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I am really bored and I'll probably want to repost this once my chart updates.


1. List any artist in your top 50 you've seen live and note the number of times.

02 Animal Collective - 3
03 Devendra Banhart - 2
06 Modest Mouse - 3
07 Rilo Kiley - 2
10 The New Pornographers - 3
11 Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - 2
13 Deerhoof - 1
14 Liars - 3
15 Joanna Newsom - 2
16 Broken Social Scene - 2
19 Yo La Tengo - 2
20 Akron/Family - 1
23 The Fiery Furnaces - 4
24 Electrelane - 1
25 Silver Jews - 1
25 Afrirampo - 5
28 Elf Power - 1
30 Currituck Co - 2
31 Sonic Youth - 2
35 Vashti Bunyan - 1
35 The Decemberists - 3
39 Vetiver - 2
40 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 1
41 Bonnie Prince Billy - 1
41 The Olivia Tremor Control - 2
41 Iron & Wine - 2
44 Jens Lekman - 1
50 Destroyer - 1

2. How many of them have you seen?
28 (56%)

3. Add the numbers up. How many shows is that in total?
56

4. List any artist in your top 50 that you haven't seen and has split up/died/stopped making music.
01 Neutral Milk Hotel
07 Beulah
17 The Unicorns
35 Jeff Mangum
48 Pavement

How Many? 5 (10%)

5. List any artist in your top 50 you haven't seen yet but are going to see soon.
32 Islands

How many? 1 (2%)

6. How many artists don't fit into these categories?
16 (32%)

I am very bored.

In chronological order, I saw the following artists perform this month. Scores reflect my enjoyment level rather than quality of performance!!1111!1

Scissors For Lefty (5/10)
The Fiery Furnaces (7/10)
Country Teasers (5/10)
Mark Pickerel (5/10)
Jon Wahl & The Amadans (I only saw about 1 minute)
The Drones (3/10)
Total Sound Group Direct Action Committee (7/10)
The Scientists (3/10)
Comets on Fire (8/10)
Services (2/10)
Hundred Eyes (5/10)
Celebration (7/10)
Magik Markers (8/10)
TV on the Radio (8/10)
Liars (9/10)
Bat for Lashes (7/10)
Metallic Falcons (6/10)
Jana Hunter (3/10)
Espers (7/10)
Vetiver (8/10)
Jandek (6/10)
Vashti Bunyan (8/10)
Devendra Banhart (10/10)
Mates of State (7/10)
The New Pornographers (9/10)
Lightning Bolt (8/10)
The Lilys (5/10)
Dead Meadow (5/10)
Mt Eerie/Microphones (7/10)
Broken Social Scene (7/10)
Dinosaur Jr (6/10)
Boredoms (9/10)
Dungen (5/10)
The Fiery Furnaces (again, but only for 2 minutes)
The Gossip (6/10)
Joanna Newsom (9/10)
Sleater-Kinney (6/10)
Lightning Bolt(again) (7/10)
Destroyer (6/10)
Elf Power (8/10)
Electrelane (7/10)
The Decemberists (only for a few minutes) (7/10)
The New Pornographers (again) (8/10)
The Shins (7/10)

I also had tickets for Metric with Komakino and The Suffrajets but I was too tired.

Name your top 10 most played bands/artists on Last.fm:

01: Devendra Banhart
02: All Girl Summer Fun Band
03: Animal Collective
04: Neutral Milk Hotel
05: Modest Mouse
06: M. Ward
07: Beulah
08: Deerhoof
09: Xiu Xiu
10: Scout Niblett

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

(1) What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
I don't think I'd heard any until the first time I listened to Transistor Radio, so I guess that means it was You Still Believe in Me.

(2) What is your favourite album of 2?
2.

(3) What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
Hmm. I'm sure I used to have some particular favourite, but I forget now, so I'll just choose something I like.

"If you could be anything you want,
I bet you'd be disappointed: am I right?"

(4) How many times have you seen 4 live?
lol I'm going to kill myself.

(5) What is your favourite song by 7?
For now, Maroon Bible.

(6) What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
Well gee, I only got into her recently. No time for memories yet.

(7) Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
In a way, lots of them: generally, in a sort of "I'm going to explode with the overwhelming amount of joyous love and emotion" kind of way.

(8) What is your favourite lyric that 2 has sung?
Aw man, they're all about the lyriczzz.

[Typewriter sounds] "Dear Maam and Sir... no...
To whom it may concern... no...
Oh, I know,
Dear Mr. And Mrs. Troublemaker...
I wanna marry your son."


(9) What is your favourite song by 9?
Because I'm totally cool, The Body Breaks (the Devendra Banhart cover).

(10) How did you get into 3?
Yay a question that makes me look stupid. I saw them live twice then realised they were more than just enjoyable some time later, upon hearing Who Could Win a Rabbit? and subsequently downloading lots. Because I'm really commercial and hip to the new music trendz, you know?

(11) What was the first song you heard by 1?
I have no idea.

(12) What is your favourite song by 4?
Yeesh. Oh Comely?

(13) How many time have you seen 9 live?
0.

(14) What is a good memory you have concerning 2?
Being in the chalet at ATP.

(15) Is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
Is that possible?

(16) What is your favourite album of 5?
The Moon and Antarctica

(17) What is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?
Their lyrics are ambiguous so I can't be sure, but I believe that The Purple Bottle begins with the line "I got a big big big heartbeat".

(18) What is your favourite song of 1?
This Beard Is for Siobhan, probably.

(19) What is your favourite song of 10?
Kidnapped by Neptune vs. Pom Poms vs. Safety Pants.

(20) How many times have you seen 7 live?
Why does this meme hate me?

(21) What is your favourite album of 1?
Rejoicing in the Hands

(22) What is a great memory you have considering 9?
I don't have any of those.

(23) What was the first song you heard by 8?
I don't know.

Like, OMG, our top 25 of 2005 is up. Posted late because... we like to take our time to digest all of the year's music. Maybe.



25. Gimme Fiction
24. A River Ain't Too Much to Love
23. Kidnapped By Neptune
22. Takk
21. Transistor Radio
20. Cripple Crow
19. At The Soundless Dawn
18. Frances the Mute
17. Face the Truth

... go here for the rest. Including Gang Gang Dance... Dead Meadow... Afrirampo... Sufjan Stevens... Six Organs Of Admittance...


You'll also find favourites of 2005 from Jacob Thiele of The Faint, Travis Morrison (The Dismemberment Plan), Geologist (Animal Collective), Frank Turner (Million Dead) and Al English of Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies. AND YET MORE! Including individual lists from the staff members, obv.

Go on, then.