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/Shibbie729/journal The Last.fm journal for Shibbie729. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2009/05/05/2p8rxn_i%27m_a_punk_goddamn_it Tue, 5 May 2009 04:08:55 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2009/05/05/2p8rxn_i%27m_a_punk_goddamn_it The genre question is always so hard to answer, but I often feel like these charts are lacking something by using artists rather than genres. I mean my two seemingly favorite bands are Sonic Youth and Belle and Sebastian and while I do indeed love these bands, I wouldn't say that they're favorites nor would I say that most of what I listen to falls in the hipsterdouchebag category. They just happen to be super prolific and so when listening to music on random they come up alot. I just happen to own the complete discography of Sonic Youth, meaning 219 songs (many of them repeats/different versions) are currently on my computer. Listening to them 915 times, the current count at this time, means I've listen to each song an average of 4.17 times. Compare this to my top played punk band, Subhumans 48 songs for 513 plays that's 10.68 plays per song. compare this to one of my favorite punk bands, The Screamers, 17 songs for a total of 454 plays or 26.7 plays per song.

I mean should my music taste be categorized based on the fact that I enjoy a few select prolific bands from a lesser genre while I strongly prefer another genre whose bands often rose quick and died quickly so that I have to scrounge around to find 17 songs off a never released album? I think quantity wise if I added up all my punk rock plays and all my indie plays I'd find that punk rock was far greater than indie and yet my highest punk band is in the number 10 spot while indie steals slots one and two by a definite margin.

Part of me wants a top genres chart added although the rest of me knows that would be both impossible and inaccurate because really you could parse them infinitely until I find that my genres are so slight that 70s LA synth punk that never released an official record is really just code for the screamers and honestly that's completely different than 80s sXe hardcore from DC.

Random musings random musings.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2008/11/21/2ajhf9_analysis_of_changing_music_tastes Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:33:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2008/11/21/2ajhf9_analysis_of_changing_music_tastes After over two years of having my music listening charted, I've decided to see exactly what changes have taken place. I like to think my tastes gets better with time.

Overall Top Bands:
1) Sonic Youth
2) Belle and Sebastian
3) Two Gallants]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2008/04/23/70ssj_what_countries_are_your_top_50_from%3F Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:59:08 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2008/04/23/70ssj_what_countries_are_your_top_50_from%3F US (37)
Sonic Youth
Pavement
Frank Zappa
Two Gallants
Ani DiFranco
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Phil Ochs
Bright Eyes
Ben Harper
The Screamers
Dead Kennedys
Cat Power
Jeffrey Lewis
moe.
Velvet Underground
Rancid
The Stooges
Ramones
X
Minor Threat
Nirvana
Against Me!
Grateful Dead
Led Zeppelin
Circle Jerks
Elliott Smith
Shudder to Think
Ween
Dinosaur Jr.
Scratch Acid
Rise Against
Mr. Lif
Fugazi
Strung Out
Wilco
R.E.M.
The Epoxies

UK (10)
Belle and Sebastian
Subhumans
Billy Bragg
Zounds
Stiff Little Fingers
The Clash
Placebo
David Bowie
The Beatles
Vice Squad

Australia (1)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Canada (1)
Leonard Cohen

Sweden (1)
Jens Lekman]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2007/10/21/70ssi_shuffle_quiz_cause_i%27m_lame_like_that Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:55:12 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2007/10/21/70ssi_shuffle_quiz_cause_i%27m_lame_like_that How did you get into Phil Ochs?
mr madnick. haha. he played cannons of christianity and some other things in the snarkily named great decisions in american foreign policy.

What was the first song you ever heard by Clit 45?
probably bullshit fucking waste of time, because whenever I hear of a new band I download the song with the most curse words in the title as I have the maturity level of a 12 year old boy.

What is your favourite lyric by Stiff Little Fingers? suspect device!


What is your favourite album by Elliott Smith?
I don't own albums, per se.

How many albums by Dead Kennedys do you own?
2 on cd, one on vinyl

What is your favourite song by Grinderman?
no pussy blues or go tell the women, it's a pretty excellent record overall

Is there a song by Arcade Fire that makes you feel sad?
Nah, I don't listen to them too extensively.

What is your least favourite song by Frank Zappa?
Goblin Girls, maybe.

