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Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing it is.

How many songs: 2,282 items, 138 hours

Sort by song title:
First Song: ...my nine rides shotgun by Brand New
Last Song: Zombie Boy by The Magnetic Fields


Sort by album
First: #2 by Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
Last: Zopilote Machine by The Mountain Goats


Sort by length
Shortest: Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care by Relient K (:12)
Longest: The Beat Guide To Yiddish (mixtape) by Diwon (25:11)

Sort by artist
First: 3OH!3
Last: Zombies

Top Five Most Played Songs:
1. Kings of Convenience – Sorry or Please - 252
2. Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound - 231
3. Kings of Convenience – Misread - 231
4. The Fiery Furnaces – Tropical Iceland - 202
5. The Lucksmiths – Smokers in Love - 202


First song that comes up on Shuffle:
Kimya Dawson - Loose Lips

Search:
"heart", how many songs come up? 21
"death", how many songs come up? 14
"love", how many songs come up? 84
"you", how many songs come up? 197

Hey music-type-folks,

Short show last night due to being pre-empted by UC Irvine women's basketball. Yes! It's that time of year again! So rad. Ha.

Anyway. Musics played:

Things that Are Square 11-5-09

(*) = New release

(*) Felix - Death to Everyone But Us - You're the One I Pick

(*) Devendra Banhart - Angelika - What Will We Be (For Alex in Irvine, CA)
St. Vincent - Marry Me - Marry Me
(*) The xx - VCR - XX
The Microphones - I Felt Your Shape - The Glow, Pt. 2 (For Gabrielle
in Costa Mesa, CA)

(*) The King Khan & BBQ Show - Animal Party - Invisible Girl
(*) Brilliant Colors - Absolutely Anything - Introducing Brilliant Colors
Kimya Dawson - Fire - Hidden Vagenda
(*) The Mountain Goats - Hebrews 11:40 - The Life of the World to Come

Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard - If Life Exists (?) - 'Em Are I
Herman Düne - Red Blue Eyes - Mas Cambios

Fela Kuti - He Miss Road - He Miss Road

Anyway, I'll have a full show next week. Tune in for that. Aaaaaand I'll have an intern, so if you're a fan of awkward silences and such, you're DEFINITELY going to have to tune in.

TtAS is on every Thursday, 6-8pm PST on KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine, CA, and worldwide on the internet at KUCI.ORG, the radio presets of iTunes, and so on.

<3,
Kyle

mynameishuman's top albums (overall)
1. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath (134) 2. The Fall of Troy - The Fall of Troy (99) 3. At the Drive-In - This Station Is Non-Operational (90) 4. The Fall of Troy - Doppelganger (88) 5. The Sound of Animals Fighting - Tiger & the Duke (72) 6. Coheed and Cambria - Neverender (Night I: The Second Stage Turbine Blade (CD)) (66) 7. At the Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenement (66) 8. The Sound of Animals Fighting - Tiger & The Duke (Re-Release) (64) 9. Rx Bandits - Progress (64) 10. The Fall of Troy - Manipulator (60) 11. The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes (60) 12. Kimya Dawson - Remember That I Love You (60) 13. Kill Kim Novak - 03:05 (55) 14. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (55) 15. The Sound of Animals Fighting - Lover, The Lord Has Left Us... (52) 16. Maeckes und Plan B - Als Waeren Wir Freunde (51) 17. Rites of Spring - End on End (51) 18. Favorite - Harlekin (51) 19. Sparta - Wiretap Scars (48) 20. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (48) 21. At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out (45) 22. ...Of Stalwart Fads - I Regret To Inform You The Boat Has Been Destroyed (EP) (45) 23. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (44) 24. Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront (44) 25. Idiot Flesh - Fancy (40) 26. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (40) 27. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (40) 28. Maybeshewill - Not For Want Of Trying (40) 29. The Blood Brothers - Crimes (39) 30. Blumio - Yellow Album (38) 31. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (36) 32. Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti (36) 33. I Set My Friends On Fire - You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter (36) 34. The Baseballs - Strike! (36) 35. Me and Him Call It Us - The (C:) Drive of Love Stories (36) 36. WIZO - UUAARRGH! (34) 37. The Fall of Troy - In the Unlikely Event (34) 38. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (33) 39. Antitainment - Nach der Kippe Pogo!? (33) 40. Lexi Sayok - It's a Secret (33) 41. Hadouken! - Music For An Accelerated Culture (33) 42. Sleepercar - West Texas (33) 43. Elvis Presley - 30 #1 Hits (33) 44. Mastodon - Leviathan (30) 45. The Postal Service - Give Up (30) 46. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (30) 47. Welle:Erdball - Der Sinn des Lebens (30) 48. Adam Green - Jacket Full of Danger (30) 49. Buckethead - Bucketheadland (29) 50. Whitehouse - Asceticists 2006 (28)

