Journals are WMBFs. Weapons of massive boredom fighting!

In a silly attempt to combine music and relevant nationwide issues, like say politics, here’s a list of artists that would rule their home states, if the fate of their local politics came down to my music library!

Ordered alphabetically by state name. Only continental US states, no associated states or far out places.

ALABAMA (AL)
Remy Zero

Our government will be run from:
Birmingham

Main campaign promise:
Music will be the most important signature in our education systems. So everyone can have their 15 minutes of fame and receive endless royalties from syndicated tv shows.

New State Anthem: Save Me


ARIZONA (AZ)
Jimmy Eat World

Our government will be run from:
Mesa

Main campaign promise:
Jimmies and Marys will rule the world. No life will be wasted, everyone will be worthy of remembrance.

New State Anthem: A Praise Chorus


ARKANSAS (AR)
Johnny Cash

Our government will be run from:
Kingsland

Main campaign promise:
Black will be everywhere, even in our state flag. No other color will be allowed for clothing.

New State Anthem: The Man Comes Around


CALIFORNIA (CA)
Xiu Xiu

Our government will be run from:
San Jose

Main campaign promise:
Family therapy and support groups for y’all!

New State Anthem: I Luv the Valley OH


COLORADO (CO)
DeVotchKa

Our government will be run from:
Denver

Main campaign promise:
Increase job opportunities for better quality of life. Less restrictions and tax breaks for corporations and manufacturing companies that would like to bring their operations to our state, especially if they are russian.

New State Anthem: Basso Profundo


CONNECTICUT (CT)
Moby

Our government will be run from:
Darien

Main campaign promise:
Quality soundboards for the fraction of retail price!

Our schools will be the first ones in the nation to include dedicated classes of Pro Tools and Garage Bands for the kiddies.

New State Anthem: One of These Mornings


DELAWARE (DE)
The Spinto Band

Our government will be run from:
Wilmington

Main campaign promise:
State sponsored musical formation for all interested. So one day we may produce better artists... and attract more tourist.

New State Anthem: Oh Mandy


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC)
The Walkmen

Our government will be run from:
Washington, D.C. (duh)

Main campaign promise:
Constitutional changes to make our district an actual state.

We will also import fog and/or buy massive amounts of fake fog to make our new state way more melancholic.

New State Anthem: The Rat


FLORIDA (FL)
Discover America

Our government will be run from:
Pensacola

Main campaign promise:
By state law, all residents must have a moniker. No more traditional First Name, Second Name - that doesn’t rhyme at all with first name, and patriarchal Last Name.

New State Anthem: Phantom Treasure


GEORGIA (GA)
of Montreal

Our government will be run from:
Athens

Main campaign promise:
Everything will work backwards. If we are happy we will write slow, sleep inducing, songs. Otherwise everything is upbeat and bright. Fancy Broadway inspired makeup, high maintenance hairdos and mismatching colors in clothes will be the norm.

New State Anthem: Suffer for Fashion


IDAHO (ID)
Built to Spill

Our government will be run from:
Boise

Main campaign promise:
Dadaism and Surrealism will reign supreme as our new state graphic identity.

New State Anthem: Goin’ Against Your Mind


ILLINOIS (IL)
Andrew Bird

Our government will be run from:
Chicago

Main campaign promise:
Extra lungs will be pre-installed in every newborn baby, so they can do strong whistles, and turn the pages of their violin scores with their breath!

New State Anthem: A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left


INDIANA (IN)
Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

Our government will be run from:
Indianapolis

Main campaign promise:
Groups and association of less than eight members will be banned, even in social situations. No more single dating and talking to the same two people you already knew in the corner of a bar.

We will also name a street in every town after David Letterman.

New State Anthem: Skeleton Key


IOWA (IA)
Slipknot

Our government will be run from:
Des Moines

Main campaign promise:
Any individual that is seen on the street showing the skin on their face will be ripped apart, de-gutted, drenched in acid, urinated upon by every town resident, and then exhibited in the town plaza.

Aside from that, everyone can do as they please.

