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ShockPop play list, December 20, 2009

Happy Holidays! Another amazing show!
Fantastic tunes by fantastic bands!

Just check out the who's-who list of bands and artists
that joined us in the chat room during today's ShockPop!!
Fabrizio and Luisa from SoundSerif! Steve from The Shadow Kabinet!
Tom from Two Sheds Jackson! Todd Dillingham! Maxi Dunn!
Duggy from Beachy Head Music Club! Laurie Biagini! Wim Oudijk!
Pete from Cult Of Wedge! Johnno from Snippet! Patrick Dreux!
Pete Burns! Alex from Poppermost! Pete from The Big I Am!
John Evans! and Billy James from Billy Two Shoes!
(I sure hope I didn't forget anyone...)

Here's the songs that had everyone in the holiday spirit today!

1. Wim Oudijk - Tree stands tall in Times Square (Sparky intro) (3:43)
2. The Sonic Executive Sessions - You'll Never Be (4:03)
3. snippet - Just a man (3:05)
4. PT Walkley - Audrey Macy (3:23)
5. Poppermost - Family Christmas Tree (2:18)
6. Cloud Cult - Must Explore/Journey Of The Featherless (3:24)
7. Tenlons fort - First Strike (2:58)
8. Glossies - Glossy Xmas (3:13)
9. The Shadow Kabinet - She Rules The Roost (3:02)
10. The Yum Yums - get ugly (2:54)
11. The Sonic Executive Sessions - Make Do (3:38)
12. David Brookings - Don't Wake Me Up (2:18)
13. The Simple Carnival - Flirt (3:32)
14. Laurie Biagini - Christmas In The Air (4:01)
15. The Big I Am - Clothes (wimified) (2:45)
16. Paul Steel - Moon Rock (4:18)
17. Geggy Tah - Fasterthan... (1:34)
18. Marikesh - Crazy On Christmas (4:02)
19. Achievements in Sound - Mr. Paige (2:33)
20. cult of wedge - highway to hell (3:36)
21. Chris McKay - Sometimes I'm Sam (4:10)
22. Richard Snow & the Inlaws - Little Saint nick (1:59)
23. Beagle Hat - Casgabarl! (5:15)
24. Justin Kline - Heart Attack (3:55)
25. Splitsville - Joan Of Arc (2:38)
26. The Sonic Executive Sessions - Someday Maybe (4:01)
27. Geoff Byrd - Elusive Butterfly (3:05)
28. Maxi Dunn - Sitting At The Edge Of The World (cover) (4:03)
29. Two Sheds Jackson - Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining (3:07)
30. Ken Sharp - Melody Hill (2:50)
31. Wayne Stateley and the Manor's - we're exploiting christmas 09 (5:30)

SHOCKPOP CD DEBUT:
Soundserif "12 Pieces in the Shape of an Apple"
Get your copy today at CDBaby.com

32. Soundserif - First, Coffee (4:08)
33. Soundserif - King Of The Night (4:43)
34. Soundserif - The Station (4:32)
35. Soundserif - John Titor or the Time Traveler (3:46)
36. SoundSerif - Surprise and Pleasure (4:31)
37. Soundserif - Laptops (3:30)
38. Soundserif - Deep (4:15)
39. Soundserif - Brianadams (3:46)
40. Soundserif - Just A Click (4:24)
41. Soundserif - Silly me! (4:17)
42. Soundserif - Happy since I resigned (3:59)
43. Soundserif - 12th, night (1:15)

44. The Sonic Executive Sessions - The Only One (4:04)
45. Wim Oudijk - Tree stands tall in Times Square (Sparky intro) (3:43)
46. L.E.O. - Don't Let It Go (3:26)

See you next Sunday when we'll do it again!

11A EST (4p GMT) - "Just Good People" - acoustic folk plus!
Noon to 3P EST (5-8p GMT) - "ShockPop!" - power pop and beyond!

