While clicking around last.fm, I found this.

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 5 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 6 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 120 represents an extremely varied one.

My Top 20
Barenaked Ladies
Dirty Pretty Things
The White Stripes
Interpol
Hope of the States
The Vines
Sons and Daughters
Belle and Sebastian
Hot Hot Heat
Regina Spektor
The Beatles
Larrikin Love
The Strokes
Bob Dylan
The Smiths
Maxïmo Park
Jonathan Larson
Kaiser Chiefs
Brothers Creeggan
Adam Green

Similar artists
They Might Be Giants
Fastball
Matchbox Twenty
Semisonic
Gin Blossoms
The Libertines
Babyshambles
Yeti
The Cribs
The Pigeon Detectives
The Raconteurs
The Black Keys
Jack White
The Hives
The Strokes
Editors
The Strokes
She Wants Revenge
Bloc Party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Cooper Temple Clause
iLiKETRAiNS
Idlewild
British Sea Power
Clearlake
The Hives
Nine Black Alps
The Strokes
Jet
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Long Blondes
The Duke Spirit
I Am Kloot
Shout Out Louds
Camera Obscura
The Magnetic Fields
The Shins
Jens Lekman
The Decemberists
OK Go
Rooney
The Bravery
We Are Scientists
Harvey Danger
Fiona Apple
Rachael Yamagata
Rilo Kiley
Kate Nash
Tori Amos
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
George Harrison
Paul McCartney & Wings
Ringo Starr
Mystery Jets
Milburn
The Maccabees
Cajun Dance Party
Patrick Wolf
The Arctic Monkeys
The Libertines
Albert Hammond Jr.
Kings of Leon
Interpol
Bob Dylan and The Band
Neil Young
Leonard Cohen
The Band
The Rolling Stones
Morrissey
Joy Division
The Cure
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Stone Roses
The Futureheads
Art Brut
The Rakes
The Wombats
Razorlight
Idina Menzel
Adam Pascal
Wicked
Spring Awakening
Original Broadway Cast
Franz Ferdinand
Arctic Monkeys
The Fratellis
The Cribs
Kasabian
Thin Buckle
Kevin Hearn
The Vanity Project
Ed Robertson
Steven Page
The Moldy Peaches
Kimya Dawson
Jeffrey Lewis
Herman Düne
Ben Kweller

final score: 112

I feel like I've missed some? Like, that there are duplicates up there that shouldn't be? Hm.

Also, first journal entry - hurray?

Top artists of year 2008
1 The Beta Band 1,172 - every time i hear them, i discover something new in every song.
2 Brazzaville 1,089 - one of all time favourits, new album was released in february '08.
3 Pulp 972 - pure pleasure.
4 I Am Kloot 612 - another long-lasting favourite
5 Belle and Sebastian 587 - 1/5 of this count goes to 1 (!) song
6 The Divine Comedy 581 - mmm.. voice of neil hannon
7 天門 500 - "5cm per second" was a love from first screencap i saw.
8 The Waterboys 483
9 The Beatles 429 - my father used to say: "if you don't know what music to put on - The Beatles is a solid choice", he was right after all.
10 菅野よう子 427 - oh, YOKO, you turn me on!
11 鷺巣詩郎 419
12 増田俊郎 412 - Mushishi was a thing that helped me to get through super-overly-stressed autumn, a little dose of serenity every now and then.
13 Kula Shaker 386
14 Jackson C. Frank 358 - i can't listen to Nick Drake ever again
15 Dario Marianelli 329 - Atonement and Pride & Prejudice soundtracks
16 Calexico 317
17 久石譲 313
18 Dire Straits 273
19 The Killers 248
20 Tindersticks 238
21 Super Furry Animals 225
22 J. A. Seazer 223 & 23 光宗信吉 211- i finally got to see Shôjo Kakumei Utena
23 Nujabes 211
25 Jens Lekman 206
26 R.E.M. 204
27 The National 203
27 The The 203
29 The Auteurs 198
30 Yann Tiersen 189

