour, and ability to sing sentimental songs without being soppy. Anything Like Me is a case in point here.
- Greg Edmonson - not so much of a discovery, as I already had listened to his music through playing the Uncharted games, but had a lot of difficulty finding where to buy it. Made up for lost time, though, as now Nate's Theme is now my most played track. It is possibly the best minute and three quarters of music ever written/performed. I have a big big crush on Nathan Drake, and this beautiful tune only makes me love him more.
- Stillhouse Hollow - contacted me through Twitter, and I have to say, I was utterly delighted, as there was no way in hell I would have found them myself. Their acoustic countryesque blugrassy music and harmonies are simply incredible. Through them I also discovered Josh Preston who is also amazing.
- Jace Everett - pleased to be able to say I'd listened to him before seeing True Blood, although that tune is amazing. I was delighted to get to see him at the Monto Water Rats in King's Cross, and was right down the front, right in front of him. He is really charismatic, and moves the way his voice sounds. It was an amazing performance, and would love to see him again.

Best concerts:
- Jace Everett - see above. Can't stress enough how great this was. I spoke to him afterwards and asked him to ask his Nashville buddies to come to the UK, as we don't get our fair share of Country Music over here. He said he already does. Top man.
- Jazz voice - Not a jazz fan (through ignorance rather than taste) but took the opportunity to go to this gig, purely because Natalie Merchant was to do a couple of tracks. Having been a fan for 15 odd years, I have never gotten to see her live. When finally I did, I burst into tears. She truly is beautiful. And I enjoyed most of the rest of the gig, so it was win all round.
- Morrissey - got to see him twice, in quick succession in the end, as one was postponed from May to October. When he did finally get back to gigging I felt he looked more relaxed than I had seen him before, and in better spirits and humour than I had seen. And he sang Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself that made me cry somewhat, as I love it so much, and hadn't heard him do it live before.

Hopes for 2010:
As a fan of Country music, I would like to get the opportunity to see more of it live. Other than Jace Everett none of the ones I like seem to come over the pond. I know I could have seen Taylor Swift or Toby Keith but of course they are two that I don't really like/want to see. I am really talking, of course, to Mr Brad Paisley. I was delighted to see that he was extending his American Saturday Night Tour into 2010, but really upset that he is not setting foot outside the US. I know that he has a young family etc. but he also has a lot of fans in Europe, and I believe he would be pleasantly surprised by the reception that we want to give him. He wouldn't have to come here for long, just a date in London... But, he is not the only one I would like to see - Josh Turner and Keith Urban in London would make me immensely happy too. The onus is not just on Brad here.

I understand that Natalie Merchant is releasing a new album next year, which I am looking forward to a lot. I also hope that a tour goes with it, as I would love to see her do her own solo show. Albums from Lonesome Spurs and Stillhouse Hollow would also go down a treat.

So next year, basically I want more gigs and albums from the people I like.

In no order:
Pearl Jam - Backspacer: The 90s rockers return with a new sound, to reflect a new era.
Notable tracks: Got Some, Unthought Known, The End

Paramore - Brand New Eyes: The band's follow up to 2007's RIOT! features a darker edge, and deeper lyrics reflecting the turmoil of the band at the time of the record's conception.
Notable tracks: Brick By Boring Brick, Turn It Off, All I Wanted

The Flaming Lips - Embryonic: With their first venture since 2006's At War With The Mystics, Wayne and co. return with a double album full of instrumentals, pounding bass riffs, hard sound explosions, and guest appearances from Karen O and MGMT.
Notable tracks: Convinced Of The Hex, Silver Trembling Hands, Watching The Planets

Allison Iraheta - Just Like You: The Idol runner up's debut album dwarfs the debuts of the winner (Allen) and the more popular one (Lambert) with the edgy sound expected from the 17-year old rocker.
Notable tracks: Just Like You, Don't Waste The Pretty, Holiday

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!: The indie rockers take a new direction to a more synth fueled, electronic based album, and they pull it off perfectly.
Notable tracks: Zero, Heads Will Roll, Hysteric

Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart: The Norwegian musician's first album shows off a edgy, angry sound that comes right at you.
Notable tracks: Oh My God, I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked, Stella

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Outer South: The Bright Eyes veteran brings the Mystic Valley Band back for a second album which works better than the first, including new versions of previously released tracks, and scathing protest songs.
Notable tracks: Slowly (Oh So Slowly), Big Black Nothing, Roosevelt Room

The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love: The indie rockers paint a long, sprawling picture of fantasy with this rock opera.
Notable tracks: Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga), The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid, The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)

Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk: The indie rock superstars form to make an album showcasing the talents of Conor Oberst, Jim James, and M. Ward while still retaining the sound of a fresh new band.
Notable tracks: Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.), Say Please, His Master's Voice

Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time: The debut album from Alberta Cross displays the smooth vocals of Neil Young, with the blistering rock of early Oasis.
Notable tracks: Broken Side Of Time, Song 3Three Blues, Rise From The Shadows

Honorable Mentions:
Regina Spektor - Far
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream

(Entrada escrita originalmente el 18 de noviembre de 2009)
Dato innecesario que a nadie le importa.