1349
Behemoth
Black Dhalia Murder
Goatwhore
Napalm Death
Necrophagist
Dying Fetus
Primus
Gamma Ray
Kimya Dawson
Ghost Mice
Tragedy
Animosity
Darkest Hour
HORSE the band
Anti-Flag
Every Time I Die
Misery Index
Spoonboy
Rasputina
Throwdown
The Chariot
Paramore
The Sounds
Coheed & Cambria
Joan Jett
Hellogoodbye
Hanson

There's more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'll ass em as I remember em.

plasticsmiles's top albums (overall)
plasticsmiles's top albums (overall)
1. Hop Along, Queen Ansleis - (2005) Freshman Year (731) 2. Paul Baribeau - Paul Baribeau (481) 3. Paul Baribeau - Grand Ledge (460) 4. P.S. Eliot - The Bike Wreck Demo (393) 5. The Dopamines - The Dopamines (379) 6. Bomb the Music Industry! - Get Warmer (341) 7. P.S. Eliot - Introverted Romance In Our Troubled Minds (339) 8. Laura Stevenson and The Cans - Laura Stevenson: A Record (337) 9. Jawbreaker - Etc. (310) 10. Bomb the Music Industry! - Goodbye Cool World (305) 11. Jawbreaker - Dear You (304) 12. Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles (304) 13. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (298) 14. The Ergs! - Dorkrockcorkrod (292) 15. The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes (286) 16. The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim (284) 17. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (272) 18. Say Anything - ...is a Real Boy (262) 19. Dear Landlord - Dream Homes (252) 20. Lemuria - The First Collection (247) 21. The World/Inferno Friendship Society - Red Eyed Soul (244) 22. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site (237) 23. Bomb the Music Industry! - To Leave or Die in Long Island (235) 24. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (228) 25. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America (225) 26. Good Luck - Into Lake Griffy (219) 27. Fake Problems - How Far Our Bodies Go (215) 28. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (212) 29. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (210) 30. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band (205) 31. The Measure (SA) - Historical Fiction (203) 32. The Loved Ones - Keep Your Heart (197) 33. Cheeky - Choke on a Cheeseburger (191) 34. Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song (188) 35. The Weakerthans - Fallow (188) 36. The Ergs! - Upstairs/Downstairs (188) 37. When I Was 12 - Dear Eskimo (185) 38. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People are the Luckiest People in the World (183) 39. Lily Allen - Alright, Still (183) 40. The Lawrence Arms - Apathy And Exhaustion (182) 41. Jawbreaker - Bivouac (178) 42. The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta! (176) 43. The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me (176) 44. Lou Reed - Transformer (176) 45. Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit (174) 46. Kimya Dawson - Remember That I Love You (171) 47. Lucero - Tennessee (170) 48. Jawbreaker - Unfun (170) 49. Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose (169) 50. Full of Fancy - Sweet Baby Jesus (169)

1. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? The Unicorns

Jellybones! and it's still my favorite

2. What's your favorite lyric by 12? Cat Power

nobody knows my pain/the sea thats risen/its full of love again

3. How did you get into 29? M. Ward

The great and wonderful Erin Coleman- I had his music before, but she taught me to appreciate him even more : )

4. How many albums by 13 do you own? Gorillaz

Three: Clint Eastwood, Demon Days, and Gorillaz

5. How did you get into 19? Radical Face

A friend gave me a list of bands I might be interested in and this was on there. It has honestly become one of my all time favorites- haunting lyrics, unbelievable harmonies and really cohesive albums.

6. What is your favorite song by 10? CocoRosie

Sunshine! Its so sad and beautiful at the same time.

7. Is there a song by 9 that makes you sad? Electric President

Wow. A lot of his songs are definitely in the minor key and can put me in a sad mood, but I still love them.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? Starfucker

Either Pop Song or Boy Toy- its too hard to pick.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? Iron & Wine

Cinders and Smoke?

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Regina Spektor

Oh, all of her stuff can make me happy!