Sparky rocks your Sundays on Scrub Radio!

Presented in alphabetical order, because with this many tracks it's impossible to rank them.

1. Juanes - A Dios Le Pido
If you're a Spanish teacher, this song is great for teaching the subjunctive. It's also Juanes' best song.

2. Kaki King - Air And Kilometers
Kaki King manages to wring an incredible amount of emotion out of her guitar. The breakdown about a minute in is great.

3. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
Surprisingly, the repetition of the keyboard line for 7 minutes doesn't get tiring, but just adds to the melancholic punch of the lyrics: "You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan, and the next five years trying to be with your friends again."

4. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
It's got a great hook and appealing vocals, but it's the complexity of this song that brings it up a notch: the intricate bassline, the synth run at the end, the drums that anchor the rhythm.

5. Thom Yorke - Analyse
Deceptively simple and terribly affecting.

6. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize
Porcupine Tree's best song. Really, each of its three sections could be a separate song and they'd all be great.

7. Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl
Emily Haines' vocals steal the scene, and I didn't really notice how great the instrumentals are until I listened to the instrumental version of this song, Pitter Patter Goes My Heart.

8. Regina Spektor - Après Moi
Sadly, I think this is the only track where Regina Spektor sings in Russian. She should do it more often.

9. Islands - The Arm
I'm in the minority in preferring Arm's Way to Return to the Sea. The entire album is deliciously complex and unrelentingly intense, and this is its best track. The violins are especially good.

10. Battles - Atlas
If this list were ordered, this song would definitely be in the top 5. Battles are one of the most precise and technically skilled math rock bands around, but what sets them apart is their sense of whimsy, which is never more apparent than on this track, which is probably the most fun song of the decade.

11. Do Make Say Think - Auberge le Mouton Noir
As a genre, post-rock is often labelled as being formulaic and repetitive, but the compositional complexity of this song shows that creative post-rock is still being produced. The bit starting at 3:30ish is wonderful.

12. Late of the Pier - The Bears Are Coming
Another song with a great sense of fun. The combination of an infectious beat with a dance-punk aesthetic is what makes this song.

13. Crystal Castles - Black Panther
When you listen to Crystal Castles' debut album, you start to think that you've heard these songs before. The melodies are so basic, so inevitable, that it's hard to believe that nobody's come up with them before.

14. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
Yes, this song is about a blueberry boat being attacked by pirates. The "doom chords" (if you know this song, you probably know what I'm talking about) are sheer awesomeness.

15. Kyte - Boundaries
I'm surprised at how little attention these guys get. Their debut album was a completely original sound, and this song is complete bliss.

16. Pure Reason Revolution - The Bright Ambassadors of Morning
The last four minutes of this song are one of the most epic things you'll ever hear.

17. Panda Bear - Bros
For a 12-minute song built around one chord, this is pretty damn awesome.

18. Animal Collective - Brother Sport
This is my most listened-to song ever, according to iTunes. It deserves the spot, too.

19. Pure Reason Revolution - Bullitts Dominæ
Yet another PRR song. The Dark Third was one of the best debuts of the last few years, despite the nonsensicality of the lyrics ("And as I ask them inside everlasting the inosphere's collided, everyone's falling, sun-suicide's optimal").

20. This Will Destroy You - Burial on the Presidio Banks
This song destroys me. One of the most explosive climaxes in post-rock.

21. Wolf Parade - California Dreamer
The best chorus Wolf Parade has ever written, probably.

22. Vampire Weekend - Campus
This song is so light and breezy, and any song with the line "spilled kefir on your keffiyah" is good in my books.

23. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
The saddest song written about cancer before The Antlers released Hospice.

24. Muse - Citizen Erased
I always have a hard time choosing my favourite Muse song, but this song has their best riff (and they're a very much riff-based band) and their best solo.

25. Porcupine Tree - Collapse the Light Into Earth
The piano is kind of reminiscent of Coldplay's "The Scientist," but this song is much more affecting. It'd be a good song to play at your funeral.

