sweet tweets

    the twits (or tweets)

    01.15.10

    Posted in words at 8:38 pm by electricvishnu

    thoughts and prayers to the people of haiti

    01.04.10

    my top hot jams of 2009

    Posted in hot jams, lists, words about non-words at 6:40 pm by electricvishnu

    [or a slightly audited and seasonally adjusted list of heavily played (iPod) songs]
    in some particular order

    25| beyonce | halo
    24| lady gaga | paparazzi
    23| straylight run | your name here (sunrise highway)
    22| ratatat | seventeen years
    21| matisyahu | i will be light
    20| kelly clarkson | already gone
    19| takagi masakatsu | j.f.p.
    18| mum | we have a map of the piano
    17| sigur ros | all alright
    16| bob marley | three little birds
    15| typical cats | take a number
    14| mgmt | time to pretend
    13| the specials | a message to you rudy
    12| bedouin soundclash | 12:59 lullaby
    11| the jackson five | i want you back
    10| miley cyrus | party in the usa
    09| souls of mischief | step to my girl
    08| john mayer | slow dancing in a burning room
    07| kings of leon | use somebody
    06| black eyed peas | i gotta feeling

    05| jay-z | empire state of mind
    04| matthew good band | apparitions
    03| our lady peace | paper moon
    02| saves the day | my sweet fracture
    01| third eye blind | water landing

    01.03.10

    best of the aughts in music [songs]

    Posted in words about non-words at 9:13 pm by electricvishnu

    the top 4 songs of each year from 2000 to 2009

    00

    • Radiohead – “Idioteque”
    • Modest Mouse – “3rd Planet”
    • New Found Glory – “Hit or Miss”
    • Eminem – “Stan”

    01

    • System of a Down – “Chop Suey”
    • Saves the Day – “Freakish”
    • Abandoned Pools – “The Remedy”
    • Gorillaz – “Clint Eastwood”

    02

    • Our Lady Peace – “Innocent”
    • All-American Rejects – “Swing, Swing”
    • The Flaming Lips – “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part I”
    • Sigur Rós – “Untitled 4″

    03

    • Outkast – “Hey Ya”
    • E-Town Concrete – “So Many Nights”
    • The Postal Service – “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight”
    • Something Corporate – “Konstantine”

    04

    • Green Day – “Whatsername”
    • The Killers – “Mr Brightside”
    • Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”
    • Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers – “¡Americano!”

    05

    • Saves the Day – “Ups & Downs”
    • Death Cab For Cutie – “Summer Skin”
    • Mars Volta – “The Widow”
    • Jack’s Mannequin – “Dark Blue”

    06

    • Less Than Jake – “The Rest of My Life”
    • Muse – “Starlight”
    • John Mayer – “Slow Dancing in A Burning Room”
    • Gnarles Barkley – “Crazy”

    07

    • Rihanna – “Umbrella”
    • M.I.A. – “Paper Planes”
    • Mika – “Grace Kelly”
    • Radiohead – “Reckoner”

    08

    • The Airborne Toxic Event – “Sometime Around Midnight”
    • Pink – “So What”
    • Okkervil River – “Lost Coastlines”
    • Ten Feet – “I’m Yours”

    09

    • Jay-Z – “Empire State of Mind”
    • Third Eye Blind – “Bonfire”
    • Kings of Leon – “Use Somebody”
    • Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”

    some honorable mentions (in no particular order):

    • Third Eye Blind – “Forget Myself”, “Water Landing”
    • Wilco – “Jesus, etc”
    • Our Lady Peace – “Paper Moon”, “In Repair”
    • Regina Spektor – “On The Radio”, “Fidelity”
    • Dashboard Confessional – “Again I Go Unnoticed”, “Remember to Breathe”
    • Big Pun – “It’s So Hard”
    • Blink 182 – “Feeling This”
    • Brand New – “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows”
    • Coheed and Cambria – “33″
    • Fountains of Wayne – “Mexican Wine”
    • Linkin Park – “The End”
    • Damian Rice – “Delicate”
    • Matchbox Twenty – “How Far We’ve Come”
    • Bedouin Soundclash – “When The Night Feels My Song”, “12:59 Lullabye”
    • MGMT – “Time To Pretend”
    • Phantom Planet – “Anthem”, “Always On My Mind”
    • Smashing Pumpkins – “With Every Light”, “Starz”
    • The Streets – “Dry Your Eyes”, “Blinded By The Lights”, “All Goes Out the Window”
    • Sugarcult – “Pretty Girl (The Way)”
    • Toby Keith – “I Love This Bar”
    • Down AKA Kilo – “Lean Like a Cholo”
    • The Tragically Hip – “The Darkest One”
    • Kelly Clarkson – “Already Gone”
    • Ratatat – “Seventeen Years”
    • Telepopmusik – “Breathe”
    • Miley Cyrus – “Party in the USA”
    • Matisyahu – “Jeruselem”
    • Takagi Masakatsu – “J.F.P.”
    • Vampire Weekend – “Walcott”
    • Elliott Smith – “Wouldn’t Mama Be Proud”
    • Coldplay – “Yellow”
    • Cypress Hill – “Rap Superstar”
    • New Found Glory – “Eyesore”
    • American Hi-Fi – “Flavor of the Week”
    • Nine Inch Nails – “The Great Destroyer”
    • The Killers – “When You Were Young”
    • Rick Barry – “Stupid American Song”
    • Foo Fighters – “Best of You”
    • Taking Back Sunday – “You’re So Last Summer”
    • Outkast – “The Whole World”