Top songs of year 2008
1 The Beta Band – Pure For - 198 - i'm SO glad i found IT (used to leasten to it repeatedly while reading Fruits Basket manga)
2 Belle and Sebastian – I Fought in a War - 150 - I got struck with beauty of this song several days prior ending of year 2007. i used to listen to it FOR DAYS. (i still do ;)
3 The Beta Band – Dry the Rain - 129 - i like vocals on this song - it doesn't really matter _what_ he is singing, what matters - is his voice, how it raises and trails. it makes me want to lie down and listen to this song over and over and over.
4 Brazzaville – Hoover St. - 119 - my favourite song from their new album.
5 The Beta Band – Inner Meet Me - 96 - "She said to me: keep your head up, never show up, keep it all in - never dream alone"
6 Сплин – Маяк (Вместо письма) - 89 - you can't go wrong with poetry of Vladimir Mayakovsky 8)
7 Brazzaville – The Clouds in Camarillo - 81
8 The Divine Comedy – Tonight We Fly - 75 - truly uplifting song.
9 奥井雅美 – Rinbu Revolution (full size) - 71 - openning of Shôjo Kakumei Utena
10 Dire Straits – Tunnel of Love - 68 - my favourite song of Dire Straits, esspecialy when the record gets to the good bit.
11 The Killers – Human - 65
11 Pulp – She's a Lady - 65
11 The Beta Band – I Know - 65
11 Belasco – Hunters Song - 65 - short song, but i love it :)
15 Fujiya & Miyagi – Ankle Injuries - 64
16 The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age Of The Understatement - 61 - reminds me of Ennio Morricone music for vesterns
17 Ofo & The Black Company – Love Is You - 60 - last minute or so of this record kicks ass!
18 The Divine Comedy – Diva Lady - 59
18 James – Laid - 59
20 J. A. Seazer – Angelic Creation, Namely, Light - 57 - Jury dueling theme
21 清浦夏実 – 旅の途中 - 55 - openning from Spice and Wolf, great pop song
22 The The – Slow Emotion Replay - 54 - "I'm just a slow emotion replay of somebody I used to be."
22 The Waterboys – The Whole of the Moon - 54
25 Belle and Sebastian – I Don't Love Anyone - 53
25 Brazzaville – Night Train To Moscow - 53
25 The Grey Race – The Johnsons - 53
28 Belle and Sebastian – This Is Just a Modern Rock Song - 52
29 Jackson C. Frank – Blues Run the Game - 51
29 Super Furry Animals – Run-Away - 51

the soundtrack of my 2008. a little late, but here it is:

Jens Lekman - you're so silent jens - night falls over kortedala
Beck - sea change - modern guilt
David Bowie - hunky dori
The Wave Pictures - instant coffee baby
The Arcade Fire - funeral - neon bible
José González - veneer
Giant Sand - *provisions*
Slow Club - let's fall back in love
Camera Obscura - let's get out of this country
Devendra Banhart - smokey rolls down thunder canyon
Fleet Foxes - fleet foxes
juno soundtrack

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1) Placebo
2) Nine Inch Nails
3) Bright Eyes
4) of Montreal
5) Radiohead
6) Patrick Wolf
7) Emilie Autumn
8) The Libertines
9) Crystal Castles
10) The Beatles
11) My Chemical Romance
12) Ramones
13) Mindless Self Indulgence
14) Arctic Monkeys
15) Kaiser Chiefs
16) Brand New
17) Reel Big Fish
18) Coldplay
19) Muse
20) Sex Pistols

1) The Kooks
2) Franz Ferdinand
3) Manic Street Preachers
4) Stereophonics
5) Suede
6) Blur
7) Trash Palace
8) Marilyn Manson
9) Modwheelmood
10) Skinny Puppy
11) KMFDM
12) Halo33
13) Puscifer
14) Ministry
15) Black Light Burns
16) Conor Oberst
17) Desaparecidos
18) The Good Life
19) Elliott Smith
20) Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
21) Cursive
22) Commander Venus
23) Son, Ambulance
24) The Apples in Stereo
25) The Olivia Tremor Control
26) The Unicorns
27) Islands
28) Beulah
29) The Fiery Furnaces
30) Neutral Milk Hotel
31) Elf Power
32) Thom Yorke
33) Sigur Rós
34) Jonny Greenwood
35) On a Friday
36) Blur
37) Kasabian
38) Final Fantasy
39) Larrikin Love
40) bishi
41) Bat For Lashes
42) Mystery Jets
43) Jeremy Warmsley
44) Laura Marling
45) Jens Lekman
46) Hannah Fury
47) The Birthday Massacre
48) Rasputina
49) Jack Off Jill
50) The Crüxshadows
51) L'Âme Immortelle
52) Collide
53) Zombie Girl
54) Babyshambles
55) Dirty Pretty Things
56) Pete Doherty
57) The Cribs
58) The Strokes
59) Yeti
60) The View
61) Kap Bambino
62) The Teenagers
63) Digitalism
64) Uffie
65) Late of the Pier
66) New Young Pony Club
67) Klaxons
68) PartyShank
69) Paul McCartney
70) John Lennon
71) George Harrison
72) Paul McCartney & Wings
73) Ringo Starr
74) The Who
75) Pink Floyd
76) The Rolling Stones
77) The Used
78) Pencey Prep
79) Aiden
80) Panic at the Disco
81) Fall Out Boy
82) Taking Back Sunday
83) The Academy Is...
84) From First to Last
85) Joey Ramone
86) The Clash
87) Dee Dee Ramone
88) Buzzcocks
89) The Adicts
90) Dead Kennedys
91) Sham 69
92) The Left Rights
93) Retard-O-Bot
94) uncle outrage
95) Orgy
96) Celldweller
97) Zeromancer
98) AFI
99) The Last Shadow Puppets
100) The Rascals
101) Milburn
102) The Fratellis
103) Maxïmo Park
104) Razorlight
105) The Futureheads
106) Kevin Devine
107) Manchester Orchestra
108) Straylight Run
109) Jesse Lacey
110) The Early November
111) Say Anything
112) Bayside
113) Less Than Jake
114) Streetlight Manifesto
115) Catch 22
116) Goldfinger
117) The Forces of Evil
118) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
119) Big D and the Kids Table
120) Mustard Plug
121) Keane
122) Travis
123) Snow Patrol
124) Oasis
125) Athlete
126) Richard Ashcroft
127) Sid Vicious
128) The Professionals
129) The Damned

