Finally my blogger seems to be working. And Audiscrobbler and Last.fm seem to be working just fine too, so I guess it's about time to take a look at the songs I've played on the computers at home and at work.
So far I've played a total of 4474 songs by 349 artists/bands, which is an average pretty close to 13 songs per artist. Since my last statistical update which took place on 29 March I've played a total of 1413 songs by 183 different artists.
Previously I've listed my top 10 artists overall, but since my top 50 list now (finally) updates frequently at Audioscrobbler, I thought it would be more interesting if I listed the top 10 artists since my last ranking.
Top 10 artists for the period 29 March - 15 April:
1. New Order (76 plays)
2. Kent (58)
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain (51)
4. The Raveonettes (45)
5. Moi Caprice (42)
6. The Cure (39)
7. The Stone Roses (38)
8. Bright Eyes (33)
9. Moby (32)
10. Neil Young/The Rolling Stones (31)
Summed up I've played these 11 artists 476 times (average 43) the past 2.5 week. More specifically this means that every third song played on my computer during this period has been by one of the above mentioned artists.
Next update will be posted (if blogger.com allows me to), when the number of tracks played reaches 6000.
April 15, 2005
April 9, 2005
2 new albums added to my CD-Collection:
Moi Caprice: You Can't Say No Forever
Thirteen Senses: The Invitation
The definitive hit in the office Friday was To The Lighthouse by Moi Caprice. Need to listen to the album a bit more before judging it. On the first album they were exponents for happy pop music. The first single certainly indicates that this is still the case.
I now finally have my very own copy of the debut album by Thirteen Senses. Hopefully this means that I am excused for getting a (not so legal) mp3 copy last month?
Moi Caprice: You Can't Say No Forever
Thirteen Senses: The Invitation
The definitive hit in the office Friday was To The Lighthouse by Moi Caprice. Need to listen to the album a bit more before judging it. On the first album they were exponents for happy pop music. The first single certainly indicates that this is still the case.
I now finally have my very own copy of the debut album by Thirteen Senses. Hopefully this means that I am excused for getting a (not so legal) mp3 copy last month?
April 7, 2005
It's no big secret that I love all the information and data provided by Audioscrobbler. However I'm very surprised (or maybe even a little bit upset) that only 553 Danes (as per today) have signed up as users.
If you compare this figure to 4011 Swedes, 10753 Brits or 30553 Americans there is absolutely no reason to be impressed.
Check out the stats yourself or sign-up. It's free, kinda interesting and you don't have to be a nerd to enjoy it!
If you compare this figure to 4011 Swedes, 10753 Brits or 30553 Americans there is absolutely no reason to be impressed.
Check out the stats yourself or sign-up. It's free, kinda interesting and you don't have to be a nerd to enjoy it!
Thursday morning ramblings.......
I ordered 6 CD's this morning. The total is now 10 CD's, but I should be able to pick up Sensuous and Thirteen Senses today. Scroll down and see the complete list on the right.
On the right you will also find a list of the albums (those I know of) I will buy as soon as they are released.
On 11 March I wrote that I was looking forward to the new Idlewild album and that my expectations were high. Nearly one month later I haven't really listened to it at all. It's time to change this and so far I've played the album twice today! Still to early to tell if I will rate this higher than The Remote Part, but no matter what I do think that Roddy Woomble is a brilliant singer!
*Non-music-contents*
My wife is pregnant, so in October we're going to become parents for the second time! Do I wish for a boy or a girl? Honestly I don't care as long as the new one will be as crazy, energetic, witty and lovable as his or hers older sister.
I'm working very hard to make our daughter love music, but maybe I'm a little too ambitious (after all she's just 2 years, 8 months old). I have several times (unsuccessfully) tried to make her pronounce the words that would make me a very proud father: "Kent is the best band in the world". But she definitely recognizes the piano intro of Everybody's Changing by Keane and knows for sure that U2 is her mother's favorite band!
So despite our tireless efforts it seems impossible to remove Winnie the Pooh as the undisputed no. 1 on her personal idol chart!
