So… I meant to do a year-end journal about my 2009 listening trends. I failed. So, I'm going to do the 30,000 post, and feel satisfied.

Here's my Top 20 tracks, as they stand now.

Born Losers

You Are The Best Thing

For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti

Skinny Love

Happy Ending

Great DJ

Head Over Feet

If You Were Here

La Discoteca

Daniel

Sleepyhead

I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You

Hometown Glory (Radio Edit)

Falling Slowly

Hunger Strike

Get Up and Go

Fade Into You

Romulus

Death of Me

Naked…

I've been using last.fm for two years now. It's just after midnight, so it's no longer exactly my second anniversary, but I'm still going to commemorate it with some stats. Everyone's so excited! (Okay, I'm excited, and that's what counts for me right now).

Top artists of year two:

1. Waterdeep (251 plays)
2. Ani DiFranco (215 plays)
3. Sufjan Stevens (210 plays)
4. Death Cab for Cutie (201 plays)
5. Travis (192 plays)
6. Iron & Wine (177 plays)
7. Aimee Mann (163 plays)
8. Feist (159 plays)
9. Spoon (123 plays)
10. Kathleen Edwards (116 plays)
10. Jason…

Okay, so I already wrote this, then it disappeared. Lame. Anyway, I've hit 20,000 songs as of right now.

Here are my top 20 tracks at the 20,000 mark:

Born Losers

Skinny Love

Happy Ending

Sleeping to Dream

Death of Me

Head Over Feet

He War

Take It From Me

Chicago

Ain't No Reason

Twilight

Never Think

Why You'd Want to Live Here

Fade Into You

La Discoteca

Let Me Sign (Bonus Track)

Hideaway

Madly

Both of Us'll Feel the Blast

The number of plays represented by these 20 tracks is about 3.1% of the total 20,000 plays. My only…

'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add 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. Death Cab for Cutie
2. Ani DiFranco
3. Aimee Mann
4. Travis
5. Waterdeep
6. Sufjan Stevens
7. Feist
8. Iron & Wine
9. Denison Witmer
10. Alison Krauss & Union…

So, I've never been one for tagging, but I realized just recently (less than 5 minutes ago) that they could be really useful. I often want to play songs by color (hello synesthesia!), but can only come up with a couple bright yellow or slate blue songs off the top of my head. If I tag by color, I'll have an easier time making playlists. They're my tags. Deal.

I figured I might as well do an end of the year list, because I lurve lists. (Times ten!) It's less a subjective review, than a list of the top 10 artists and tracks I've played.

The artists, with play counts:

1. Death Cab for Cutie (223)
2. Ani DiFranco (222)
3. Waterdeep (219)
4. Travis (170)
5. Feist (169)
6. Aimee Mann (150)
7. Iron & Wine (144)
8. Raining Jane (118)
9. Flight of the Conchords (106)
10. Jason Mraz (95)

Top tracks, with play counts:

1. Matthew Good - "Born Losers" (29)
2. Tony Lucca - "Death…

I'm still a few songs away from the 10,000 mark. By the time I go to bed tonight, that number should be reached. Woo. It's a year today since I signed up for last.fm. I've been listening to music more intently this year than I have in a while, thanks to last.fm.

Songs I've used up my three free plays with:

This Woman's Work

Happy Ending

Shimmy Shimmy Ya

Born Losers

Ain't No Reason

World Spins Madly On

Hunger Strike

Inside and Out

There are probably others. This is just what I can think of. Almost all of these have…

1. How did you get into 29?
Caedmon's Call

One summer at camp, Jordo wore a Caedmon's shirt and I remembered it. A month or so later, I found 40 Acres at the Shopko by my house, bought it, and have been listening ever since… which would be 10 years ago this autumn.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Elvis Costello

No idea. I can vaguely remember seeing him on SNL when I was kid. The first song I knew all the words to was 'Alison' though.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Lyle…