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A survey that rudely refuses to recognize Shivaree, number 25


1. How did you get into 29?
Ruth Wallis I found on CDbaby while looking for raunchy innuendo in chaster times. She always makes me laugh.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 23?
Emmylou Harris - probably "Too Far Gone"

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33?
Muddy Waters: "She's nineteen years old/ And got ways just like a baby child/ Nothin' I can do to please her/ To make this young woman feel satisfied."

4. What is your favorite album by 49?
Flo Rida? Hahaha!

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
johnny lang belongs to no one. I don't know. I just belieeeve in him.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Zee Avi - "Bitter Heart"

7. Is there a song by 40 that makes you sad?
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. No, actually. Repulsed and insane, maybe, but "sad" isn't the right word.

8. What is your favorite album by 15?
Tech N9ne. I just listen to "That Box" on repeat. Gross.

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Gregory and the Hawk - I really love "A Wish."

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Blitzen Trapper's "Furr" makes me feel primal and giddy and alive.

11. What is your favorite album by 10?
Okkervil River - don't really know their albums, but I love "Black Sheep Boy"

12. What is your favorite song by 39?
Newton Faulkner is hilarious. God, they're all good. Maybe "Full Fat."

13. What is a good memory you have involving 31?
Ricky Skaggs - singing "Honey Won't You Open That Door" at top volume, walking down the stairs of my apartment building passing half a dozen people, breaking tune only to interject "hi." They loved it. It was sunny and a good day fer singin'

14. What is your favorite song by 38?
Lyle Lovett's "She's No Lady" is dripping with dark humor.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Alison Krauss does sad songs best, but I DO smile at "Fortune Teller" and "You Say It Best When You Say Nothing At All."

16. How many times have you seen 16 live?
Alexz Johnson - None! I wish. I'd probably reach fanatical orgasm.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 22?
Neutral Milk Hotel - No idea. Jess played 'em all night. Screwed up my charts :(

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Meiko - Again, no albums, really. I like "You and Onions."

19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
The Mountain Goats Uhm, John Darnielle.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
The Blow - ohhhh, some day!!

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
Kate Walsh - falling asleep to her voice after a long day

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Alexz Johnson's "Ultraviolet" is fun to sing off-key on the beach :)

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 48?
Everybody Else "Meat Market" I think.

24. What is your favorite album by 18?
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

25. What is your favorite song by 21?
Dead Can Dance "How Fortunate the Man With None"

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Hayseed Dixie is a riot! I dunno, maybe "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"

27. What is your favorite album by 3?
SlimPickins impossibly improved upon Laniappe. I actually prefer Cross the Mountain.

28. What is your favorite song by 2?
Jaymay "Is This Love Or Isn't It?" I hope it is, Jamie, I hope it is.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Just Jack "Doctor Doctor" - I was in Italy, watching Italian MTV. HAHA!

30. What is your favorite song by 8?
Emily Haines "The Maid Needs A Maid" is pretty and wry.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
William Fitzsimmons Zerrrro.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Maria Mena's "You're the Only One" is a sweet, quirky lovenote.

33. What is your favorite album by 36?
Iron & Wine - another Jess interference :( He's not even here that often, he just has really concrete tastes, I guess.

34. What is the worst song by 12?
Tiziano Ferro "Indietro" fo SHO!

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Milow does the best version of "Ayo Technology"

36. What is your favorite album by 47?
Right Away, Great Captain Who? Must've been in the bathtub when they were cranking.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live?
The Format - Haven't yet.

38. What is your favorite song by 46?
Laura Marling's "Alas I Cannot Swim" is wistful and awful, but I love it.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Devil Doll "The Liquor Store" I bet.

40. What is your favorite album by 7?
Priscilla Ahn - Not sure. Favorite song's "I Don't Think So."

41. Is there a song by 30 that makes you happy?
CAKE - Dammnit, Jess.

42. What is your favorite album by 24?
Gogol Bordello's Voi-La Intruder is gypsylicious.

43. What is your favorite song by 41?
Matchbox Twenty have done so many good songs!! Maybe "Bright Lights"

44. What is a good memory you have involving 45?
Rosi Golan - Enjoying a self-indulgent, hungover breakfast while listening to "Hazy"

45. What is your favorite song by 35?
Mac Lethal Tough call. They're all so good! Ironically, maybe "Pound That Beer"

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
The Knitters - ALL of them! Especially "Someone Like You" and "Wrecking Ball"

47. What is your favorite album by 4?
Leonard Cohen I only really have his "essential" collection. But I'm slowly falling in love with Blue Alert, which he cowrote with Anjani Thomas.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37?
Old Crow Medicine Show Oh, I don't even know them that well. My friend turned me onto them.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43?
Britney Spears! Hah, best question yet! "Baby, One More Time"

50. How many albums do you own by 20?
Maroon 5 is my sex god. Own all their albums.

Virginia is pretty country.