New State Anthem: My Plague


KANSAS (KS)
Mates of State

Our government will be run from:
Lawrence

Main campaign promise:
Family unity will be encouraged by making every married couple start a conjoined project, so they can spend loads of time together.

New State Anthem: My Only Offer


KENTUCKY (KY)
My Morning Jacket

Our government will be run from:
Louisville

Main campaign promise:
Permanent ban on razors and hair scissors.

New State Anthem: Off the Record


LOUISIANA (LA)
Better Than Ezra

Our government will be run from:
New Orleans

Main campaign promise:
Bring back the 90s! revival activities... every day of the week!

New State Anthem: Good


MAINE (ME)
Joan as Police Woman

Our government will be run from:
Biddeford

Main campaign promise:
Straight down pop music will be banned. Everything must contain some classical element, even ad jingles, otherwise they won’t be allowed to be broadcasted.

New State Anthem: Real Life


MARYLAND (MD)
Animal Collective

Our government will be run from:
Baltimore (with a special consulate in Portugal)

Main campaign promise:
More funding for statewide Pet Zoos.

New State Anthem: Peacebone


MASSACHUSETTS (MA)
Caspian

Our government will be run from:
Beverly

Main campaign promise:
Words are overrated. State funding towards programs that build better communication skills.

New State Anthem: Crawlspace


MICHIGAN (MI)
Sufjan Stevens

Our government will be run from:
Petoskey

Main campaign promise:
A special holiday will be instated celebrating wings.

Pass new laws legislations to crack down on bullies, until no kid (or grown man) feels threaten to go out wearing their favorite set of butterfly wings.

New State Anthem: Come on! Feel the Illinoise!


MINNESOTA (MN)
The Hold Steady

Our government will be run from:
Minneapolis

Main campaign promise:
We will no longer need books in schools, as we will pass down our local culture through our songs.

Full mustaches will also be declared hip by law.

New State Anthem: Stuck Between Stations


MISSOURI (MO)
White Rabbits

Our government will be run from:
Columbia

Main campaign promise:
Cute rabbits and drum kits for every one!

New State Anthem: Kid On My Shoulders


NEBRASKA (NE)
Elliott Smith

Our government will be run from:
Omaha

Main campaign promise:
Increased state funding on self-help lines and anti-depression groups in every neighborhood.

New State Anthem: Needle in the Hay


NEVADA (NV)
The Killers

Our government will be run from:
Las Vegas

Main campaign promise:
An atmospheric shield will be built on top of our city, to block out the sun and make it night 24/7.

New State Anthem: Jenny Was a Friend of Mine


NEW HAMPSHIRE (NH)
Okkervil River

Our government will be run from:
Meriden

Main campaign promise:
We will bring more country music to the East, breaking geographical stereotypes.

New State Anthem: No Key, No Plan


NEW JERSEY (NJ)
LCD Soundsystems

Our government will be run from:
Princeton Junction

Main campaign promise:
All laws considered anti-party will be tore down. State funding will be available to support any type of backyard/basement/anywhere parties, with special tax breaks for parties that go on for more than one night.

Perennial US visas will be issue to all french Djs.

New State Anthem: us v them


NEW MEXICO (NM)
Beirut

Our government will be run from:
Santa Fe

Main campaign promise:
Cultural programs will aim at making our state look a lot more european. Any instrument that requires an amplifier or electrical aid will be ban, in favor of wind and other types of contact instruments.

New State Anthem: Nantes


NEW YORK (NY)
The Velvet Underground

Our government will be run from:
New York City

Main campaign promise:
Everyone will have the right to rub shoulders with famous pop art icons, or best suitable alternative.

New State Anthem: Heroin


NORTH CAROLINA (NC)
Annuals

Our government will be run from:
Raleigh

Main campaign promise:
State funds for all high school bands!

New State Anthem: Complete or Completing


OHIO (OH)
The National

Our government will be run from:
Cincinnati

Main campaign promise:
High pitch singers (and wannabes) will be outcasted, due to their boring predictability. No more American Idol auditions will be held in our state.

