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...According to Last.FM... of course in reality Want One is the best!

Phizpop's top albums (overall)
1. Britney Spears - Circus (1549) 2. spring awakening - Spring Awakening: A New Musical (1029) 3. Lady GaGa - The Fame (697) 4. Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor (636) 5. Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted (599) 6. Wicked - Wicked OST (567) 7. Rufus Wainwright - Want One (498) 8. The Feeling - Twelve Stops & Home (444) 9. P!nk - Funhouse (Deluxe Version) (396) 10. Katy Perry - One of the Boys (396) 11. P!nk - Funhouse (357) 12. Madonna - The Confessions Tour (340) 13. Britney Spears - Blackout (328) 14. Kylie Minogue - X (291) 15. Britney Spears - Britney (259) 16. Rufus Wainwright - Want Two (253) 17. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (243) 18. Kelly Clarkson - My December (178) 19. Rufus Wainwright - Poses (173) 20. Nelly Furtado - Loose (166) 21. Anastacia - Heavy Rotation (165) 22. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (165) 23. Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro (164) 24. Jay Brannan - goddamned (158) 25. Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Wainwright (153) 26. Britney Spears - Circus [Bonus Tracks] (150) 27. Lady GaGa - Lady GaGa (144) 28. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion (141) 29. Madonna - Hard Candy (138) 30. Rent - Rent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (137)

the US
Hanson
Seth MacFarlane
Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers
Type O Negative
Jay Brannan
George Carlin
Vince Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Tinted Windows
Everybody Else
Mandy Moore
Locksley
Bob Dylan
Elvis Presley
Zac Hanson
Taylor Hanson
Joan Osborne
Guns N Roses
Family Guy
Frank Sinatra
Chris Rock
Jennifer Lopez
Ella Fitzgerald
Mike Henry

England
The Beatles
Lily Allen
Queen
Spice Girls

Brasil
Caetano Veloso
Antônio Carlos Jobim\
Adriana Calcanhotto
Maria Rita
Rita Lee
Bebel Gilberto
Antonio Carlos Jobim/Elis Regina
Stan Getz & João Gilberto (I know Stan is American, but it's more Brazilian than American and João is def Brazilian)
Arnaldo Antunes/Carlinhos Brown/Marisa Monte

Australia
Darren Hayes
The Kin
Savage Garden
Scott Matthew

Sweden
ABBA

Canada
Sarah McLachlan

Portugal
Ana Moura

New Zealand
Flight of the Conchords

Spain
Manu Chao

Ireland
Gaelic Storm

Wales
Charlotte Church

Colombia
Shakira

France
Nouvelle Vague

Had a small mistake in the list so I had to make this almost twise... But hey here it is now.

Name your top 10 artists on last.fm

1. Coldplay
2. Aqualung
3. Billie the Vision & The Dancers
4. Yann Tiersen
5. Egotrippi
6. Jay Brannan
7. Veronica Maggio
8. Bo Kaspers Orkester
9. Norah Jones
10. Scandinavian Music Group

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

** What was the first song you ever heard from Jay Brannan (#6)?

Soda Shop and I fell madly in love straight away.

** What is your favorite album by Aqualung (#2)?

Aqualung, mainly because it is the only one I have.

** What is your favorite lyric that Egotrippi (#5) has sung?

Ihmiset
Mikä helvetti teitä riivaa
Aina kiire
Aina hoppu
Kun nurkan takana vaanisi maailmanloppu

Hei, hei, hei, hei
Ihmiset
Eikä asiaa niin pientä
Etteikö riitaa tulisi siitä
Taas ovet paukkuu ja huuto käy

Kaikenlaista harmia
Kaikenlaista harmia
Pitkin päiviä ja öitä
Seinän läpi kuulen teitä
Kun sama vanha virsi soi
Kaikenlaista harmia
Kaikenlaista harmia
Nyt riita poikki ja väliin voi

Ihmiset
Pikkumaiset kiukkupussit
Olipa vaput taikka jussit
Silti valitatte vain

Kaikenlaista harmia
Kaikenlaista harmia
Pitkin päiviä ja öitä
Seinän läpi kuulen teitä
Ja samat itkuvirret soi
Kaikenlaista harmia
Dannya ja Armia
Enää harvoin kuulla voi

Ihmiset
Mikä helvetti teitä riivaa
Ihmiset
Mikä helvetti teitä riivaa
(Kaikenlaista harmia)
Yes, the whole song. I love this very much.

