en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal The Last.fm journal for NicDowse. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2009/10/11/32qlwm_20,000_plays_9_october_2009 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:39:51 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2009/10/11/32qlwm_20,000_plays_9_october_2009 20,000 Plays 9 October 2009

3 Month Charts

1. The Go-Betweens 176
2. Ducktails 133
3. Serge Gainsbourg 107
4. Mum Smokes102
5. Karen O and the Kids 101
6. Michael Jackson 100
7. Sven Libaek 79
8. Bibio 77
9. M.I.A. 66
9. Roxy Music 66
9. Todd Rundgren 66
12. The Mills Brothers 64
13. OOIOO 60
14. John Cale 58
15. Prince & The Revolution 55
15. Moondog 55
15. Slow Club 55
18. Devendra Banhart 54
19. Deena Webster 53
20. The xx 51
20. David Chesworth 51
20. Flying Lotus 51
23. Asa-Chang & Junray 46
24. Tom Waits 44
24. John Stewart 44
26. D. Lissvik 39
27. Brian Eno 38
28. Bo Hansson 36
29. Air 35
30. Susumu Yokota 34
31. Aleks and the Ramps 32
32. Essendon Airport 31
32. J Dilla 31
34. Tinariwen 30
35. Dorothy Ashby 29
35. Qua 29
35. The Saints 29
38. David Bowie 28
38. Selda Bağcan 28
40. Beach House 26
40. Bob Dylan 26
42. KES 25
42. Cat Power 25
42. Cab Calloway 25
42. Droids 25
46. Michael Nyman 24
47. Tobacco 23
47. Dirty Projectors 23
49. Elliott Smith 22
49. Andre 3000 22
51. Pixies 21


Overall Charts

1. Flying Lotus 391
2. The Go-Betweens 348
3. Moondog 330
4. Koushik 280
5. Ducktails 275
6. David Chesworth 273
7. Megapuss 257
8. Patti Smith 247
9. Michael Jackson 239
10. Fairuz 208
11. Qua 207
12. David Bowie 204
13. The Saints 197
14. Gang Gang Dance 189
15. OOIOO 185
16. Cat Power 184
17. D. Lissvik 177
18. Tinariwen 176
19. TV on the Radio 172
20. M.I.A.169
21. Bo Hansson 167
22. Beach House 155
23. Brian Eno 144
24. Robert Forster 143
25. The Mills Brothers 142
25. Tobacco 142
27. Selda Bağcan 138
28. Devendra Banhart 136
29. Mum Smokes 135
30. Eddy Current Suppression Ring 131
31. Fleet Foxes 129
32. Tickley Feather 128
33. Harmonia 126
34. Fuck Buttons 121
35. Serge Gainsbourg 120
36. Bob Dylan 119
37. Todd Rundgren 112
38. Derrick Harriott 111
39. Air 109
40. Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes 108
40. Alton Ellis 108
42. Madlib 102
43. Karen O and the Kids 101
44. Magical Power Mako 98
45. Cluster 96
46. Venus Gang 95
47. Studio 93
48. Chin's Calypso Sextet 88
48. Throbbing Gristle 88
50. Sébastien Tellier 85]]> http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/08/12/240hy2_reset_and_3_month_charts,_12_august_2008 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:31:54 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/08/12/240hy2_reset_and_3_month_charts,_12_august_2008 When the new Last.fm format rolled out I lost about 15,000 tracks (from between 15,000 and 30,000 tracks). It appears to have deleted most tracks between when I joined (around 12,000 plays) and when I reset (around 30,000 plays). So I’m resetting and starting again. Again.