New State Anthem: Mistaken for Strangers


OKLAHOMA (OK)
St. Vincent

Our government will be run from:
Tulsa

Main campaign promise:
I may side-project as a hairdresser in some other state, but my heart and mind will always be committed to Oklahoma’s best interest.

New State Anthem: Paris is Burning


OREGON (OR)
Menomena

Our government will be run from:
Portland

Main campaign promise:
It will be required by law that every person plays at least 4 instruments and do on-key singing. Professional recording studios will be denied permits, as music comes out better when it’s made in your own living room.

New State Anthem: Wet And Rusting


PENNSYLVANIA (PA)
A Sunny Day In Glasgow

Our government will be run from:
Philadelphia

Main campaign promise:
Recognizable lyrics are overrated. We will supply everyone statewide with voice modulators.

New State Anthem: Our Change into Rain is No Change at All (Talkin' 'bout Us)


RHODE ISLAND (RI)
Black Dice

Our government will be run from:
Providence

Main campaign promise:
Actual melodies are passé. There will be none of that under our regime.

New State Anthem: kokomo


SOUTH CAROLINA (SC)
Iron & Wine

Our government will be run from:
Anywhere within state limits

Main campaign promise:
Long beards will be a required standard among men. If you can’t grow one, free hormones will be supplied.

New State Anthem: Innocent Bones


TENNESSEE (TN)
Forget Cassettes

Our government will be run from:
Nashville

Main campaign promise:
80% increase on salaries for all women, no matter their field of work.

New State Anthem: Venison


TEXAS (TX)
Voxtrot

Our government will be run from:
Austin

Main campaign promise:
Only EPs will be made, seeing that LPs don’t do so well.

New State Anthem: Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives


UTAH (UT)
i hear sirens

Our government will be run from:
Salt Lake City

Main campaign promise:
All towns and streets will be renamed for titles that contain at least 5 words.

New State Anthem: This Is The Last Time I'll Say Goodbye


VIRGINIA (VA)
Sparklehorse

Our government will be run from:
Richmond

Main campaign promise:
State funding to support long-term projects, that may or may not require 5 years to make.

New State Anthem: Don't Take My Sunshine Away


WASHINGTON (WA)
Band of Horses

Our government will be run from:
Seattle

Main campaign promise:
Statewide ban on all recording devices, cellphone cameras and else. All use of typeface that are not serif and romantic will be banned as well.

New State Anthem: Is There a Ghost


WEST VIRGINIA (WV)
Daniel Johnston

Our government will be run from:
Chester

Main campaign promise:
Anyone suspected of devil worshipping will be burned at the stake! May the lord be with you.

New State Anthem: Some Things Last a Long Time


WISCONSIN (WI)
Bon Iver

Our government will be run from:
Eau Claire

Main campaign promise:
Rezoning and reconstruction of our state to enhance quality of living. All houses will be separated from each other by a minimum 200 miles radius.

We will also declare the members of Xiu Xiu honorary state residents and provide them with keys to our cities.

New State Anthem: Skinny Love

The following states have been sucked out by a vortex and sent packing into a black hole...

MISSISSIPPI (MS)
MONTANA (MT)
NORTH DAKOTA (ND)
SOUTH DAKOTA (SD)
VERMONT (VT)
WYOMING (WY)

Seriously, not even the “Music from -insert state name-” Wikipedia articles shed one single recognizable name. Get working people of those states!

If you are wondering where I got the title for this journal, it’s the name of an extremely silly and funny song by Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever

it's 6 months since one of the most irritating trolls has been banned. and it seems now that epic lulz are gone with the new lastfm so let's all have a moment of silence in rememberance of the great persona he was!

I miss you MrWInczakos :(

ps old lastfm sucked.

ps2 new last fm sucks.

ps3 will there be another mighty troll just like him and R.I.P. Octember (also known as Strictly Diesel) and Pagan_Winter (also known as - too many names, cant remember them all)? who knows. maybe someday.

