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/indiekid101/journal The Last.fm journal for indiekid101. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/07/03/12px_they_just_keep_coming... Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:37:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/07/03/12px_they_just_keep_coming... Put your music player on shuffle
Post the first 40 songs that come up. You can repeat artists if you want. If you have any repeats, skip to the next track.
Then answer the questions.

SONGS
1) Day Six
2) On The Beach
3) Bury Your Head
4) Insomnia
5) Surprise Me
6) Aim, Snap, Fall
7) Disarm
8) Just
9) Dream to Make Believe
10) End of Nothing
11) See You
12) Ghost of a Good Thing
13) Surprise Surprise
14) Champagne From a Paper Cup
15) Aerodynamic
16) Ocean Breathes Salty
17) A State of Trance 2004
18) All There Is
19) The Impact of Reason
20) Under Control
21) Come On
22) Just Rock & Roll
23) Questions & Answers
24) Hooray
25) Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years
26) Control
27) Blood on Our Hands
28) Bleed For You
29) Bowl Of Oranges
30) If You Asked
31) Antihero
32) Work
33) Certain Tragedy
34) Always You
35) City of the Future
36) Duane Joseph
37) Music For A Nurse
38) Stories
39) Beer
40) Changes are No Good


QUESTIONS:
1. Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
Probably "Changes Are No Good"... although Day Five is better than that.

2. Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
Can't say I have.

3. What album is #26 from?
Watch Out!

4. What do you think about the artist who did #15?
One of a kind, I can't fault them at all.

5. Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
Ever? No. by Underoath? Yes.

6. Who does #38 remind you of?
Watching them on that Island Records contract competition on MTV2.

7. Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
I tend to listen to The Strokes more for the music (which is great) than the lyrics (which are average).

8. Do any of your friends like #3?
Holly is the only one that comes to mind.

9. Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
Nah.

10. Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
I severely doubt it's EVER played on the radio.

11. What does #21 remind you of?
Nothing in particular, it just makes me think. I've been listening to it for a while now though, so it makes me think of when I first heard it a few years back.

12. Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
Definitely #5.

13. What album is #17 from?
It's not, it's a year mix.

14. When did you first hear #39?
I think I got it from MP3.com back in high-school. Either that or my mate Andy made me listen to it.

16. What genre is #8?
Don't get me started on genres...

17. Do any of your friends like #14?
I have no idea, I have a few friends who like Death Cab but I don't know who likes the older stuff and if any of them like this song specifically.

18. What color does #4 remind you of?
White for some reason?

19. Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
It's not really a "blasting" sort of song.

20. What genre is #37?
Post-rocky indie? I don't really care.

21. Can you play #13 on any instrument?
Not off the top of my head, but I think I looked up a tab for it once and strummed along with the chords.

22. What is your favorite line from #30?
"Last in line for you, I know" or "I'll never light your eyes up like they should".

23. What is your favorite lyric from #23?
The chorus.

24. Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
Of course, it's actually my favourite song by them.

25. Is #2 a good song to dance to?
I imagine so, in the right "circumstances".

26. Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
Never.

27. Is #32 more of a “nighttime” or “daytime” song?
Day time, in fact morning song I would say... a real get up and go sort of song.

28. Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
Not really... I like it a lot, but it's not "special".

29. Do any of your friends like #31?
There's only two people who I actually know like The Appleseed Cast, Duce and Cat. So probably them.

30. Is #25 a fast or slow song?
Pretty slow.

31. Is #35 a happy or sad song?
Neither really, I'd describe it more as introspective... it just amplifies whatever mood I'm in, I find.

32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
"The ones we need don't know we're there"... or "Let me sleep some more" (haha).

33. Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
I doubt my friends would like this one too much. Not the ones I have round regularly anyway.

34. When did you first hear #27?
I think I saw it on Scuzz a year or two ago.

35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29?
Lover I Don't Have to Love, First Day of My Life, Lua.

36. Do you know all the words to #6?
Some, not all.

37. Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
The lyrics are a bit corny, the music's good though.

38. What album is #10 from?
Hours.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/04/29/12pw_music_survey_(another)... Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:04:11 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/04/29/12pw_music_survey_(another)... 1. Death Cab for Cutie
First song: Champagne From a Paper Cup
Fell in love with: A Lack of Color
Current favourite: We Laugh Indoors

2. Jimmy Eat World
First song: The Middle
Fell in love with: Sweetness
Current favourite: A Praise Chorus

3. Hot Rod Circuit
First song: Inhabit
Fell in love with: At Nature's Mercy
Current favourite: Consumed By Laziness

4. Funeral for a Friend
First song: Juneau
Fell in love with: Escape Artists Never Die
Current favourite: The Art of American Football

5. As Tall As Lions
First song: Break Blossom
Fell in love with: Break Blossom
Current favourite: If I'm Not Out Burning Bridges

