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Thursday 13: Top 13 Most Played Songs in iTunes

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It's been quite sometime since I last posted here. More than a month! Really? I better get back in the wagon and start off with Thursday 13.

I'm doing again the Top 13 Most Played songs in iTunes. 

Top 1: Revelation Song - Jesus Culture (164 plays)
Top 2: Cosmic LoveDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002F6LQDM - Florence + The Machine (115 plays)
Top 3: Never Said AnythingDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0018R3AIS - Steve Strait (110 plays)
Top 4: These RosesDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001KRW0LY - Gin Wigmore (104 plays)
Top 5: The Way I AmDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001736FSU - Ingrid Michaelson (104 plays)
Top 6: HappierDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002M51QFE - A Fine Frenzy (103 plays)
Top 7: Walking After YouDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00137IL5A - Foo Fighters (92 plays)
Top 8: HallelujahDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001KS0XVC - Gin Wigmore (63 plays)
Top 9: Orange SkyDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000QMQ4UC - Alexi Murdoch (57 plays)
Top 10: S.O.S.Description: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001KS0XTY - Gin Wigmore (49 plays)
Top 11: Under My SkinDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001KRTYZO - Gin Wigmore (47 plays)
Top 12: Easy Come, Easy GoDescription: http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=enyascloset-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001KRWPLY - Gin Wigmore (45 plays)
Top 13: Walking After You Music Video - Foo Fighters (35 plays)

I'm always surprised when I view my top most played songs in iTunes. Before I formatted my hard drive, I had a very different list and I was also surprised with the previous list. You can compare this with my previous list posted last July 29. Never fails to put a smile on face.

Happy Thursday! What's your Thursday 13? For more Thursday 13, please click here.

Weekend Introspection #1


On Books: 
My TBR list is getting longer and I'm still stuck reading Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs. It's not that the book is boring or uninteresting, but man oh man, Kathy Reichs is so explicit with her descriptions that reading the novel at 2am just gives me the creeps. To quote 2 lines from the book: 
"Margaret Adkins had been ripped open from her breastbone to her pubis. A jagged fissure ran downward from her sternum, exposing along its course the colors and textures of her mutilated entrails. At its deepest points, where the organs had been displaced, I could see the glistening sheath surrounding her vertebral column."
It was already around 2am, Sunday morning when I read the part mentioned above. I just had to put it down or else "Hello over active imagination." I fell asleep praying and asking God, "Guard my thoughts and guide my heart." Note to self: Read the book during daytime, with people around, and not before bed time.

On Music:
I currently have Ingrid Michaelson on repeat mode that she must be hoarse from singing over and over again. Not familiar with her? 
"I love the way you call me baby and you take me the way I am..."
Her genres are Indie Pop and Indie Folk. Most of her songs have been used in Grey's Anatomy. To learn more about her, click here.

On Movies:
I still have a hangover on Inception. When I start discussing the different interpretations of the movie to my friends, I either get the silent treatment or be told "Let it go." Seriously my friends, intellectual stimulation! Anyone willing to strike a discussion with me on Inception, my twitter is on the right side bar or PM me. My Skype and YM are also online most of the time. Anne... LET it GO! =)

On TV Series:
Anyone watching So You Think You Can Dance Season 7? It should have been called "So You Think You Can Get Injured" with the numerous injuries the contestants sustained. Two contestants (Alex Wong and Ashley Galvan) had to leave because of serious injuries. Billy Bell, Jose Ruiz and Lauren Froderman were also injured. Despite the ravings of the judges on Alex Wong, I'm pro-Billy Bell! When he was eliminated, I was then rooting for Kent Boyd. He did not win also. Tsk.

Favorite Group Routine: "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic", Choreographed by Mia Michaels.
Favorite Duo Routine: "Mad World", Performed by Billy Bell and Ade Obayomi, Choreographed by Stacey Tookey
Best Performance in Season 7: "That's Life", from the Broadway Show Come Fly Away, Performed by Keith Roberts and Karine Plantadit
        --> They were the guest performers during the Week 1 Results Show and trumped all the performances combined.