3 Month Charts for Artists
12 August 2008

1 Selda Bağcan 231
2 Fleet Foxes 139
3 Goblin 82
4 Harmonia 70
5 Alexandro Jodorowsky 61
6 Black Moth Super Rainbow 46
7 International Harvester43
8 Ethiopiques 9 41
9 Patti Smith 39
10 Alain Goraguer 34
11 Moondog 30
11 Black Devil Disco Club 30
13 Devo 29
14 Dennis Wilson 28
14 Vangelis O. Papathannassiou 28
16 A Certain Ratio 27
17 Cluster 25
17 Boredoms 25
19 Fleetwood Mac 24
20 Devendra Banhart 22
20 BLO 22
20 Djibril Diabate 22
20 Madlib 22
20 J Dilla 22
25 Sébastien Tellier 21
25 Panda Bear 21
25 Flower Travellin' Band 21
28 Architecture in Helsinki 20
28 Jay Dee 20
28 Black Dice 20
28 David Bowie 20
32 Daft Punk 19
33 Erkin Koray 18
34 M83 17
35 Madlib The Beat Konducta 15
35 Yamasuki 15
37 Studio 14
37 Justice 14
37 Yoshimi & Yuka 14
40 Flying Lotus 13
40 Marvin Gaye 13
40 Joe Meek 13
40 Four Tet 13
44 Bob Dylan 12
44 Vangelis 12
44 Harold Budd/Brian Eno 12
44 Kraftwerk 12
44 Caetano Veloso 12
49 The Go-Betweens 10
49 Handgjort 10
49 Ja'afar Hassan 10
49 Kool & The Gang 10]]> http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/05/26/1zudlu_30,000_plays_26_may_2008__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon, 26 May 2008 04:26:01 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/05/26/1zudlu_30,000_plays_26_may_2008__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rolling 3 Month Charts for Artists (Probably generated 6 May)
26 May 2008

1 Moondog 310
2 Sébastien Tellier 235
3 Cat Power 212
4 Vangelis 197
5 Madlib The Beat Konducta 188
6 Madlib 133
7 Elliott Smith 130
8 Yamasuki 121
9 Air 120
10 Brian Eno118
11 Alexandro Jodorowsky 105
12 Panda Bear 99
13 Susumu Yokota 97
14 Devendra Banhart 88
15 J Dilla 82
16 Boredoms 78
17 Colleen 76
18 Vincent Gallo 72
19 Digable Planets 69
19 A Certain Ratio 69
21 Feist 67
22 New Buffalo 60
23 Seu Jorge 58
23 Four Tet 58
25 Bob Dylan 54
26 Quasimoto 53
27 OOIOO 50
27 Wendy Carlos 50
29 Alain Goraguer 48
30 Alice Coltrane 45
31 AC/DC 40
32 Kevin Drew 38
33 Yoshimi & Yuka 36
33 The Modern Lovers 36
35 Brian Eno & David Byrne 35
36 Boards of Canada 34
37 Brigitte Bardot 33
37 The Herbaliser 33
39 Sonic Youth 32
40 The B-52's 31
40 Serge Gainsbourg 31
40 CocoRosie 31
43 Madvillain 29
44 Bruno Spoerri 28
45 Tom Zé 27
45 Cornelius 27
47 Supertramp 25
48 The Saints 23
48 Stevie Wonder 23
50 Sigur Rós 22



Overall Charts for Artists
26 May 2008

1 Madlib 858
2 Belle and Sebastian 852
3 Devendra Banhart 704
4 Griffin Technology 623
5 Cat Power 615
6 Broken Social Scene 568
7 Madlib The Beat Konducta 541
8 Feist 430
9 Air 428
10 J Dilla 405
11 Zero 7 391
12 Elliott Smith 380
13 David Bowie 366
14 Moondog 345
15 Alain Goraguer 338
15 José González 338
17 Susumu Yokota 318
18 Money Mark 290
19 Sébastien Tellier 262
20 Gotan Project 261
21 Cornelius 258
22 Kings of Convenience 252
23 The Herbaliser 232
24 Vangelis 215
25 Brian Eno 214
26 Digable Planets 209
27 Beastie Boys 207
28 Sonic Youth 205
29 Tosca 192
30 Daft Punk 190
31 DJ Ransom and DJ Perks 188
32 Kevin Drew 187
33 Alice Coltrane 182
34 Miles Davis 178
35 Alexandro Jodorowsky 176
36 The Beach Boys 174
37 Peter, bjorn and john 173
38 OOIOO 169
39 Bob Dylan 165
40 Gong 164
41 Bruno Spoerri 162
42 The Pogues 161
43 TV on the Radio 158
44 New Buffallo 156
45 De La Soul 154
46 Justice 153
47 Four Tet 150
48 Brigitte Bardot 148
49 DJ Perks 144
50 Red Snapper 140]]> http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/05/24/1zqni6_sonodizco!_new_mixtapepodcast Sat, 24 May 2008 03:02:16 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/05/24/1zqni6_sonodizco!_new_mixtapepodcast The unofficial archive of the alchemusical research of Nicholaz Peru Esq., from recordings made deep in the heart of the Iquitos jungles, circa 1973 AD.