For me to go to Charlottelsville it means me rolling by the Manassas Battlefield and past empty pastures with trees stuck in the background grain elevators huge rotting with the roofs missing. I whizz by cows munching on grass in the shade and a pretty lady riding a horse in a field so green it was like a scene out of a movie. Hell, she needed background music, something operatic. There was a moment where everything along the road had the words Blue Ridge in their name and I look up at a horizon above the trees and there is this blue gray outline of tall hills in the distance coming toward me that for a second just stopped my head cold.

And it was the South let me tell you right now from someone who knows. I went by two BBQ joints, a truck stop and a gun shop before I got an hour from my house. For some reason, there were also lots and lots of houses with Antique shop signs. Most of these places were closed down or run down or just broken up but it seemed that some were still going on old chairs and knick knacks sitting in front of a dirt "parking lot" where someone's humble abode used to sit.

It made me realize this kind of country ain't my world anymore but I still appreciate it just the same. That is when I rolled into a little college town called Charlottesville and began to circle the Pavillon four or five times before I figured out where the flying fuck I was supposed to park. So it did not take long to figure at least 25% of the crowd came for one reason and one reason only to see Old Crow Medicine Show which is fine except for the occasional drunk good old boy going on with "Play Wagonwheel!"

It was a pretty odd crowd with true country boy wearing Willie Nelson t-shirts, bluegrass fans wanting to see Gillian Welch with big belt buckles that explicitly note the word "Bluegrass" in case there was any doubt and alt country fans with Bottle Rockets going on about The Felice Brothers. Then there was some college kid with a Poetry as discourse book hanging out of his man-purse. Oh yeah and the obligatory pretty girl puking into a trash can. A sight that is always hard to get out of your mind.

First thing that happened was the whole damn crew came out and played a couple of tunes to open including the The Felice Brothers track the "Big Surprise" which inspired the name of the tour. This got everyone riled up pretty good. That is when Justin Townes Earle took the stage as the first artist of the night.

Maybe it was just because I was really looking forward to hearing Mr. Earle but it felt like he did a pretty short set. He was wearing this long sleeved button-down dress shirt with a bow tie which made for this semi-nerdy kind of old timey feel. Oh he paid for that in the 90+ degrees August Virginia weather. He was wiping sweat from his eyes and having to really work it to keep everything together. He really ripped up "South Georgia Sugar Babe" and I really enjoyed his take on "Mamma's Eyes". He intro'ed it appropriately saying every artist needed to have a song talking about their mamma.

The guy who works with him on the mandolin and the harmonica really rocks too. I have no idea who this guy is but he is good. They did this chugga-chugga railroad sound song called "Halfway to Jackson" I believe and they both tore it the hell up.

The next artist up was The Felice Brothers they generated a ton of excitement with a lot of the alt. country portion of the crowd getting up and going hard for this band. They were the only artists to employ both electric guitars and organs in their sound. It is really an odd combo of sounds with both folky elements and rocking aspects kind of like early electric Bob Dylan. Honestly I had a hard time getting into them because their singer has this Dylanesque gruff singing voice that kept throwing me curves as I tried to get into their sound. I am not saying they were not a great band. I am not saying they were not great live. I am just saying for some reason I personally could not get into them.

Ok, after that there was a pretty long intermission. This was a period consisting of me wandering around noticing just how many people brought their really really young kids. I could not imagine trying to pull this off at a show lasting till 11pm. There were a lot of kids on the grass sleeping during the final portions of the concert I can tell you that right now.

There was this one baby covered in sweat in a stroller sleeping that I kind of felt sorry for frankly. My wife and kids? I left them at home if the trip had not been so long I would have considering bring my 12 yr old son as it would have made a good first concert.