I went to football/soccer practice last night. 20 players showed up and we were split into two teams. My team won the game 3-2, but the best part obviously was that I scored all three goals! I simply have to write about this, because I'm rather well-known for missing even the biggest of scoring chances instead of actually scoring. So yesterday certainly was a career highlight ;-)
I ordered 6 CD's this morning. The total is now 10 CD's, but I should be able to pick up Sensuous and Thirteen Senses today. Scroll down and see the complete list on the right.
On the right you will also find a list of the albums (those I know of) I will buy as soon as they are released.
On 11 March I wrote that I was looking forward to the new Idlewild album and that my expectations were high. Nearly one month later I haven't really listened to it at all. It's time to change this and so far I've played the album twice today! Still to early to tell if I will rate this higher than The Remote Part, but no matter what I do think that Roddy Woomble is a brilliant singer!
*Non-music-contents*
My wife is pregnant, so in October we're going to become parents for the second time! Do I wish for a boy or a girl? Honestly I don't care as long as the new one will be as crazy, energetic, witty and lovable as his or hers older sister.
I'm working very hard to make our daughter love music, but maybe I'm a little too ambitious (after all she's just 2 years, 8 months old). I have several times (unsuccessfully) tried to make her pronounce the words that would make me a very proud father: "Kent is the best band in the world". But she definitely recognizes the piano intro of Everybody's Changing by Keane and knows for sure that U2 is her mother's favorite band!
So despite our tireless efforts it seems impossible to remove Winnie the Pooh as the undisputed no. 1 on her personal idol chart!
I went to football/soccer practice last night. 20 players showed up and we were split into two teams. My team won the game 3-2, but the best part obviously was that I scored all three goals! I simply have to write about this, because I'm rather well-known for missing even the biggest of scoring chances instead of actually scoring. So yesterday certainly was a career highlight ;-)
April 6, 2005
Check out this very nice article (in Danish) about Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain. After reading the article I immediately got inspired and had to listen to the album myself. Luckily I ripped the album on to my computer at work when I bought it, so the listening pleasure was nothing but a simple double-click away!
Still prefer the less noisy follow-up Darklands, though Psychocandy unarguably contains some of the bands finest moments (e.g. Just Like Honey and Some Candy Talking).
Again this is an album I've just recently discovered (far, far too many of those albums), because at the time of it's release in 1985, I was busy listening to Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, China Crisis etc.
I have previously written that my boss is trying to convince me that the only kind of useful music in the world is jazz. So (again) today I tried to listen to the two jazz masterpieces A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and A kind of Blue by Miles Davis. Today it actually felt like I someday will enjoy listening to this kind of music, but I better no let my boss know about it, because then he will start bombarding me with all kinds of Jazz CD's.
Inspired by the above stories I really ought to post something on the transformation process my music taste has gone through during the years. I've enjoyed listening to music all my life (my mother can confirm that), but the range continuously seems to be getting wider. My father once claimed that once I turned 25, I wouldn't be listening to anything but classical music. Unfortunately we didn't make a bet on this, since that would have been a sure winner. Back then (that's 11 years ago now) I wasn't really investigating the works of Mozart or Beethoven, but instead working very hard on getting into Nirvana, Metallica, Pearl Jam etc.
So what really strikes me when writing this (which I'm doing while listening to the - in my opinion - very overrated Kid A by Radiohead) is that instead of settling down (music wise) when growing older, I feel a stronger and stronger need to explore the world of music. I never thought I could be this "open-minded" as I am today, but since this attitude has given me many unexpected listening pleasures, I guess there is no reason for changing anything?
Still prefer the less noisy follow-up Darklands, though Psychocandy unarguably contains some of the bands finest moments (e.g. Just Like Honey and Some Candy Talking).
Again this is an album I've just recently discovered (far, far too many of those albums), because at the time of it's release in 1985, I was busy listening to Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, China Crisis etc.
I have previously written that my boss is trying to convince me that the only kind of useful music in the world is jazz. So (again) today I tried to listen to the two jazz masterpieces A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and A kind of Blue by Miles Davis. Today it actually felt like I someday will enjoy listening to this kind of music, but I better no let my boss know about it, because then he will start bombarding me with all kinds of Jazz CD's.