Aunque siento una gran admiración por el trabajo de Morrissey, especialmente por sus letras, algunas veces no comparto su opinion y otras veces no logro entender a lo que se refiere. Por muy explícito que sea.

“Un vinculo de confianza ha sido forzado.
Algo de valor se puede perder.
Renuncia a tu trabajo, malgasta tu dinero. Se imprudente.
Unicamente conserva a tus amigos.”

“Hay gente más que suficiente contra quienes luchar y oponerse.
¿Por qué gastar tu valioso tiempo peleando con la gente que te agrada?
Con los que morirían defendiendo tu nombre.”

“No te sientas tan avergonzado de tener amigos.”

“Pero ahora sólo me llamas cuando estás deprimido.
Cuando estás feliz estoy tan lejos de tu mente…
Mi paciencia se ve forzada,
Mi lealtad ha sido molestada.
Estás perdiendo a todos tus amigos.”

“Conserva a tus amigos.”

“Resiste o avanza,
se loco, se imprudente,
fuma y explota,
vende tu ropa.
Unicamente recuerda:
Puede llegar un momento en el que necesites algún amigo.”


Ojalá MOZ no tuviera razón.

(Entrada escrita originalmente el 4 de noviembre de 2009)
Dato innecesario que a nadie le importa.



Esta vez comparto el audio del mejor día y momento de mi vida.
Fue hace 5 años aproximadamente… Morrissey en Santiago de Chile.

En ningún concierto me ha ocurrido el escuchar mis canciones favoritas del artista a quien voy a ver, pero bueno este es más que un artista para mi.
Mi héroe XDDDD
Y si él dice: “I’ll never be anybody’s hero now”, entonces no existo.

01 - Intro
02 - How Soon Is Now?
03 - First Of The Gang To Die
04 - November Spawned A Monster
05 - I Like You
06 - Bigmouth Strikes Again
07 - Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
08 - Subway Train (intro) Everyday Is Like Sunday
09 - Let Me Kiss You
10 - Shoplifters Of The World Unite
11 - Irish Blood, English Heart
12 - Now My Heart Is Full
13 - Rubber Ring
14 - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
15 - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
16 - You Know I Couldn’t Last
17 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

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(Entrada escrita originalmente el 28 de octubre de 2009)
Dato innecesario que a nadie le importa.



Me agrada pensar en la idea que el álbum Swords fue hecho para mi. A parte de contener la canción que más he escuchado de Morrissey (It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small), (no sé si es la que más me gusta… no lo quiero decidir aún), el álbum es una compilación de 18 b-sides de los tres últimos álbumes “You Are The Quarry” (2004), “Ringleader Of The Tormentors” (2006), y “Years of Refusal” (2009). Álbumes que forman parte de mis favoritos de por vida, a diferencia de los fans más críticos, viejos (en tiempo y edad XD), nostálgicos de décadas pasadas, estancados e intolerantes. Pero no así para melancólicos.

TRACKLIST:

[Cd 1]
Good Looking Man About Town
Don’t Make Fun of Daddy’s Voice
If You Don’T Like Me, Don’T Look At Me
Ganglord
My Dearest Love
The Never-Played Symphonies
Sweetie-Pie
Christian Dior
Shame Is The Name
Munich Air Disaster 1958
I Knew I Was Next
It’s Hard to Walk Tall when You’re Small
Teenage Dad On His Estate
Children In Pieces
Friday Mourning
My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Drive-In Saturday
Because Of My Poor Education

