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/ivocaliban/journal The Last.fm journal for ivocaliban. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/ivocaliban/journal/2007/01/02/9uyes_musical_oracle Tue, 2 Jan 2007 00:34:30 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/ivocaliban/journal/2007/01/02/9uyes_musical_oracle Put your entire collection on shuffle. Read through each of the following questions, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING, you must use the song that comes on.

Lifted from polyesterrash. Much thanks...


1. How does the world see me?:
Stranger Song
Considering I spent New Year's Eve with my cat, I really can't argue.

2. Will I have a happy life?:
Ride Into The Sun
Sounds good, but I can only imagine the bursting into flame bit.

3. What do my friends really think of me?:
The Weight
Did my collection just call me fat? Perhaps it's just emotional baggage.

4. Do people secretly lust after me?:
Ain't No God In Mexico
I...have no idea how to interpret this one. Doesn't sound positive, though.

5. How can I make myself happy?:
Ten Years Ago
Good idea. Live in the past. Or maybe stop doing that? Hmm...

6. What should I do with my life?:
The Fall of the House of Usher
Oh, fuck.

7. Will I ever have children?:
Mary
Immaculate conception?

8. What is some good advice for me?:
Girls Talk
Preach it, Elvis.

9. How will I be remembered?:
Domino
"They love him so that cat called Domino..."

10. What is my signature dancing song?:
Autumn Leaves
Melancholic and romantic. That's the only way to dance.

11. What do I think my current theme song is?:
Super Sex
In my dreams. However, I do "got the whiskey."

12. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?:
Bring My Car I Feel to Smash It
Ironically, I do need new brakes. I wish that was a joke.

13. What song will play at my funeral?:
Big Black Mariah
Damn...that's spooky!

14. What type of men/women do you like?:
Good Times, Bad Times
Yes, that's true. I prefer my women bipolar.

15. What is my day going to be like?:
Play With Your Poodle
>.>

16. Will I ever have love again?
Miles Davis
Thanks, Miles. Alright, time for a drink.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/ivocaliban/journal/2006/12/22/9uy4r_top_25 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:15:03 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/ivocaliban/journal/2006/12/22/9uy4r_top_25 Borrowed (stolen) from littlekasino:


01. Bob Dylan
02. David Bowie
03. The Cure
04. The Pogues
05. Tom Waits
06. Elvis Costello
07. Thelonious Monk
08. The Jesus and Mary Chain
09. B.B. King
10. Johnny Cash
11. Leonard Cohen
12. The Magnetic Fields
13. Lou Reed
14. Talking Heads
15. The Rolling Stones
16. Leadbelly
17. Radiohead
18. The Beatles
19. Miles Davis
20. Brian Eno
21. Nick Drake
22. Deerhoof
23. The Velvet Underground
24. John Coltrane
25. Björk


Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Watching The Detectives

What is your favorite album by 2?
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

What is your favorite lyric that 1 has sung?
"Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying."
-from It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

How many times have you seen 11 live?
None.

What is your favorite song by 7?
Straight, No Chaser

What is a good memory you have involving 20?
Listening to Ambient 1: Music for Airports in a dark room when just on the verge of sleep.

Is there a song by 3 that makes you sad?
Many of them. Ocean and Pictures Of You come to mind.

What is your favorite lyric that 14 has sung?
"Lost my shape-Trying to act casual!
Can't stop-I might end up in the hospital
I'm changing my shape-I feel like an accident
They're back!-To explain their experience"
-from Crosseyed and Painless

What is your favorite song by 19?
All Blues

How did you get in to 22?
My good friend Rob introduced me to them. (Saw them open for The Flaming Lips a few months ago!)

What was the first song you heard by 21?
Pink Moon

What is your favorite song by 4?
Streams Of Whiskey

How many times have you seen 10 live?
None. *sigh*

What is a good memory you have involving 13?
Reminds me of a friend I've lost contact with...

Is there a song by 23 that makes you sad?
Pale Blue Eyes
(Interesting that Lou Reed was the artist for the last one...)

What is your favorite album of 15?
Exile On Main Street

What is your favorite lyric that 9 has sung?
"She’s got a pearl-handled pistol
A knife and a razor, too
You can’t ever tell her, she’ll always tell you
She’s dynamite, she’s dynamite
She knows what to do
And she knows what it’s all about"
-from She'S Dynamite

What is your favorite song by 8?
Snakedriver

What is your favorite song by 16?
You Don't Know My Mind

How many times have you seen 5 live?
Zero. (This question is depressing!)

What is your favorite album by 12?
69 Love Songs

What is a good memory you have involving 25?
Hmmm...I need to start making some good memories.

What was the first song you heard by 18?
Yellow Submarine

What is your favorite song by 17?
Street Spirit (Fade Out)

What is your favorite album by 24?
Soultrane]]>