ok im 11 days late in posting this but close enough. lots of new artists in high places, im looking forward to comparing it to next years.

1 Michael Stearns - 1,466 plays
2 Darius Greene - 1,241 plays
3 Madness - 1,125 plays
4 Tom Waits - 1,058 plays
5 Olivier Deriviere - 1,032 plays
6 MOONRIDERS - 693 plays
7 Depeche Mode - 597 plays
8 The Builders and the Butchers - 578 plays
9 Klaus Wiese - 543 plays
10 湯川潮音 - 446 plays
11 Alio Die - 443 plays
12 たま - 416 plays
13 Les…

a pitiful list; broke as hell.

W - Duo U&U
森山直太朗 - 乾いた唄は魚の餌にちょうどいい
阿部義晴 - A
o'death - Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin
Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain
the sad bastard book club - The Collected Short Stories of Carrie Anne Crowe
the bad things - It'll All Be Over Soon
michael stearns - Scared Site
michael stearns - Encounter
corey hart - Young Man Running
antonio vivaldi - Four Seasons
erik satie - Popular Piano Works
man man - Rabbit Habits
shugo tokumaru - Exit
steve roach - Space and Time
voltaire - Ooky…

what are the specific connections between circus contraption/the circus contraption band, the bad things, a midnite choir/midnite choir and moonpenny opera? i know the bad things got their name from a midnite choir song and that a member of midnite choir was/is in circus contraption and that circus contraption and moonpenny opera share a few songs. one thing that makes this more difficult is that there dont seem to be any full pics on a midnite choir, the only pic i can ever find is this one:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/4009614.jpg

and as far as i…

i wish this list was bigger but ive been poor as fuck. next year is looking even worse.

tom waits - Rain Dogs
tom waits - Swordfishtrombones
tom waits- Franks Wild Years
tom waits - Orphans
Sons of Perdition - The Kingdom is on Fire
The Denver Gentlemen - Introducing..
Mr. Lewis & the Funeral 5 - Murder and The Art of The Dance
Cornelius - Fantasma
dusty rhodes and the river band - Then You Live
flipron - Fancy Blues and Rustique Novelities
jill tracy - Bittersweet Constrain
the hellblinki sextet - A Pirate Broadcast
tom hagerman -…

i had a dream last night that i climbed over my backyard fence to find 森山直太朗 and 平井堅 in my backyard, and 平井堅 was playing the guitar and singing one of 森山直太朗's songs. when i tried to talk to 森山 all i got back was gibberish from someone who was obviously mentally disabled. and thats all i recall, except that it was a nice spring day and there was lemonade.

this is probably the first year ive actually paid attention to whats happening and what i got and everything, so heres one of those stupid year end things.

albums i acquired that were released this year, for better or for worse:
H ZETT M - 5+2=11
Deerhoof - Friend Opportuniy
eksperimentoj - eksperimentoj
Chage & Aska - DOUBLE
The イナズマ戦隊 - 熱血商店街
Busdriver - RoadKillOvercoat
Hella - There's no 666 in Outer Space
湯川潮音 - 雪のワルツ
Tujiko Noriko - Solo
Gutevolk - Tiny People Singing Over the Rainbow
井上陽水奥田民生 - ダブルドライブ
椎名林檎×斎藤ネコ - 平成風俗
MO'SOME TONEBENDER - Super Nice
平川地一丁目…

..because it might just be the main attributing factor in my on again off again depression. im tired of seeing people say stupid crap and im tired of getting into stupid arguments with stupid people. its almost as though some people INSIST on being ignorant. the more time i spend here the more unhappy i am. its too bad that i usually cant find stupid people good for lulz, i just find them worthless. the internet also seems to make things seem like a much bigger deal then they really are. the less time i spend on the internet in…

(if im breaking any rules with this post then i request a moderator to inform me so that i may delete it. thank you.)

theres something about this site that has really interested me and that is people bitching about shared pages. i really dont see the issue here. if your artist of choice picks a super generic word for their name then maybe they should stop being so unoriginal, and maybe you should accept it. understand that no one really cares what youre listening to except you, and you know which of the artists youre listening to, so it…

tagging issues that i have trouble sussing out:

is it unicorn or ユニコーン? is it moonriders, moon riders, or ムーンライダーズ? is it the checkers or チェッカーズ. is it the zoot 16 or the zoot16? バービーボーイズ or barbee boys? jitterin'jinn, jitterin' jinn, or ジッタリンジン? it doesnt help when artists have their name in english on every freaking release and then go by their katakana name. or when the names are technically interchangeable, and therefore both correct.

im pretty confident with ユニコーン and チェッカーズ. on my physical zoot 16 album tho it…

i wanna see polysics but im too pooooor!!! ;_;