26. Joanna Newsom - Colleen
I can't help but break out into a grin whenever she does the "yip" between verses.

27. Metric - Combat Baby
On their tour this year, Metric ended their concerts with a sing-along acoustic rendition of this song. That it actually worked testifies to their melodic genius.

28. Sufjan Stevens - Come on! Feel the Illinoise!
I could put this song on the list just for the title.

29. Mew - Comforting Sounds
That's funny, I didn't know Mew was a post-rock band. Listen to this song on full volume and you'll be blown away.

30. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia
This is the shortest track on Ys, but it still has more depth than 90% of the songs out there.

31. José González - Cycling Trivialities
Simple but beautiful. It's 8 minutes long but it feels more like 3.

32. Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
The fact that this is the only dance song that made the list says something about how great it is.

33. The Mars Volta - Day of the Baphomets
The section that starts with "I am the reason for your missing child" is so intense. Actually, this entire song is intense.

34. Wolf Parade - Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts
Spencer Krug can basically do no wrong, but nowhere is his songwriting stronger than on Apologies to the Queen Mary.

35. Under Byen - Den Her Sang Handler Om At Få Det Bedste Ud Af Det
This is possibly the most underappreciated song ever. It used to be my favourite song, and it's still in my top 5. The climax and piano coda are incredible.

36. 65daysofstatic - The Distant & Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance Parties
Frankly, I don't see how anyone could dislike this song.

37. Do Make Say Think - do
Like "Auberge Le Mouton Noir," a beautifully complex post-rock song. It's hard to decide which one is their best.

38. Architecture in Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind
Such unadulterated joy.

39. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy
I used to think that nobody could top Jim Morrison when it comes to yelps, but Karen O certainly comes close in this song.

40. Sunset Rubdown - Dragon's Lair
This is Spencer Krug's best post-Apologies to the Queen Mary song, especially the guitars at the end.

41. Patrick Watson - Drifters
The delicate piano intro and the wall-of-sound climax couldn't be more different, but they fit together seamlessly.

42. 65daysofstatic - Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here
Usually when I'm walking and listening to music, I involuntarily step to the tempo of the music. If I did that for this song, I'd be running by the end.

43. Joanna Newsom - Emily
This song contains Newsom's worst lyrics ("peonies nod in the breeze and while they wetly bow with hydrocephalitic listlessness, ants mop up their brow"), but also some of her best ("I dreamed you were skipping little stones across the surface of the water, frowning at the angle where they were lost and slipped under forever, in a mud-cloud, mica-spangled, like the sky'd been breathing on a mirror" and "the ties that bind, they are barbed and spined and hold us close forever"). I could go on about this song, but I won't.

44. At the Drive-In - Enfilade
The amount of energy in this song is remarkable.

45. Cloud Cult - Everybody Here Is a Cloud
Making lyrics about mortality fun!

46. Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
This is a rarity, a song that grabs you from the very first note, and keeps your attention until the end.

47. The National - Fake Empire
There's an entire group on last.fm dedicated to this song, and not without reason.

48. Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes
This is one of the few tracks that I never skip when it comes up. The lyrics at the beginning give it a momentum that carries through to the end: "my dewy-eyed Disney bride, what has tried swapping your blood with formaldehyde? Monsters? Whiskey-plied voices cried fratricide, Jesus, don't you know that you could've died, you should've died?"

49. TV on the Radio - Family Tree
Such a tender song. It's hard to believe that this is the same band that made DLZ.

50. Animal Collective - Fireworks
This song is the ultimate jam when they play it live. It starts strong with a driving, train-like beat and doesn't let up.

In alpha order so I don't have to mess with it much when I update.

Commentary: The big winners don't surprise me at all. There are a few surprises that are on the list all together. Some how low they are, and some that are simply just counted. A few days of listening of things from my past are in here. :)

Last Update: December 8, 2009.

