Four Days Late & a Buck Fifty Short -'08's in the Rearview

It's been a busy past couple of weeks so forgive me for my lack of Mog existence. I missed so many great posts over the holidays but it's my turn to share. I'm a data sort of guy. Numbers and information facinates me especially when it comes to music. Thanks to Media players, we can throw numbers out left and right. Let's not waste time and let me share my 2008 stats.

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Last album added in '08 - Definitive Pixies Collection (Rarities) disc 1 & 3

Last song added in '08 - Cat Power "Metal Heart (12/23/08 - 7:01 AM)

Last song played in '08 - DJ Shadow "The Numbers Song" (12/31/08 - 11:22 AM)

All of the 2008 songs (songs that were essentially released in '08 and in turn added to my library but) not even played once- "Come All You Weary" & "The Lion & the Wolf" by Thrice off The Alchemy Index Vol. III & IV : Air & Earth, The Script "Before the Worst", Me First & the Gimme Gimmes "Mother & Child Reunion" & "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", 2 songs by The Coconutz from the Forgetting Sarah Marshall sndtck, 5 songs by Adele that I downloaded for my sister-in-law,

1^st song played in '08 - Kings of Convience "Misread" on 1/3/08 6:00

Top 25 songs of '08

Portishead "Roads" (77x)

Tahiti 80 "Heartbeat" (only 8 less plays)

Fleet Foxes "White Winter Hymnal" (55x - the first non-baby related play)

Bon Iver "Flume"

Bon Iver "re: Stacks"

Cat Power "Song to Bobby"

Bon Iver "The Wolves

Bon Iver "Lump Sum"

Bon Iver "Blindsided"

Hayden "Where & When"

Bon Iver "Creature Fear"

Bon Iver "Skinny Love"

Damien Jurado "Dimes

Helio Sequence "Hallelujah"

Bon Iver "Team"

Danien Jurardo "Gillian Was a Horse"

Helio Sequence "Keep Your Eyes Ahead"

She & Him "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"

The Mary Onettes "Void"

Dodos "Fools"

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin "Think I Wanna Die"

The Whitest Boy Alive "Burning"

Bon Iver "For Emma"

Fleet Foxes "Ragged Wood"

Francesco Nicolosi " Casta Diva, Op. 70 (from Bellini's Opera, Norma): Casta Div"

Sugar (tied for 25^th) "Helpless"

Total songs added in '08 -2,529

Total albums bought in '08 (when I say 'bought', I'm referring to any new/used physical CDs purchased throughout the year, any digital albums downloaded legitamently over the year or as the case was in 3 instances - they were "free" - a giveaway to me from a record store clerk, a free album download and a $0.49 song) -116*- 3 were legitamently "free"

5 new discoveries of '08 that actual people I know turned me on to - Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, The Gaslight Anthem…that's it… everything else I found out through various non-personal ways…

1^st song of '09 - Cat Power "Metal Heart" at 3:46 PM on New Year's Day