the six-month iPod playlist

long about last April 10, the second (or third) (who's counting?) iPod died. and we had other iTunes issues, with the computer primarily, regarding an overlap of MP3 files after we added an external hard drive. seemed as if we had some songs damn near everywhere on our computer. so, we did what every red-blooded American with a burgeoning sense of ingenuity would do: we started over.

so here are Top 25 Most Played Songs (according to our iTunes Library) for the past six months:

"Let's Get Out Of This Country" from Camera Obscura's Let's Get Out Of This Country
"Town" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"The Decline of Country and Western Civilization" from Lambchop's Damaged
"Country Mile" from Camera Obscura's Let's Get Out Of This Country
"I Need All The Friends I Can Get" from Camera Obscura's Let's Get Out Of This Country
"Lucky" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"The Room Got Heavy" from Yo La Tengo's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
"Black Flowers" from Yo La Tengo's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
"The Race Is On Again" from Yo La Tengo's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
"Canyon" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"Mile" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"Before" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"Sometimes I Don't Get You" from Yo La Tengo's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
"Kingdom" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"Window" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"Up With People" from Lambchop's Nixon
"If Looks Could Kill" from Camera Obscura's Let's Get Out Of This Country
"Fast Man" from Frank Black's Fast Man Raider Man
"A Dime and A Cigarette" from Head Like A Kite's Random Portraits of the Home Movie
"Numbered" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"Daphnia" from Yo La Tengo's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
"A World of Hurt" from Drive-By Truckers' A Blessing and a Curse
"I Would've Waited Here All Day" from Lambchop's Damaged
"Spell" from Richard Buckner's Meadow
"I Should've Known Better" from Yo La Tengo's I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass

though this list likely says more about the aural ingestions of albums than songs (despite the list heading), it's damn sure telling when it comes to the last six months' writing assignments.