After the intermission the David Rawlings Machine which was really just David Rawlings and Gillian Welch took the stage. I think this environment gave Mr Rawlings more wiggle room to really go wild on the guitar. It seemed that even during subdued songs he was taking long guitar breaks and really going over the top with the flatpicking. For a good part it seemed that Gillian Welch was playing backup singer window dressing. All of the bluegrass folks were really crowding the stage especially for a long version of “Queen Jane Approximately" a Dylan tune I think. Now the part that really hit me was during "I Hear Them All" where they broke out into a full on complete version of "This Land is Your Land" which I have been toying with on the guitar.

Here comes both the moment I had been wanting and waiting on but dreading all that the same time. Everyone began crowding up double-time and I left pressed to the front as Old Crow Medicine Show finally came onto the stage snorting and stomping through songs like "Hard to Love" and laying back smooth for a long ass version of "Caroline". It was also neat to watch Willie Watson break a string and then change it faster than I have ever seen a human being change a guitar string as David Rawlings steps up from behind the stage to pick up the guitar bits in one song. The crowd was really waiting for this and the area up front near the stage was crowded up with people trying to dance and spilling their beers and such. When their part ended everyone was just about near ready to riot because they had not done either "Wagonwheel" or "Tell It to Me". I laughed.

I knew what was coming and I guess everyone was too drunk to realize. The very first "encore" of the extended part of the show when everyone came out again to play together was "Wagonwheel" which got everyone absolutely rocking. Then Justin Townes Earle took a turn with his cover of "Can't Hardly Wait" by the Replacements. It was frickin incredible and honestly I wished I had a good vid of that one. It was badass. Then all of a sudden it seemed Rawlings and Welch go into "Miss Ohio" which was absolutely perfect. With Welch taking lead on the vocals, perfect. Easily half of the big crowd pleasers they left for the end of the show.

The last song was a version of "Tell It To Me" that had the crowd steady up and on their feet. It was a great ending to a long show.

Trailer Bride – Jesco
Slim Cessna's Auto Club – This Is How We Do Things In The Country
Seasick Steve – Started Out WIth Nothin'
Scott H. Biram – Judgement Day
Micah P. Hinson – Diggin' A Grave
Jace Everett – Burn For You
Reverend Deadeye – Fuck_the_Devil
United Steel Workers Of Montreal – Three Hard Knocks
The Hackensaw Boys – Oh, Girl
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers – Old Spur Line
John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives – She'll Dance to Anything
Southern Culture on the Skids – Daddy Was a Preacher but Mama Was a Go-go Girl
Black and Whites – I Need A Good Girl
Throw Rag – Race With the Devil
The .357 String Band – Raise the Moon
The Steeldrivers – Drinkin' Dark Whiskey
Uncle Sinner – Gospel Plow
16 Horsepower – My Narrow Mind
Shortstack – Offer Still Stands
Star Anna – If Wishes Were Horses
Willem Maker – Red As a Rose
16 Horsepower – Haw
O'Death – Low Tide
The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir – Never Be Dead
William Elliott Whitmore – Old devils
Fire On Fire – The Orchard
Sparklehorse – Cow
The Builders and the Butchers – Hands Like Roots
Harlan T. Bobo – Mr. Last Week
Castanets – Cathedral 4 (The Unbreaking Branch and Song)
The Renderers – Deep Deep Sea
The Diamond Center – Cap'n Death
MD Wren & The Sick Kids – One Will Be Late
Left Lane Cruiser – Set Me Down
Scott H. Biram – Wildside
Slim Cessna's Auto Club – americadio
Charley Horse – Loco
Vince Ray – boneshaker baby
Mike Ness – I´m in Love w-My Car
The .357 String Band – Down On A Bender
The Kill Devil Hills – Nasty Business
Thee Oh Sees – Block Of Ice
Dark Meat – one more trip
The Pink Mountaintops – Bad Boogie Ballin'
The Black Angels – Bloodhounds on My Trail
The Blackwater Fever – Better Off Dead
The Fumes – Python For A Pillow
Two Cow Garage – Smell of Blood
Lucero – I Don't Wanna Be the One
Jr. Juggernaut – Another Two Weeks
San Saba County – Psalm 102
Jon Snodgrass – remember my name
John Schooley and His One Man Band – The Crooked Path
Bob Log III – Bump Pow!
Jerry Teel & The Big City Stompers – Hillbilly Boogie
Hank Williams III – Crazed Country Rebel
Trace Adkins – Marry For Money
The Devil Makes Three – Help Yourself
The Steeldrivers – Hear The Willow Cry
Yarn – Can't Slow Down
Blackstone Valley Sinners – Rainbows Are Back In Style
Agriculture Club – Cattle Ranch Girl
Jason & The Scorchers – If Money Talks
The Only Sons – We Will Get By
Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers – Bullfrog Blues
D-66 – goin mad
Scott H. Biram – Draggin' Down The Line
Hank Williams III – Drink It and Drug It
Deadbolt – Orange Blossom Special
The Singing Loins – Be Marry!
Reverend Horton Heat – Like a Rocket
Nashville Pussy – Piece of Ass
Throw Rag – Desert Shores
The Bonnevilles – Army of One
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band – Mama's Fried Potatoes
Chuck Ragan & Austin Lucas – Darling Corey
The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir – 10,000 Years
John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives – Let's Get Gone
Phillip Roebuck – Travel Light
Chris Knight – my old car
Possessed By Paul James – No Windows
The Fox Hunt – Murder in My Heart
Matthew Dean Herman – Blackbird
Old Crow Medicine Show – Tennessee Pusher
Timber Timbre – Oh Messiah
Shiny Around the Edges – This Apocalypse
The Angels of Light – Not Here/Not Now
Arbouretum – Another Hiding Place
Marissa Nadler – River of Dirt