1. Morrissey
2. And One
3. The Smiths
4. Rammstein
5. Wolfsheim
6. Covenant
7. Gackt
8. Echo & the Bunnymen
9. Kristeen Young
10. Akira Yamaoka
11. 植松伸夫
12. Live
13. Pulp
14. Funker Vogt
15. Red Lightning
16. Elegant Machinery
17. Felt
18. Elvis Presley
19. Chris Isaak
20. Elva Snow
21. Keane
22. Orgy
23. Spetsnaz
24. Dupont
25. Combichrist
26. Sturm Cafe
27. Iris
28. The Lucksmiths
29. Tracy Chapman
30. Moby

1. How did you get into 21? (Keane)
Probably heard them on TV or radio or something. They're pretty popular.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Orgy)
Blue Monday

3. What's your favorite lyric by 2? (And One)
Right at this moment: "The louder your screams, the faster their dreams come true."

4. What is your favorite album by 29? (Tracy Chapman)
Tracy Chapman

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Pulp)
Just one whole one, and a few songs from 6 others.

6. What is your favorite song by 10? (Akira Yamaoka)
Theme of Laura

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad? (Rammstein)
Ohne dich is awfully sad, especially when you see the video. :'(

8. What is your least favorite song by 15? (Red Lightning)
Crushed

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Wolfsheim)
Probably either Kein Zurück or Once in a Lifetime

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Covenant)
Happy Man :D

11. What is your favorite song by 20? (Elva Snow)
Stars

12. What is your favorite album by 30? (Moby)
Play

13. What is a good memory you have involving 23? (Spetsnaz)
Many good driving memories. I like to sing along. :)

14. What is your favorite song by 17? (Felt)
All The People I Like And Those That Are Dead

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Chris Isaak)
Most of his songs are kind of depressing. Let Me Down Easy is sort of happy...I guess. The tune anyway, lol.

16. How many times have you seen 24 live? (Dupont)
None. But that would be so sweet if I did!

17. What is the first song you heard by 3? (The Smiths)
I really don't know, but I'll go with There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

18. What is your favorite album by 1? (Morrissey)
This is really hard. I guess if I had to pick it'd be Your Arsenal or Bona Drag

19. Who is your favorite member of 2? (And One)
Steve Naghavi! XD

20. How many times have you seen 14 live? (Funker Vogt)
0. I don't get over to Germany often...

21. What is a good memory you have involving 1? (Morrissey)
Looking up into his beautiful blue eyes as he sang at his concert.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Elegant Machinery)
Process...though I have many other favorites.

23. What is the first song you heard by 7? (Gackt)
No idea...but if I had to guess: Secret Garden

24. What is your favorite album by 9? (Kristeen Young)
The Orphans...but I think her upcoming album has the potential to be even better.