http://web.mac.com/niquitos/%26%26%26/Podcasts/Podcasts.html

Mixtape 22 May 2008

The first recordings found in the abandoned jungle camp. Several film soundtracks. Zena’s old cassette (hissing down). Around 35 minutes long. It smells like garlic. Van Halen, ELO, Vangelis, Alexandro Jodorowski, Fairuz (singing Zaki Nassif. Forget Aladdin - if ever there was an Arabic Disney score, this is it), jungle insects &&& more.

In no particular order:

Fairuz

Fayrouz

Electric Light Orchestra

Vangelis

International Harvester

Four Tet

Alexandro Jodorowsky

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Van Halen

Zaki Nassif

Quiet Village

Erkin Koray

Stu Phillips

My Bloody Valentine

Nino Rota

Alejandro Jodorowsky]]> http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/05/05/b8wps_what_last.fm_won%27t_tell_you Mon, 5 May 2008 00:48:32 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/05/05/b8wps_what_last.fm_won%27t_tell_you The secret life of cassettes (click me).FairouzFayrouz]]> http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/04/04/b8wpr_the_suicide_note,_written_on_a_post-it,_read:_%22i%27m_so_sorry%E2%80%94love,_elliott._god_forgive_me.%E2%80%9D Fri, 4 Apr 2008 04:10:33 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2008/04/04/b8wpr_the_suicide_note,_written_on_a_post-it,_read:_%22i%27m_so_sorry%E2%80%94love,_elliott._god_forgive_me.%E2%80%9D A fitting end, really (assuming you buy the suicide, and not the homicide, theory). How the fuck do you stab yourself in the chest? That takes a lot of, well, heart. And a sticky-note? Temporary. Convenient. Disposable. Yellow... Perfect. I bet you that note is still kept somewhere safe. It will be the last sticky-note on earth.

Cobain took the easy way – shotgun blast to the head. But to stab yourself in the heart? That’s the death of a poet. When I listen to Elliot Smith I hear a menacing beauty. Real heart ache. Belle and Sebastian, and countless others, write equally pretty ditties but Smith’s disposable Post-it suicide note renders his tunes pretty AND (deeply) disturbing. Disarmingly so. The incident looms just out earshot every time I put an Elliot Smith record on.

This is a reserved glorification of his death – personally I think suicide is a fairly selfish option. It leaves nothing but despair in its wake and I’m pretty sure finding your loved-one with a knife in his chest, with all that blood everywhere, is not the sort of episode you recover from in a hurry (if ever). But you have to respect the sheer romantic tragedy of the thing. It gives the despair of his songs a haunting authenticity.

RIP Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith, 1969 – 2003.