40 Questions

It’s midnight, and I’m bored, slightly drunk – time to do a 40 questions about your top 50 survey.

1. How did you get into 31? -Scissor Sisters
Dr. Who's episode 'Last of the Time Lords', where The Master is singing along to I Can't Decide. Immediately loved the song *blush*

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? - Sam Sparro
Black & Gold

3. What's your favourite lyric by 41? - Pink Floyd
"And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
Brain Damage
I will always have soft spot in my heart for anything related to Syd Barret

4. What is your favourite album by 49? - Steel Drivers
They only made one album so far, Steel Drivers, but it is amazing.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? - Old Crow Medicine Show
Two

6. What is your favourite song by 50? - blink-182
Easy one: Adam's Song

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad? - Less Than Jake
Nope, one of the few bands in my top 50 that cheers me up with all their songs.

8. What is your least favourite song by 15? - The Real Danger
None, any song of their debut album is just fucking great.

9. What is your favourite song by 5? - Unwritten Law
Shallow, both the normal and the acoustic version. Best punk song ever.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Most of their songs do, but Ghost of Stephen Foster ought to be my favourite.

11. What is your favourite album by 40? - Balham Alligators
Only know one album, Cajun Dance Party, but the only really good song on it is Hobo Blues, the rest is not really my taste, actually.

12. What is your favourite song by 10? - Acda en De Munnik
Oh, hard one... currently Zwerver met een wekker, but I have many more that I adore by this artist. It's all in the lyrics that makes me love them.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33? - Social Distortion
Uhm, being a lil punk rock stoner when I was younger? :)

14. What is your favourite song by 37? - The Ataris
Summer of '79

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? - My Chemical Romance
Lol, not really. This is my typical 'I feel emo' band.

16. How many times have you seen 24 live? - Beef
3 or 4 times. Yeah, 4 times I believe. Can't get enough of them!

17. What is the first song you heard by 23? - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
The Boogie Bumper or Mr. Pinstripe Suit, not sure anymore.

18. What is your favourite album by 11? - The Smiths
To be honest, I only know their The Best of album, but it's fab, so that must be my fav anyway.

19. Who is your favourite member of 1? - The Beatles
Well, the Beatles would not have been the Beatles as we know them if any of the members had been someone else, but apart from that, John Lennon has always had a special place in my heart - I prefer 'his' Beatles songs over the other members and his character can only be admired. I've been drawn enough to him to have a special John Lennon tattoo.

20. How many times have you seen 14 live? - Boudewijn de Groot
None :(

21. Do you have any good memories involving 45? - Bob Dylan
Besides enjoying myself tremendeously listening to his poetical music? None.

22. What is your favourite song by 16? - Green Day
Either Good Riddance or the live version of American Idiot. Or maybe even Jesus of Suburbia. Damnit, now I feel like listening Green Day.

