I’m sure I’ve mentioned a few times that I absolutely love stats and my curiosity was sparked when I came across this post on tumblr. I’ve added some bits and removed others, however.

Unless stated otherwise all the following exclude podcasts and audiobooks and I’ve excluded all songs that aren’t properly tagged and as such would have technically appeared before others in the alphabetical lists. This also doesn’t include anything I listen to on my iPod as I’ve still not found a way to scrobble that for Last.fm.

General stats:

Number of Songs: 12769
Number of Artists: 2,883 [Some mislabelled though, so probably only about 2500. This number also includes some podcasts/audiobooks]
Number of Albums: About 900 [There are also compilations and songs I've added in folders]
Number of Plays: 34627 [since January 2008]
Number of Last.fm loved tracks: 166 [Only started 'loving' tracks a few months ago though and don't always bother]

Songs:

Most Played Songs:

• Busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park – We made it.
• Razorlight – Wire to Wire
• Ludovico Einaudi – Calm [Calmo]
• Linkin Park – Nobody’s listening [Evil Genius Remix]
• Linkin Park – P5hng Me A*wy

First Songs Alphabetically:

• David Arnold – “3″ send [James Bond/Tomorrow Never Dies OST]
• Garbage – #1 Crush
• Justin Timberlake – (And she said) Take me now
• Jennifer Lopez – (Can’t believe) This is me
• Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t fear) The Reaper

Last Songs Alphabetically:

• マキシマム ザ ホルモン – 絶望ビリー [It's from the Death Note OST, Last.fm link]
• Söhne Mannheims – Zurück zu dir
• Die Fantastischen Vier – Zu geil für diese Welt
• Mew – Zookeeper’s Boy
• Feisty Stevens – Zombies are inside out

Shortest Songs:

• Xbox360 Achievement unlocked. Yes, that’s the sound that is made when unlocking an achievement on the 360! Link to MN’s blog to download.
• In the same sense my second shortest song is the Agility Orb sound from Crackdown. Link to MN’s blog to download.] They’re both just a second long.
• Christopher Lennertz – A losing Hand/Poker Face. They’re both four seconds long and from Gun.
• Steven Wright – Home of Rock. This five second long song is from the Reservoir Dogs OST.

Longest Songs:

• Vice City – VCPR [With Maurice Chavez!] – 86 minutes
• Oasis – Better Man – 38 minutes
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast – Once more with feeling [all the songs from the musical episode] – 29 minutes
• Christophe Beck – Buffy Season 2-5 score remix – 29 minutes
• Dream Theater – A change of Seasons – 23 minutes

Artists:

Most played Artists:

• John Williams [1697 plays]
• Linkin Park [1511 plays]
• Howard Shore [1242 plays]
• Ludovico Einaudi [494 plays]
• Murray Gold [366 plays]
• Hans Zimmer [366 plays]

First Artists Alphabetically:

• !!! [Not made up! Last.fm link]
• (The Real) Tuesday Weld
• *NSYNC
• 10Cc
• 12 Volt Sex

Last Artists Alphabetically:

• マキシマム ザ ホルモン [It's from the Death Note OST, Last.fm link]
• ZZ Top
• The Zutons
• Z-Trip ft. Chester Bennington
• Zookeeper

Albums:

Most Recently Added Albums:

• Duffy – Rockferry [Special Edition songs]
• Amanda Palmer – Who killed Amanda Palmer
• Jimi Hendrix – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Halo Wars OST
• Santogold – Santogold
• The Killers – Day and Age
• Noisettes – What’s the time Mr Wolf
• Katy Perry – One of the boys
• Atonement OST
• Weeds Season 3 OST

First Albums Alphabetically:

• A-M Classical [Classical compilation]
• Oasis – (What’s the story) Morning Glory
• Britney Spears – …baby one more time
• The Beatles – 1
• Air – 10.000 Hz Legend

Last Albums Alphabetically:

• Xavier Naidoo – Zwischenspiel [Alles für den Herrn]
• Söhne Mannheims – Zion
• Kaiser Chiefs – Yours truly, Angry mob
• John Barry – You only live twice [James Bond OST]
• Stereophonics – You gotta go there to come back

Songs listened to:

And finally, these are the songs I’ve listened to whilst writing this blog post. Quite a few, I hear you say? Well, if you knew how long a short post takes me to write and post you could imagine how long a long one takes, especially if I have to look things up!