25. What is your favorite song by 18? (Elvis Presley)
It Hurts Me

26. What is the first song you heard by 28? (The Lucksmiths)
Guess how much I love you

27. What was the first song you heard by 26? (Sturm Cafe)
Mozart-ideal

28. What is your favorite song by 12? (Live)
Turn My Head

29. What is the first song you heard by 11? (Nobuo Uematsu)
Something from Final Fantasy VIII.

30. What is your favourite song by 8? (Echo & the Bunnymen)
I Want to Be There (When You Come)

1. AC/DC - Highway to hell (lp)
2. ACDC If you want blood (lp)
3. ACDC live at donington (dvd)
4. ACDC Razor Edge (lp)
5. After Forever Mea Culpa
6. Aguynguerran – Perverting The Nazarene Cult
7. Alien Ant Farm ANThology (nostalgie)
8. Ancient Rites - And The Hordes Stood As One
9. Anthrax The Greater Of Two Evils
10. Arch Enemy Doomsay Machine
11. Arch Enemy Live Apocalypse (dvd)
12. Arch Enemy Rise Of The Tirans
13. Arch Enemy Wages Of Sin
14. Bathory - Destroyer Of The World (lp)
15. Bathory – In Memory Of Quorthon (1966 – 2004) (2cd/1dvd)
16. Bathory - Blood Fire Death (lp)
17. Beyond Fear Beyond Fear
18. The Black Dahlia Murder Miasma
19. Black Sabbath Heaven And Hell (lp)
20. Bullet for My Valentine The Poison (why the fuck do I have this)
21. CDC – Defy The Odds
22. Champion Different Directions : the last show.
23. Children of Bodom Are You Death Yet
24. Children Of Bodom Follow The Reaper(picture lp)
25. Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll
26. Children Of bodom Hatebreeder (picture lp)
27. Children Of Bodom In Your Face (DVD)
28. Children Of bodom Something Wild (picture lp)
29. Children Of bodom Tokyo Warhearts(picture lp)
30. Children Of Bodom Trashed, lost & Strungout
31. Children Of Bodom Trashed, lost & Strungout (DVD single)
32. Coal Chamber Coal Chamber (+DVD)
33. Cradle of Filth Damnation And A Day
34. Cradle Of Filth Nymphetamine
35. Crimson Falls The True Face Of Human Nature
36. Dark Angel - Leave Scars
37. Dark Angel – Time Does Not Heal
38. Dagoba What hell is about
39. Death Angel Archives and Arthifacts (3CD)
40. Death Angel Art Of Dying
41. Death Angel Killing Season
42. Deathstars Synthetic Generation
43. Deathstars Synthetic Generation (single)
44. Demons & Wizards The Crimson King
45. Destruction - Sentence Of Death
46. Destruction Releases From Agony (lp)
47. Destruction - Cracked Brain
48. DevilDriver Devildriver
49. Devildriver Fury of Our Makers Hands
50. Devildriver The Last Kind Words
51. Dimmu Borgir Death Cult Armegeddon
52. Dimmu Borgir In Sorte Diaboli
53. Dimmu Borgir Stormblast
54. Dio – Rock N roll children
55. Dio – The Last In Line
56. Disturbed Believe
57. Disturbed Ten Thousand Fist (special limited edition)
58. Disturbed The Sickness
59. Ektomorf Instinct
60. Ektomorf Live and raw (dvd/cd)
61. Eminem Marshall Matters
62. Eminem The Eminem Show
63. Epica The Phantom Agony
64. Epica We Will Take You With Us(dvd)
65. Exodus - Good Friendly Violent Fun
66. Exodus - Plaisures Of The Flesh
67. Evergrey the inner circle
68. Fear Factory Archetype
69. Flip Kowlier Ocharme Ik
70. Flip Kowlier In De Fik
71. Flip Kowlier Donderdagnacht
72. Forbid Twisted Into Form
73. Gorillaz Gorillaz
74. Guns N' Roses Appetite for destruction (lp)
75. Guns N Roses Nightrain (lp)
76. Guns N Roses paradise city
77. Guns N Roses Patience (lp)
78. Guns N’ Roses Aint It Fun
79. Guns N’ Roses Knocking On Heavens Door
80. Guns N’ Roses Use Your Illusion 1
81. Hellyeah Hellyeah
82. HYADES And The Worse is yet to come
83. Iced Earth Alive in Athens
84. Iced Earth Alive In Athens (dvd)
85. Iced Earth Dantes Inferno
86. Iced Earth Dark Genesis (5 cd box dink)
87. Iced Earth Days Of Purgatory (limited Box)
88. Iced Earth Enter the Realms Of The Gods (limited LP miniature)
89. Iced Earth Framing Armageddon
90. Iced Earth Gettysburgh (1863) (dvd)
91. Iced Earth Iced earth
92. Iced Earth I walk among you
93. Iced Earth Night Of The stormrider
94. Iced Earth Overture Of The Wicked Something Wicked Part 1
95. Iced Earth Something wicked this way comes (limited LP miniature)
96. Iced Earth The Blessed And The Damned
