MY weekend was pretty good…

January 30th, 2006 cata-wha?

The same probably can;t be said for this guy: CNN.com - Museum visitor trips, breaks Chinese vases - Jan 30, 2006: “Museum visitor trips, breaks Chinese vases”

Proud member of the Blogging V list.

January 28th, 2006 cata-wha?

Currently enjoying a technorati rank of 1,103,192 thankyouverymuch.

My pod overanalysis

January 25th, 2006 music

I got to thinking about what kind of information about my musical tastes and listening habits was stored on my little iPod. Here’s some raw data to chew on. What else would be interesting to note? Most played songs:

1. White Plains - John Vanderslice - Cellar Door - 14 plays
2. small things - Lali Puna - Faking The Books - 12 plays
3. There There. (The Boney King Of Nowhere.) - Radiohead - Hail To The Thief - 12 plays
4. Da Trax - Herbalizer - Remedies - 11 plays
5. The Argument - The Sea And Cake - The Fawn - 11 plays
6. One Man Dub (Scientist) - A Blood and Fire Audio Catalogue - Dubwise & otherwise - 10 plays
7. Day Tripper - The Beatles - Past Masters, Vol. 2 - 10 plays
8. Glue Of The World - Four Tet - Pause - 10 plays
9. Natural’s Not in It - Gang of Four - Entertainment! - 10 plays
10. April The 14th (Part 1) - Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) - 10 plays
11. Kicker of Elves - Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand - 10 plays
12. Indictment - Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy - 10 plays
13. Bridges and Balloons - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender - 10 plays
14. Children Crying (The Congos) - A Blood and Fire Audio Catalogue - Dubwise & otherwise - 9 plays
15. I’m In Love With A Girl - Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City - 9 plays
16. Outside the Trains Don’t Run on Time - Gang of Four - Entertainment! - 9 plays
17. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) - 45 rpm issue - Getz & Gilberto - Stan Getz and João Gilberto featuring Antonio Car - 9 plays
18. Inflammatory Writ - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender - 9 plays
19. This Side of the Blue - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender - 9 plays
20. En Gallop - Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender - 9 plays
21. b-movie - Lali Puna - Faking The Books - 9 plays
22. people i know - Lali Puna - Faking The Books - 9 plays
23. alienation - Lali Puna - Faking The Books - 9 plays
24. That’s When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls And Marches - 9 plays
25. i’m 9 today - múm - Yesterday was dramatic - today is OK - 9 plays
26. Styles That Fade Away With a Collonade Reprise - Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher - 9 plays
27. Spitfire - The Spinanes - Manos - 9 plays
28. All The Pretty Girls Go To The City - Spoon - Kill The Moonlight - 9 plays
29. See No Evil - Television - Marquee Moon Remastered - 9 plays
30. The Kids Are Alright [Stereo] - The Who - My Generation (Deluxe Edition) (Disc 1) - 9 plays
31. I’m Always in Love - Wilco - Summer Teeth - 9 plays

# of rated songs on album

• Various Artists Trojan D.J. Box Set (disc 1) 13 rated songs
• Minutemen Double Nickels On The Dime 9 rated songs
• The Beatnuts Rare Instrumentals: Breaks For 9 rated songs
• Herbalizer Remedies 8 rated songs
• Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth 7 rated songs
• The Clash London Calling 7 rated songs
• Amon Tobin Bricolage 6 rated songs
• Rites Of Spring End On End 6 rated songs
• T. Rex Essential Collection 6 rated songs
• The Velvet Underground Loaded 6 rated songs
• Cut Chemist Meets Shortkut 6 rated songs
• Wilco Summer Teeth 6 rated songs
• Joy Division 1977 - 1980 - Substance 5 rated songs
• Junior Byles A Live Injection Anthology 1968-1979 2 5 rated songs
• Peter King Afro Funk Raregrooves, volume 1 5 rated songs
• The Ramones Anthology (Disc 1) 5 rated songs
• Buffalo Tom Asides from Buffalo Tom 5 rated songs
• Neko Case Blacklisted 5 rated songs
• The Shins Chutes Too Narrow 5 rated songs
• Jam, The Direction Reaction Creation 5 rated songs
• Gang of Four Entertainment! 5 rated songs
• Lali Puna Faking The Books 5 rated songs
• The Who My Generation (Deluxe Edition) (Disc 1) 5 rated songs
• The Notwist Neon Golden 5 rated songs
• Prefuse 73 One Word Extinguisher 5 rated songs
• Jets To Brazil Orange Rhyming Dictionary 5 rated songs
• Four Tet Pause 5 rated songs
• VA shake sauvage: french soundtracks 1968-1973 5 rated songs
• Jimi Hendrix The best of 5 rated songs
• The Velvet Underground The Best Of The Velvet Underground 5 rated songs
• X Under the Big Black Sun 5 rated songs
• Joy Division Warsaw Bootleg 5 rated songs
• Plus Minus You Are Here 5 rated songs
• Jawbreaker 24 Hour Revenge Therapy 4 rated songs
• The Fall 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong Disc 1 4 rated songs
• Blackalicious Blazing Arrow 4 rated songs
• The Walkmen Bows + Arrows 4 rated songs
• Wire Chairs Missing (Japan Release) 4 rated songs
• Rubén González Chanchullo 4 rated songs
• The Slits Cut 4 rated songs
• The Big Boys Fat Elvis 4 rated songs
• Superchunk Foolish 4 rated songs
• Thunderbirds Are Now! Justamustache 4 rated songs
• Minor Threat Minor Threat: Complete Discography 4 rated songs
• Lee Perry & The Upsetters News Flash 4 rated songs
• Pete Rock Petestrumentals 4 rated songs
• Fugazi Red Medicine 4 rated songs
• The Beatles Revolver [UK] 4 rated songs
• Bad brains Rock For Light 4 rated songs
• Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Shake the Sheets 4 rated songs
• Mission Of Burma Signals, Calls And Marches 4 rated songs
• Pavement Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe (Disc 1) 4 rated songs
• The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 4 rated songs
• Pinback Summer In Abaddon 4 rated songs
• Pixies Surfer Rosa & Come on Pilgrim 4 rated songs
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Tender Prey 4 rated songs
• Pere Ubu The Modern Dance 4 rated songs
• Seam The Problem With Me 4 rated songs
• PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love 4 rated songs

Popular albums Albums with 5 or more songs played 5 or more times

• A Blood and Fire Audio Catalogue - Dubwise & otherwise
• A Certain Ratio - Sextet
• A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
• Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo
• Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
• Buffalo Tom - Asides from Buffalo Tom
• Getz & Gilberto - Stan Getz and João Gilberto featuring Antonio Car
• Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
• Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
• John Vanderslice - Cellar Door
• Lali Puna - Faking The Books
• Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
• Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
• Nick Cave & The bad Seeds - The Boatman’s Call
• Oscar Peterson - Plays Duke Ellington
• Plus Minus - You Are Here
• Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
• The Beatles - Past Masters, Vol. 2
• Various Artists - Trojan D.J. Box Set (disc 1)
• Wilco - Summer Teeth

Fear and Loathing - 2005

January 23rd, 2006 cata-wha?

The BEAST’s 50 Most Loathsome People in America list for 2005 is out now. I am probably dating myself by making a comparison to Spy Magazine for sheer caustic brilliance. Damn good.