iPod Top 100: 2007

A new year and, once again, time to reset my iPod’s play count on all tracks to zero. But first, here’s what I listened to most in 2007:

1. I Got It (What You Need) – Galactic & Lyrics Born
2. The Way I Am – Ingrid Michaelson
3. Girls Who Play Guitars – Maximo Park
4. Arlington – Emmet Swimming
5. Gunslinger – John Fogerty
6. The Car Song – Cat Empire
7. Don’t Apologize – Liz Phair
8. The Moneymaker – Rilo Kiley
9. Cobrastyle – Teddybears featuring Mad Cobra
10. New Religion – Alice Smith
11. Le Disko (Radio Edit) – Shiny Toy Guns
12. Got to Be a Love – Greyboy
13. Good Time – Leroy
14. Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John
15. Sly – The Cat Empire
16. Lazy Girls – Jill Cuniff
17. The Night Starts Here – Stars
18. Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson
19. Soap Star Joe (Rolling Stone live EP) – Liz Phair
20. Long Legs – The Magic Numbers
21. Pretty – Marianne Baker
22. Straight Out of Compton – Nina Gordon
23. You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
24. Think I’m in Love – Beck
25. I Knew You Were Trouble – Ian Ball
26. Hands in Pockets – Laura Gibson
27. On the Rise – Meat Puppets
28. Rehab – Amy Winehouse
29. Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne
30. No One’s Gonna Love You – Band of Horses
31. Parentheses – The Blow
32. Pink Moon – Damien Jurado
33. Shabop Shalom – Devendra Banhart
34. Flathead – The Fratellis
35. Jetpack – Jill Sobule
36. How Lucky We Are – meiko
37. How to Beat Dementia – Palomar
38. Prison Bound – Social Distortion
39. Are You Having Any Fun – Count Basie & Tony Bennett
40. Eanie Meanie – Jim Noir
41. Hello Big Mama – Kraak & Smaak
42. Gimme Shelter – Patti Smith
43. Weight of the World – Pigeon John
44. The One U Wanna C – Prince
45. Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny
46. Lazy Eye – Silversun Pickups
47. Lil’ King Kong – Simple Kid
48. Beautiful – Storm Large
49. Ridin’ the Wind (UK version) – The Tornados
50. Fairfax (You’re Still the Same) – William Tell
51. Take These Thoughts – Chris and Thomas
52. Kids in America – The Donnas
53. Hotel California (Spanish Mix) – Gipsy Kings
54. My Little Suede Shoes – Grant Green
55. Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
56. God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash
57. One of These Days (Featuring U-Gene) – Kraak & Smaak
58. Perfect Misfit – Liz Phair
59. I Am John – Loney, Dear
60. Take a Chance – The Magic Numbers
61. 88 Lines about 44 Women – The Nails
62. Rally – Phoenix
63. Australia – The Shins
64. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
65. Your Ex-Lover is Dead (Final Fantasy Mix) – Stars
66. Fat Chick’s Revenge – Storm Large
67. Wild Horses – The Sundays
68. The Shadow Government (Live on XM) – They Might Be Giants
69. Alison – Elvis Costello
70. Wicked Game – Giant Drag
71. Running the World – Jarvis Cocker
72. Love Me or Hate Me – Lady Sovereign
73. The Horizon’s Been Defeated (live) – Jack Johnson
74. The Big Guns – Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
75. Don’t Let Go – Pacha Massive
76. California Sun – The Ramones
77. Phantom Limb – The Shins
78. Frank & Ava – Suzanne Vega
79. Mister Me (Live on XM) – They Might Be Giants
80. Withered Hope (Live on XM) – They Might Be Giants
81. Brianstorm – The Arctic Monkeys
82. Turpentine – Brandi Carlile
83. Amazing Grace – The Dropkick Murphys
84. Make-Out King – Eleni Mandell
85. Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix) – Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook & Wildchild
86. Jarhand – Immaculate Machine
87. Let Her Go – The Lodger
88. Magnolia Soul – Ozomatli
89. Dear Mr. Man – Prince and Cornell West
90. Mister Sister – The Tender Box
91. Icky Thump – The White Stripes
92. Light Up the Sky – Yellowcard
93. No Cars Go – Arcade Fire
94. Hunting for Witches – Bloc Party
95. Melt Your Heart – Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins
96. Come to California – Matthew Sweet
97. Hey Eugene – Pink Martini
98. Guitar – Prince
99. Connected – Stereo MC’s
100. With Plenty of Money and You – Count Basie & Tony Bennett

For comparison’s sake, here are the 2005 and 2006 playlists.

Happy birthday to me

Candles from mom, cake by Jenn. Jenn will pay for her little joke: In about five years, I start telling everyone how good she looks for 40.

Podcast line-up, December 2007

So, you got an iPod for [holiday of your choice] this year, did you? Well, in addition to sticking your entire CD collection into it, you can use it to replace your radio with a custom made channel, which you can pause, rewind or skip ahead with, too, via the magic of podcasting. It’s certainly what I’ve done, although I get a lot of podcasts from radio stations, mixing and matching for my own personal tastes.

Below is what I’m listening to now. Copy the links into the podcast software of your choice, such as iTunes:

• alt.NPR: B-Side Radio
• APM: Marketplace
• Coverville
• Denver Post’s Lyrics Undercover
• From the Pages of the Post
• Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
• KCRW’s Film Reviews
• KCRW’s Martini Shot
• KCRW’s Minding the Media
• KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic
• KCRW’s The Business
• KCRW’s The Treatment
• KCRW’s Today’s Top Tune
• KQED’s The California Report
• MPR: The Current Song of the Day
• NPR: 10 a.m. ET News Summary
• NPR: Driveway Moments
• NPR: Foreign Dispatch
• NPR: Science Friday
• NPR: Story of the Day
• NPR: The Bryant Park Project
• Official Disneyland Resort Podcasts
• On the Media
• Our Ocean World
• PRI’s The World: Geo Quiz
• PRI’s The Sound of Young America
• StarDate
• That Sound
• The Kevin & Bean Show from KROQ
• The Loh Down on Science
• The Loh Life
• The Official LOST Podcast
• The Onion Radio News
• They Might Be Giants Podcast
• The Week in Tech
• Tiki Bar TV

Not all of these are daily. Some are weekly, a few are monthly and some are quarterly or follow no set schedule. I used to get more, like Fresh Air, but I found myself either not having time to listen to them.

The Coyote Project, afterword

I tried e-mailing this to Sharon, who’s been tracking this story since the beginning, but the glut of images choked the Star’s e-mail. So, here it is, blogged instead:

Photos of Dora from our Christmas visit to Oakland, where the stray cat who came in from the cold is alive and well and a big fan of my dad. As Jenn said, “All’s well that ends well!”

Women in Refrigerators: A response

In the past, I’ve mentioned my association with the Women in Refrigerators site featuring interviews by Gail Simone about why comic creators keep using any available female character (except Wonder Woman, it seems) as a victim for some really brutal stuff.

Today, Something Positive comes up with a response of their own. It would probably help to be familiar with WiR before reading the strip.