[Cd 2] Live in Warsaw 2009
I just want to see the boy happy
Black cloud
I’m throwing my arms around paris
Why don’t you find out for yourself
One day goodbye will be farewell
You just haven’t earned it yet, baby
Life is a pigsty
I’m ok by myself

renegadesteve2's top albums (overall) 1. The Smiths - The Very Best of the Smiths (153) 2. Deconstruction - Deconstruction (146) 3. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (134) 4. Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun (128) 5. John Frusciante - Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt (114) 6. Morrissey - Bona Drag (114) 7. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (112) 8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (111) 9. Hole - Live Through This (110) 10. Joy Division - The Best Of Joy Division (109) 11. Wiley - Treddin' on Thin Ice (108) 12. Primus - Pork Soda (106) 13. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (104) 14. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (102) 15. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.... (102) 16. The Smiths - The Smiths (102) 17. Massive Attack - Mezzanine (101) 18. Tool - Ænima (98) 19. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (97) 20. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (97) 21. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (96) 22. Sublime - Sublime (95) 23. The Beatles - Revolver (94) 24. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (93) 25. Nas - Illmatic (90) 26. The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray (88) 27. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (88) 28. Pixies - Doolittle (87) 29. Ol' Dirty Bastard - The Definitive Ol' Dirty Bastard Story (87) 30. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (86) 31. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (85) 32. The Breeders - Last Splash (85) 33. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (84) 34. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (84) 35. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (83) 36. Wiley - Race Against Time (83) 37. MF DOOM - Metalfingers Presents: Special Herbs, The Box Set Vol. 0-9 (80) 38. OutKast - Stankonia (79) 39. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted/Kill At Will [EP] (76) 40. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda (76) 41. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (75) 42. Pink Floyd - The Wall [Disc 1] (72) 43. Madvillainy - Madvillainy (71) 44. Tricky - Nearly God (69) 45. Lil Wayne - No Ceilings (69) 46. Portishead - Dummy (68) 47. Tori Amos - Boys for Pele (68) 48. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (67) 49. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (67) 50. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (66)

Been meaning to do this for years - here's an incomplete list of bands I've seen at least once. Good or absolutely shite, they all make the list. Bold type denotes artists that I've had the pleasure of seeing more than once.