97. Iced Earth The Crucible Of Man Something Wicked Part 2
98. Iced Earth The Dark Saga
99. Iced Earth The Horror Show
100. Iced Earth The Melachony
101. In Extremo 7
102. In Flames Clayman
103. In Flames Colony
104. In flames Come Clarity (+DVD)
105. In Flames Lised & Abused: In Live We Trust (2DVD/2CD box)
106. In flames Reroute to Remain
107. In flames Sountrack To Your Escape
108. In flames The Jester Race
109. In flames The Quiet Place
110. In flames The Tokyo Showdown
111. In flames Trigger
112. In Flames Trigger (lp + dvd)
113. Iron Maiden 7th son of a 7th son lp
114. Iron maiden A Matter Of Life And Death (+DVD)
115. Iron Maiden Brave New World
116. Iron Maiden Can I play with madness (lp)
117. Iron maiden Dance Of Death
118. Iron Maiden Death On The Road (dvd)
119. Iron Maiden Edward The Great
120. Iron Maiden Fear Of The Dark
121. Iron Maiden Flight OF The Icarus (lp)
122. Iron Maiden Flight OF The Icarus(picture lp)
123. Iron Maiden Iron Maiden
124. Iron Maiden Iron Maiden (lp)
125. Iron Maiden Killers (lp)
126. Iron Maiden Live After Death lp
127. Iron Maiden Maiden Japan EP (lp)
128. Iron Maiden No Prayer For The Dying lp
129. Iron Maiden Part 1: The Early Days (dvd)
130. Iron Maiden Part 2: Live After Death (dvd)
131. Iron Maiden Pïece of Mind
132. Iron Maiden Powerslave
133. Iron Maiden Rainmaker (dvd-single)
134. Iron maiden Reincarnation of Benjamin creeg
135. Iron Maiden Rock In Rio (dvd)
136. Iron Maiden Somewhere in time (cd)
137. Iron Maiden somewhere in time lp
138. Iron Maiden Stranger In A strange land lp
139. Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast
140. Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast (dvd)
141. Iron Maiden THe Trooper (Picture lp)
142. Iron Maiden The Trooper (7" blauwe lp)
143. Iron Maiden Virtual XI
144. Iron Maiden Woman In uniform/drifter(live)/Phantom Of The Opera(live) Special Live Ep. (I know, strange thing, but that is the real name of it =/)
145. Iron Maiden X –Factor
146. Joe Satriani - Surfing with the alien
147. Jimi Hendrix Greatest Hits
148. Judas Priest Angel of retribution
149. Judas Priest Britisch steel lp
150. Judas Priest Defenders Of The Faith lp
151. Judas Priest Demolition
152. Judas Priest Electric Eye (dvd)
153. Judas Priest Jugalator
154. Judas Priest killing machine lp
155. Judas Priest Live In London (dvd)
156. Judas Priest Locked In lp
157. Judas Priest Point of entry lp
158. Judas Priest Priest...Live!
159. Judas Priest Priest…Live! Lp
160. Judas Priest Ram In Down lp
161. Judas Priest Rocka Rolla (lp)
162. Judas Priest Sad Wings OF Destiny (lp)
163. Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance lp
164. Judas Priest Sin after sin (lp)
165. Judas Priest Stained Glass lp
166. Judas Priest United (lp)
167. Judas Priest unleashed in the east lp
168. Kataklysm In Arms Of Devastation
169. Killswitch Engage Alive or just breathing
170. Killswitch Engage As Daylight Dies
171. Killswitch Engage Set This World Ablaze (dvd)
172. KISS Alive II lp
173. Kiss Dirty lvin Sure Know Something (lp)
174. Kiss Dynasty lp
175. Kiss Love Gun lp
176. Kiss Music From The Elder lp
177. Kiss Psycho Circus
178. Kiss Symphony (dvd)
179. KoЯn Freak On a leash
180. Korn Issues
181. Korn Korn
182. Korn Live (dvd)
183. Korn See You On The Other Side
184. korn Take A Look In The Mirror
185. korn Twisted Transistor
186. Korn Untouchables
187. Lamb of God As the palace burns (lp)
188. Lamb Of God Ashes of the Wake
189. Lamb Of God Walk With Me In Hell (dvd)
190. Legion of the Damned Sons Of The Jackal
191. Liar Deathrow Earth
192. Limp Bizkit Results Very Mary
193. limp bizkit significant Other
194. limp bizkit The Chocolate Starfish and the hotdog flavored water
195. Linkin Park Crawling (dvd)
196. Linkin Park Hybryd Theory
197. Linkin Park Live in Texas
198. Linkin Park Meteora
199. Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight (limited edition)
200. Lordi Hard Rock Hallelouja
201. Howard Shore 3CD BOX
202. Lord Of The Rings Return Of The King
203. Machine Head Burn My Eyes
204. Machine Head Hellalive