There were also notable performances like Ashley and Ade's Dee Caspary routine and Travis Wall's routine dedicated to his mother. There was a change in the format of the show. They only selected 11 people and the contestants were partnered with a contestant from previous seasons, thus Ade. I'm hoping in the next season, one of the choreographers will create a dance (3 dancers in one routine) about adultery and how destructive it can be. Then partner it with Damien Rice's 9 Crimes song... I can just imagine it. Chills... Calling Mia Michaels, Dee Caspary, Travis Wall or Stacey Tookey...

One question: Why is it that Cat Deeley can effortlessly pull off the tousled-look but on me I end up looking like a hag? Another tsk. XD

On Blogging:
I just learned about this Follow Friday meme from one of the blogs I follow. I participated last Friday and two authors started following me! How cool is that! Thanks E.J. Stevens and Emma Michaels! And, of course, also to my new followers! =)

My favorite shot of the week:
I took a shot of our neighbor's dog, Chubby. He's posed for me, mind you. He's cute but I'm not really a pet lover. I'll just stick to "Oh, cute dog..." statements and not "I want to own one".

Goodbye weekend... Hello Monday and work...

Thursday 13: Musicians/Bands Worth Hearing or miss 1/16th of Your Life

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To quote William Congreve: "Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak." It's music time again for my Thursday 13. Whether I'm sad, angry, inspired or in need of inspiration, music never fails to give me transcendence.

Here's 13 musicians or bands that you should hear to make your existence more worthwhile. Keyword: more worthwhile (I'm not saying your existence is not already worthwhile... smile). I'm naturally a music pimp, so if an artist is worth listening to, I promote them with zeal.

  1. Nina Gordon - "My hero said you can't hold the hand of a Rock n' Roll man, but what if I can?"
  2. The Sundays - "Hope I'll never wake when I'm thinking about you..."
  3. Dan Mills - "She may not know the finest wines but she knows a fast way home."
  4. Damien Rice - "If you don't shoot it how am I suppose to hold it."
  5. Tori Amos - "I won't hold on to the tail of your kite."
  6. The Temper Trap - "Oh, reckless abandon like no one's watching you."
  7. Regina Spektor - "We're living in a den of thieves, rummaging for answers in the pages."
  8. Feist - "He's my Brandy Alexander always gets me into trouble."
  9. Florence + The Machine - "A falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes."
  10. Skunk Anansie - "So you should be by yourself instead of here with me... secretly."
  11. Morcheeba - "It's all part of the process. We all love looking down."
  12. Charlotte Martin - "I have only stalked a couple guys but they were not about surprises. Don't run away 'cause baby I'm your dream."
  13. Dishwalla - "Download my dread. Disarm my mind. Make it dry."

What's your 13? Feel free to share!

Thursday 13: Top 13 Most Played Songs in iTunes


I almost forgot! It's Thursday 13!

The top 13 most played songs in my iTunes library:

1. Our Last Night - Better Than Ezra (212 plays)
2. If A Song Could Get Me You - Marit Larsen (204 plays)
3. Somewhere in the Middle - Dishwalla (127 plays)
4. Sunburn - Fuel (116 plays)
5. Quelqu'un M'a Dit - Carla Bruni (112 plays)
6. Sleep With Butterflies - Tori Amos (112 plays)
7. For You, From Me - Jon McLaughlin (110 plays)
8. Backpacking Around Europe - Yuna (109 plays)
9. Stranded - Plumb (98 plays)
10. Light On - David Cook (91 plays)
11. I Want to Hold Your Hand - TV Carpio (89 plays)
12. Sunburn - Muse (86 plays)
13. Until I Wake Up - Dishwalla (84 plays)

Hmmm... surprising. I didn't know I listen to these songs that much. There's not even a U2 song there.

What's your list about? =)