• Duffy – Fool for you.
• Fort Minor – Kenji
• Dirty Pretty Things – Bang Bang You’re Dead
• Panic Ensemble – spring in your heart
• Amy Macdonald – Mr. Rock And Roll
• Buddy Holly – Rave On
• Jack Penate – Have I Been A Fool
• Girls in Hawaii – This farm will end up in fire
• The Future Sound of London – Omnipresence
• James Horner – Leaving Port [Titanic OST]
• N’Sync – Tearin’ up my heart
• Lift – Even if [it's love]
• Avril Lavigne – How does it feel
• Jean Martinon – Orchestre De Paris – Le Tombeau de Couperin
• Glenn Miller – Chattanooga Choo Choo
• Darkness – Love On The Rocks With No Ice
• Arctic Monkeys – Leave Before the Lights Come On
• Sia – Breathe Me (Four Tet remix)
• Murray Gold – Rose’s Theme
• Dario Marianelli – Elegy for Dunkirk
• Linkin Park – Hunger Strike (Live From Projekt Revolution 2008)
• Clocks – Old Valve Radio
• Electric Six – Down at Mcdonnelzz
• Howard Shore – Moria
• Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
• Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra – Elgar: Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma” – 12. G.R.S.
• Foo Fighters – Weenie Beenie
• The Future Sound of London – Moscow (remix)
• Rhett Miller – Our Love
• Zero 7 – Today
• Norah Jones – The Long Day Is Over
• Lemon Demon – The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
• The Verve – I see houses
• The Cat Empire – Bugaloo
• Echobelly – Mouth Almighty
• Elf Power – Paralyzed
• Howard Shore, Emiliana Torrini – ”Long Ways To Go Yet”
• Ray Charles – I got a woman
• Prokofiev – Romeo and Julia – The people continue to make merry
• Dido – Let’s do the things we normally do

I might write a post on how my listening behaviour has changed over the last years soon..

TV shows I have been watching in the last year:

24 – Watched S! and S2 so far. S1 annoyed me lots, like characters get introduced and are only in it for two episodes.. Loved the unexpected ending though. Will be watching S3 soon.

Alias - thought it dragged along a bit, S5 was a joke and why does she always run along corridors?!

Arrested Development - It took me a while to get into it as it’s quite a different show. It is absolutely hilarious though and I can’t wait for the film although I’m pretty sure it won’t be anywhere as good as the show.

Buffy - Been watching Buffy ever since it came out. It’s a brilliant show with excellent character development.

Carnivale - Just got that, have no idea what it’s about, but I’ve been told it’s amazing, so I’ll see!

CSI - Been watching CSI since it came out, there’s just something about the characters and the fact that after 8 seasons it still works. Plus I love story arcs.

CSI Miami - Took me a while to get into it, especially as the main guy pissed me off, but once I realised he was just there to bring a humorous element to the show I started liking it! It’s also completely over the top with some very flashy camera work, etc!

Deadwood - Only started this, well, I kinda watched episode 1 and fell asleep during it! So I’ll be watching this over the next weeks!

Death Note – This is an anime and in fact the only anime I’ve ever been able to watch, amazing story and I will need to finish it one of these days!

Doctor Who – Now I love Doctor Who. That is the new series though. Got hooked when it came back with Christopher Eccleston and this is now one of my favourite shows. Can’t wait for the new episode tonight! David Tennant is brilliant and the story arcs quite clever plus it’s just so British with references and the guest actors. BBC America is starting to show the new series from this or next weekend as well, so watch it!

Eureka - I liked this show for it’s craziness and cause it’s, well, different and quite happy, cheery. But S2 was a little disappointing and I’m not sure if S3 will be able to get better again.

Firefly - I cannot believe that Fox never gave this show a chance. This had the potential to be big. Excellent [unknown] cast, excellent universe with the western/Chinese influences, brilliant dialogue and just a new take on living in space. I’m really gutted it’s been cancelled.

Frasier - Always liked Frasier, great show mainly due to the main characters, Frasier and Niles, working so well together. And the character development is brilliant.

Futurama - Another show that I wish hadn’t been cancelled. Not all the episodes were great, but the ones that are are simply hilarious. Bit undecided on Benders Big Score so far, it dragged along a bit too much..

Gossip Girl – Started watching this as it’s got Kristen Bell in it which turns out to be just a voiceover voice! It kind of reminds me of the film ‘Cruel Intentions’ which I liked and some of the GG characters remind me of friends.