Amanda Palmer 4
Andrew Bird 2
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire 1
Andrew Lloyd Webber 1
Animal Collective 1
Au Revoir Simone 1
Band of Horses 2
Belle and Sebastian 2
Ben Folds 16
Ben Folds Five 16
Ben Kweller 1
Ben Lee 2
Big Bang Boom 1
Billy Joel 1
Bishop Allen 3
Blitzen Trapper 1
Bloc Party 1
Bon Iver 1
Breaking Benjamin 1
Built to Spill 4
CAKE 1
Claude-Michel Schonberg 1
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone 1
Cloud Cult 3
Colin Meloy 1
Corn Mo 1
DeYarmond Edison 1
Eef Barzelay 3
Eels 4
Eisley 1
Elliott Smith 10
Elton John 1
Green Day 1
Gomez 3
Hotel Lights 7
Immaculate Machine 1
International Orange 2
Jeff Buckley 1
Jenny Owen Youngs 1
Jukebox the Ghost 5
Kate Miller-Heidke 1
Kevin Devine 8
Manchester Orchestra 1
Maria Taylor 1
Mates of State 1
Menomena 1
Modest Mouse 1
Mitch Hedberg 1
Mute Math 1
My Morning Jacket 1
of Montreal 5
Oh No Oh My 1
Okkervil River 1
OK Go 1
Passion Pit 1
Radiohead 1
Regina Spektor 2
Rilo Kiley 3
Shout Out Louds 2
Sigur Ros 1
Snuzz 5
Squirrel Nut Zippers 1
Stars 1
Steven Curtis Chapman 1
Sufjan Stevens 2
Tapes 'n Tapes 1
The Avett Brothers 5
The Beatles 3
The Decemberists 1
The Dresden Dolls 4
The Flaming Lips 2
The Good Life 1
The Honorary Title 1
The Mountain Goats 3
The New Pornographers 2
The Old Ceremony 1
The Polyphonic Spree 4
They Might Be Giants 1
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists 1
William Fitzsimmons 1

ShockPop! Play List - November 22, 2009

Today's broadcast was simply -

Overwhelming!!

The tunes were flying hot and heavy and the chat room was the place to be! It was filled with good friends and amazing artists like: Justin Kline! Tim Anthony! Wolle & Tom from Two Sheds Jackson! Maxi Dunn! Fabrizio from SoundSerif! Pete from Cult of Wedge! Susan from My Dad's Truck! Rose from TheMillionStars! Colin & Pete from The Big I Am! Wim Oudijk! Johnno from Snippet! John Evans! and Billy James from Billy Two Shoes!

