[Jawbone54]

I know it's an Academy Award-winning song now, so it can't be admired openly by some, but Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's "Falling Slowly" has got to be one of my favorite songs of the past 2 or 3 years. I've been listening to it time after time, and its not getting a bit old. I need to see Once now.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

I'm inclined to think the two of you are correct.

Let me add this. I think there is some ability to quantify why I have a certain preference, but in the search to do so, much of the joy would be lost, either from the effort, frustration, or the loss of mystery itself.

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

My wife told me she'd stop watching movies with me if I kept on spending the whole time dissecting what was horribly wrong with it. I stopped doing it (or at least focusing on it) after I realized how right she was; I enjoy movies a lot more today.

I think there are certain times and movies which benefit from the exploration -- I think many of Christopher Nolan's movies qualify -- but by the same token, the only way you can enjoy a movie like Transformers is to utterly turn-off such thought. Suspension of Disbelief is integral to the enjoyment of movies.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

1 Demetri Martin (74)

4 dj ricochet – Röyksopp Rock (13)


Excellent mashup of Michael Jackson and Röyksopp.

A little late, I know, but here it is anyway.

Is Demetri's stuff worth getting? I'm definitely a fan of his rather dry humor.


And I'm definitely picking up that track. My interest is piqued.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Top Artists for the week ending Sunday 24 February 2008

1 Moby (25)
2 Brad Fiedel (20)
3 Oasis (18)
4 Garbage (14)
4 Brian Posehn (14)
6 植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu) (13)
7 Blur (12)
8 Coldplay (11)
9 Röyksopp (10)
9 Mark Mothersbaugh (10)
9 伊藤賢治 (Kenji Ito) (10)
9 The Prodigy (10)

I believe that's three weeks in a row in the Top 10 for Kenji ito -- not that hard a feat when most of your tracks are under two minutes.


Top Albums for the week ending Sunday 24 February 2008

1 Brad Fiedel – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (20)
2 Brian Posehn – Nerd Rage (14)
3 Oasis – Be Here Now (13)
4 Blur – Blur (12)
5 Moby – 18 (11)
5 Garbage – Bleed Like Me (11)
7 Coldplay – Parachutes (10)
8 Travis – The Man Who (9)
9 Röyksopp – Melody A.M. (8)
10 Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express (5)
10 The Beatles – The Beatles anthology 2 (5)

Unlisted but should have been:
The Sims Soundtrack, Sims 2, FInal Fantasy XI, Destroy All Humans, and Ghostbusters. Apparently last.fm sucks with video game soundtracks.

Unique Artists: 146
Total Tracks: 367
Total Plays: 372

[Dakar the Fourth]

last.fm decided to be a little slow on the update this week...

Top Artists for the week ending Sunday 2 March 2008

1 The Beatles (38)
2 Oasis (29)
3 布袋寅泰 [Tomoyasu Hotei] (15)
4 Shirley Bassey (14)
5 Garbage (12)
5 David Arnold (12)
7 Eric Serra (11)
8 Romolo di Prisco (10)
9 Moby (6)
9 Grant Kirkhope (6)


Top Albums for the week ending Sunday 2 March 2008

1 布袋寅泰 (Tomoyasu Hotei) – Electric Samurai (The Noble Savage) (15)
2 The Beatles – 1 (13)
2 Shirley Bassey – The Remix Album... Diamonds Are Forever (13)
4 Various Artists – The World Is Not Enough (12)
5 Garbage – Beautifulgarbage (11)
5 The Beatles – The Beatles anthology 3 (11)
5 The Beatles – The Beatles anthology 2 (11)
8 Eric Serra – The Professional (10)
9 Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (6)
10 Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek: First Contact (5)
10 Ennio Morricone – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (5)


Unique Artists: 180
Total Tracks: 378
Total Plays: 387

[Peter]

[Dakar the Fourth]

Nada Surf, there's a name I haven't seen since the 90s.