A
Adem
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alabama 3
The Aliens
All About Eve
Lily Allen
Dot Allison
Alpha
Amusement Parks on Fire
Annuals
Arab Strap
Architecture in Helsinki
Arctic Monkeys
Arrested Development
Asian Dub Foundation
B
Badly Drawn Boy
Banco de Gaia
Basement Jaxx
Bat for Lashes
The Bays
The Beat
The Beastie Boys
The Beautiful South
Beck
Beep Beep
Belle and Sebastian
Ben Folds Five
Bent
The Besnard Lakes
Big Country
Black Kids
Blondie
Blur
The Bodines
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
The Boy Least Likely To
Billy Bragg
Brainiac
Bright Eyes
The Brilliant Corners
Broken Spindles
Ian Brown
Tim Burgess
Bernard Butler
C
Terry Callier
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Carrie
Carter USM
Martin Carthy
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Cast
Caterwaul
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Charlatans
The Charlottes
Chas N Dave
Cherry Ghost
The Cinematic Orchestra
Ross Clark & the Scarfs Go Missing
The Clerks
Clinic
The Close Lobsters
Coldcut
Coldplay
John Cooper Clarke
The Cooper Temple Clause
The Coral
Elvis Costello
Cousteau
Cranebuilders
Crazyhead
The Creatures
CUD
The Cure
D
The Darling Buds
The Datsuns
Death in Vegas
The Delgados
Delphic
Dodgy
Doves
Dreadzone
Dub Pistols
Dubtribe Sound System
Durutti Column
Bob Dylan
E
Steve Earle
Echo and the Bunnymen
Echoboy
The Eighteenth Day of May
Elbow
Electrafixion
Electric Soft Parade
Electric Sound Of Joy
Embrace
F
Fairport Convention
Th' Faith Healers
Faithless
Faith No More
The Fall
Fields of the Nephilim
Five Thirty
The Flaming Lips
Florence & The Machine
Foo Fighters
Four Tet
The Free Association
Friendly Fires
Frightened Rabbit
Fun Loving Criminals
The Futureheads
G
Ganger
Gaye Bykers on Acid
Ghost Dance
Glasvegas
Global Communication
Godflesh
Goldrush
Gomez
Jose Gonzalez
Gorkys Zygotic Mynci
The Go! Team
Grand Drive
Grass-Show
The Grave Architects
Gravenhurst
Al Green
Green on Red
Groove Armada
Guillemots
Guns N' Roses
H
Nick Harper
Rolf Harris
The Heart-throbs
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
The Matthew Herbert Big Band
Kristin Hersh
The Hidden Cameras
Micah P. Hinson
Hole
Jools Holland
Holy Fuck
House of Brothers
The House of Love
The Housemartins
Howlin' Rain
The Hunters Club
I
I Am Kloot
Idlewild
Interpol
Iron And Wine
It Bites
J
The Jack Rubies
Matthew Jay
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jesus Jones
Johnny Domino
Joolz
K
Keane
The Killers
David Kitt
Kula Shaker
L
Lambchop
Leatherface
Leaves
The Levellers
The Libertines
Loop
Low
Lowgold
Lush
M
The Magic Numbers
Magnolia Electric Co.
The Majesticons
Manic Street Preachers
Mansun
Maps
Marillion
Marion
J Mascis
Massive Attack
Mega City Four
The Memory Band
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Mercury Rev
MGMT
Mia Doi Todd
The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Mission
Modest Mouse
Mono
The Montrose Avenue
John Moore And The Expressway
Morrissey
The Motorcycle Boy
Bob Mould
Mudhoney
My Bloody Valentine
Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band
Mylo
N
The National
The Necks
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
The New Folk Implosion
New Model Army
New Order
Joanna Newsom
Scout Niblett
Nirvana
Now It's Overhead
O
Oasis
Okkervil River
Ooberman
Orbital
Beth Orton
P
The Pale Saints
The Parkinsons
Pavement
Penthouse
Pitman
The Pixies
The Pogues
Emma Pollock
Polytechnic
Pond
Pop Will Eat Itself
Primal Scream
The Primitives
The Prodigy
The Prudes
Public Enemy
Pulp
Q
Finlay Quaye
Queens of the Stone Age
R
Radiohead
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Red Snapper
REM
Reverend and The Makers
Ride
Rival Schools
RJD2
Roots Manuva
Tim Rose
Run DMC
S
Saint Etienne
Saint Joan
Salvation
Samamidon
Ulrich Schnauss
Scott 4
DJ Scotch Egg
Mr Scruff
The Sea and Cake
Seafood
Shack
DJ Shadow
The Shins
Michelle Shocked
The Shortwave Set
Silver Sun
Simian
Six.by Seven
The Sleepy Jackson
Elliott Smith
The Smiths
Snuff
Sonic Youth
Soul II Soul
The Soup Dragons
Space
Spacemen 3
Sparklehorse
Spear of Destiny
Spin Spin The Dogs
Spiritualized
Spring Heel Jack
Starsailor
St. Germain
The Stills
The Stone Roses
The Streets
Joe Strummer
Subkicks
Sugar
The Sugarcubes
Sun Kil Moon
Swans
T
Tapes N Tapes
Teenage Fanclub
The Telescopes
Texas
That Petrol Emotion
Them Crooked Vultures
Richard Thompson
Throwing Muses
Glenn Tilbrook
Tindersticks
The Ting-Tings
Travis
Tricky
Tunng
Turin Brakes
The Twilight Sad
U
Ultrasound
Under Neath What
Underworld
V
The Verve
Voice of the Beehive
W
Martha Wainwright
The Walking Seeds
The Walkmen
The Waterboys
The Wedding Present
We Show Up On Radar
Whistler
White Lies
The White Stripes
Wilco
Robbie Williams
The Wisdom of Harry
Witness
The Wonder Stuff
World Domination Enterprises
The Wurzels
X
X-Press 2
Y
Yam Who
James Yorkston and The Athletes
Z
Zero 7
The Zutons

01. What's your favorite song by Neutral Milk Hotel?
"Two-Headed Boy, Part Two".

02. How did you get into Felt?
Kathrin put "All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead" on a mixtape for me, and I fell hard for Lawrence.

03. Who is your favorite member in Orange Juice?
I'm probably contractually obliged to say Edwyn Collins, but I do have a soft spot for the songs by James Kirk.

04. What's your favorite lyric by The Magnetic Fields?
this is an unreasonably difficult question. actually, no:
"I could dress in black and read Camus / Smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth / Like I was seventeen, that would be a scream / But I Don't Want to Get Over You."

05. Have you ever seen Sufjan Stevens live?
yes, in fact!

06. What's your favorite album from The Shins?
Wincing the Night Away.

07. Do you own any merchandise from The National?
nothing, sadly. (not even a tote bag from Wicker Park.)

08. What is a good memory you have of The New Pornographers?
dancing around my room to "Graceland" while packing for college.

09. Is there a member of the same age as you in Belle and Sebastian?
hahaha, no. they are all much older.

10. When did you first get into The Shins?
2003, right after Chutes Too Narrow was released. I heard "New Slang" on the college radio station and it was downhill from there.