Here's how the platters flew on November 22, 2009 -

1. John Evans - Late Night Radio (4:39)
2. Ken Sharp - So Simple Radio (3:06)
3. Frank Ciampi - Oh Gloria (2:36)
4. Revolution For Dogs - Shadow On The City (3:20)
5. The Fieros - One Woman (2:21)
6. Envy & Other Sins - Highness (3:38)
7. Justin Kline - All I Need (3:37)
8. Society of Rockets - Guess My Name (2:53)
9. Two Sheds Jackson - is there anyone out there (3:50)
10. Chariots Of Tuna - War Hero (4:03)
11. The Rip Off Artists - Sidetracked (3:06)
12. The Northwoods - Friends Of Angels (3:48)
13. Beagle Hat - Happiness In Songs (4:01)
14. The Duckworth Lewis Method - Meeting Mr Miandad (3:17)
15. Maxi Dunn - will you forgive me? (3:50)
16. Paul Steel - Moon Rock (4:18)
17. Cloud Cult - Story Of The Grandson Of Jesus (2:36)
18. Justin Kline - Heart Attack (3:55)
19. snippet - The Imposter (4:37)
20. Sherwood - Give Up! (3:35)
21. the james clark institute - Chalk Outline (3:03)
22. Soundserif - Surprise and Pleasure (4:31)
23. The Big I Am - Right About Now (Sparky's Theme) (2:49)
24. The General Store - Desert Weathered Highway (4:56)
25. The Pipettes - Because It's Not Love (But It's Still A Feeling) (2:41)
26. The Bradburys - Shout It! (3:10)
27. Tim Anthony - no words (3:20)
28. Laurie Biagini - You're A Dangerous Thing (4:03)
29. Justin Kline - How I Became The Wind (3:15)
30. The Frank and Walters - Indian Ocean (3:36)
31. Mellowmen - Out Of Shape part 1 (2:58)
32. The British Robots - Trickster (3:08)
33. Sparkwood - Ooh Sha La (2:58)
34. Two Sheds Jackson - join together (3:42)
35. cult of wedge - dayglo disco sideshow (5:01)
36. Justin Kline - Kaleidoscope (3:30)
37. The New Fidelity - Best Time to Say Goodbye (2:26)
38. The Silent Years - No Secrets (3:14)
39. Hot New Singles - Why Didn't You Tell Me (2:40)
40. Justin Kline - Singing In the Air (4:10)
41. Maplewood - Be My Friend (2:15)
42.Vandeville Falls - Hey Now (3:38)
43. Acker Bros - Persona Non Grata (4:42)
44. Pop Archeology Transmission - You're The Ghost I See (2:54)
45. Justin Kline - Sunshine (3:23)
46. The Tomorrows - Love Is Dead (3:09)

See you next Sunday when we'll do it again!

11A EST (4p GMT) - "Just Good People" - acoustic folk plus!
Noon to 3P EST (5-8p GMT) - "ShockPop!" - power pop and beyond!

Sparky rocks your Sundays on ScrubRadio.com!

Post your Last.fm overall top 20 artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, and your current favorite.

keep in mind, current favorite =/= all time favorite

1. Taking Back Sunday
you're so last summer
you're so last summer
catholic knees

2. The Beatles
can't remember, probably i will
also can't remember
i saw her standing there

3. Panic at the Disco
i write sins not tragedies
time to dance
new perspective

4. Jimmy Eat World
blister
a praise chorus
let it happen

5. Brand New
the shower scene
jude law and a semester abroad
sink

6. Jack's Mannequin
kill the messenger
kill the messenger
meet me at my window

7. Cloud Cult
living on the outside of your skin
living on the outside of your skin
no one said it would be easy

8. Bon Iver
skinny love
flume
skinny love

9. Modest Mouse
uhh... third planet?
breakthrough
bankrupt on selling

10. The Killers
somebody told me
mr. brightside
read my mind

11. Death Cab for Cutie
little fury bugs?
styrofoam plates
marching bands of manhattan

12. Counting Crows
mr. jones
mr. jones
a murder of one

13. Bright Eyes
lover i don't have to love
something vague
erm. poison oak?

14. AFI
maybe bleed black, idrk
the leaving song pt 2
darling, i want to destroy you

15. Tegan and Sara
the con
the con
the cure

16. Peter Gabriel
come talk to me
salsbury hill
secret world

17. Something Corporate
punk rock princess
fall
punk rock princess

18. Pela
lost to the lonesome
waiting on the stairs
waiting on the stairs

19. Envy on the Coast
sugar skulls
artist and repertoire
temper, temper

20. Nada Surf
whose authority
whose authority
ice on the wing

ShockPop Play List - October 4, 2009

A great group of artists in the chat room included:
Richard Snow! Peter Burns! Laurie Biagini! John Evans!
Pete/The Big I Am! James/Billy Two Shoes!
Wim Oudijk! Snippet! Pete/Cult Of Wedge!
and tuning in from France - Patrick Druex!

These fine folks all typed with us in the chat room
while we dug their tunes!

Here's the sounds that made the show what it was today!