[Jawbone54]

I've switched computers, transferred my music library, set my iPod to auto-sync, and now I can't get last.fm to recognize my iPod. Frustrating.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Odd. Nothing happens when you sync? I take it the last.fm app is a fresh install?

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

A little late, I know, but here it is anyway.

Is Demetri's stuff worth getting? I'm definitely a fan of his rather dry humor.

Definitely, I was keeling over from both his albums. Very good indeed.

Did you ever get around to downloading that Röyksopp Rock track?

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Nada Surf, there's a name I haven't seen since the 90s.

Their later stuff is quite good.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Odd. Nothing happens when you sync? I take it the last.fm app is a fresh install?

Yep. I uninstalled/reinstalled just to be sure. I've nearly given up on getting an accurate last.fm most played list.

[- - e r i k - -]

Are you using iScrobbler or the Last.fm (cr)app?

[Jawbone54]

Last.fm app...

[Dakar the Fourth]

Erik's right, my mistake. I use iScrobbler, and you should too.

[Jawbone54]

Downloaded, installed, and...we'll see.

I love Last.fm and what it does as far as introducing me to different artists, but if it doesn't start working with my iPod, I'm tossing it.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Erik's right, my mistake. I use iScrobbler, and you should too.

iScrobbler has worked so well for me for so long that I can never get around to trying the last.fm feature in CoverSutra, which I got in the MacHeist.

[Oisín]

Not much has changed.

[- - e r i k - -]

Unique Artists: 266
Total Tracks: 366
Total Plays: 575

[Dakar the Fourth]

Top Artists for the week ending Sunday 9 March 2008

1 Beastie Boys (20)
2 Moby (17)
2 Oasis (17)
4 Garbage (15)
5 Graeme Norgate (14)
6 Enigma (12)
6 Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori (12)
8 The Strokes (11)
9 Muse (8)
10 Romolo di Prisco (7)

Top Albums for the week ending Sunday 9 March 2008 Only 5 considering the pathetically low playcounts

1 Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill (13)
2 Garbage – Garbage (12)
3 The Strokes – Is This It (11)
4 Enigma – Le Roi Est Mort, Vive le Roi! (10)
5 Muse – Black Holes & Revelations (8)

Unique Artists: 202
Total Tracks: 371
Total Plays: 373

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Did you ever get around to downloading that Röyksopp Rock track?

Sadly, no. It's been a long time since I cracked open my p2p program.

Edit: One Headlight. Nice. About their only good song, though.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Edit: One Headlight. Nice. About their only good song, though.

They have other songs?

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth 

Sadly, no. It's been a long time since I cracked open my p2p program.

*cough*

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

They have other songs?

"The Difference" was their other hit, but it's no "One Headlight." I remember a tune "Sleepwalker" that wasn't bad. They also covered "Heroes," but let's not talk about that.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

They have other songs?

I like you.

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

*cough*

I love you.

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by lavar78 

"The Difference" was their other hit, but it's no "One Headlight." I remember a tune "Sleepwalker" that wasn't bad. They also covered "Heroes," but let's not talk about that.

6th or 7th Avenue Heartache comes to mind. Better than Difference.

[- - e r i k - -]

Unique Artists: 144
Total Tracks: 250
Total Plays: 799

[Jawbone54]

March 16-March 23

Top Artists this Week:
1. Future of Forestry
2. Hillsong United
3. Leeland
4. Glisten
5. John Mayer
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan
7. Jonathan Dean
8. Mute Math
9. Coldplay
10. Lifehouse

Okay, so my top 10 really aren't changing from week to week.

I need some suggestions. Someone help me find someone new. I like alternative, blues, anything acoustic-driven, and anything that might be a bit "different." I'm not so much into the heavy stuff anymore, however.

[- - e r i k - -]

Unique Artists: 79
Total Tracks: 121
Total Plays: 125

Not much listening this week that wasn't on the iPod (which won't register on last.fm). My house-bitch has moved back home (the linkin park listener), so thankfully there's less of that on there.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

I need some suggestions. Someone help me find someone new. I like alternative, blues, anything acoustic-driven, and anything that might be a bit "different." I'm not so much into the heavy stuff anymore, however.