Inspired by the above stories I really ought to post something on the transformation process my music taste has gone through during the years. I've enjoyed listening to music all my life (my mother can confirm that), but the range continuously seems to be getting wider. My father once claimed that once I turned 25, I wouldn't be listening to anything but classical music. Unfortunately we didn't make a bet on this, since that would have been a sure winner. Back then (that's 11 years ago now) I wasn't really investigating the works of Mozart or Beethoven, but instead working very hard on getting into Nirvana, Metallica, Pearl Jam etc.
So what really strikes me when writing this (which I'm doing while listening to the - in my opinion - very overrated Kid A by Radiohead) is that instead of settling down (music wise) when growing older, I feel a stronger and stronger need to explore the world of music. I never thought I could be this "open-minded" as I am today, but since this attitude has given me many unexpected listening pleasures, I guess there is no reason for changing anything?
April 5, 2005
On 21 March I wrote that the "leaked" Coldplay track Talk wouldn't be included on the album X&Y. The tracklisting has been revealed (www.coldplay.com) and apparently the guys have changed their minds and the song will now be included anyway!
In my opinion this is pretty good news, because as I also wrote in my previous post on this topic I really wanted them to include this brilliant song.
However I can't help thinking that it's confusing with changing information like this, but who am I to complain?
Which is why I won't complain, but simply state that it would be very, very nice if they included Denmark in their concert tour this summer!
Still 2 months to go before the album is released!
In my opinion this is pretty good news, because as I also wrote in my previous post on this topic I really wanted them to include this brilliant song.
However I can't help thinking that it's confusing with changing information like this, but who am I to complain?
Which is why I won't complain, but simply state that it would be very, very nice if they included Denmark in their concert tour this summer!
Still 2 months to go before the album is released!
April 4, 2005
I'm still thinking of writing a little more about the new Kent album. A quick look shows that I've listened to the album 28 times at work! Adding to this the number of times at home and in the car I'm probably close to 40 listens. Needless to say I do like the album a lot.
I mean - If I didn't I guess 40 listens would be a sick kind of masochistic torture?
Hopefully soon I will stop thinking about it and start writing instead! Until I actually do that, I recommend that you listen to Du & Jag D�den yourself.
Krafty by New Order has so far been my office hit of the day. This song is not even close to being their most inventive one, and it does unmistakable sound a lot like, well, New Order. But I guess that's not all that bad, when you like that typical New Order sound?
Amazing - it feels like these guys have been around forever (at least in my musical life) and they are still going strong!
I mean - If I didn't I guess 40 listens would be a sick kind of masochistic torture?
Hopefully soon I will stop thinking about it and start writing instead! Until I actually do that, I recommend that you listen to Du & Jag D�den yourself.
Krafty by New Order has so far been my office hit of the day. This song is not even close to being their most inventive one, and it does unmistakable sound a lot like, well, New Order. But I guess that's not all that bad, when you like that typical New Order sound?
Amazing - it feels like these guys have been around forever (at least in my musical life) and they are still going strong!
It's probably about time to post a few comments on the Keane / Rufus Wainwright concert Friday night. As my post Friday clearly indicated I'm not all that familiar with Rufus Wainwright, but nevertheless I thought he delivered a really fine (though rather short) performance as warm-up.
If nothing else this concert sure revealed that he's a great songwriter and has the most fantastic voice.
In general he had a very positive attitude and was very good at communicating with the audience in between the songs. Vega is a fantastic place for concerts and it definitely looked as if he enjoyed playing there. Several times during the concert he said that he was looking forward to coming back to Vega (and he WILL be back on 8 May 2005).
I started listening to Keane at the end of 2003 before the debut album was released. I had downloaded several of their first minor releases giving me the opportunity to become familiar with them before they became "household" names. So when Keane played in Vega a little less than a year ago (13 April 2004) I was one of the few hundred people there, meaning that the concert Friday night was my second "round" with the band. The past year I must admit that I've been slowly growing tired of their music, which seems to have been everywhere (TV, radio, shopping malls - you name it). Still I thought that it would be cool to see them in concert again.