1. The Duckworth Lewis Method - Gentlemen and Players (3:23)
2. Two Sheds Jackson - is there anyone out there (3:50)
3. Class Three Overbite - Chasing The Rabbit (2:24)
4. Automat - It's The Beginning Of The End (3:57)
5. The Virgineers - Dr. Glouster (3:25)
6. John Lefler - Better by Design (4:48)
7. The Pillbugs - Plastic Surgical Holiday/Morning Mr Brain (4:28)
8. Cloud Cult - Story Of The Grandson Of Jesus (2:36)
9. PT Walkley - Daydreaming (2:14)
10. marmalade army - Welcome to the Army (1:24)
11. marmalade army - Flower Girl (1:43)
12. Tesco Chainstore Mascara - Writer's Block (3:07)
13. Brad Sucks - Fake It (3:34)
14. Big Smith - Burn Down The House (3:48)
15. snippet - Grow a moustache (3:09)
16. Laurie Biagini - Happiness Looks Good On You (3:38)
17. cult of wedge - highway to hell (3:36)
18. The Gamilons - surfer girl (2:29)
19. The Gilligans - Fireflies In A Jar (3:23)
20. Checkpoint Charley - Free (3:05)
21. Beagle Hat - On My Way (3:50)
22. W.I.M. - Spirit (3:22)
23. Clearlake - Its Getting Light Outside (3:44)
24. Richard Snow - Expectations (2:52)
25. Envy & Other Sins - Highness (3:38)
26. Reaction - Summer Of Love (3:33)
27. Paul Steel - My Sister Found A Grain Of Rice In Her Bellybutton (0:16)
28. Paul Steel - Tall People Can't Be Trusted (0:15)
29. Paul Steel - Can't Talk Now (The Phone Is On Fire) (0:15)
30. Paul Steel - You Can't Fool Me (Ginger Man) (0:15)
31. Seth Swirsky - The Sun Is Shining (Somewhere In The World) (3:51)
32. Circus Devils - ships from prison to prison (2:37)
33. miaBeane and the Asthmatic Scene - The Colquhoun Brothers (2:12)
34. Coconut Records - Microphone (2:53)
35. Mike Viola - Find Somebody to Love (2:57)
36. Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears - Mama Waits (2:44)
37. Splitsville - Joan Of Arc (2:38)
38. Stephen Lawrenson - Let's Go (3:11)
39. Captain Wilberforce - Born Again Brand New Man (2:55)
40. The Fieros - One Woman (2:20)
41. Frank Ciampi - Oh Gloria (2:36)
42. The Sugarplastic - Sins Can Swim Like This (3:58)
43. Nicholas Alan - Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell (3:12)
44. Pop Archeology Transmission - New Improved Dark Ages (3:38)
45. Tim Anthony - no words (3:20)
46. jointpop - The Spelling Bee (2:32)
47. Nelson Bragg - Lived This Life Too Long (3:35)
48. The Britannicas - One Of These Nights (3:09)
49. PT Walkley - The Lucky Ones (1:52)
50. The Rubinoos - Amnesia (3:47)
51. Checkpoint Charley - Cardiac Arrest (3:16)
52. Laurie Biagini - Rockin My World Like You Only Know How (3:53)
53. Pipitone - Hey Kid (3:11)
54. Vinnie Zummo - Photogragh (3:11)
55. Luke Jackson - Goodbye London (3:42)
56. Richard Chance - Nicola Jones (2:06)
57. Liverpool Express - John Paul Ringo and George(5:00)

See you next Sunday, October 11 for the next broadcast of ShockPop!
Showtime is NOON EDT (5P GMT) on on ScrubRadio.com

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1. What's your favorite song by 15?
Belle and Sebastian
Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying or Funny Little Frog

2. How did you get into 20?
Bon Iver
Countless AP members talking For Emma, Forever Ago up. I decided to listen to their recommendations.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
Elliott Smith
Gee, so hard. Elliott I guess?

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 31?
Death Cab for Cutie
I just love the simplicity of "I need you so much closer" repeated in Transatlanticism. So effective

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
The National
I wish!