** How many times have you seen Yann Tiersen (#4) live?

0.

** What is your favorite song by Veroniga Maggio (#7)?

Gammal sång

** What is a good memory you have involving the music of Scandinavian Music Group (#10)?

Last summer, Ruissalo and Ruisrock, some friends, sun and this band. Not to mention that I realised that my ex-singing teacher was the background singer of SMG. Perfect.

** Is there a song by Billie the Vision & The Dancers (#3) that makes you sad?

I Let Someone Else In and I Miss You, even tough not completely sad.

** What is your favorite lyric that Aqualung (#2) has sung?

Sometimes, the last thing you want comes in first
Sometimes, the first thing you want never comes
And I know, the waiting is all you can do
Sometimes
(Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You))

** What is your favorite song by Norah Jones (#9)?

Creepin' In

** How did you get into Billie the Vision & The Dancers (#3)?

Last.fm brought it to me.

** What was the first song you heard from Coldplay (#1)?

I think Yellow, just like for most of the population of this planet.

** What is your favorite song by Yann Tiersen (#4)?

La boulange

** How many time have you seen Norah Jones (#9) live?

0 again. Tough I don't really feel that great need to hear her live. Would go ofcourse if there was a good offer. :)

** What is a good memory you have involving Aqualung (#2)?

I quess finding his music through last.fm? Or maybe when I found the CD in record store. Not really that many memories connected to Aqualung apart from listening the music.

** Is there a song by Bo Kaspers Orkester (#8) that makes you sad?

Few. For example Hon är så söt

** What is your favorite album by Egotrippi (#5)?

Maailmanloppua odotellessa

** What is your favorite lyric that Billie the Vision & The Dancers (#3) has sung?

[he dreamed about Denmark]
No I dreamed about Sweden
the beautiful streets of Stockholm
and the home of Astrid Lindgren
(Stuttering Duckling)

** What is your favorite song by Coldplay (#1)?

I think that would be Speed of Sound.

** What is your favorite song by Scandinavian Music Group (#10)?

Vieläkö soitan banjoa?

** How many times have you seen Bo Kaspers Orkester (#8) live?

Again 0.

** What is your favorite album by Coldplay (#1)?

Hard one... Maybe X&Y but my answer might be different if I had Viva la Vida. What I've heard from that one is pretty damn good...

** What is a great memory you have involving Norah Jones (#9)?

My Blueberry Nights.

** What was the first song you heard by Bo Kaspers Orkester (#8)?

Absolutely no idea. One of the hits from Hittills I quess.

** What is your favorite cover by Aqualung (#2)?

If this means album/single cover then Good Times Gonna Come, if song cover I haven't head any.

1. Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning (Alex Gopher Remix)
This is a good gym song - I heard this version before the original but I think I prefer this one..

2. James Yuill - No Surprise
Folktronica....yes please!

3. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Seen this name batting around for ages so thought I would check out..plus one of them is quite fit! hehe Lots of energy to this song!

4. Infadels - Make Mistakes
Love this song! I don't know anything else by them so I have to find out more....

5. Amy Ray - Blame is a Killer
...from the Indigo Girls... a nice slice of female rock.

6. Soulstice - Crash The Party
I like the kinda hip hop that has more beats than funk...like this!

7. Envy - Friday Night
She says "urrrghhhhh" and it reminds me of part of Lady Sovereign song... This girl is from Manchester! Good track -I like it lots!

8. Jamie Lidell - Figured Me Out (LA Garage Mix)
Liked this when I was compiling the playlist but it got to annoy me a bit...oooops.

9. Gotye - The Only Way
Kinda upbeat indie but more synths than guitars and quite dark...

10. Holden - Chains and Things (fat rmx)
I love the background to this...v chilled...

11. Vordul Mega - AK47 feat. Vast Aire
Gangsta!

12. Flying Lotus - GNGBNG
Electro-hop hop...

13. Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
This is very pleasant...nice punchy melodies.

14. Jay Brannan - Can't Have It All
This guy got his willy out in Shortbus!!! Wait! That shouldn't be the first thing I say.... erm.... ok I like this song... there we go! haha He's a gay male singer/songwriter... this song is talking about the conflicts of relationships against having your own life and he sings about moisturiser too. ahem.