What is your favourite song by Buzzcocks?
friends of mine

Is there a song by Iron Maidenthat makes you happy?
not really that kind of band. bring your daughter to the slaughter always makes me laugh because of the title.

What is your favourite album by Steve Miller Band?
don't own any.

What are your favourite songs by Dilated Peoples?
worst comes to worst

Is there a good memory you have involving Built to Spill.?
they aren't associated with any particular memory.

What is your favourite song by Faithless?
mass destruction

Name a song by Shudder to Think that makes you happy.
Happy people music. psh. No rm 9. Kentucky which is actually a sad and depressing song, but I like it a lot so I guess it makes me happy.

Have you ever seen Reel Big Fish live?
nah

What was the first song you heard by Sublime?
probs date rape or caress me down or what I got or one of the other famous radio ones that I didn't realize were sublime songs until I started downloading sublime.

What is your favourite album by Liliput?
This is the only liliput song I have. it's called split. I like it. whatever album it's on. I should look into them more.

Who is your favourite member of T. Rex?
I don't know any of the members. my familiarity with the music on my playlist is extraordinary.

How many times have you seen Gang Green live?
0. pretty sure they've been defunct my whole punk rock listening to life.

Any good memories of N.W.A.?
fuck tha police. singing along to fuck tha police.

What is your favourite song by UK Subs?
stranglehold

What is the first song you heard by stellastarr*?
A million reasons

What is your favourite album by Pantera?
they're not a buy an album sort of band for me.

What is your favourite song by Deep Purple?
oh smoke on the water. but really knocking on your back door.

What is the first song you heard by The Salteens?
the best thought. which is, in fact, the only song I've heard by them.

What is your favourite Black Heart Processionlyric?
And maybe someday we will be
Away with the wind we'll go
By the sea we'll float
And away with the wind we'll go
A million miles away


What is your favourite song by of Montreal?
the party's crashing us

What is the first song you heard by Deltron 3030? sunshine in a bag

What is your favourite song by VAST??
pretty when you cry

How many times have you seen X??
once, then john doe once.

Rammstein happy song.
how should I know, it's all in German. it sounds pretty unhappy though. but that could just be the German language. maybe Amerika

Favourite tsol? album?
albums again, idk.

What is the worst song by Vibrators??
there's no worst! I can't recall what nazi baby or petrol sound like so either I don't like them enough to continue to listen to them or I've never heard them in the first placea and just circumvent the unknown.

What is the first song you heard by MDC??
Who're the terrorists now?

Favourite album by Pink Floyd??
dark side of the moon is excellent; the one with the cows and the burning man holds a special place in my heart.

Have you ever seen Karen Dalton??
why no, another who's been defunct in my lifetime to the best of my knowledge.

What is your favourite album by Dropkick Murphys??
don't own any

What is the first song you heard by 7Seconds??
99 red balloons cover

What is your favourite album by Sonic Youth??
Confusion is Sex cause i like noise not music. is there a bad sonic youth album though? I think not.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2007/04/06/70ssh_alphabetical_thingamig Fri, 6 Apr 2007 23:55:49 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2007/04/06/70ssh_alphabetical_thingamig #
First: 3 Inches of Blood
Favorite: 7Seconds
Last: 1208

A
First: A Global Threat
Favorite: Ani DiFranco
Last: Avengers

B
First: Bad Brains
Favorite: Belle and Sebastian
Last: Buzzcocks

C
First: Cake
Favorite: Clash or Cat Power (they aren't comparable)
Last:Cypress Hill

D
First: Da Cream
Favorite: Dinosaur Jr.
Last: Dystopia

E
First: Eagle Eye Cherry
Favorite: Eskorbuto
Last: Eyes Adrift

F
First: Faithless
Favorite: Fiery Furnaces or Frank Zappa(some more incomparable cheating on my part)
Last: Futureheads

G
First: Gackt
Favorite: Germs
Last: Guttermouth

H
First: H2O
Favorite: Handsome Boy Modeling School
Last: Husker Du

I
First: Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Favorite: Iggy Pop and The Stooges
Last: Iron Maiden

J
First: J. Mascis And The Fog
Favorite: Jens Lekman
Last: Jurassic 5

K
First: Kaante
Favorite: Keller Williams
Last: Krylls

L
First: Ladybug Transistor
Favorite: Lou Reed
Last: Lydia Lunch

M
First: Madball
Favorite: Minor Threat
Last: Mute Math

N
First: Naked Raygun
Favorite: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Last: Nwa

O
First: Odetta
Favorite: of Montreal
Last: Ozzy Osbourne

P
First: panteon rococo
Favorite: Pavementor Phil Ochs
Last: Public Image Ltd.