11. What is the worst song by 20? Bright Eyes

I'm actually surprised that this is so high up on my chart. I actually didn't like any of Digital Ash in a Digital Urn that much...

12. What is your favorite song by 30? Broken Social Scene

Probably, 7/4 Shoreline. It was the first song of theirs I ever heard

13. What is a good memory you have involving 18? Saint Motel

HAH! Oh, that's a loaded question...

14. What is your favorite song by 8? Arcade Fire

I'm Sleeping in a Submarine- its from their EP and I just discovered it yesterday!

15. Is there a song by 21 that makes you happy? Vetiver

Everyday, I love the beat

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? The Dandy Warhols

No, even their darker stuff doesn't depress me.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? Yo La Tengo

Autumn Sweater, or maybe Nuclear War? Both great.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? of Montreal

I remember riding bikes on Gloucester Island/Plotting midnight raids on the Swedish plum trees/that summer.../it was too cold to swim/so, we climbed up on the rocky shore and freaked out on the mountain goats/but they were not impressed or scared of us

19. Who is a favorite member of 2? Animal Collective

The Geologist. No question.

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? Jack Johnson

Monsoon?

21. What is a good memory involving 7? Andrew Bird

Lying in my friend's room on the floor discussing our upcoming summer plans and listening to Armchair Apocrypha on repeat.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? Lily Allen

LDN or Knock Em Out

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 17? Beiruts

No idea... I know my first album of theirs was Gulag Orkestar so maybe the title track?

24. What is your favorite album by 26? Air

Love LOVE 10,000 Hz Legend

25. What is your favorite song by 27? Belle and Sebastian

The Boy With an Arab Strap

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 31? Born Ruffians

Barnacle Goose at a friend's party

27. What is your favorite album by 3? Devendra Banhart

Either Nino Rojo or Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

28. What is you favorite song by 2? Animal Collective

That's kind of impossible... Tie between Peacebone and Winter's Love

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? The Metasciences

Four-Color Love Story, and it's still my fave!

30. What is your favorite lyric by 44? NPR

HAH oh god that's embarassing... Yes, ok I admit that I listen to a lot of public radio. This American Life in my fave

31. How many times have you seen 33 live? Calexico

Once, at Sasquatch this summer.

32. Is there a song by 35 that makes you happy? Beach House

Kind of the opposite... Its my go-to music for the not happy days.

33. How did you get into 2? The Mountain Goats

The singer went to a school in my university and I first heard a song of his about my school.

34. What is the worst song by 37? Feist

Gatekeeper gets old fast for me.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 49? Kimya Dawson

The Beer- eerie

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 38? Eminem

Who knows... probably one of his really old songs from back in 5th grade.

37. How many times have you seen 41 live? Billie Holiday

Oh, I wish that were possible.

38. What is you favorite song by 48? Elvis Perkins

Without Love

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 50? Grizzly Bear

Noooo clue

40. What is you favorite album by 45? Norah Jones

Come Away With Me- used to listen to it on repeat in my CD PLAYER (!!) in 5th grade.

41. Is there a song by 45 that makes you happy? Camera Obscura

Suspended From Class

42. What is your favorite album by 43? The Notwist

The Devil, You and Me : )

43. What is your favorite song by 40? Red Hot Chili Peppers

Can't Stop - its poetry

44. What is a good memory you have involving 38? Bon Iver

I saw them live this summer and they had the whole audience repeat sing a line over and over, increasing in volume until we were all screaming. We were in a gorge in the wilderness of Washington State and it was absolutely magical.

45. What is your favorite song by 47? Little Wings

Antlers, just because its so weird

46. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Neutral Milk Hotel

I Love How You Love Me

47. What is your favorite album by 24? The Be Good Tanyas

Blue Horse; never gets old

48. Who is a favorite member of 43? Laura Marling

Durr... her?

