artists spend 333 hours per song, at 40 hour work weeks, over a span of 2 years, for a total of 12 songs, to make an album. insane.

top 20 (uncommonly listened-to bands)

1. the cribs @ 9
2. kasabian @ 9

3. the holloways @ 6
4. jarvis cocker @ 6
5. friendly fires @ 6

6. paul mccartney & wings @ 5
7. miss li @ 5

8. the view @ 4
9. bombay bicycle club @ 4

10. those dancing days @ 3
11. the monochrome set @ 3
12. little man tate @ 3
13. black kids @ 3

14. passion pit @ 2
15. lonnie donegan @ 2
16. ohbijou @ 2
17. the blow @ 2
18. blakfish @ 2
19. fanfarlo @ 2
20. hot club de paris @ 2

scores

@2 (everything w/ a score of 2)
arcade fire
babyshambles
blakfish
creed
dido
dirty pretty things
fanfarlo
glasvegas
good shoes
graham coxon
hot club de paris
jamie t
johnny foreigner
kaiser chiefs
kate nash
kelly clarkson
kimya dawson
kings of leon
lightspeed champion
lonnie donegan
lykki li
maximo park
metric
michael jackson
my latest novel
new buffalo
ohbijou
passion pit
ringo starr
robert plant & allison krauss
robin williams
shystie
spacehog
supercar
television personalities
the black keys
the blow
the concretes
the divine comedy
the feelies
the juan maclean
the metrox
the paddingtons
the pipettes
the rolling stones
tony bennett
twisted wheel
wings

@3 (everything w/ a score of 3)
against me
art brut
black kids
little man tate
mellowdrone
new young pony club
oasis
paul mccartney
peter doherty
red hot chili peppers
rolf harris
shy child
the dandy warhols
the darkness
the fall
the joy formidable
the kooks
the libertines
the maccabees
the monochrome set
the streets
those dancing days
white lies

@4 (everything w/ a score of 4)
bombay bicycle club
coldplay
hot leg
john lennon
pink floyd
slade
the view
the wombats

@5 (everything w/ a score of 5)
dizzee rascal
miss li
paul mccartney & wings
the wurzels

@6 (everything w/ a score of 6)
blink 182
friendly fires
jarvis cocker
sandeep sehbi
the holloways
the unicorns

@9 (everything w/ a score of 9)
kasabian
the cribs

@12 (everything w/ a score of 12)
muse

@16 (everything w/ a score of 16)
radiohead

@28 (everything w/ a score of 28)
sigur ros
the beatles

last.fm

according to last.fm,
these are what i used to listen to:

1. sigur ros (1994-present)
2. the xx (2005-present)
3. new young pony club (2004-present)
4. coldplay (1996-present)
5. elvis presley (1954-77) inactive
6. art brut (2003-present)
7. the cribs (2001-2010) inactive
8. the kooks (2004-present)
9. red hot chili peppers (1983-present)
10. oasis (1991-2009) inactive
11. dido (1995-present)
12. kasabian (1999-present)
13. babyshambles (2003-present)
14. hot leg (2008-2010) inactive
15. broken social scene (1999-present)
16. the beatles (1960-1970) inactive
17. metric (1998-present)
18. t. rex (1967-1977) inactive
19. new buffalo (2000-present)
20. sandeep sehbi inactive
21. pulp (1978-2002, 2011)
22. glasvegas (2003-present)
23. sting (1971-present)
24. friendly fires (2006-present)
25. the welsh assembly inactive
26. the wurzels (1966-present)
27. karen o and the kids (2000-present)
28. interpol (1997-present)
29. the darkness (2000-2006) inactive
30. paul mccartney (1957-present)
31. the joy formidable (2007-present)
32. lykke li (2007-present)
33. the blackburn collective inactive
34. spacehog (1994-2002, 2008-present)
35. foo fighters (1994-present)
36. imogen heap (1997-present)
37. massive attack (1988-present)
38. dizzee rascal (2000-present)
39. kings of leon (1999-present)
40. muse (1994-present)
41. jarvis cocker (1978-present)
42. the jackson 5 (1964-1990) inactive
43. jonsi and alex (2003-present)
44. cansei de ser sexy (2003-present)
45. radiohead (1985-present)
46. miss li (2006-present)
47. blink 182 (1992-2005, 2009-present)
48. the wombats (2003-present)
49. semisonic (1995-2001) inactive
50. mia (2000-present)

22 albums for 2010

1. massive attack - heligoland
2. lightspeed champion - life is sweet! nice to meet you
3. serj tankian - elect the dead symphony
4. goldfrapp - head first
5. erykah badu - new amerykah part two
6. keane - night train
7. the national - high violent
8. LCD soundsystem - this is happening
9. the black keys - brothers
10. arcade fire - the suburbs
11. radiohead - live in praha
12. kano - method to the madness
13. interpol - interpol
14. royksopp - senior
15. serj tankian - imperfect harmonies
16. weezer - hurley
17. no age - everything in between
18. robbie williams - in and out of consciousness
19. jamiroquai - rock dust light star
20. pink - greatest hits so far
21. duffy - englessly
22. robyn - body talk

coursework

How would you compare four of your favorite musical artists?

Pete Doherty, Jarvis Cocker, Paul Mccartney, Shane Macgowan

What genre of music do they play?
When did you first hear of them?
What nationality is the singer?
How have they influenced your own music?

addendum:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/apr/16/popandrock.pulp - jarvis cocker at 24
http://educate-yourself.org/lte/james_paul_mccartney_1966.jpg - paul mccartney at 24
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84213022/Premium-Archive - shane macgowan at 24
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4690288.stm - pete doherty at 24

music awards...

i was reading about hte current mercury awards lineup, and for the first year that i've known about them, i just really can't care less. i don't know what it is, but if i were to guess, it'd have to be the fact that i havne't even really been listening to music much this year. i mean if you ask me cd use is overrated. there's times and places where music can be nice, but it doesnt have to necessarily rule your life.thats how i think current business models want people to live with music, with their lives saturated by it rather than complemented by it occasionally. so in that sense perhaps the business model is wrong. by trying to use things such as well... a drug supplier's sort of addictive-mindset... i think they cross the line into immoral behavior. but at the end of the day we're all better off with these sorts of things in moderation, rather than in the amounts mandated to us by television commercials and youth culture. it's a healthier more harmonious way of doing business, for the record companies, and to live life, for the consumers.

anita's suggestion: au revoir simone

i've been listening to the last.fm station for these guys and it's been amazing. there's just lots of new bands i've just not heard of before. so getting the chance to listen + fave is nice. it's like the lykke li vibe. but with lots of other types of bands and stuff. so it's pretty cool. but like... yeah.