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
The Maccabees
Colour It In

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
Something Corporate
No. I want a shirt badly but they're impossible to find. Even moreso in girl sizes.

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Nada Surf
Singing along to Weightless with my friend in her car.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
The Dear Hunter
Nope!

10. When did you first get into 8?
Neko Case
About two years ago, my dad played Fox Confessor Brings the Flood a lot, and I never really paid attention. Then one day I was actually listening when Dirty Knife was playing and I thought, "This is really cool. I should listen to this more." and I almost instantly fell in love with that album.

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Sufjan Stevens
My parents love him! And most of my friends like Chicago, but haven't heard anything else by him.

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
The Decemberists
16 Military Wives

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Bright Eyes
It was the album I'm Wide Awake It's Morning, now one of my all time favourite albums.

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
Earlimart
Haven't heard a song I don't like by these guys.

15. Why do you like 14's songs?
Grammatics
Because they are legitimately like nothing I've ever heard. Incredibly talented and unique band.

16. Where did you first hear 6?
blink-182
It was 5th grade, and I can't remember where we were, but I remember being in the car with my cousin who is two years older than me. I'm pretty sure we were waiting for my mom while she was getting groceries. She had her walkman with her and showed me the song What's My Age Again? and said. "This is blink-182, they're really good."

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
The Weepies
I first heard these guys about a year and a half ago, but I didn't even really start to listen to them until a few months ago. So I guess about 8 years?

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
Cat Power
Nope, I only have good memories associated with this wonderful woman.

19. When did you get into 17?
Owen
I saw a poster for a show that he was going to be playing in Hali, and I had seen the name thrown around on AP before, so I thought that this would be a good time to start listening. Unfortunately, the show got canceled due to lack of ticket sales. Devastating.

20. How long have you been into 9?
Joshua Radin
About a year or so.

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
Rogue Wave
Honestly, probably not. I'd love to see them live, but I probably wouldn't go. Especially since I'd have no one to go with.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Beirut
I only own The Flying Club Cup, but I plan to buy Gulag Orkestar as well if I find it.

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
Imogen Heap
No. But no one does, really.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
Nick Drake
Pink Moon and Which Will

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
Cloud Cult
Hurricane And The Fire Survival Guide

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Conor Oberst
Moab, probably my favourite song by him.

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
Iron & Wine
Not according to last.fm, but I've definitely listened to Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car, Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog), and Resurrection Fern over 30 times.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
Allister
There isn't one!

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
Kevin Devine
Nope!

30. What song got you into 40?
Matt Pond PA
People Have A Way

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Jack's Manneqiun
Dark Blue, with La La Lie in second.

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
JamisonParker
Be very confused, but slightly honoured that they care enough to hate me.

33. What would you say if 43 or one of the members from 43 asked you out?
Florence + The Machine
I'm flattered Florence, but I don't swing that way.

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Spoon
As long as they keep making music, it makes no difference to me!

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
A.A. Bondy
Well there's only one guy...

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
Regina Spektor
She is a pretty lady with a pretty voice.

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
St. Vincent
Now, Now currently has 8 plays. I feel like I've listened to it more times than that though.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
Bloc Party
Sadly, none. I'm a university student, I can't afford CDs!

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
Gatsby's American Dream
Nope!

40. Which member from 39 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
Trespassers William
They should just stay as they are.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
Voxtrot
Kid Gloves - this summer!

42. Did you hate 29 at first?
The Hush Sound
Loved 'em at first listen.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Azure Ray
Ha, no.

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Coconut Records
I think so.

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
Fanfarlo
Not really.

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
Dirty Projectors
Pssh, like they would come to Hali.

47. Do you like 44's name?
Phoenix
I don't dislike it.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Northstar
I love Nick Torres, just not in that way.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 42?
The Matches
Impossible.

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
Winterpills
Ha, they don't make very dancey music...