YOU ACT LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT (I hope)
...and that is where we stand this week.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Week 10-ish
'cause there was no week 10, apparently.
YOU ACT LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT (I hope)
...and that is where we stand this week.
YOU ACT LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT (I hope)
...and that is where we stand this week.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Back to the grind
I'm back. Big whoop. It's not like you emailed me to say "Hey, what's up w/ the not posting?" anyway...
Plays as of February 1st, 2010:
And our new leader board, more or less the same. more or less.
A more comprehensive list.
Plays as of February 1st, 2010:
And our new leader board, more or less the same. more or less.
A more comprehensive list.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Week 9.5: Moving
This weekend I was moving. So, y'know, naturally my life is in a state of disarray. I'll not be putting up a post today, but later this week I'll make up for lost time...
Monday, December 14, 2009
Week 9: S Bar X
Total plays as of December 14:
Total plays for the week of December 7-14: 385.
This week was pretty much just a Sebadoh lovefest, especially after I re-heard their cover of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon". Heck, I'm even thinking that my band should cover the same track (but in the vein of Sebadoh). So much Sebadoh listening that they managed to break into the leader board, while beforehand they didn't even break into the Top Artists list. While Sebadoh pushed out Bear McCreary to grab the 18th place position, Dinosaur Jr. were able to capitalize further on their previous gains, grabbing themselves a solid 13th place finish:
Looking further down the Top Artists list, we notice that this week marks the debut of J Dilla, who came in at 32nd place, while ...Trail of Dead and Oxbow both lost out. I wouldn't yet count-out Oxbow though, they're a consistent band who wont willingly be forced into the background, as opposed to ...Trail of Dead, whose best material is behind them, and for whom every listen is a reminder of how far they've managed to fall in the past decade.
Other than that, we have our top-songs list, which still remains unchanged, and continues to be dominated by Jefferson Airplane, and Silkworm.
Total plays for the week of December 7-14: 385.
This week was pretty much just a Sebadoh lovefest, especially after I re-heard their cover of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon". Heck, I'm even thinking that my band should cover the same track (but in the vein of Sebadoh). So much Sebadoh listening that they managed to break into the leader board, while beforehand they didn't even break into the Top Artists list. While Sebadoh pushed out Bear McCreary to grab the 18th place position, Dinosaur Jr. were able to capitalize further on their previous gains, grabbing themselves a solid 13th place finish:
Looking further down the Top Artists list, we notice that this week marks the debut of J Dilla, who came in at 32nd place, while ...Trail of Dead and Oxbow both lost out. I wouldn't yet count-out Oxbow though, they're a consistent band who wont willingly be forced into the background, as opposed to ...Trail of Dead, whose best material is behind them, and for whom every listen is a reminder of how far they've managed to fall in the past decade.
Other than that, we have our top-songs list, which still remains unchanged, and continues to be dominated by Jefferson Airplane, and Silkworm.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Week 8: ...and as winter descends upon the town...
Total plays as of December 1:
Total plays this week: 448
Last week, continuing on from the week before, was dominated by Dinosaur Jr., and Farm particularly. But the renewed interest in Dinosaur Jr. ended up leading to a renewed interest in Sebadoh, who I'd only ever really appreciated before, and not listened to that much. (even though, thinking back, I've always had a copy of the Gimme Indie Rock! 7") I mean, I knew the choice cuts, like Cry Sis, or Gimme Indie Rock!, or The Freed Pig, but hadn't really begun to acquaint myself with much of the rest of their ouevre.
Doing so has given them the #1 spot this week, followed extremely closely by Dinosaur Jr.
So how does this resurgent interest in J and Lou affect the leader board? Well, as you can see, Dinosaur Jr. makes their first appearance after years of wandering the wilderness (read: that is, mostly haveing been listened to while I was in high-school before the advent of scrobbling). They are, unfortunately, not likely to hold on to this position for too long, as they're mired in the muck of the low-end of the top-artists, that most competitive of positions, since the leaders are fairly indisputable, save from themselves.
Which throws Dinosaur Jr up to the 14th place on the leader board. Other than that, the other new name to make an appearance this week is Bear McCreary, who has the benefit of an ouevre that lends itself to being listened to from beginning to end, and is just the bitchin'est soundtrack for anything you happen to be doing, whether it be playing videogames, or air-travel (as the case is with me).
Other assorted observations: Melvins overtook Madlib this week, but not so substantially that it couldn't easily be reversed. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Patton Oswalt, Shellac and Bear McCreary all fell one place this week in order to accommodate Dinosaur Jr.
Total plays this week: 448
Last week, continuing on from the week before, was dominated by Dinosaur Jr., and Farm particularly. But the renewed interest in Dinosaur Jr. ended up leading to a renewed interest in Sebadoh, who I'd only ever really appreciated before, and not listened to that much. (even though, thinking back, I've always had a copy of the Gimme Indie Rock! 7") I mean, I knew the choice cuts, like Cry Sis, or Gimme Indie Rock!, or The Freed Pig, but hadn't really begun to acquaint myself with much of the rest of their ouevre.
Doing so has given them the #1 spot this week, followed extremely closely by Dinosaur Jr.
So how does this resurgent interest in J and Lou affect the leader board? Well, as you can see, Dinosaur Jr. makes their first appearance after years of wandering the wilderness (read: that is, mostly haveing been listened to while I was in high-school before the advent of scrobbling). They are, unfortunately, not likely to hold on to this position for too long, as they're mired in the muck of the low-end of the top-artists, that most competitive of positions, since the leaders are fairly indisputable, save from themselves.
Which throws Dinosaur Jr up to the 14th place on the leader board. Other than that, the other new name to make an appearance this week is Bear McCreary, who has the benefit of an ouevre that lends itself to being listened to from beginning to end, and is just the bitchin'est soundtrack for anything you happen to be doing, whether it be playing videogames, or air-travel (as the case is with me).