Hey folks,

I pulled myself out of my Christmas food-coma and dragged myself down to the radio station to do a show full of holiday-related jamz. Thanks to the folks who cuddled up with me. Hope you're having a good new year, thus far.

The playlist:

Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas - Cancer for the Cure

The Pogues - Fairytale of New York - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Okkervil River - Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas - Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
Saturday Looks Good to Me - Blue Christmas - This Time Every Year/Blue Christmas
Rosie Thomas - Winter Wonderland - A Very Rosie Christmas

The Lucksmiths - The Winter Proper - Spring a Leak
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Cold White Christmas - Etiquette
Belle and Sebastian - O Little Town of Bethlehem - Peel Session
Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here - The Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack
Jens Lekman - Cold Swedish Winter - When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog
Arab Strap - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - Unreleased
Pedro the Lion - The First Noel - The First Noel/Long Way Around the Sea

David Sedaris - Six to Eight Black Men - Live at Carnegie Hall

Low - Little Drummer Boy - Christmas
Eef Barzelay - Joy to the World - Bitter Honey
Sufjan Stevens - O Holy Night - Songs for Christmas Vol. III
The Kids of Widney High - Christmas Is the Time - Let's Get Busy

Bright Eyes - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Christmas
The Vandals - Hang Myself From the Tree - Christmas with the Vandals
Patton Oswalt - My Christmas Memory - Feelin' Kinda Patton
Frank Zappa - Don't Eat the Yellow Snow - Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa

Iron & Wine - Faded From the Winter - The Creek Drank the Cradle
The Halo Benders - Snowfall - God Don't Make No Junk
The 5.6.7.8's - Rock and Roll Santa - Rock and Roll Santa

The Polyphonic Spree - Silent Night - Unreleased

If you want to get in on the good-time radio, tune in any Thursday, 6-8pm PST on KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine, CA, or worldwide live on the internet at KUCI.ORG, and the public radio presets of iTunes.

Sincere thanks to everyone who made 2008 more lovely for me. I wish all of you an infinite amount of happiness this year.

<3,
Kyle

Albums

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Good Son
Henry's Dream
Let Love In
The Boatman's Call
Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

The Human League - Reproduction

R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food

Brian Eno & David Byrne - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Primal Scream - Screamadelica

David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Björk - Medulla
Volta

Shellac - 1000 Hurts

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones

Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup

Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

TV on the Radio - Dear Science

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

Bloc Party - Intimacy

Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel

Justice - †

M.I.A. - Kala

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Monkey - Journey to the West

Metronomy - Nights Out

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Scout Niblett - Kidnapped By Neptune

Feist - Let It Die

British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Scott Walker - Scott 2

Elliott Smith - Either/Or
XO

Thee More Shallows - More Deep Cuts

Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

The Depreciation Guild - In Her Gentle Jaws

Singles

Björk - Naturra

Myles Power - Acoustic E.P. 2008



That is every CD i gained (purchased/recieved/found/downloaded) in 2008. In addition, Josie gave me 3 compilations.

There were also 2 or 3 inescapable artists, like Gnarls Barkley and Kings of Leon, that i heard but didn't buy. It was the year i nearly stopped buying singles (recession).

out with the old, in with the new -- it must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays.

El Perro del Mar
Jens Lekman
Love Is All
Christopher Walla
Audrye Sessions