205. Machine Head Trough The Ashes Of Empires (limited)
206. Machine Head Elegies (dvd)
207. Madball Look My Way
208. Megadeth Countdown To Extinction
209. Megadeth Peace Cells… But Who’s Buying lp
210. Megadeth The System Has Failed
211. Megadeth Warchest (4CD/1DVD)
212. Metallica S&M (DVD)
213. Metallica ...And Justice For All
214. Metallica Creeping Death lp
215. Metallica Harvester Of Sorrow lp
216. Metallica Jump In The Fire (Lp)
217. Metallica Kill Em All
218. Metallica Live bootleg (Cassette)
219. Metallica Live Shit (2DVD/3CD)
220. Metallica Load
221. Metallica Master Of Puppets (Japanese)
222. Metallica Master Of Puppets lp
223. Metallica Nothing Else Matters (lp)
224. Metallica Ride The Lighting lp
225. Metallica Ride The Lightning (cassette)
226. Metallica Some Kind Of Monster
227. Metallica Some Kind Of Monster (dvd)
228. Metallica St.Anger
229. Metallica The Black Album lp
230. Michael Jackson Invincible
231. Miles Away rewind, repeat
232. Moby Hotel
233. Moosorrow Kivenkantaja
234. Morda Azerion
235. Morda My Will Supreme
236. Motörhead Dantes XI
237. Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood
238. Motley Crue – Girls Girls Girls
239. Motorhead motorhead lp
240. Motorhead Orgasmatros
241. Motorhead Overkill lp
242. Motorhead recorded live lp
243. Mushroomhead Volume 1 (dvd)
244. Mushroomhead XX
245. My Dying Bride Like Gods Of The Sun
246. My Dying Bride The Anti Dullivian Chronicles
247. Nevermore This Godless Endeavor
248. Nightwish 1997 – 2001
249. Nightwish Century Child
250. Nightwish End Of An Era (dvd)
251. Nightwish End Of Innocence (dvd)
252. Nightwish Oceanborn
253. Nightwish once
254. Nightwish Wishmaster
255. No Recess Time Will Tell
256. Nuclear Assault Handle With Care
257. One Man Army and the Undead Quartet 21th century killing machine
258. One Man Army And The Undead Quartet Error In Evolution
259. Overkill - The Killing Road
260. Overkill – necroshine
261. Overkill – Bloodletting
262. Overkill - Relix IV
263. Ostrogoth Full Moon’s Eyes lp
264. Pantera Cowboys From Hell
265. Pantera Official live
266. Pantera Vulgar Display Of Power
267. Pig Destroyer Phantom Limb
268. Queen The Greatest Hits
269. Rammstein Mutter
270. Rammstein Völkerball (dvd+cd)
271. Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium
272. Rhapsody Best Of Box
273. Rhapsody Symphony of the enchanched lands
274. Rise and Fall - Hellmouth
275. Rob Zombie HellBilly Deluxe
276. Sadus Chronicles Of Chaos
277. Sadus Out For Blood
278. Saxon The Eagle Has Landed
279. Scar Symmetry Pitch Black Proces
280. Sepultura ROOTS
281. Shadows Fall Fall Out From the War
282. Slayer Seasons In The Abbys
283. Slayer Soundtrack Of The apocalypse
284. Slipknot Before I Forget (lp)
285. Slipknot Disasterpieces (dvd)
286. Slipknot Iowa lp
287. Slipknot Slipknot
288. Slipknot Vol 3
289. Soilwork Figure Number Five
290. Soilwork Natural Born Chaos
291. Soilwork Stabbing The Drama
292. Soilwork Sworn To A Great Devide
293. Spoil Engine Skinnerbox V.07
294. Sons of Jonathas The Death Dealer
295. Static-X Start A War
296. Static X Beneath Between and Beyond
297. Static X Cannibal
298. Static X Machine
299. Static X shadow zone
300. Strapping Young Lad Alien
301. Stone Sour come (what)ever may
302. Stone Sour Stone Sour
303. Submission – Failure to perfection
304. Suicidal Tendencies – Join The Army
305. Suicidal Tendencies – The Art Of Rebellion
306. Sum 41 All Killer No Filler
307. Sum 41 Does This Look Infected?
308. System of a Down chop suey
309. system of a down toxicity
310. Tankard - The Beauty And The Beer
311. Tankard - Disco Destroyer
312. Testament Legacy
313. The Matrix Reloaded
314. 't Hof van Commerce Ezoa en niet anders
315. t hof van commerce herman
316. Threat Signal Under Reprisal
317. Tool 10 000 days
318. Venom - Black metal
319. Venom - MMV (4cd box)
320. Van Halen Van Halen
321. Warbringer War Without End
322. Within Temptation ice queen
323. Within Temptation Mother Earth Tour (dvd)
324. within temptation running up that hill
325. within temptation The Silent Force
326. Wheatus Wheatus

