After two years and four months of hitting the 100,000th milestone I've now hit the 200,000 plays milestone. Like before, it's a pop song that gets the honour.

To heighten the tension and anticipation - scroll past Alexis to find out what song gets it.

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Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were) by The Veronicas. It was the first time I had heard the song, had to give it second listen because I couldn't even remember a thing about it. Upon second listen I like it - not the best on the album but good enough.

I was…

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Based on my last.fm event list 2008 was rather mellow for gigs. I’m sure there are a few gigs that I attended but didn’t note down as attended on last.fm but as they say “quality over quantity”. Quality is definitely the correct word to describe some of these gigs though; two of which can be considered “all-time favorites”.

Awards

Best gig of 2008
Sat 23 Feb – Mike Park, Sundowner, Matthew Reynolds
Fri 9 May – TOUR 2008 L'7～Trans ASIA via PARIS～
Yeah, can't pick just one. Scroll down for reviews and pics.

Worst gig of 2008
Mon 14…

Better late than never…

Top 10 Overall releases of 2007

10) Ben Weasel and His Iron String Quartet - These Ones Are Bitter
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Better than Mr. Weasel’s previous release, this pop-punk gem rivals some of Screeching Weasel’s top albums.

Favourite Track:
Let Freedom Ring
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9) Everybody Out! - Everybody Out!
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Sweeny Todd from The Dead Pets is one of those frontman that will always get my attention no-matter what he does, include the founding Dropkick Murphys' guitarist Rick Barton and you’ve got an excellent chantey-sing-along-punk EP. Worth a listen if you’re a fan of DKM or…

Around 3am on Boxing Day my tracks played counter hit the big 100,000. I've never noted any of the other 'milestone' figures, but I was lucky enough to catch this one.

Anyway, My 100,000th track milestone was Singapore - best song on the bonus greatest hits CD.

I was expecting L'Arc~en~Ciel to grab it (they were close) or some random band on my top 10. Oh well.

I've always had a soft spot for Girls Aloud, and in my view they're one of the few good artists to come from a reality-based talent show. I only really started…

I will not be impressed if I miss L'Arc~en~Ciel's 15th L'Anniversary. For those that don't know - L'Anniversary will be aired in 25 counties:

<Televising schedule country>
North America: America and Canada
Central and South America : Mexico, Brazil and Chile
Europe : Germany, France, England, Italy, Spain, Poland, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Finland and Monaco
Asia: Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines

source

Must find out when and watch channel. I expect it'll get aired on a Sky channel. Please point me in the right direction if you know what channel…

I'm talking about the new Yum!Yum!ORANGE album not the horrid-tasting little sweets from various shopping outlets.

The album is already in 'my top 5 albums of this year' (so far). There has been plenty of good releases this year - expect a 'Top albums of 2006' journal at the end of this year.

I like all the songs on the album but my top three tracks are:
Clover
Brand New Day
ブギウギ★DANCE NIGHT!!

Because I have such nice friends, they made me a Yum!Yum!ORANGE t-shirt. They used this random but cute image, some spray paint and a white t-shirt. The…

I went to the Bristol and Yeovil Lightyear reunion gigs. Both gigs were top nippy!

No pics of the Bristol gig, since the plan was to party and dance the night away, plus I rarely take my crappy camera to any gig.

The Scrub opened and played about 7 songs; 5 new ones and 2 old. They didn't get to play Rhonda which was a shame, since it's my favorite Scrub song.

Sonic Boom Six were on afterwards. I sat down and had a few drinks during their set. I've never been a big fan of them live but they…

If you haven't heard, Lightyear are doing a one-off UK reunion tour.

The Dates:
LIGHTYEAR UK TOUR JULY 2006

* THURS 20th JULY - BRISTOL BIER KELLER
* FRI 21st JULY - YEOVIL SKI LODGE
* SAT 22nd JULY - BIRMINGHAM CARLING ACADEMY 2
* SUN 23rd JULY - BRIGHTON ENGINE ROOMS
* MON 24th JULY - LEICESTER CHARLOTTE
* TUE 25th JULY - MANCHESTER JILLY'S ROCKWORLD
* WED 26th JULY - NEWCASTLE CARLING ACADEMY 2
* THU 27th JULY - NORTH BERWICK COMMUNITY CENTRE
* FRI 28th JULY - SHEFFIELD THE PLUG
* SAT 29th JULY - LONDON MEAN…

Is it wrong for someone who enjoys listening to bands like; Descendents, The Peacocks,Big D and the Kids Table, Against All Authority, the dead pets, Leftöver Crack, Captain Everything!, The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Snuff and Link 80 to enjoy jpop?

I guess I got first introduced to Japanese music and the Japanese culture through videogames. I've grown up with videogames and it's always been a huge interest of mine. I was even going to do a Games Design/Programming course at Uni, even got accepted into two Uni Games courses. I…