23. What is the first song you heard by 47? - Flogging Molly
Drunken Lullabies. Don't recall where and when and why though...

24. What is your favourite album by 3? - Loudon Wainwright III
BBC Sessions, because it contains most of his best songs, including my favourite Hard Day on the Planet

25. What is your favourite song by 18? - The Dubliners
Oh, so many! My top three in random order:
Home Boys Home
Farewell To Carlingford
Fiddler's Green
But seriously, there are many more that I adore.

26. What is the first song you heard by 38? - Disturbed
Down With the Sickness. Still my fav song by them.

27. What is your favourite lyric that 21 has sung? - DevilDriver
I gotta be honest, I don't always understand their lyrics (grunts and all), but the line "Some things are best just left unsaid" from End of the Line always appealed to me.

28. What is your favourite song by 2? - The Statler Brothers
Questions keep getting harder... According to my library it's I'll Go to My Grave Loving You, but honestly, I couldn't choose. I have slight preference for Silver Medals And Sweet Memories, but I wouldn't want to call it my favourite.

29. What is the first song you heard by 32? - Rowwen Hèze
I wouldn't be able to tell you. I heard this band while growing up - my parents love this band, I have taken a liking to them myself.

30. What is your favourite song by 8? - Kevin Bloody Wilson
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.!

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? - Elvis Presley
None, alas.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Happy is not the word, but Where the Wild Roses Grow draws a smile onto my face.

33. What is your favourite album by 12? - Johannes Brahms
Album doesn't seem to be the appropriate word, but I love Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-21.

34. What is the worst song by 29? - Queen
Princes of the Universe. Ugh...

35. What was the first song you heard by 34? - Goldfrapp
Oh La La

36. What is your favourite album by 42? - Avenged Sevenfold
None really, I just like some of their random songs, to be honest.

37. How many times have you seen 36 live? - Orphanage
Once, somewhere in 2000 or 2001 - my first metal concert ever.

38. What is your favourite album by 39? - The Used
The Used

39. What is the first song you heard by 28? - Enge Buren
Whatever song they start their 16 May 2008 concert with - don't recall which song it was. Do recall I really enjoyed myself during the gig.

40. What is your favourite song by 35? - Wintersun
Beyond the Dark Sun <333



okay, It's 1:15 now, I'm slightly more drunk and for the past 75 minutes I was slightly less bored. One question remains, what to do next?

All right I been slack on the journals lately but folks around here have not taken my silence for removal and MrModernRock sent me a link to a show I would be insane to miss.




Ok now I really like Old Crow Medicine Show and the Felice Brothers are cool. Not sure when else I would get to see the David Rawlings Machine and Gillian Welch. But the real super kicker for me is Justine Townes Earle.

I mean I honestly said to myself that I have ever had the chance to see him again after missing a chance a while back I had to jump. I really really just find myself lost in his stuff. After catching all the free downloads from Bloodshot and a couple of live free mp3s I find myself totally lost in this guy's style of country.

From the website:

"The Big Surprise Tour

Born out of a deep running comradery built on countless tours and ties between a host of excellent musicians comes THE BIG SURPRISE TOUR, a traveling show of epic collaboration and good times. Kicking off in Hampton Beach, NH on August 4th, THE BIG SURPRISE TOUR is not your standard up down up down line up. Shows will be composed of two 90-minute sets broken up by an intermission. In a free form ramshackle flow the bands and artists will share the stage, taking part in each other’s songs, resurrecting old standards, and playing newly written collaborative material as they go. Each evening is sure to be a unique experience as they all put their many combined years of musicianship and knowledge of song-craft and American music into play for these sessions.

Ketch Secor from Old Crow speaks of the special relationship these bands have and the parts they’ve played in their own individual journey as musicians. “Seven Years ago when Old Crow first met Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch at the Station Inn in Nashville, we stayed up till dawn singing Stan Rogers songs and playing AC/DC licks. Three weeks later we were making a record. They were that rusted sign at the fork in the road showing OCMS just where it was headed.” With the Felice Brothers as Secor explains it, “with their rockin’ unruliness, we found where we had come from in the first place. Music is a mobius strip, contort all ya want and you’ll keep winding up where you started.” Justin Townes Earle is “looking forward to being on tour with folks that are kindred spirits. We all have similar influences, which will be reflected in the covers we do during the show and our collaborations on stage.” For their part, James Felice reminisces that they’ve “traveled around the country with Justin and Cory (of Justin Townes Earle) playing some pretty bizarre gigs. We couldn’t love those guys more.” “As for Old Crow…” he says, “they cleaned us out playing dice more than once.” Perhaps they’ll get a chance to even the score on these dates.