11. Who likes The Smiths along with you?
many, many people. on my last.fm friends list, primarily Kathrin.

12. Which song did you first hear from of Montreal?
"So Begins Our Alabee", on a Polyvinyl sampler.

13. What song made you fall in love with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah?
I believe it was "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood", after some blog described it as "David Byrne fronting The Cure".

14. Which song do you not like by The Only Ones?
there are actually quite a few, shamefully, but my least favorite is probably "Deadly Nightshade".

15. Why do you like Morrissey?
what a question! his stunning voice (even at such an age), his splendid pop sensibilities, his terrific way around a witty, erudite lyric...

16. Where did you first hear Voxtrot?
oh, wow, I don't actually know. I think I heard "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, and Wives" on a blog somewhere right after it came out, but I didn't really start to love them until I heard "The Start of Something".

17. How long were The Jesus and Mary Chain a band before you liked them?
haha. they were a band for sixteen years and weren't a band for three before I liked them.

18. Does Matthew Sweet have a song that gives you a bad memory?
well, yes. most of his songs are irrevocably linked to certain memories for me, but "Someone to Pull the Trigger" and "Life Without You" are the worst.

19. When did you get into The Cure?
the winter of sixth grade, when my brother burned a copy of Staring at the Sea: The Singles for me.

20. How long have you been into The Jesus and Mary Chain?
seven years.

21. If Jens Lekman had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
well, I can't drive. but if someone else were going, I would certainly consider it.

22. How many The Replacements albums do you own?
christ. nine, not counting bootlegs and unreleased compilations.

23. Do Vampire Weekend have a song that makes you cry?
hahaha, definitely not.

24. Do The Wedding Present have a song that makes you happy?
of course! especially "This Boy Can Wait".

25. Do Wilco have a song that makes you smile?
yes indeed. "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)" is a guaranteed smile-maker.

26. What's the last song you've listened to of Guided by Voices?
"Twilight Campfighter".

27. Is there a song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions that you've listened to more than 30 times?
"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes", though my statistics don't show it... that was mostly in seventh grade.

28. What is a song from Joanna Newsom that you've only listened to once?
"Three Little Babes". NEVER AGAIN.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians?
I am not really a fan of "The Fly".

30. What song got you into Echo and the Bunnymen?
"Bring on the Dancing Horses", once again via the local college station.

31. What is your favorite single by Bright Eyes?
single? probably "If The Brakeman Turns My Way".

32. If The Weakerthans hated you, what would you do?
I would be really upset, probably. and regret not seeing them when I could have in September, before I learned of this sad development.

33. What would you say if one of the members from R.E.M. asked you out?
um, accept, obviously!! I don't care that all of them are either over fifty or almost there (yes, Michael, this means you). we would be the May/December romance for the ages.

34. Would you care if Editors had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
of course. I demand that Tom Smith remain perpetually single.

35. Who has the best voice in The Posies?
I prefer Jon Auer's songs.

36. Do you think Elvis Costello and the Attractions are good looking?
haha, I was actually just talking about this today. yes.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by Arcade Fire?
I have apparently only listened to "Intervention" 11 times. this might be wrong.

38. How many CDs do you own of Sparks?
I actually only own Kimono My House, but my mother has most everything else on vinyl.

39. Is there a song from Radiohead that makes you mad?
I don't think so.

40. Which member from Yo La Tengo do you want to see go solo?
I actually really like Dump, a.k.a. James McNew's side project. but I wouldn't want Ira and Georgia to split up.

41. What does your favorite song from The Velvet Underground remind you of?
"Sweet Jane" ... actually, reminds me of standing on the corner with a suitcase in my hand. hahaha. presumably because whenever I find myself in that situation, I start singing that song.

42. Did you hate Hüsker Dü at first?
no, I just thought they were really noisy. and Grant Hart was super cute. whatever, I was a twelve-year-old with priorities.

43. Does your best friend also listen to The Hold Steady?
haha, yes. although not without reservations. (no lyrics about Pringles cans, please.)

44. Do you think your parents would like The Broken West?
both my parents love them, actually.

45. Do Pixies have a song that makes you want to dance?
who doesn't dance to Debaser?

46. Have you ever seen Joy Division live?
yes. that time when I time-travelled.

47. Do you like The Broken West's name?
I guess so. I like it better than their previous name, "The Brokedown".

48. Is there someone in Paul Westerberg that you want to go out with?
this question is adorable. yes, I want to go out with the teenager in Paul Westerberg who wore his heart on his sleeve, rode his bike everywhere, and kissed girls under bridges on autumn nights, as described in "First Glimmer".

49. Do you know anyone that hates Shearwater?
I don't believe so.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from Sigur Rós?
it's probably happened.