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Last.fm on kerännyt kuuntelemiani biisejä jo useamman vuoden. Listalla 20 eniten kuunneltua albumia viime vuodelta. Suluissa kuuntelukerrat.

1. Medeia – Cult (167)
2. Frank Sinatra – My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra (153)
3. Combichrist – Everybody Hates You (137)
4. RinneRadio – On (104)
5. Ratatat – LP4 (100)
6. Combichrist – Today We Are All Demons (89)
7. Mt Eden – Mount Eden Album (83)
8. Strapping Young Lad – Alien (82)
9. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Ire Works (81)
10. Disillusion – Gloria (73)
11. Venetian Snares – Rossz csillag alatt született (69)
11. Apes & Androids – Blood Moon (69)
11. Bach – Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello (69)
14. RinneRadio – Plus (68)
15. Mors Principium Est – Liberation = Termination (67)
15. The Mars Volta – Octahedron (67)
17. Aphex Twin – Drukqs (65)
18. Sneaker Pimps – Splinter (63)
18. The Roots – How I Got Over (63)
20. Sneaker Pimps – Bloodsport (61)

Lähteenä: drifter9000’s Charts – Users at Last.fm → Last 12 months

Now that there’s less than 3 weeks to september and fall, it’s good to start listing stuff that I did this summer.

I was actually challenged to do this by Jani and Maria.

• This was my 3rd festival summer. I was on 2 festivals as a customer (Provinssirock and Ämyrock), worked on 3 festivals (Sauna Open Air, Value Life 2007 and Simerock) and saw 26 different bands. (Listing can be read from the end of this post.)
• I drove over 3500km. Provinssirock trip was ~750km and Simerock trip alone was ~1300km. I like to drive, it clears my head.
• Learned the basics of Devil Stick. (I can do this, this, this and this already.)
• Worked on various projects at work and at home. At one point I had 5 projects active at the same time, started to get bit hard to manage.
• Watched 20 movies and 3 seasons of various series and I also listened to 845 different tracks 916 times.
• Saw Nine Inch Nails for the second time and Placebo for the first time live.
• Got new ideas for various projects that will be taking place under the Hollow13.netdomain.
• Felt better, happier and more productive than I have for long long time.
• Got to know myself better.
• Helped people in various code and design projects. People helped me in my projects.
• Consumed 8 pints of beer.
• Designed 2 themes for the blog.
• Took about 150 photos, but released only 9 of them.
• Went out to play water fight with Maria and to get wet bare-feet during a downpour of water.
• I didn’t burn my skin this summer so well I usually do.

Bands I saw this summer:
Timo Rautiainen, Kotiteollisuus, Dimmu Borgir, Leverage, Swallow The Sun (3 times), Callisto, CMX, Mokoma, Stam1na, Diablo, Rubik (2 times), Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu, Tori Amos, Don Johnson Big Band, Patti Smith and Band, Hatebreed, Sara, Superchrist, The Blood Brothers, Scissor Sisters and Lamb Of God

This just might be one of the best summers ever. Even thought I spend much time inside, coding and designing, I had a lot of fun while being outside.

One last thing to do before summer is over; swimming. I haven’t done that yet this summer. It’s not too late, is it?

Here’s few wallpapers I did in start of June. Enjoy.

All of them are 1024×768. Click to see the full size.

So, nothing fancy, just some testing I did. Enjoy.

Edit (2008/06/04): Fixed the links and re-uploaded the wallpapers. Enjoy.

Edit (2009/03/30): Uploaded them to flickr and linked again.

After some browsing, found some funny videos to make you smile :)

• How to Dance Like a White Guy
• George W. Bush Drunk?
• Nintendo a Capella
• High School Band Plays DJ Shadow
• My all time favorite: Mahna Mahna

There were 5, I smiled (with diffirent kind of feelings) when watching these.

The “High School Band Plays DJ Shadow” is more like a “wow”-video. Those kids got mad skills.

This is my coverage of mp3 blogs. all free new (legal) music flowing around the net. Free advertising for bands with good music :)

Take an active approach in finding music you love. Don’t let Clearchannel or MTV forcefeed you whatever music is “hot” this week. Find what you love and immerse yourself in it. Buy the CD. Go to the show. Meet your favorite artist after their show and give ‘em 20 bucks in exchange for the music you downloaded. Support the artists whose work you adore.

Be passionate about music. It’ll love you back.

This is what the first mp3-blog (link here) I’ve seen says to it’s users. And I totally agree this blogger-based journal filled with music. Some of the tracks I’ve listened to, and a lot of I’ve never even heard of.

aurgasm brings to you an eclectic menagerie of aural pleasures. I scout out music you’ve never heard and deliver only the finest.
Expect music curiously different, yet simply enjoyable.

I want music to move me. I listen to how it sounds and consume how it feels. I want it to groove my soul, wrench my heart, nod my head, or fascinate my brain.

It really makes me sad to see Avril and Britney are collecting the souls of potential users/listeners/buyers of good music. Don’t get me wrong, there’s couple of songs by Britney even I like, and it’s a rare thing, just because pop generally produces look-alikes, clones of clones who worship someone in the teen-magazine covers… plastic.

But hey, it’s a free land ;) Everybody listen to what you like, just remember there is so much more than MTV ;)

betterPropaganda focuses on new, independent music & allows you to use interactive features to discover, hear & collect it. We are dedicated to providing independent labels & artists a better opportunity to be heard. Right now, the site is loaded with hundreds of free, hand selected & fully legal mp3s, with brand new ones uploaded daily.

Sounds good, looks good and feels good. :)

The MP3Blogs Aggregator

An aggregated feed of mp3 weblogs: updated every hour on the hour. Read online or via our RSS feed. Never miss a link to your new favourite tune again.

The easy way to stay updated of newest findings, reviews and praise. A lot of mp3 blogs covered and updated.

So here’s the most important (the tip of the iceberg) mp3 blog related sites I found in my quick research. Hope you enjoyed!

Here’s few links to learn more:

Blogs

• #664 / Posts on #644 will be every five days, and will all feature streaming songs in RealAudio format.
• Byron Bitchlaces
• Moebius Rex
• Jazz And Conversation / Reviews, Raves, and Audio from the world of Jazz, Ambient, New Age, and World Music.
• Fluxblog
• Slow Rotation / Abstract hip-hop - downtempo - trip-hop
• SceneStars.net
• Telephone Thing / An mp3 blog specializing in downtempo, electronic and indie hip-hop music. Some indie rock too. And movie reviews. And other crap.
• 3hive / sharing the sharing

Learn

• Downhill Battle / a non-profit organization working to end the major label monopoly and build a better, fairer music industry.
• PopMatters.com / PopMatters is an international magazine of cultural criticism.
• Under The Radar -magazine
• Prefix magazine / Articles range from the latest hip-hop and rock sensations to social injustices occurring before our eyes.
• Pitchfork Media

Discover

• AllMusic / The allmusic website was created in 1995 as a place for music fans to indulge their passion.
• Discogs / a user-built database of music information. Imagine a site with discographies of all labels, all artists, all cross-referenced. It’s getting closer every day.
• Mp3.com / a guide for digital music consumers.
• Insound.com Mp3 / Home of Indie Zines, Information and Underground stuff
• Epitonic.com / Epitonic.com is a site for sore ears.
• Last.Fm / A radio that puts you, the listeners, in charge.