Elliot Smith]]> http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2007/12/04/b8wpq_20,000_plays Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:24:44 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2007/12/04/b8wpq_20,000_plays 20,000(ish) Plays

Top Artists in the last 3 months
Generated: 3 Dec 2007

1 Madlib 416
2 Madlib The Beat Konducta 254
3 Elliott Smith 207
4 J Dilla 143
5 Alice Coltrane 126
6 Cat Power 125
6 Kevin Drew 125
8 Alain Goraguer 119
9 Manitoba 109
10 Daft Punk 103
11 Iron & Wine 100
11 David Bowie 100
13 Vashti Bunyan 95
14 Apparat 92
15 Brian Eno 89
16 Feist 70
17 Madvillain 68
18 OOIOO 61
19 Jens Lekman 60
20 Tortoise 58
20 Yoshimi & Yuka 58
22 Yesterday's New Quintet 50
23 Popol Vuh 49
24 The Meters 48
25 Talking Heads 46
26 Architecture in Helsinki 45
27 José González 41
28 Triosk meets Jan Jelinek 39
29 Vangelis O. Papathannassiou 38
30 Bright Eyes 35
30 Arvo Pärt 35
32 Motörhead 34
33 Boards of Canada 32
34 Todd Rundgren 31
35 Sun Ra 30
35 Animal Collective30
37 Boredoms 29
38 Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks 28
38 Van Dyke Parks 28
38 Devendra Banhart 28
41 The Go-Betweens 27
42 Amon Düül 26
43 Bröselmaschine 25
44 The Modern Lovers 24
44 Sly & The Family Stone 24
46 Jimi Tenor and Kabu Kabu 23
46 The Knife 23
48 Bruno Spoerri 22
48 Alan Lomax Field Recordings 22
50 BLO 21




Top Artists (overall charts)
4 December 2008

1 Belle and Sebastian 840
2 Griffin Technology 623
3 Broken Social Scene 545
4 Madlib 471
5 Zero 7 388
6 Feist 334
7 José González 317
8 David Bowie 294
9 Money Mark 289
10 Air 287
11 Gotan Project 261
12 Madlib The Beat Konducta 254
13 Kings of Convenience 248
14 Alain Goraguer 239
15 J Dilla 236
16 Cornelius 226
17 Susumu Yokota 221
18 Elliott Smith 219
19 Beastie Boys 204
20 The Herbaliser 198
21 Cat Power 193
22 Tosca 191
23 DJ Ransom and DJ Perks 184
24 Daft Punk 174
25 Peter, bjorn and john 171
26 The Beach Boys 168
27 Sonic Youth 165
28 Gong 160
29 De La Soul 154
29 The Pogues 154
31 DJ Perks 144
32 TV on the Radio 143
33 Red Snapper 138
34 Jarvis Cocker 130
35 Justice 129
36 Masakatsu Takagi 128
37 Howie B 126
37 Alice Coltrane 126
39 Kevin Drew 125
40 Iron & Wine 123
41 Public Enemy 122
42 Nico 119
43 Andre 3000 112
44 Brigitte Bardot 111
45 Manitoba 109
46 Johnny Cash 107
46 You Am I 107
48 The Go-Betweens 105
48 Vashti Bunyan 105
50 Broadcast 103]]> http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2007/08/27/b8wpp_the_daily_bread. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:06:40 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/NicDowse/journal/2007/08/27/b8wpp_the_daily_bread. I like bread. With salty butter and bittersweet marmalade (and strong, sweet black coffee). With Vegemite and cheese (with sweet white, black coffee). With cheese and Vegemite. With jam. And black tea. And I like toast with butter (and nothing else). I like wholegrain. And sourdough. I even like fresh, soft white bread (very occasionally, and with butter. And maybe Vegemite).

I like music. Music is like bread. It’s a daily staple. I like weird music. And rock music. And music that breaks your heart. And sounds that make you punch your fist in the air.

So I’ve got some daily bread sounds to listen to:

Theryebread: is the right bread. These are sounds that are so right on they make the favourites list.

Thesourdopebread: is the self-yeasting slow food of the breads. These are relaxed sounds. Downtempo. Acoustic. Folk. Moody.

Thewrongbread: is a slice dedicated to a bakery in Antwerp that advertised, in both English and Flemish ‘the wrong bread’ (broodje verkeerd). These are sounds that are uptempo, rock, ironic, weird, long, abstract or in space.

Adamsasleep also has theryebread list. You can play his list on his page, or choose ‘You can also see what everyone has tagged “theryebread”’ to listen to all the rye tracks.]]>