Q
First: Q and Not U
Favorite: Queen I guess, Q sucks
Last: Quiet Riot

R
First: R.E.M.
Favorite: Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Last: RZA

S
First: salteens
Favorite: Screamers
Last: Switchblade Symphony

T
First: T. Rex
Favorite: Television
Last: Two Gallants

U
First: U.S. Roughnecks
Favorite: UK Subs
Last: Utada Hikaru

V
First: Vandals
Favorite: Velvet Underground
Last: Voo Doo Glow Skulls

W
First: Wasted Youth
Favorite: Weirdos
Last: Wumpscut

X
First: X
Favorite: X
Last: X-Japan

Y
First: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Favorite: Youth of Today
Last: Youth of Today

Z
First: Zero7
Favorite: Zounds
Last: ZZ Top]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2007/04/01/70ssg_i_have_a_paper_to_write._ Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:52:04 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shibbie729/journal/2007/04/01/70ssg_i_have_a_paper_to_write._ Thought this might prove interesting. I'm not sure if it did or not. Still, it's interesting to see just how often you've seen your favourite artists and what proportion of them you stand a chance of seeing.

1. List any artist in your top 50 you've seen live and note the number of times.
06 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (2)
22 x (1)
42 rise against (2)

2. How many of them have you seen?
3/50 - 6% which is really sad.

3. Add the numbers up. How many shows is that in total?
5 - not reflective of the number of shows that I've been to but rather my ever changing taste in music and my unwillingness to spend much more than 10.00 on a ticket.

4. List any artist in your top 50 that you haven't seen and has split up/died/stopped making music.
01 pavement
04 the screamers
05 frank zappa (but saw dweezil play zappa songs with some of the mothers
08 Dead kennedys (I'm not counting the jello-less sometimes tourers)
12 shudder to think
14 phil ochs
16 the clash
16 minor threat
19 grateful dead
20 ramones
24 fugazi
26 elliott smith
28 velvet underground
29 scratch acid (although they reunited for the Touch and go anniversary, so maybe there is hope yet)
37 nirvana
38 led zeppelin
39 richard hell and the voidoids
39 the germs (I'm not counting the sometimes touring darby-less abomination that calls itself the germs when it is fronted by that guy from that movie with mandy moore that the girls love. although I some small masochistic desire to go)
48 phish (usually retired)
50 mojo nixon (usually retired)

5. How many is that?
20/50 - 40%

6. List any artist in your top 50 you haven't seen yet but are going to see soon.
18 Dinosaur Jr. - june 6 or 7 (if I convince myself to spend 25 + ticketmaster fees + train ticket that is)
48 the fiery furnaces - june 29th


7. How many is that?
2/50- 4%

8. How many artists don't fit into these categories?
02 belle and sebastian
03 subhumans... would have but it sold out
06 Ben Harper
09 moe.
10 bright eyes
11 ani difranco
12 cat power
21 ween
22 stiff little fingers... another would have but was sold out
27 rancid... I don't know if they're still together and I don't know how they made it up to number 27.
30 david bowie
31 rem
32 circle jerks
33 placebo
34 nick cave and the bad seeds
34 mates of state
36 hello saferide
39 spoon
43 pixies
44 kid dakota
45 strung out
46 jens lekman
46 keller williams

25/50 (50%) Ted Leo and The PharmacistsXRise AgainstPavementThe ScreamersFrank ZappaDead KennedysShudder to ThinkPhil OchsThe ClashMinor ThreatGrateful DeadRamonesFugaziElliott SmithVelvet UndergroundScratch AcidNirvanaLed ZeppelinRichard Hell and the VoidoidsThe GermsMojo NixonPhishDinosaur JrThe Fiery FurnacesBelle and SebastianSubhumansBen Harpermoe.Ben HarperAni DiFrancoCat PowerWeenStiff Little FingersRancidDavid BowieR.E.M.Circle JerksPlaceboNick Cave and the Bad SeedsKeller WilliamsMates of StateHello SaferideSpoonPixiesKid DakotaStrung OutJens Lekman]]>