When watching them play live you feel that it wouldn't hurt if they added a guitarist, but the concert actually gave the impression of being a rock concert despite them being just 3 men on stage (singer, drummer and the dude making noises on the keyboard). The guys gave everything they had and didn't seem tempted to imitate the polished sound of the album, meaning that you never felt like you could have played that one instead.
Compared to last year the band seemed far more "open" and used to play in front of a larger audience, which left you with a feeling that they really had a great time performing.
The only complaint I'm able to make is that they didn't play any of the excellent b-sides like Snowed Under and To The End Of The Earth but instead opted to play a couple of new songs. But that is just a minor objection and it definitely didn't ruin a very good concert.
So overall I think my Friday night was very well spent!
Two new albums added to my CD-Collection:
Athlete: Tourist
New Order: Waiting For The Sirens' Call
If nothing else this concert sure revealed that he's a great songwriter and has the most fantastic voice.
In general he had a very positive attitude and was very good at communicating with the audience in between the songs. Vega is a fantastic place for concerts and it definitely looked as if he enjoyed playing there. Several times during the concert he said that he was looking forward to coming back to Vega (and he WILL be back on 8 May 2005).
I started listening to Keane at the end of 2003 before the debut album was released. I had downloaded several of their first minor releases giving me the opportunity to become familiar with them before they became "household" names. So when Keane played in Vega a little less than a year ago (13 April 2004) I was one of the few hundred people there, meaning that the concert Friday night was my second "round" with the band. The past year I must admit that I've been slowly growing tired of their music, which seems to have been everywhere (TV, radio, shopping malls - you name it). Still I thought that it would be cool to see them in concert again.
When watching them play live you feel that it wouldn't hurt if they added a guitarist, but the concert actually gave the impression of being a rock concert despite them being just 3 men on stage (singer, drummer and the dude making noises on the keyboard). The guys gave everything they had and didn't seem tempted to imitate the polished sound of the album, meaning that you never felt like you could have played that one instead.
Compared to last year the band seemed far more "open" and used to play in front of a larger audience, which left you with a feeling that they really had a great time performing.
The only complaint I'm able to make is that they didn't play any of the excellent b-sides like Snowed Under and To The End Of The Earth but instead opted to play a couple of new songs. But that is just a minor objection and it definitely didn't ruin a very good concert.
So overall I think my Friday night was very well spent!
Two new albums added to my CD-Collection:
Athlete: Tourist
New Order: Waiting For The Sirens' Call
April 1, 2005
Rufus Wainwright: Want One
Tonight Keane will play live in Copenhagen, but the Danish media seems to be far more interested in the warm-up artist - Rufus Wainwright. One newspaper actually wrote that they thought it was a very "brave" move by Keane, because they believe that there is a huge risk that the band will be overshadowed by Rufus. Well I originally bought my ticket because I wanted to see Keane, but all the hype surrounding Mr. Wainwright has indeed made me curious.
So to be well prepared and to get in the right mood for the concert I'm (again) listening to Want One. So far it's been a very slow mover and I must admit that I've had some problems getting into it. Not still totally convinced about his genius, but I'm planning to listen to it in the car (VERY LOUD) on my way to the concert. This will hopefully be the "break-through".
Will try to write a few comments about the concert on Monday.
Tonight Keane will play live in Copenhagen, but the Danish media seems to be far more interested in the warm-up artist - Rufus Wainwright. One newspaper actually wrote that they thought it was a very "brave" move by Keane, because they believe that there is a huge risk that the band will be overshadowed by Rufus. Well I originally bought my ticket because I wanted to see Keane, but all the hype surrounding Mr. Wainwright has indeed made me curious.
So to be well prepared and to get in the right mood for the concert I'm (again) listening to Want One. So far it's been a very slow mover and I must admit that I've had some problems getting into it. Not still totally convinced about his genius, but I'm planning to listen to it in the car (VERY LOUD) on my way to the concert. This will hopefully be the "break-through".
Will try to write a few comments about the concert on Monday.
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