6. The Appleseed Cast
First song: No idea...
Fell in love with: Moment #72
Current favourite: Fight Song

7. Taking Back Sunday
First song: Something off Tell All Your Friends, I forget which one though.
Fell in love with: Great Romances Of The 20th Century
Current favourite: MakeDamnSure

8. Mew
First song: No idea...
Fell in love with: 156
Current favourite: Snow Brigade

9. Saves The Day
First song: At Your Funeral
Fell in love with: Freakish
Current favourite: Certain Tragedy

10. The Ataris
First song: My So Called Life
Fell in love with: San Dimas High School Football Rules
Current favourite: Summer Wind Was Always Our Song]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/04/29/12pv_how_mainstream%3F Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:37:58 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/04/29/12pv_how_mainstream%3F What's that? A survey that ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE!?

1. List your top 10 artists and amount of listeners to each.

1. Death Cab for Cutie - 185,383
2. Jimmy Eat World - 144,533
3. Hot Rod Circuit - 7,226
4. Funeral for a Friend - 55,260
5. As Tall As Lions - 3,332
6. The Appleseed Cast - 16,058
7. Taking Back Sunday - 86,539
8. Mew - 25,951
9. Saves The Day - 65,586
10. The Ataris - 81,530


2. Add up the listeners:
671,398


3. The most mainstream (on Last.fm) would be if your top 10 artists were the same as the top 10 OVERALL artists for all Last.fm users. So check what that is on the charts page, take all those bands and add up their listeners:
2,332,320


4. Take your score and divide by the max (x100 to get percentage):
29% mainstream allegedly.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/03/02/12pu_another_survey:_top_10 Thu, 2 Mar 2006 00:59:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/03/02/12pu_another_survey:_top_10 Top 10:
1. Death Cab for Cutie
2. Jimmy Eat World
3. Funeral for a Friend
4. The Appleseed Cast
5. Taking Back Sunday
6. Hot Rod Circuit
7. As Tall As Lions
8. Dashboard Confessional
9. The Ataris
10. The Get Up Kids

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Inhabit

What is your favourite album of 2?
Bleed American, it was the first one I got and it's still my favourite.

What is your favorite lyric that 5 has sung?
"It's times like this
Where silence means everything
And no one is to know about this"

How many times have you seen 4 live?
None, sadly.

What is your favorite song by 7?
Probably Break Blossom right now, but Carousel is awesome too.

What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
Hear the Hannah Hold On when my girlfriend of the time, Hannah, was going through a rough patch.

What is your favourite lyric that 2 has sung?
"I'm on my feet,
I'm on the floor,
I'm good to go.
And all I need is just to hear a song i know.
I wanna always feel like part of this was mine
I wanna fall in love tonight."

What is your favourite song by 9?
I've not listened to them properly for a good few months now, but I think it's Summer Wind Was Always Our Song

How did you get in to 3?
I won't lie, I saw Juneau on Scuzz about the time the first album was released and loved it. Went out and bought the album and I loved that too.

What was the first song you heard by 1?
Oh, toughie... I THINK it was Champagne From a Paper Cup

What is your favourite song by 4?
Fight Song

How many times have you seen 8 live?
None.

What is a good memory you have concerning 2?
How I used to fall asleep to Bleed American pretty much every night for the first few months I had it.

Is there a song by 8 that makes you sad?
Hands Down, it conjures up some pretty vivid memories.

What is your favourite album by 5?
Tell All Your Friends by a long shot.

What is your favorite lyric that 3 has sung?
I don't really listen to FFAF for the lyrics, but shouting along wth this gets me psyched:
"Stop and think a second (tune in-tune out)
It's something more than nothing (drop in-drop out)
I see the way you lie to them (tune in-tune out)
All for the country you say (fuck them-fuck us)"

What is your favourite song by 1?
Expo '86

What is your favorite song by 10?
Probably Hannah Hold On, for reasons mentioned above.

How many times have you seen 7 live?
Again, none... sadly.

What is your favourite album by 1?
Transatlanticism, I don't care if it's not 'the old stuff'.

What is a great memory you have of 9?
How I was absolutl obsessed with them 3-4 yearsw ago and how I almost believed Kris Roe was writing those songs about my life. Sad I know, but hey...]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/02/08/12pt_i%27m_very_bored_and_i_can%27t_sleep:_music_questionnaire... Wed, 8 Feb 2006 06:21:39 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2006/02/08/12pt_i%27m_very_bored_and_i_can%27t_sleep:_music_questionnaire... 1. What are you listening to right now?
November

2. What song makes you sad?
Cautioners

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
There's so, so many... but right now Gold Digga is really getting to me.