Borrowing from the title of a Felice Brothers track, THE BIG SURPRISE TOUR will live up to its namesake. As Secor states, the audience should “expect the unexpected!” “Music is wild and not tame” he says, and with this tour the artists involved hope to fully unleash the true and unpredictable spirit of creativity. Heaven knows that combined they have a wealth of it to draw from."



The only crap part is the show is a good 2 hrs away for me and if I figure in the time of the concert and the trip back I will be completely useless for work that Monday. Its a Sunday show after all.

Not sure though if I can blow this off. There are too many artists I really want to see.

All this internal "drama" because MrModernRock gave me the heads up. I am really surprised this concert series has not gotten more traction his shout out was the first time I heard about it.

delmorecowpile sends me a link to this very wild website with a ton of obscure music and associated post TWILIGHTZONE. If you do not check this site out for at the very least the album covers you are missing something for sure. I have not decided exact what you are missing yet - weird obscure stuff, underground rockabilly and deep soul cuts.

Definitely worth a check out. All in all a kick ass blog.

was the greatest day i've ever had. i've been hanging with kevin all day. we walked around all day playing folk music. harps and a guitar. hanging outside a country store, buying abstract instruments, torrenting shitloads of bluegrass music, offending catholics and hanging on the beach. i just had the fuckin best day yet.
Old Crow Medicine Show
EUTAW
Big Iron World
John Prine
Bob Dylan
Conor Oberst

Another show I worked at The Warehouse. Justin Townes Earle and Old Crow Medicine Show were both really good bands.

1. Sleater-Kinney
2. Cat Power
3. Kimya Dawson
4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5. The Dresden Dolls
6. The Moldy Peaches
7. They Might Be Giants
8. The Beatles
9. The Decemberists
10.PJ Harvey
11. Belle & Sebastian
12. M.I.A.
13. Camera Obscura
14. Le Tigre
15.Cansei de Ser Sexy
16. Guster
17. Feist
18. The Clash
19. Ben Folds
20.Patti Smith
21. Pixies
22. Seatbelts
23. Santogold
24. The Donnas
25. The Kinks
26. Fountains of Wayne
27. Tegan & Sara
28. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
29. Flight of the Conchords
30. The Ditty Bops
31. Lily Allen
32. A.F.I.
33. R.E.M.
34.The Smiths
35. The Cramps
36. Bob Dylan
37. The Essex Green
38. Shakira
39. Yann Tiersen
40.Sean Paul
41.Polaris
42. Neutral Milk Hotel
43. TLC
44. Southern Culture on the Skids
45. Echobelly
46. The Cure
47. The Velvet Underground
48. The Ting Tings
49. Chuck Ragan
50. Barry Louis Polisar




1. How did you get into 31?
Picked it up by chance, thinking it wouldn't be that good but surprisingly was.


2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Tank! I think.

3. What's your favourite lyric by 29?
Because you know when I'm down to my socks, what time it is..
It's business, It's business time because when i'm down to my socks, it's time for business, that's why they call them business socks.

4. What is your favourite album by 49?

Feast or Famine. I think it's his only studio album but I could be wrong about that.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?

4, I think...

6. What is your favourite song by 50?
"Me And You"

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?

Not that I can think of... maybe Diamond Sea.

8. What is your favourite song by 15?

I like Lets Reggae All Night or Let's Make Love And Listen to Death From Above

9. What is your favourite song by 5?
The Perfect Fit

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


All of their songs make me happy

11. What is your favourite album by 40?
Dutty Rock

12. What is your favourite song by 12?
I know Paper Planes is my number one most listened to song by M.I.A. but my favorite song is probably Boyz or Mango Pickle Down River

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33?

