El Top Fifty del 2006

fide the magic of itunes smart playlists. that's right, dear reader, none of that sappy subjective mumbo-jumbo. just the cold hard facts on "My Blog" here. compiled thanks only to the magic of my hebrew friend's suggestion (i.e. command)

(currently playing "stars are blind" by paris hilton. just so you know)

i tried and tried for like forty seconds to have itunes weed out repeat instances of albums but somehow got distracted. so a hand-typed countdown will have to do.

1. Silent Shout - The Knife
2. The Loon - Tapes 'n Tapes
3. For Screening Purposes Only - Test Icicles
4. Arular - M.I.A.
5. Unknown Album (probably "Sus más lindas canciones", though)- Jeanette
6. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
7. Touch - Amerie
8. Anniemal - Annie
9. Crazy Itch Radio (Advance) - Basement Jaxx
10. Sings trad. arr. Shirley Collins - Colin Meloy
11. Return to the Sea - Islands
12. Lookaftering - Vashti Bunyan
13. Cripple Crow - Devendra Banhart
14. Heartbeats - José González
15. Closer - Joy Division
16. Substance - Joy Division
17. Kelis Was Here - Kelis
18. Pornography - Adriano Canzian
19. Garden Ruin - Calexico
20. The Runners Four - Deerhoof

these are, of course, the most played tracks added 2006, as unfair a computation as they come but, hey, i'm lazy. those poor albums released later didn't quite make it. sorry, Joanna Newsom. after typing all this i realized there is a 'year' tag. boring. running that count, of course, got rid of all the old stuff, and added (in that order) Cat Power's "The Greatest", Beck's "Guerolito", Sufjan Steven's "The Avalanche", The Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Show Your Bones", and Be Your Own Pet's "Be Your Own Pet".

and i'm too lazy to remember clearly what i bought on cd, and i never kept accurate count of how many times i played each. guess i'm not anal retentive after all. but i do love Matmos' "The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast", The Fiery Furnaces' "Bitter Tea", and The Decemberists' "The Crane Wife".

enough already. this was supposed to be a two-minute effort. but that don't mean i don't love all of you. feliz navidad.

P.s.Oh, and speaking of The Test Icicles, last week i stumbled on Boa Vs. Python, the movie, whilst perusing through my seven hundred DirecTV channlels. and, ohmyg-d THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER and you all HAVE TO GO SEE IT RIGHT NOW. you can thank me later.