4. Your all time favorite band?
Death Cab for Cutie, but it does change from time to time.

5. Your newly discovered band is?
As Tall As Lions

6. Best female voice?
Imogen Heap

7. Best male voice?
Anthony Green (Saosin, Circa Survive, etc.) is pretty awesome.

8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
90s emo lately.

9. What do you listen to, to hype you up?
Tell The Truth

10. What do you listen to when you want to calm down?
Your Hand in Mine

11. Last gig/concert you went to?
Taking Back Sunday

12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now?
As Tall As Lions or maybe Hot Rod Circuit

13. Most hated band?
Hawthorne Heights... I've been known to physically cringe when their name is mentioned.

14. Song that makes you think?
I don't care how cliche it is: Konstantine hits me every time.

15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
Everybody should listen to more of The Appleseed Cast

16. Coolest music video?
We Will Become Silhouettes

17. Music video with the most babe watch?
Anything by Straylight Run, haha.

18. What do you play/would you play in the bedroom to spice things up?
God knows... that's usually the last thing on my mind.

19. Can you play a musical instrument?
Guitar, bit of bass, bit of piano.

20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
Yep.

21. Are you in a band?
Kind of.

23. Ever dated a musician?
Nope.

28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
I am in a way.

29. Best chick band you know of?
The Donnas are the only ALL girl I can think of, unless you count artists, in which case Imogen Heap

31. Last song that you heard on the radio/cd...etc...?
I think it was The Static Age.

32. What do you think of Classical music?
It's okay in the right situation.

33. What do you think of Country music?
I like Bright Eyes, that's about the closest thing to country I listen to.

34. What do you think of Death metal?
I don't have enough knowledge to have a proper opinion.

35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
Taking Back Sunday are pretty big, right?

36. Are you a groupie?
No.

37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
Not very often, when I do it's usually Sigur Rós.

38. What famous musician would you like to fuck!?
Grow up.

39. Worst concert moment?
Any part of Wheatus. Yak.

40. Funny concert moment?
Big D and the Kids Table, all of it... they sucked.

41. Sad concert moment?
I can't think of one.

42. Best local act you can think of?
The Maple State, local enough. Warrington has shit bands.

43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
A tuba. What a stupid question.

44. Do you listen to the radio?
Hardly ever.

45. Do you watch music TV?
When I'm bored I sometimes do.

46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
Very vaguely.

47. Have you meet any famous musicians?
Taking Back Sunday, they guestlisted me and I got my CDs signed. There was two of us fans there, it was pretty cool.

48. Are any of your friends/family/etc. musicians?
My Uncle is in an AC/DC tribute band called DC79 and a punk band called Born Idle.

49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
Title-wise it's obviously Insomnia... I'm too lazy to think of a song that actually sums it all up musically or lyrically.

50. Song that describes your life?
Consumed By Laziness

51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
Only for bands that I'm really interested in.

52. Does a musician’s physical attractiveness play a role in the music?
Well obviously not, no.

53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
Not knowing any famous female musiciansI wouldn't know.

53. Favourite movie soundtrack?
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, because I'm an ex-game geek.

55. Any musician pet hates?
Cocky, arrogant musicians. Particularly ones from shitty local bands who have no right to be that way at all.

56. What do your parents listen to?
My mum listens to all sorts, her favourite bands are Def Leppard and The Wildhearts, but she also listens to My Chemical Romance and The Offspring, and I've managed to get her into Jimmy Eat World... which I think is quite an acheivement. My step-dad listens to utter shite, I don't even know what it is... I think he likes Dire Staits?

57. What are you listening to right NOW?
Blowing Out A Wish

58. Do you wear band etc T-shirts?
Yes.

59. What do you think of people who do?
It depends, I hate it when people wear a t-shirt of a band they've hardly heard of, or not heard at all.

60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
Alternative, and I refuse to be anymore specific than that, because beyond that it has know importance anymore.

61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
The Where's Wally theme tune. STILL.

62. Do you sing in the shower?
Sometimes.

63. If so, what? If not, why not?
Whatever I have on at the time.

64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
Both, that'd be awesome.

66. How important is your partners taste in music to you?
Well it's nice to share an interest in music, as it's one of my biggest passions, but it's not the be all and end all.

67. Hanson moves in next door to you, do you go introduce yourself, or do you arrange to beat them up?
Introduce myself, I might not like their music but I'm sure they're perfectly nice people. Plus they're rich. (Probably?)

68. Sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, you dig?
Hell yes.

69. Do you cook to music?
Not really.

70. Do you sing in the toilet?
No.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2005/08/10/12ps_...%3F Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:32:46 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/indiekid101/journal/2005/08/10/12ps_...%3F What's with the redness? I thought red and green should never be seen? Maybe I was wrong... I want brown. Or blue...?]]>