Fri 12 Dec – Oasis, Matt Costa, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

AMAZING show! Ryan Adams and co were incredible and I honestly felt like this was the best oasis gig I've been to this decade…Liam sounded spot on! I was a little nervous since he struggled a bit on Rock n Roll Star but after getting warmed up on that he sounded phenomenal. What a gig!

Set list:
Fuckin' in the Bushes
Rock n Roll Star
Lyla
The Shock of the Lightning
Cigarettes and Alcohol
The Meaning of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Waiting for the Rapture
The…

Can't say that I use last.fm very much these days.. especially with the purchase of a Zune and lack of scrobbling software for it, but after over 9 months I'm at 50,000.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)

Was converting some new tunes to AAC to stick em on my iPod and went to sleep.. forgot that it started playing once it converted them. So, my 45,000th track was a bit of a wash.. guess I'll just have to get to 50k to have a real one!

As far as I can tell, it was Good Shoes' In the City.

Sun 15 Apr – The Flaming Lips, The Rapture

As horrible as it was to venture into enemy territory and be surrounded by all that nasty Orange and Blue, the ends justified the means as I was able to witness an absolutely epic show.

I definitely wish The Rapture had played a few more tracks (the lack of Olio was a bit of a shock), but what they did play was great. I'll take some pot smoke in an open air environment over the horrible cloud of cigarette smoke I had to deal with at The Beta Bar any day…

Mon 9 Apr – The Decemberists, My Brightest Diamond

I'm kinda sorta a fan of The Decemberists.. I like them in moderation but I don't typically play through a whole album of theirs in succession. My main inspiration for going (outside of spreading the V89 love) was to hear The Sporting Life live. Much to my chagrin, it was not played. That being said, there was a lot of energy in their live set and I feel like their music comes together better in a live setting than when sitting down and listening to a record or two.

I…

This mini-milestone goes to the classic track from oasis, Don't Look Back In Anger. Just missing out at 39,999 was The Lightning Seeds with Three Lions.

Fri 26 Jan – The Rapture, Under The Influence Of Giants

Under the Influence of Giants were fun, but I swear the lead singer MUST have been hopped up on coke or something. He could not stop walking back in forth (maybe 3 feet to the left, 3 feet to the right over and over) even during the down time. He reminded me of my friend's dog who just runs in circles nonstop. Their last few songs were their best and most exciting – perhaps they should rearrange their set list.

The Rapture brought the house and were everything I'd…

Doves' Some Cities was the semi-monumental track. I wonder what'll be number 50,000?

Some Cities

Here's a mix CD I made of some of the best tunes from 2006. I typically shy away from including multiple songs from the same artist, but The Fratellis and The Rifles are so damn good that I couldn't help it.

1. Creepin Up the Backstairs
2. Lipstick Licking
3. Black Whistler
4. Repeated Offender
5. Hold that Gun
6. Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
7. Long Distance Call
8. Starlight
9. Blue Note
10. Is It Any Wonder?
11. Crazy
12. She's Got Standards
13. Chasing Cars
14. Steady, As She Goes
15. Setting Sun
16. Henrietta
17.…

I was using the profile editor in Firefox and it lagged, the "x" I intended to click to remove a certain artist was in fact not the one I clicked and poof, lost 503 Arctic Monkeys plays. Bye bye #4 artist and #4 song among others. 7 months of listens down the drain.

Guess I'll have to cheat the system to get them back up to where they were, but it's not the same.