For the last few days I’ve had Cameo’s “Word Up” stuck in my head. I have no idea how it got there, as I haven’t actually heard the song physically in several years.

Please make it stop…

I haven’t done one of these in a while, so what the heck?

1. stAllio!, “the future sound of retro”
2. Beck, “Hell Yes”
3. Venetian Snares, “Poo Yourself Jason”
4. Frank Zappa, “Dumb All Over”
5. Pink Floyd, “A Saucerful of Secrets”
6. Flight of the Conchords, “The Prince of Parties”
7. Harvey Milk, “We Destroy the Family”
8. Nomeansno, “The Tower”
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Bootleg”
10. Sunn 0))), “Orakulum”

What are you listening to?

DJE came up with a cool music meme - shuffle your music player and note the nationality of the artists, then tally everything up and see just how international your music collection is… I did three passes of ten shuffled tracks.

First pass:

1. Erik Satie, “Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes)” (France)
2. Red House Painters, “Priest Alley Song” (USA)
3. Baltic Fleet, “To Chicago” (UK)
4. The Doors, “Love Me Two Times” (USA)
5. The Birthday Party, “King Ink” (Australia)
6. Venetian Snares, “Bebikukorica Nigiri” (Canada)
7. Patti Smith & Kevin Shields, “(untitled)” (US/UK)
8. Boredoms, “Acid Police” (Japan)
9. 999, “Homicide” (UK)
10. Pan Sonic, “Johdin” (Finland)

USA: 2.5, UK 2.5, France: 1, Australia: 1, Japan: 1, Finland: 1, Canada: 1

Second pass:

1. The Who, “Life WIth the Moons” (UK)
2. Sigur Rós, “Fljótavík” (Iceland)
3. The Vaselines, “Rory Rides Me Raw” (UK)
4. Reinhard Voigt, “Matrix” (Germany)
5. Morphine, “Buena” (USA)
6. Public Image Ltd., “Home is Where the Heart Is” (UK)
7. This Heat, “Makeshift Swahili” (UK)
8. Weedeater, “Southern Cross” (USA)
9. Mercury Rev, “Sweet Odyssee of a Cancer Cell T’ Th’ Center of Yer Heart” (USA)
10. Emerson Lake & Palmer, “Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression” (UK)

UK: 5, USA: 3, Iceland: 1, Scotland: 1, Germany: 1

Third Pass:

1. Metalchicks, “Dead Loss Angeles” (Japan)
2. Magazine, “Shot By Both Sides” (UK)
3. Genesis, “Return of the Giant Hogweed” (UK)
4. Butthole Surfers, “The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave” (USA)
5. Cows, “Dirty Leg” (USA)
6. Harvey Milk, “Where the Bee Sucks, There Suck I” (USA)
7. Swans, “Can’t Find My Way Home” (USA)
8. Do Make Say Think, “March of Worms” (Canada)
9. Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Studie 1″ (Germany)
10. Clint Mansell, “Summer: Bialy & Lox Conga” (UK)

USA: 4, UK: 3, Japan: 1, Canada: 1, Germany: 1

Grand Totals - UK: 10.5, US: 9.5, Japan: 2, Germany: 2, Canada: 2, Iceland: 1, France: 1, Finland: 1, Australia: 1

UK FTW.