15. Priscilla Ahn - Dream
Awwwww.......... After listening to this for a month I went and bought her iTunes live EP and I love it! So summery!! :-D

16. Emma Forman - Illuminate
I can't seem to find much else on this artist but this song is in the same kinda chilled out summery theme as the one above...

17. Cathi Bruns - Inner Radio
There's a nice picture of her with a cup of coffee on last.fm :-)

18. Deathbot - Hit the Lights
Nice little dreamy song to end with...

Spute Dich, Kronos!

1. pascal finkenauer - Ich blicke an dir vorbei
2. Klez.E - Vom Feuer der Gaben
3. Jay Brannan - Goddamned
4. Nick Garrie - The Nightmare Of J. B. Stanislas
5. Morrissey - When Last I Spoke to Carol
6. Andrew Bird - Scythian Empire
7. Antony & The Johnsons - Aeon
8. Iran - Buddy
9. Snowman - The Black Tide
10. Geoff Berner - Half German Girlfriend
11. M. Ward - Rave On (ft. Zooey Deschanel)
12. Vienna Teng - The Last Snowfall
13. Sophie Hunger - Shape
14. Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You
15. Chapeau Claque - Das Karussell
16. INXS - Original Sin
17. Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
18. Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub - Coppergirl
19. Sven van Thom - Jacqueline (Ich Hab Berlin Gekauft)

Volumen Tres: A throwback to DIY

1. Hats & Statues- Scones and Scotch
2. Teeth Mountain- Ghost Science
3. Jeffery Lewis- Banned From the Roxy
4. Beirut- La Llorona
5. cLOUDDEAD- Apt. A #1
6. Adrian Orange and her Band- Interdependence Dance
7. Andrew Jackson Jihad- A Song Dedicated to the Memory of Stormy the Rabbit
8. Herman Dune- This Will Never Happen
9. The Sarcastic Dharma Society- You Swan Go On (By Mount Eerie)
10. Maher Shalal Hash Baz- Kamakura
11. Jay Brannan- Soda Shop
12. Quem Quaeritis- Slangin' Family Ties Dub
13. Ghost Mice- England
14. Francois Virot- Not The One
15. Castanets- Industry and Snow
16. The Music Tapes- Freeing Song By Reindeer


Hit this-
Part 1-
http://www.mediafire dot com/?ym4mwkzfnjz
Part 2-
http://www.mediafire dot com/?ykykgnn0m42

So remember when DIY was hipster garabe? This is a collection of songs that either embody or remind me of that time and ethic.

Most of this probably isn't very Garabe- but that makes it more hipster garabe.

Anywho- I think that there is probably a definite leaning towards a folk ethic- but I've kind of been thinking about folk from a different angle lately. Every country and every culture has their own folk music- in a time when country and culture have both been gobbled up by the internet and must-see-TV, whats left? Confused twentisomethings making weird music. Anyway- I know its not all folk (cLOUDEAD what?) and there are some odd choices (Jay Brannan for serious?) but I think it fits as a whole.

What I think I love about all of these artists and all of these songs is a sort of looseness and an undefined lack of self consciousness. All of these songs sort of exist rather than try to reach for something- a good metaphor for strange times indeed.

For more info on the first track check out the myspace- I just made a new bg for it- .com/hatsandstatues

top five bands?
01.


(lets keep in mind I'm not so much a band guy, more so a solo artists guy)
Rilo Kiley
02.



Metric
03.



Tegan and Sara
04.



Broken Social Scene
05.



the pillows

top five albums?
01.



"More Adventurous" - Rilo Kiley
02.



"Old World Underground Where Are You Now" - Metric
03.



"Little Plastic Castle" - Ani DiFranco]
04.



"Hymns for the Exiled" - Anaïs Mitchell / "Rabbit Fur Coat" - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins (I'm doubling up because Jenny NEEDS to be mentioned lol)
05.



