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28 November 2005

This week's last.fm charts Radiohead is still #1 but Kate Bush is tied for the #2 spot. [More:]The #1 track is Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground. You kinky bastards. Super Furry Animals is #65. I'll have to do something about that.
matildaben, I finally caved and started listening to the Arcade Fire, mainly because I liked their Talking Heads cover that you put on the (latest? one before?) mix.
posted by gaspode 28 November | 14:34
I'm happy to see Kraftwerk's single version of "Autobahn" made the chart. Either mischief is playing it a lot, or more than just he and I must like it.
posted by BoringPostcards 28 November | 14:36
Hey, thanks for posting, matildaben, I hadn't gotten around to it yet. ;-)

The top tracks are interesting -- who keeps pimping for Dabenport? "Finds You Well" was tied for top track, as were a couple of obvious YSI tracks like Kate's "Waking the Witch". The cool one is "Jingle Bell Rock" by P.S. Tail, Esq.! Even so only 5 of some 50+ members listened. The rest of y'all, get off your asses!

Here, now there's no excuse:
Jingle Rock Bell

There's a lot of neat stuff, though, like the YSIs for "Teardrop" and "Autobahn", that African Konono N°1 "Paradiso" track from MeFi, "Whisky in the Jar" and TSO's "Wizards of Winter" (the Christmas lights movie music). I do wonder which of these will have staying power, though.

All in all a very cool group of tracks, even if the majority get only 2 listeners. I'm also not a bit surprised that the Top Artists list is settling into a more conventional ranking (I am suprised that even my occasional plays of "The Scientist" don't help Coldplay onto the list). Kate Bush is a surprising favorite -- more people must be picking up her new album.

There's also a good experimental/indie angle with Guided By Voices, Devendra Banhart and Neutral Milk Hotel represented -- in addition to more mainstream indie fare like New Porn. And who's the one other fan of the Kills?
posted by stilicho 28 November | 15:32
Here are a couple of YSI tracks from my radio spot last weekend.

Men of Station by 13 And God (The Notwist and Themselves)

Molecules by Slender Means.
posted by matildaben 28 November | 15:39
Looks like my mix only slightly influenced the charts. Mostly in the form of curiosity in Question Mark & The Mysterians? Anyway, the mix is still there to download if someone wants to grab it still. I'll probably be taking it off in a few days.
posted by panoptican 28 November | 16:20
YSI: Essie Jain - Disgrace
posted by panoptican 28 November | 16:50
As far as mixes go, with the holidays and MeCha radio, I still haven't caught up -- I've got three mix zips on my desktop I haven't opened yet. ;-) They may yet be in the charts!

Actually I still have YSIs on my desktop from whenever that I haven't listened to more than once, i.e. enough to decide to ditch or add to the permanent collection. I put them on my desktop because otherwise they pile up even worse.
posted by stilicho 28 November | 20:33
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