Well, I almost didn't make one because I'm still bitter that I spent forever making one in 2009 and last.fm inexplicably deleted it. But I should probably get over that. And I can compare to '08, I guess.
So, here goes:
1. They Might Be Giants - 9850
2. Barenaked Ladies - 955
3. The Beatles - 502
4. John Linnell - 463
5. The Monkees - 408
6. Jonathan Coulton - 315
7. Tally Hall - 313
8. Islands - 305
9. The Decemberists - 265
10. The Kinks - 263
11. Bob Dylan - 236
12. Oppenheimer -…

So, when I started getting into Elvis Costello, my dad went and found all his old EC vinyls to let me listen to. There was what appeared to be a 45 stuffed into the cover of Armed Forces, containing Accidents Will Happen, Alison, and Watching The Detectives. I didn't give it a second glance… until I realized Watching The Detectives was 6 minutes long. WTF?

So, I played it, and turns out, it's all live stuff, with Accidents being a piano only arrangement, and Alison being a piano-mostly arrangement. And Detectives being a 6 minute long…

So, I just found season 3 of Strangers With Candy at the Full Circle for $4. Awesome.

That place in general is awesome, especially considering what it used to be like. They recently got a new owner, and he took it from hole-in-the-wall with, like, one row of new releases, to hole-in-the-wall with all sorts of less than mainstream albums, records, old classic records, and used DVDs. The addition of stuff worth buying has created the need for boxes of stuff to be piled all over (to resemble a teenager's messy room), but I could care less about that. In…

1. They Might Be Giants - 8486
2. Barenaked Ladies - 483
3. John Linnell - 424
4. The Beatles - 380
5. The Monkees - 319
6. Tally Hall - 246
7. Jonathan Coulton - 240
8. The Kinks - 216
9. Islands - 201
10. Frank Zappa - 170
11. Bob Dylan - 168
12. The Velvet Underground - 157

Here's my top twelve of 2007, for comparison:

1. They Might Be Giants (playcount 5300)
2. John Linnell (playcount 211)
3. The Beatles (playcount 192)
4. Barenaked Ladies (playcount 141)
5. The Monkees (playcount 125)
6. The Kinks…

Wed 22 Oct – Paul And Storm concert

Let me say this first: their recordings don't do them justice. Paul and Storm live were more amazing than I ever would have guessed. I almost didn't go to this show (I wasn't a huge fan), and was persuaded by the fact that bands I even remotely like never come this close (and school started late the next day, so I could stay out late and sleep in :D). I am so glad I went.

When I first got to The Intersection, the parking area (meaning the streets that surround the venue)…

Life is interesting.
It's raining outside.
Usually rain is exciting and fresh. Today there is a different kind of rain. it's calm, peaceful, and maybe a little sad. Not mega-depressed sad, but just slightly sorrowful. Bittersweet. It's cold and dark outside.
I was playing the piano when i accidentally played a chord progression that sounded just like the one in Weezer's 'Island In The Sun'. It made me feel a strange urge to listen to that song, so I did. Over and over. it suited my mood so well, I can't even explain it. It was a great contrast to…

Well, school started today. I'm a senior this year. Yippee! I should probably be doing my AP chem homework, but in the world in which I choose to live, AP stands for 'advanced procrastination', something I'm only too good at, so I'll summarize my day instead.

1st hour AP chem-
I like my teacher, Mr. Lukow. The first thing he did was tell the class no food or drinks in the classroom, except for water. Annie Sanders says "how can you tell if it's water or not?', to which Mr. Lukow replied, "I am a CHEMIST. I have multiple ways…

I start school tomorrow. So not looking forward to this. Seems like this summer went much faster than any other summer has. :( I might not have time to be online much; I'm taking 3 AP classes this year, which means probably a lot of homework. I don't know how I got talked into taking AP calc, I hate math and I'm not even good at it. And then, on top of this, I'm going to be editor on our school paper this year. Cool, but this pretty much means for sure the death of my social life. :(

In…

I have a blog now. I doubt I'll ever do anything great with it, but I thought it might be fun.
http://anathesciencegirl.blogspot.com/

… would rock. Sorry, guys, it hasn't happened yet. But what if?
You may wonder where I got that idea.
I got it here: http://www.box.net/shared/ot39xe7go4
The moment I heard Ira's awkward singing, I knew he needed to be in a musical. I've officially added it to the list of things I want to see before I die.

What kind of musical would it be? It would have to be a dramatic story of personal struggle, where, at the climax of the tale, the protagonist recites a timeless monologue about what he learned or realized, not un-TAL-like.
And it would be…