Check out the stuff on my list. In particular MGMT

I'd also suggest ditching Hillsong United. But that's just me really despising those greedy cultists.

[Jawbone54]

I figured I'd add: I saw Erik's list and immediately downloaded Regina Spektor and Royksopp after a quick listen. Love 'em both. Still looking for something acoustic guitar-based though.

[EDIT] And noooow, I am officially late.

[- - e r i k - -]

Acoustic guitar based stuff I love:

Kings of Convenience, Magnet, Bob Evans, Jack Johnson, José Gonzáles, Jason Mraz, Fionn Regan, Darren Hanlon…

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Check out the stuff on my list. In particular MGMT

I'd also suggest ditching Hillsong United. But that's just me really despising those greedy cultists.

Ha...I've been accused of being a cultist myself. Makes me feel dangerous.

I wasn't that keen on MGMT, but I really like Who Made Who. I'm still going through the artists on everyone's lists. This might take a while.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Acoustic guitar based stuff I love:

Kings of Convenience, Magnet, Bob Evans, Jack Johnson, José Gonzáles, Jason Mraz…

There ya go! Thanks...

Downloaded several tracks of Kings of Convenience. I'm really liking it so far. Bob Evans is nice too.

I've been a Jack Johnson fan for a long time, ever since I heard "Middle Man" on a surfing game and looked him up immediately. I love his stuff, but was really disappointed in Sleep Through the Static. It lacked that charm that Jack's earlier stuff had.

[sek929]

I didn't include the play-count since this ITunes installation is fairly fresh. Still illustrates my favorite bands, except Skindread

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Not much listening this week that wasn't on the iPod (which won't register on last.fm).

Of course iPod listens can register on last.fm.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by lavar78 

Of course iPod listens can register on last.fm.

Not if you never remove it from your car

Mine is a 2G iPod, I sync it manual and the addition of a smart "recently played" playlist didn't seem to help last.fm recognise it's plays any better. I'm not really that inclined to mess around that much just to have it sync the latest played track manually once every second month or so…

But yes, I am aware that normally iPod plays should work with iScrobbler…

[- - e r i k - -]

Excited about my newest music acquisitions. I have a hunch that Gnarls Barkley may return to the top again next week

[sek929]

I just picked up the new Gnarls Barkley and I love it so far!

[- - e r i k - -]

Yeah it's great. It may be eclipsed by Queens of the Stone Age and Smashing Pumpkins since I'm seeing them both this weekend.

[sek929]

I am very envious...

Sounds like a sweet show!

[- - e r i k - -]

Oh yes. Throw in some Air, CSS and Duran Duran for good measure:

Home :: V Festival 2008



Seeing Smashing Pumpkins at the sideshow on Monday too, so I've reduced overlap at the festival plus I can focus on them better at an indoor live show. Also seeing Operator Please on Wednesday for those who keep track

[- - e r i k - -]

Gnarls Barkley played there last year by the way

[Jawbone54]

Yeah, so despite picking up some new artists, my list didn't change quite as much as I thought...

Top 10 Artists for Week Ending in Sunday March 30, 2008
1. Coldplay (49)
2. [b]ecker (25)
3. Leeland (20)
4. Mute Math (18)
6. Regina Spektor (14)
7. Pillar (13)
8. Desperation Band (12)
9. John Mayer (10)
10. John Foreman (9)

[EDIT] For some reason I had two Last.fm accounts set up over the past few months. I knew something was off in my results (how I missed this, I have no idea). I would be using my old account on the work computer and my "Jawbone54" account on my MBP. Old account...gone.

[Dakar the Fourth]

My lists have sucked which is why I haven't posted lately. I'll be picking up a lot of CDs in the next month or so, so hopefully that'll liven things up.

