Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Highest iTunes Playcounts from 2010

1. POWER - Kanye West
2. October - Broken Bells
3. CMYK - James Blake
4. Monster ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver - Kanye West
5. Footnotes - James Blake
6. I'll Stay - James Blake
7. Dark Fantasy - Kanye West
8. Postpone - James Blake
9. Devil in a New Dress ft. Rick Ross - Kanye West

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Highest iTunes Playcounts, 2000-2009

2000: As the World Turns - Blackalicious
2001: Gold Day - Sparklehorse
2002: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 - The Flaming Lips
2003: Saint Simon - The Shins
2004: Surfing on a Rocket - AIR
2005: Mo Fire - Lil Wayne
2006: Nightmare - Clipse
2007: Isn't Life Strange? - The Clientele
2008: U.R.A. Fever - The Kills
2009: Wasted - Lil Wayne

Monday, April 25, 2011

Highest iTunes Playcounts from the '90s

1990: Starlight - John Cale and Lou Reed
1991: Only Shallow - My Bloody Valentine
1992: Waiting for the Miracle - Leonard Cohen
1993: Lodi Dodi - Snoop Doggy Dogg
1994: Kicker of Elves - Guided by Voices
1995: The Biggest Lie - Elliot Smith
1996: I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
1997: Executive Decision - The Firm
1998: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
1999: Race for the Prize - The Flaming Lips

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Highest iTunes Playcounts from the '80s

1980: Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
1981: Born, Never Asked - Laurie Anderson
1982: Tell Me When It's Over - Dream Syndicate
1983: Pills and Soap - Elvis Costello
1984: Pretty Girls Make Pretty Graves - The Smiths
1985: Hammerheads - Shriekback (unexpected)
1986: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Elvis Costello
1987: Tom Waits - Yesterday Is Here
1988: Wish You Were Here (live acoustic) - Pink Floyd
1989: Freakin' At The Freakers' Ball - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Highest iTunes Playcounts from the '70s

1970: Strangers - The Kinks
1971: California - Joni Mitchell
1972: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - David Bowie
1973: Men of Good Fortune - Lou Reed
1974: Fear Is a Man's Best Friend - John Cale
1975: Mellow My Mind - Neil Young
1976: Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers
1977: Paper Thin Hotel - Leonard Cohen
1978: Ã‰quinoxe Part 1 - Jean Michel Jarre
1979: Powderfinger - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Friday, April 22, 2011

Highest iTunes Playcounts from the '60s

1960: Dirty Dirty Feeling - Elvis Presley
1961: Marieke - Jacques Brel
1962: Down on Me - Janis Joplin
1963: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Bob Dylan
1964: Sie Liebt Dich - The Beatles (unexpected)
1965: Ballad of a Thin Man - Bob Dylan
1966: Laisse-Moi - Chantal Goya
1967: Wild Honey - The Beach Boys
1968: Baby - Os Mutantes
1969: Candy Says - The Velvet Underground

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Veritable Cornucopia

Bristling with images:
Prototype blueprints,
Grappling hooks, stopwatches,
Calendars and paranoia.

Bridges to nowhere can only take you so far,
But it's time, not distance, that matters most
When you're just sitting over coffee, hung over with a cold.

I don't want to go anywhere.
So, I just lean over the railing and stare
At water under the bridge.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Farming the Octogon

Fins sprout like grey stalks of corn.
It is springtime and my head swells
As though my blood and I agree
That the only place to be is outside.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Funting the Calypso

Drip drap - where my funnies at?
I eat so many worlds I don't even need a money map
Criss-Cross - my teeth need fliss-floss
But I eat steel wool and I drink piss cause I'm the bliss-boss
Don't like rhymin? It's all in the timin
And I got time covered in grime like sime
Mese cat - fuckin a baseball bat cover'din fat.