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 28? Ryan Adams

Firecracker

50. What is your favorite song by 1? Sufjan Stevens

The Lord God Bird




now you try : )

1) Panic at the Disco – 291, 864
2) Fall Out Boy - 1,115,498
3) Bright Eyes - 891,235
4) Placebo - 1,436,179
5) Muse - 1,783,000
6) Cobra Starship - 240,262
7) Britney Spears - 1,141,291
8) Kimya Dawson - 309,043
9) Kris Allen – 19, 074
10) David Bowie - 1,485,190
11) Green Day - 1,622,111
12) The Killers - 2,005,495
13) The Libertines - 709,491
14) The Beatles - 1,819,813
15) Death Cab for Cutie - 1,407,439
16) Empires - 5,985
17) My Chemical Romance - 996,274
18) Kaiser Chiefs - 1,169,926
19) The Academy Is… - 354,566
20) Kate Nash - 569,254
21) The Smashing Pumpkins - 1,361,053
22) Adam Lambert - 16,339
23) Lily Allen - 873,388
24) The Postal Service - 1,023,432
25) Brand New - 568,750

Total # listeners: 21, 808, 513
Divide by 25: 872, 340. 52
Divide by # of Radiohead listeners(2,256,080): 0.39
Multiply by 100: 39%

SEEN LIVE
(year & alphabetical order)

2004
Toby Keith

2005
Hella
The Mars Volta
System of a Down

2006
Arch Enemy
Blue Man Group
Gogol Bordello
Lamb of God
Megadeth
Opeth
Overkill
Primus
Tenacious D
Tool
Tracy Bonham
Trans-Siberian Orchestra

2007
3 Inches of Blood
400 Blows
The Acacia Strain
Albert Hammond, Jr.
Amon Amarth
Ankla
Army of Freshmen
Art Brut
Behemoth
Bleeding Through
Bob Log III
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Cake
Cephalic Carnage
Chimaira
ChthoniC
Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire
Daath
Darkest Hour
Das EFX
The Decemberists (2x)
The Devil Wears Prada
Diecast
Dream Theater
Dying Fetus
Elvis Perkins
Every Time I Die
Fiction Plane
The Flaming Lips
Gaza
Goatwhore
The Great Redneck Hope
GWAR
Hatebreed
Heavy Heavy Low Low
Incubus (2x)
In This Moment
Into Eternity
James Taylor
Job for a Cowboy
Kings of Leon
Kinski
Lamb of God
The Little Ones
Lordi
Lords of the Underground
Marilyn Manson
Mastodon
Matt & Kim
Mouth of the Architect (2x)
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
Nile
The Number Twelve Looks Like You
Operator
Ozzy Osbourne
The Police
Priestess
Redemption
Reel Big Fish
Sevendust
Shadows Fall
The Showdown
Simon Dawes
Skeletonwitch
Slayer
Spoon
Static-X (2x)
Suburban Legends
Tool (2x)
Trans Am
Unsane
A Verse Unsung
Year Of Desolation

2008
Abysmal Dawn
After the Burial
The Aggrolites
As Blood Runs Black (2x)
Beneath the Massacre (2x)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Business
Black Lips
Blood Stands Still
Broken Social Scene
Cake
Clutch
Cyrusrex
De Novo Dahl
DeVotchKa
Disturbed
DJ Starscream
DragonForce
Dropkick Murphys
Dying Fetus
Emmure
Emmylou Harris
Flobots
Flogging Molly (2x)
Fuck the Facts
The Ghost Inside (2x)
Gogol Bordello
Graveyard
Hell Within
Hemlock
Holy Fuck
Iron & Wine
Jessica Lea Mayfield
The John Butler Trio
John Prine
Kimya Dawson
K'naan
Left To Vanish
Louis XIV
Love and Rockets
Machine Head
The Manhattan Transfer
The Mars Volta
Mastodon
Melvins
Meshuggah
Ministry
Misery Index
Modest Mouse
The National
Necrophagist
Nile
Nine Inch Nails
The Octopus Project
The Offspring
On Broken Wings
Origin
Otto Von Schirach
Paramore
Porn
PsyOpus
Radiohead
The Red Chord
R.E.M.
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Russian Circles
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Slipknot
Sophie Milman
Stick to Your Guns
Suicide Silence (2x)
The Sword
Terror
Underoath
Unexpect
Veil of Maya (2x)
Venetian Snares
Warbringer
War From a Harlots Mouth
Winds of Plague
Yeasayer

2009
Behemoth
The Black Dahlia Murder
Bullet For My Valentine
Cannibal Corpse
Carcass
Cephalic Carnage (2x)
Coliseum
David Byrne
Decrepit Birth
DeVotchKa (2x)
Flight of the Conchords
God Forbid
Iron & Wine
Kataklysm
Killswitch Engage
Napalm Death
Nine Inch Nails
Psycroptic (2x)
quixotic
Samael
Slayer
Suffocation
Suicide Silence
Toxic Holocaust
Trap Them
Veil of Maya
Whitechapel