Other assorted observations: Melvins overtook Madlib this week, but not so substantially that it couldn't easily be reversed. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Patton Oswalt, Shellac and Bear McCreary all fell one place this week in order to accommodate Dinosaur Jr.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Week 7: On The Farm
Well, I'm back from my trip. Do I have any interesting listening habits to show for it? meh. But regardless, I picked up the new Dinosaur Jr. last week, and I'm thinking that we're gonna see a pretty substantial bump from them sometime soon. Not to mention that I managed to catch Sonic Youth @ Terminal 5, and the new songs sounded pretty rockin'. I'm probably gonna end up picking that up before too long as well.
So over the last two weeks, I'm managed to accrue about
and minus all previous plays, that's a total of 1033 over the past two weeks.
So what was I listening to over those two weeks? Well, let's take a look:
Now, I know this is only the last 7 days, and I missed last weeks entry, but this is the best I can do, dammit! We cans ee David Cross got a lot of plays, as I realized that it's especially comforting to listen to comedy while undergoing air-travel. It's like traveling with a hilarious friend, and getting to laugh at little jokes all to yrself. "Pissing in God's face for five hours..." indeed. But otherwise, it's Dinosaur Jr.'s week. I managed to catch 'em live at Terminal 5 in NYC, and gotta say, they were far from a disappointment. Since I hadn't bought their new album (I believe in brand-loyalty, and simply haven't had the time to hit-up my favorite record shop, so I never bought it, 'cause I could never bring myself to buy it anywhere else--except: ) so I bought it at the show, and got the sweet deal of the double-LP, w/ free trucker hat & digital download, for a cool $20. Point is: I'm giving the new album the ol' college try, since it's been awhile since I bought something new, I'm not gonna let my monies go to waste. But either way, it's easy enough on the ears that I'm not really fightin' it, and will probably go back and listen to their late-80's, early-90's material afterwards, to put it all in context.
But despite all those plays, they've managed to have little to no effect upon the leader board, or even the top 35 artists.
So over the last two weeks, I'm managed to accrue about
and minus all previous plays, that's a total of 1033 over the past two weeks. So what was I listening to over those two weeks? Well, let's take a look:
Now, I know this is only the last 7 days, and I missed last weeks entry, but this is the best I can do, dammit! We cans ee David Cross got a lot of plays, as I realized that it's especially comforting to listen to comedy while undergoing air-travel. It's like traveling with a hilarious friend, and getting to laugh at little jokes all to yrself. "Pissing in God's face for five hours..." indeed. But otherwise, it's Dinosaur Jr.'s week. I managed to catch 'em live at Terminal 5 in NYC, and gotta say, they were far from a disappointment. Since I hadn't bought their new album (I believe in brand-loyalty, and simply haven't had the time to hit-up my favorite record shop, so I never bought it, 'cause I could never bring myself to buy it anywhere else--except: ) so I bought it at the show, and got the sweet deal of the double-LP, w/ free trucker hat & digital download, for a cool $20. Point is: I'm giving the new album the ol' college try, since it's been awhile since I bought something new, I'm not gonna let my monies go to waste. But either way, it's easy enough on the ears that I'm not really fightin' it, and will probably go back and listen to their late-80's, early-90's material afterwards, to put it all in context. But despite all those plays, they've managed to have little to no effect upon the leader board, or even the top 35 artists.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Week 5: Capture the Flag/Fag/My Attention/Whatever...
Late update today, and all of this in spite of the fact that I started working on it yesterday. Still though, certainly a better week than last, what with my iPod functioning normally. With that, let us turn our eyes to the future: I will not be in town next week, and therefore unlikely capable of scrobbling any plays. Now, I could do a week 5.5 update before I leave, then do a massive week 7, but I'm lazy, so I'll probably just do it all when I get back. But if I'm going to do that, I'd better know how many plays I already have, and as of this week the total is: 
and minus the 32768 plays from last week, that's a total of about 509 plays. So let's see who garned those plays, shall we?
Really, a lot of it is about what is able to hold my attention over a specific span of time, others it's more about, say, what I'm doing while listening to music (note: I am at work a lot). This week, or weekend I should say, I played videogames, and that's why the Sun City Girls decided they'd show off their chops. They're a band that really just slays all others, and the only reason they're as low on the scale as they presently are (which is really not that low, is because I only started scrobbling circa September 2008. They're a band that rules their domain, and though I love visiting, I just haven't had the time lately. When I do find myself in the domain of the Sun City Girls, however, I find I often simply don't want to leave, and that's what happened this weekend.
...and actually, the very same phenomena explains the exceptional lead held by Sublime Frequencies above all others as well.
Looking at the artists list, we can see just who Bob Dylan pushed off the leader board this week:
And otherwise, as per the you-zh-uh, the top-songs remains relatively stable this week:
and minus the 32768 plays from last week, that's a total of about 509 plays. So let's see who garned those plays, shall we?
Really, a lot of it is about what is able to hold my attention over a specific span of time, others it's more about, say, what I'm doing while listening to music (note: I am at work a lot). This week, or weekend I should say, I played videogames, and that's why the Sun City Girls decided they'd show off their chops. They're a band that really just slays all others, and the only reason they're as low on the scale as they presently are (which is really not that low, is because I only started scrobbling circa September 2008. They're a band that rules their domain, and though I love visiting, I just haven't had the time lately. When I do find myself in the domain of the Sun City Girls, however, I find I often simply don't want to leave, and that's what happened this weekend.
Looking at the artists list, we can see just who Bob Dylan pushed off the leader board this week:
And otherwise, as per the you-zh-uh, the top-songs remains relatively stable this week:
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