Heroes - Watched S1 and didn’t like it all that much. Will watch S2 at some point, but I don’t see what all the hype is about.

House - Never seen a single episode of it, but I’ve got S1 waiting to be watched!

It’s always sunny in Philadelphia - I don’t get it.. Got a few episodes in and it just wasn’t funny to me.

Long Way Round – Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Boorman on their bike trip from London through Russia, Canada to New York. Absolutely brilliant stuff, I like Ewan McGregor a lot and the whole thing was sort of a mix between a travel/bike/comedy show.

Long way Down – Same thing again, but this time it’s from Scotland through Europe, Italy and Africa to South Africa. Not as good as the first one, there were too boats to catch making it all very stressed. Still good though and I can’t wait for the next one which is the ‘Long way up’ from South America up to Canada I believe.

Lost - Not seen anything past S1. The adverts pissed me off and the constant viral hyping. I liked re watching S1 back to back and I’ll be watching all of Lost in one big go once it’s all done.

MacGyver - He can make a bomb out of chewing gum, a string and a match. Enough said!

Midsomer Murders – So British, so complicated at times, idyllic villages, mass murderers, some hilarious killings, it’s just 1 1/2 hours of fun..

Moonlight - I like Jason Dohring and he’s one of the characters on there, so I had to watch it! The show is trying far too hard and I’m not sure rewriting everything people assume about vampires was such a great way to start. Jason is actually the main reason I carried on watching, his character is brilliant.

Murder, She wrote – Simply brilliant, I love Angela Lansbury and I have a real thing about murder mysteries!

One Tree Hill – Remember it used to be on TV, but I never really paid attention til I started watching it end of last year. It’s one of the few teen dramas that survived past high school as the gap between S4 and the current S5 is meant to be four years which skips all that. I didn’t think they could pull it off, but I’m surprised, it works very well and I’m loving S5. It’s like ‘Friends’, but a drama and you’ve already known the characters for years. That didn’t really make sense!

Race to Dakar - Charley Boormans solo trip to Dakar and the race. The best thing about that is the random appearances of Ewan McGregor!

Robin Hood - I kind of have a thing for BBC productions! Robin Hood is good, S2 was a bit odd, but the characters work quite well with each other.

Roswell - I liked this when it came out and recently tried watching it again, but it didn’t age well. I might carry on watching it as I always wondered what happened after S1, but I’m not sure..

Scooby Doo – Found the 25 first mysteries the other day and it’s just brilliant. Just like I remember it from being a younger!

Scrubs - The almighty Scrubs. One of the funniest shows ever to be made with some really good drama. Like S3E14 or the minor arc in S5 with the old woman. I’ve yet to watch S6 though, only seen the brilliant musical episode of that – Guy love!

Secret Diary of a call girl – Like Billie Piper, so it was obvious I’ll have to watch this! Great show, but I’m not sure how they’ll carry on in S2.

Sex and the City – Only ever really liked S2-4, but it’s still a great show all together. The film this year will be interesting..

Sleeper Cell - I don’t really know all that much about this show, but it’s received some good reviews. Watched episode 1 the other day and it was a bit too serious for me at the time, so I’ll have to be in the right mood for it.

Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Favourite Star Trek show by far, excellent characters and a great story arc from S3 onwards.

Star Trek Enterprise - Only watched S1-2 so far and it’s a bit too samey, too much that’s been done before in other Star Trek shows.

Star Trek TNG - I never managed to really get into it, but I did like some stuff. The first couple seasons are hilarious with the outfits, dramatic music, some of the later ones are great. Plus I love Wil Wheaton – Wesley Crusher.

Star Trek Voyager – Thought this was the best ST show until I watched DS9 back to back. It’s still good, but the characters don’t feel the same. Although the Borg episodes are great.

Sternenfänger - A German ‘The OC’ like show. Great music and I like some of the actors.

Strangerhood - Not technically a TV show, although you can get it on DVD! Brilliant show from the guys that made Red vs Blue using the Sims. Definitely recommend folks download this!

The Apprentice UK – More of a reality show. S1 and S2 were good, but it’s gone a bit downhill since then.

The Big Bang theory – It’s just not funny. I don’t care what anyone says, but this is seriously unfunny,

The Office UK – Reminded me far too much of my own job! Ricky Gervais and the blond guy are brilliant though!

The Office US - It’s different from the UK one, I don’t find it funny, but I watch it because I want to see where the characters are going to.

