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1. What's your favorite song by 14?
Guster: Satellite. It's my most played song on last.fm!

2. How did you get into 20?
Voxtrot: I knew I'd be seeing them at the Pitchfork festival last year, so I decided to check them out. Fortunately I loved them.
The Hood Internet: Kristine had a special LJ post dedicated to how awesome they were, and how they were tiding her over till the new Girl Talk album. I also loved them immediately.

3. Who is your favorite member in 8?
Architecture in Helsinki: I don't really care. I guess the singer/songwriter, Cameron Bird.

4. Whats your favorite lyric bit by 29?
The Arcade Fire: "Un, deux, trois, de mirror noir!"

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
The Smashing Pumpkins: yes! I saw them at the Virgin Fest '07.

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? for sure. Nothing beats "We Were Born the Mutants Again With Leafling"

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
Joanna Newsom: no, but if I see her live (which I WILL one day), I'll probably buy a shirt.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Iron & Wine: the first time I listened to "Innocent Bones." It was seriously like I'd gone to heaven. "Satellite" is my most listened on last.fm, but "Innocent Bones" is my most listened on iTunes. That song is almost too good to be true.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
Sufjan Stevens: no

10. When did you first get into 1?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: April or May 2006, right around when Show Your Bones came out.

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Band of Horses: I know Jack likes them, and Kristine and Adam. I'm sure we're not the only ones.

12. Which song did you first hear from 15?
Silversun Pickups: "Melatonin"

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Radiohead: "Paranoid Android." Does anyone have a different answer? Seriously, what a fucking awesome song.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
Pinback: I never really thought about it. Probably "AFK." I never listen to that song.

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
Guster: cause they're awesome. They're just fun ("Manifest Destiny") and poppy ("Satellite"), and really beautiful ("Ruby Falls") and I just really like them.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
Fleet Foxes: while working at Schnitzer Steel. I had just downloaded them and that day I listened to "White Winter Hymnal" about a zillion times. It sounds corny, but this band totally and unexpectedly changed my life.

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
The Shins: like probably 99% of their listeners, I didn't know them until Garden State came out. So I'll forever be in debt to that movie. I think their first album came out in 2000. So about four years.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
The Avett Brothers: not really sad, but maybe a little bittersweet. Lydia and her sister introduced me to them on our last day together in Frederick before I moved away. I think "Die Die Die" and "Will You Return?" stand out the most from that day.

19. When did you get into 17?
Arctic Monkeys: I heard about them right after their debut album, but I didn't listen to them at all until I heard they'd be touring with Be Your Own Pet, who I wanted to see more (at the time). That was like, spring '07.

20. How long have you been into 11?
Girl Talk: again, I heard about him right after "Night Ripper" came out, but I didn't get around to listening till February or March of '07. Geez, that was like, the year of finally listening to people I should have been listening to for years/months.

21. If 9 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
Interpol: no, because I saw them last year at Virgin Fest, and as much as I love them, they're not that interesting live. Plus their latest album isn't that good.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Death Cab for Cutie: zero. How many albums do I actually have? Five.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
I don't have a 21
Voxtrot: no
The Hood Internet: hahaha. Right. I sincerely hope no one cries at a mash up.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
Ben Folds Five: totes! "Philosophy," "Fair," "Song for the Dumped," and a ton more.

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
Belle & Sebastian: "Step Into My Office, Baby." This song is just so much fun, and it's a great concept. The man being seduced by his female work superior. I think it's just delightful, and a fun twist on a subject that's usually the inverse.

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Pixies: "Where Is My Mind?"

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
Tilly and the Wall: "You and I Misbehaving"

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
LCD Soundsystem: none.

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
Annie: not really. I burned myself out on "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me" pretty quick because I was so desperate for new Annie, but I'm not really "sick of it."

30. What song got you into 40?
CSS: "Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above." Like "Paranoid Android" is there really another answer for this question?

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Elliott Smith: it's a pretty even toss up between "Speed Trials," and "Between the Bars."

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
The Rapture: probably nothing.

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
Amy Winehouse: "no thanks, I'm gay and taken, and by all rights you shouldn't really even be alive right now. Seriously, go to rehab. SERIOUSLY."
The Go! Team: if one of the girls asked me out "no thanks, I'm gay, but you're all REALLY cute." If one of the boys asked me out "no thanks, I'm taken, but you're all REALLY cute."

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Spoon: I'm pretty sure these guys are all over 30, so I really hope they girlfriends.

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
Lily Allen: Lily Allen

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
Beirut: he's okay. He's certainly not ugly.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton: "Our Hell" 47 times according to iTunes, AND last.fm. Which is weird because they usually differ.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
Britney Spears: 2, Blackout and her Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. I actually BOUGHT her greatest hits off iTunes, and it was worth every penny. But at one time before my CDs were stolen, and before I sold the rest, I had four.

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
Cut Copy: no.

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
Maria Bamford: she's a comedienne, so she's kind of solo already. If she joined a group I'd be a little sad because something tells me she probably doesn't have a good singing voice. I could be wrong.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
Vampire Weekend: I don't know if I have a favorite Vampire Weekend song, but pretty much all of their songs remind me of New England and the East Coast.

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Amy Winehouse: no. I thought Rehab was genius, and I pretty much immediately liked her other stuff too, after I got the full album.
The Go! Team: no. I thought they were way fun.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Kings of Leon: totes!

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Menomena: probably not; maybe some of their less experimental, more poppy songs. But I dunno, maybe my dad would like their other stuff too. Whatevs.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
Broken Social Scene: "Fire Eye'd Boy" and "Superconnected" make me want to dance, but in an actual dance kind of way. Not like, booty popping or anything.

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
Blood On the Wall: no.

47. Do you like 44's name?
Neutral Milk Hotel: eh. It's a little pretentious, but they're iconic. Whatever. I don't hate it.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Peter Bjorn and John: not really.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
Los Campesinos!: no.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
Feist: call me crazy, but her music isn't very "dancey."