Which Coldplay album did you listen to?

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Dakar the Thousandth

Which Coldplay album did you listen to?

I have a smart playlist for Coldplay that compliles all my 4 and 5-star tracks. My "Coldplaylist?"

Looks like I must be a fan of Rush of Blood... and the live album.



[EDIT] WHOA! Just realized "Moses" wasn't given a rating. Definitely one of my favorites.

[brassplayersrock²]

Fallen from the Sky 3:25 Glen Hansard Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 9 3/10/08 10:28 AM
If You Want Me 3:49 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 9 3/10/08 10:36 AM
Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy 0:53 Glen Hansard Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 8 3/10/08 10:29 AM
Leave 2:47 Glen Hansard Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 8 3/10/08 10:06 AM
Trying to Pull Myself Away 3:36 Glen Hansard Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 8 3/10/08 10:32 AM
All the Way Down 2:39 Glen Hansard Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 8 3/10/08 10:39 AM
Falling Slowly 4:06 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 8 3/10/08 10:22 AM
When Your Mind's Made Up 3:42 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 8 3/10/08 10:18 AM
Gold 4:00 Interference Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 8 3/10/08 10:03 AM
The Hill 4:36 Marketa Irglova Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 8 3/10/08 10:10 AM
Lies 4:00 Glen Hansard Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 7 3/10/08 9:49 AM
Say It to Me Now 2:37 Glen Hansard Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 7 3/10/08 10:24 AM
Once 3:39 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova Once (Music from the Motion Picture) Soundtrack 7 3/10/08 10:14 AM
Menuet (from 3 small pieces) 2:41 Franz Schubert Classical Masters Classical 4 2/25/08 1:07 PM
Paris 3:08 Yael Naïm Yael Naïm Pop 4 2/5/08 11:32 AM
Too Long 4:43 Yael Naïm Yael Naïm Pop 4 2/5/08 11:24 AM
New Soul 3:45 Yael Naïm Yael Naïm Pop 4 2/5/08 11:04 AM
Levater 3:25 Yael Naïm Yael Naïm Pop 4 2/5/08 11:19 AM
When I'm Sixty-Four 3:14 Branimir Krstic Sgt. Pepper For Classical Guitar Classical 3 3/9/08 1:35 AM
All You Need Is Love 3:18 Dana Fuchs & Jim Sturgess Across the Universe (Music from the Motion Picture) [Deluxe Edition] Soundtrack 3 3/8/08 6:29 PM
Harp Zones 2:50 Doc Childre Quiet Joy New Age 3 2/25/08 1:03 PM
How Can I Keep from Singing? 4:25 Enya Shepherd Moons New Age 3 2/25/08 1:12 PM
All You Need Is Love (Chill Out ) 3:21 Fernando Diaz, Gabriela Vega, Joe Gongora, Mirley Cauich & Patricia Hernandez The Beatles Chill Out - All Love Songs Vol.2 Electronic 3 3/8/08 6:32 PM
When I'm 64 2:52 The Thurston Lava Tube Me Ka Nahuku Rock 3 3/9/08 1:32 AM
Wenn Ich 64 Bin (When I'm Sixty-Four) 2:20 Udo Lindenberg & das Panik-Orchester Das Beste - Die 2te ... Mit Und Ohne Hut Rock 3 3/9/08 1:25 AM


*I've been listening to the radio more. Easier when I work, can't change the damn song if I don't like it.

[Dakar the Fourth]

tl;dr

[brassplayersrock²]

sorry if reading my post is to hard. i'll make a crayon drawing version for ya next time

[Dakar the Fourth]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

I have a smart playlist for Coldplay that compliles all my 4 and 5-star tracks. My "Coldplaylist?"

*dies*

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

Looks like I must be a fan of Rush of Blood... and the live album.

Good call on the former. Never listened to the latter.

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

[EDIT] WHOA! Just realized "Moses" wasn't given a rating. Definitely one of my favorites.

Yeah, he was a bad mamma-jammer.