The Practice - A highly underrated show by David E. Kelley about a lawyer’s practice in Boston. While Ally McBeal is the happy version all about love, etc, the Practice is the more serious version. The first 4 seasons are very enjoyable and then it goes a bit downhill.

The Simpsons – Always been and still are brilliant. Yes, I’m one of those people that still love them.. Episodes like the Never ending story or the Wife Swap with Ricky Gervais episodes in S17 are brilliant.

The Tudors - I like the history with the Tudors, Henry VIII, Elisabeth I and so on and I feel the Tudors completely ruin it by changing the history and making it far too flashy.

Torchwood - Doctor Who spin off. I didn’t like S1 at all, but S2,especially the episodes with Martha and the finale are brilliant. The characters also work really well and they fell real.

Veronica Mars - One of my favourite shows, such a shame it was cancelled after just 3 seasons. S1 is great, S2 had a brilliant story arc and it’s great to see how far the characters have come by S3.

Weeds – Liked this show, S1 was great, S2 was brilliant and the cliffhanger at the end of S2 was brilliant. S3 was taking it all a bit too far though, she has become unlikeable and it’s all too surreal.

I have several Joost invites to give away. I’ve been using Joost regularly for some time now [maybe a month?], after Collin gave me an invite [thank you again].

It’s still in the beta stage, so there are still some hick-ups, but overall it’s a great service. Recently Joost signed a contract with CBS which as far as I know included old shows, such as McGyver which I love.

Joost also has some great extras, such as chat.

The first Joost advert.

Anyone interested, please leave a comment with a valid email address.

Cat

Several people told me about episode 24 and that it was very good, so I started downloading them. It took me almost 2 weeks to get hold of them all, especially as stage6 has now reached beta stage and is very unreliable at times and the search seems to work even less than before.

I finally started watching episode 19-25 yesterday and oh dear, it is getting incredibly good. A warning to everyone who hasn’t seen the episodes up to 26 yet, do not continue reading. You have been warned!

Light’s plan has finally been revealed with the different death Notes and his longterm plans, especially regarding the Shinigami. However, I feel that it would’ve never gotten this far if it wasn’t for Higuchi being so ignorant and wanting to kill Misa, so Rem took matters in her own hand.

Episode 25 was very sad with L dying and it was set in a completely different tone to the others with obvious bible references and the bells. Why did Rem kill Watari though? And why did she not also kill Light? She knows that Light is up to no good and now she has absolutely no chance of saving Misa from him.

Now it’s just a question on how it’s all going to continue. I have to say I have been a bit disappointed with L in the episodes leading up to his death. He let some very obvious things slide, such as Light killing Higuchi while he was siting next to L in the helicopter and generally allowing Light to take it so far. There is a bit in me that doubts that L is really dead and has instead maybe made a pact with Rem to stage the deaths. As now it is revealed that Light is Kira and therefore there could be a way to catch him and with only ten episodes to go it is a bit late to introduce another main character.

The next episodes sure are going to be interesting. The time has moved on, people seem to be very happy with the law that Kira imposes and there are two new characters that were being introduced at the end of the last episodes.

Episode 27 is titled “Abduction” and it will be interesting to see just who will get abducted. Only six days left to find out.

Cat

I have never really seen any animes or liked them before. I gave Naruto a quick go and Bleach, after everyone said they were amazing, but just couldn’t get into it.

A while back everyone started telling me about this new anime that is just so incredible good. I was sceptical, as they’ve said it before, but as the story didn’t involve any fighting and an amazing story, I thought I’d give it a go.

It has the best story I have seen in anything for a long time:

The series [a planned 36 episodes] centers around Yagami Light, a straight A Japanese high school student who one day finds a ‘Death Note’. Death Notes are books that belong to Shinigami [Death Gods] and allow them to end a humans life. Once a human touches the Death Note it belongs to him and he can use it.

To use a Death Note the person needs to write someone else’s name in there whilst thinking of their face. That person will die of a heart attack within 40 seconds, unless time and method of death have been previously defined.

Yagami decides to use the Death Note and rid the world of all evil which quickly gains him the attention of the police and L, a famous private detective that has solved many cases before, but no one has ever seen him.

And that is the start to a very interesting series.

All episodes are in Japanese and subtitled in English and can be found over at stage6.com which is effectively a far superior YouTube. It really is well worth watching.

This is episode 1 from YouTube:

Cat