"Debut" - Björk

favorite soundtrack/s?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999)
Shortbus
Cruel Intentions
Shrek 2
FLCL (no 3)
Cowboy Bebop
Ghost in the Shell 2: SAC
Hedwug and the Angry Inch

favorite music dvds?
‘It’s Not Fun Don’t Do It’ – Tegan and Sara
"Trust" & "Render" - Ani DiFranco
...and anything Björk puts out lol

favorite collaboration/s?
Ummmm I enjoy Broken Social Scene, Frou Frou and She & Him (collab bands). Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins is my favorite (specifically their collab w/ other artists on "Handle With Care", look a couple answers down for more details).



collaborations that should happen?
OMG JENNY LEWIS + Kaki King (on guitar)

Favorite cover/s?
"Use Your Love" - Katy Perry (not sure who the original is by)
"Such Great Heights" - Iron And Wine (covering The Postal Service)
"Handle With Care" - Jenny Lewis w/ Watson Twins feat. Ben Gibbard & Conor Oberst & M. Ward (covering Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeffrey Lynne, Roy Orbison, Thomas Earl Petty, The Traveling Wilburys)

concerts you’ve been to?
Rilo Kiley (opener Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down) May 30th 08
Jay Brannan (opener Chris Pureka) July 08

Disbanded / deceased musician you would have loved to see?
Sleater-Kinney, original Lucid Nation line up, John Lennon, Bitch & Animal, Arthur Russel.



festival/s youd love to go to?
Coachella
any folk music festival :]

dream lineup for a festival?
Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down
Metric
Bitch & Animal
Jay Brannan
Rilo Kiley
Broken Social Scene
Sigur Ros
Rufus Wainwright
Sleater-Kinney
Jenny Lewis (solo) w/ Watson Twins
Tegan and Sara
Björk
Katy Perry
Anaïs Mitchell
She & Him
Martha Wainwright]

sexiest musician?
Emily Haines

If you were making your own album who would you want for …

producer? Chris Walla, he needs to sprinkle magical fairy dust on everything.

<---ditto

guitarist/s?
Kaki King

bassist/s?
Don't really care

drummer/s?
Ditto

special guest performer/s?
Ani DiFranco, Anaïs Mitchell, Jenny Lewis

album art?
You gotta go with Ani DiFranco for overall packaging and design (she fucking won a Grammy for it hahaha) but also Björk in a close second.

Fri 11 Jul – Jay Brannan, Chris Pureka

Okay, so this was my SECOND ever live show experience, and it was awesome, once again :] Totally different experience, but loved it nonetheless.

This time the venue was The Paradise Rock Lounge in Boston, which is way small compared to the Palladium Theatre. The atmosphere is more chilled out, not as big or young a crowd, since it was an 18+ event.

I went with my exboyfriend Chris and his friend April, they had an extra ticket, and once I found someone to cover my shift, I hopped on board.

We arrived about 30 minutes before doors, but stopped by the Shaws down the street (they had Lunchables hahaha). We ate on the loading ramp of the Planned Parenthood building hahaha, I kept joking about how we were probably gonna be blown to smithereens any second by some religious fanatic.

Anyways...on to the performances

Chris Pureka was up first, and played for about an hour. She was great, I liked her voice and lesbian folk music, classic melancholy "my girlfriend is awesome...but something got fucked up, and now I'm gonna sing about it" sorta stuff. A little monotonous, but a worthy opening act :]

During intermission we went to the merchandise table and I bought Jay's album, since it's not available in stores, just through iTunes and mail orders. I also bought Chris a copy, cuz I'm a good guy like that lol It was 15 bucks. I almost bought a tour tee (with "Fat isn't a shape...It's a feeling" on the front) but the color (brown) was ugly.

Next up was the main event, Jay Brannan. Honestly, it was fantastic!! Once again, I picked the right show to see, he was pitch-perfect and had funny banter inbetween hahaha, seriously, his bits inbetween songs was just as good as his performances! Also, there were a few nice treats, the best was his cover of "Both Hands" by Ani DiFranco. He also did a cover or Nina Gordon's cover of "Straight Outta Compton" hahaha, it was great, as well as "Ever After, Happily", which I love. Also, he performed a brand new, not yet performed/heard at all song, but he didn't give a title, all I know is that it has the word "rabies" in the chorus :] hehehe, so yeah, when that song comes out, just remember, I heard it first :P

It was all worth the crazy scary driving Chris performs every time he's in Boston, and I honestly only thought we were gonna crash and die once! YAY!!

Anyways...yeah. The end. Ever after happily ;]