The day I realized I knew the lyrics to "It's the end of the world as we know it." took me a month. xD

14. What is your favourite song by 37?

The Pride

16. How many times have you seen 24 live?

I have never seen them live but I would love to.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 17?
1234

18. What is your favourite album by 11?
If You're Feeling Sinister

19. Who is a favourite member of 1?

Do I have to pick just one? I have a serious girl crush on the whole band but seriously... Carrie with Janet as a very close second and Corin as last but not least.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
No, they broke up before I could do that. :(

21. What is a good memory involving 21?
None that I can think of.. maybe singing them in the car

22. What is your favourite song by 16?
I can't pick a favorite Guster song. All of their songs are wonderful and amazing.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
"I'm Waiting for the Man" I think

24. What is your favourite album by 45?
On

25. What is your favourite song by 18?
Hard question. Maybe Hateful or Spanish Bombs.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
I think Whenever, Wherever. Her spanish stuff far exceeds her english stuff. I can't listen to her english stuff anymore.

27. What is your favourite lyric by 3?
Just one?
open up your eyes and see the beauty over there
open up our ears and be surprised by what you hear
'cause it's not just on the radio, it's not just on the video
it isn't all downloadable, there's music everywhere

28. What is you favourite song by 2?
He War or Free

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
I don't remember. I want to say Silver And Cold but I am not sure.

30. What is you favourite song by 8?
Across The Universe or Can't Buy Me Love

31. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Never

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
ha ha. Most of their songs make me smile. maybe Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go-Go Girl

33. What is you favourite album by 9?
Picaresque

34. What is the worst song by 46?
I can't think of anything I don't like off the top of my head.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
I don't know... maybe This Charming Man

36. What is you favourite album by 42?
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
Never. He's a composer. I don't think he does concerts.
38. What is your favourite album by 35?
Songs The Lord Taught Us
39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Rewrite

40. What is your favourite album by 7?
Lincoln, probably. It's heard to pick a favorite TMBG album. they are too full of awesome.

Bands A-Z

I like letters.

A Alice Cooper
B Beatles
C Cat Power
D dresden dolls
E Echobelly
F Feist
G Guster
HHarry & The Potters
I Iggy Pop
J Jonathan Coulton
K Kinks
L Le Tigre
M Moldy Peaches
N Neutral Milk Hotel
O Old Crow Medicine Show
P Patti Smith
Q Queen
R REM
S Sleater-Kinney
T They Might Be Giants
U Uncle Tupelo
V Velvet Underground
W White Stripes
X X
Y Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z Zombina & The Skeletones

01) Sleater-Kinney

First Song Heard: One Beat
Favourite Song: One Beat
Favourite Album: One Beat
Most Played Song on Last FM: One Beat

02) Cat Power

First song heard: Free
Favourite song:He War
Favourite album: You Are Free
Most played song on Last FM: He War

03) Kimya Dawson

First Song Heard: Tire Swing
Favourite Song: right now Time To Think
Favourite Album: Hidden Vagenda or Remember That I Love You
Most Played Song on Last FM: So Nice So Smart

04) Yeah Yeah Yeahs

First Song Heard: Bang
Favourite Song: Black Tongue or Y Control
Favourite Album: Fever To Tell
Most Played Song on Last FM: Gold Lion

05) The Dresden Dolls

First Song Heard: Girl Anachronism
Favourite Song: The Perfect Fit
Favourite Album: The Dresden Dolls
Most Played Song on Last FM: The Mouse & The Model

06) The Moldy Peaches

First Song Heard: Lucky Number Nine
Favourite Song: Steak For Chicken
Favourite Album: The Moldy Peaches
Most Played Song on Last FM: Steak For Chicken

07) They Might Be Giants

First Song Heard: Istanbul(Not Constantinople)
Favourite Song: Ana Ng
Favourite Album: Lincoln
Most Played Song on Last FM: Don't Let's Start

08) The Beatles


First Song Heard: Love Me Do
Favourite Song: Can't Buy Me Love or Across The Universe
Favourite Album: Hard Day's Night or With The Beatles or Help!
Most Played Song on Last FM: Across The Universe

09) The Decemberists
First Song Heard: The Infanta
Favourite Song: The Mariner's Revenge Song, The Engine Driver, Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
Favourite Album: Picaresque
Most Played Song on Last FM: The Engine Driver

10) PJ Harvey

First Song Heard: Down By The Water
Favourite Song: Dress, Sheela Na Gig, Losing Ground
Favourite Album: Dry, Rid Of Me
Most Played Song on Last FM: Losing Ground