Triple J Hottest 100

Once again the most torturous part of the year is upon me- voting for the Hottest 100. This process drives me mad, but I need to do it. I find I always have the same problems when voting. Some questions I have asked myself (or others) while voting:

-If I really liked a hugely popular song (say, Black Fingernails, Red Wine) should I not vote for it, confident that others will, thus saving one of my valuable *snigger* votes for another, lesser known band?

-If one of said lesser known bands (say, The Audreys) gets into the Hottest 100, but with songs that aren't even in the list of my favourites for the year, should I still vote for them anyway, just so the band gets some recognition?

-If I love really obscure tiny songs that nobody else will vote for, should I still vote for them, or is this pointless? If only smaller bands could have preferences like in the proper elections- that way at least if I was voting Love Outside Andromeda I would know I wasn't voting My Chemical Romance. Muahaha.

Okay, without further ado, my ten selections for the Hottest 100 this year:

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
Grates - 19-20-20
Audreys - Oh Honey
Butterfingers - Get Up Outta The Dirt
Infadels - Love Like Semtex
Love Outside Andromeda - Sparrow
Matisyahu - King Without A Crown
Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye
We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
Winnie Coopers - Geek Manifesto

And if I had to pick just one favourite out of that... ... ... okay brain, I'm sorry, I take it back. That would be way too hard. So I guess that's my top ten songs for the year, kiddies!

m

PS. The other long post explaining things is in the works. Need to have coherent thoughts about things in order to blog about em, m'kay?

Everyone else is doing it, why can't I?

The Music of My Life- cause I am such a sheep!

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

So, here's how it works:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...

Opening Credits:
Map of the Problematique- Muse.

Waking Up:
Panic Room - Paul Mac. (ha! ha!)

First Day of School:
Amsterdam- The Dresden Dolls. (I don't really know this song, I had to stop and listen to it.)

Falling in Love:
Faith- George Michael. I like this, cute! "Well I guess it would be nice, if I could touch your body...I know not everybody has got a body like you...but I gotta think twice before I give my heart away, and I know all the games you play, because I play them too!" Haha, how appropriate!
Fight Song:
Godless- The Dandy Warhols. Kinda mellow for a fight song really- I want Love Outside Andromeda as my fight song!
Breaking Up:
Kiss Kiss- Holly Valance. *blush* How completely un-suitable. Except in the sense that usually after breaking up I get all dressed up and go out to drown my sorrows in somebody else's lips.
Prom:
100 Christmas, Disney's Very Merry Christmas songs. This is actually a whole CD in my library. I dunno eh.
Life:
Superstraight- Regurgitator. Don't really know this one either, but the words are good - "Give love give me good good times!"
Mental Breakdown:
Exaltation- Matisyahu
Driving:
One Breath Away - Sophie Monk. (MY GOD SHUFFLE IS PICKING ALL THE TERRIBLE SONGS HELP!)
Flashback:
Curl- Sneaker Pimps.
Getting Back Together:
Ahh finally a good one, and appropriate- Bound By Hurt Dissolved- Love Outside Andromeda! SO RIGHT. "I set you free, please go."
Wedding:
Blessed Night- Howling Bells. Alright, I guess.
Birth of Child:
Is You Is Or Is You Aint My Baby? - Dinah Washington. Haha, this is funny. One would hope that I would know!
Final Battle:
Riding Under One Banner - Hilltop Hoods.
Death Scene:
Blue Orchid- The White Stripes. Fuck yeah, this'd make an awesome death song! I die with an awesome bassline, fuck yeah!
Funeral Song:
Code Blue- i heart hiroshima. Yet another random thing on my playlist. My funeral happens without any bassline at all, spooky!
First orgy:
Praise You- Fatboy Slim. My movie has a prom AND an orgy? What kind of sick twisted teen movie is this?
Meeting Leonardo DiCaprio in a NY club:
Cool Scene- The Dandy Warhols. Okay, yeah sure.
Getting really drunk at your friend's wedding:
How To Explain - The Cat Empire
Crashing your car:
Grace- Jeff Buckley. Does this mean I die when my car crashes?
Overdose scene:
"Molly" from Wonderland (an instrumental piece by Michael Nyman). It is kinda druggy I suppose.
End Credits:
Do You Remember- Jack Johnson.

Well, my movie has a mellow end credit song, that means it must be happy ending right?

So far from this exercise I have learned that I have a lot of shit on my Itunes that I don't actually even know.

A shrinky dinky dinky...a shrinky dinky doo...

So lots of things sort of tiddling (Yes, I know that's a shit word.) through my head right now, after my trip to the shrink. Yes, in case you don't know, I see a shrink once a week. Mostly for being bipolar, but if you believe my shrink, also for issues relating to my (physically) distant father and my emotionally unavailable mother. Yes, my shrink has the entire collected works of Freud in his office.

Anyway, I usually have lots to think about after the shrink, and instead of rambling I am going to make a nice list:

1) Is it normal to feel uncomfortable/kinda creeped out talking to my shrink?
2) Do I really fall for people specifically because they are emotionally unavailable to me?
3) Do I really believe all this Freud bullshit anyway?
4) Is it really a warning sign of something bad that Gray picks me up on it when I use incorrect English? My shrink thinks so, but while it annoyed me, I asked Gray about it and he reckoned it was just a defence mechanism he uses when he's intimidated. Hmm, *shrug* dunno.
5) Do I maybe want a different shrink, because I disagree a lot with this one and also he creeps me out- when he says that he wants me to be able to lean on him (emotionally) my brain just says 'hellls noooooo'?

Okay, so some of those weren't quite questions. Eh, who cares.

Here's another nice list, in the theme of the post, entitled:

Songs That Have Dragged Me Through Some Tough Times

1. Matisyahu- King Without A Crown (live, the one on the album is shite)
2. Matisyahu - Lord Raise Me Up (In case you were wondering, no, I am not even slightly religious.)
3. Ben Harper - Better Way
4. Butterfingers - Get Up Outta The Dirt
5. The Grates- Trampoline (whee bouncy!)

Okay... I am going to go bounce around the house to silly happy music now...

Oh, and in case you were wondering- I'm going to call Gray tonight to ask for another date. Wish me luck!

m

A Query

There's a post in the works about my night out last night, and my encounter with Gray. I'm just being funny about posting it, if anyone was wondering.

What I was wondering was if anyone has heard a track from The Knife's album, Deep Cuts, called 'Behind the Bushes'. If you have, could you please lord tell me what the tune is from?

I think it might be from a computer/console game, maybe Final Fantasy, but it's driving me MAD not knowing.

m