Click for 1 Year - The Artists

/note/ I started this Journal on the 30th, but didn't publish until I finished editing.

Today, August 30, 2008 marks my second year on last.fm. And to not break with tradition, I am going to list, and detail my top 10 artists played in some 365 days.

number denotes amount played in 12 months
(number denotes amount times played in total)

– 1. X-Ray Dog - 3,709 (10,186)
▲ 2. E Nomine - 2,483 (2,503)
NEW 3. Future World Music - 1,534
▲ 4. Immediate Music - 1,409 (3,149)
NEW 5. Within Temptation - 1,399
▲ 6. Mariah Carey - 1,353 (2,569)
▲ 7. Moby - 1,218 (1,744)
NEW 8. Tarja Turunen - 1,203
▼ 9. Lesiëm - 1,181 (6,904)
▼ 10. Enya - 1,121 (3,117)

Firstly one must note that X-Ray Dog is once again atop my charts.
Additionally, 3 artists are new, while 6 are artists I played prior to Aug 30, 2007.

JOIN "Chill Out Music" group: http://www.last.fm/group/Chill+Out+Music

if your favorite artist is:
Devotchka
Muse
Radiohead
Boards of Canada
Sigur Rós
Moby
Morcheeba
Portishead
Röyksopp
Coldplay
Bob Marley
Massive Attack
Air
Thievery Corporation
Zero 7
Jack Johnson and ect.

I wonder this because I noticed one of my friends only seems to listen to American bands and it's nice to see people with more variety in their lives.

Iceland
Sigur Rós

Scotland
Mogwai
Biffy Clyro

Canada
Sum 41

USA
System of a Down
Moby

England
Oasis
Arctic Monkeys

Wales
Funeral for a Friend

Northern Ireland
DJ Kebab

Inspired by DukeOfDoughnuts's journal, here's my mainstream count.

Take your top 25 artists, and find out how many listeners they have.

1. Kitto - 270
2. Kemopetrol - 20,353
3. Sophie Zelmani - 65,143
4. Faithless - 510,807
5. Zero 7 - 578,199
6. Enya - 469,344
7. RMB - 23,320
8. Looptroop - 63,214
9. Massive Attack - 836,403
10. Norah Jones - 639,956
11. Moby - 947,027
12. Hooverphonic - 307,713
13. Peshi - 780
14. The Chemical Brothers - 769,661
15. Chantal Kreviazuk - 88,350
16. Nelly Furtado - 836,809
17. The Cardigans - 612,758
18. Fattaru - 9,878
19. Gwen Stefani - 626,799
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 1,474,073
21. Beats and Styles - 21,157
22. Lady Sovereign - 152,281
23. Petter - 40,433
24. Daft Punk - 875,670
25. Tori Amos - 521,154

Total Listeners: 10,491,552
Divide by 25: 419,662.08
Divide by the number of Radiohead listeners: 1,524,582
Multiply by 100%: 27.5263698508837% mainstream