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'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 9 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 200 represents an extremely varied one.'

1. Arctic Monkeys
2. Cobra Starship
3. Bloc Party
4. Van She
5. The Dust Brothers
6. Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, Catherine Cox & Jeremy Kushnier
7. Architecture in Helsinki
8. Beck
9. Lisa Mitchell
10. The Presets
11. Vampire Weekend
12. Katy Perry
13. Owl City
14. Lady GaGa
15. blink-182
16. Ben Lee
17. 3OH!3
18. MGMT
19. Wicked
20. Millionaires

21. The Last Shadow Puppets
22. The Rascals
23. The Strokes
24. The Kooks
25. Milburn
26. Franz Ferdinand
27. Kasabian
28. The Libertines
29. The Fratellis

30. The Academy Is...
31. All Time Low
32. The Cab
33. Panic at the Disco
34. Fall Out Boy
35. Midtown
36. Boys Like Girls
37. Forever the Sickest Kids
38. Hey Monday

39. Foals
40. Editors
41. Pin Me Down
42. The Maccabees
43. The Cribs
44. Maximo Park
45. We Are Scientists
46. The Rakes
47. Arctic Monkeys repeat

48. Pnau
49. Grafton Primary
50. Cut Copy
51. Midnight Juggernauts
52. The Presets repeat
53. Bag Raiders
54. Miami Horror
55. The Whip
56. The Black Ghosts

57. David Holmes
58. Clint Mansell
59. Rob Dougan
60. Don Davis
61. Eric Serra
62. UNKLE
63. Ramin Djawadi
64. Massive Attack
65. Tomandandy

66. Sutton Foster
67. Company
68. Original Cast
69. Original Cast Recording
70. Janine LaManna
71. Original Broadway Cast
72. Adam Pascal
73. Jason Robert Brown
74. New Broadway Cast

75. I'm From Barcelona
76. of Montreal
77. Los Campesinos!
78. Tilly and the Wall
79. The Boy Least Likely To
80. Stars
81. The Unicorns
82. Islands
83. Belle and Sebastian

84. The Flaming Lips
85. The White Stripes
86. Radiohead
87. Cake
88. Blur
89. Gorillaz
90. Pixies
91. Eels
92. Sonic Youth

93. Sarah Blasko
94. Paul Dempsey
95. Bertie Blackman
96. Kate Miller-Heidke
97. Josh Pyke
98. Yves Klein Blue
99. Art vs. Science
100. Angus & Julia Stone
101. Little Birdy

102. Pnau repeat
103. Midnight Juggernauts repeat
104. Grafton Primary repeat
105. Van She repeat
106. Cut Copy repeat
107. Muscles
108. Bag Raiders repeat
109. The Whip repeat
110. Riot in Belgium

111. Ra Ra Riot
112. Discovery
113. The Shins
114. Band of Horses
115. Passion Pit
116. Fleet Foxes
117. MGMT repeat
118. Black Kids
119. The Strokes repeat

120. Lady GaGa repeat
121. Kelly Clarkson
122. Ashlee Simpson
123. The Veronicas
124. Ashley Tisdale
125. Lindsay Lohan
126. Miley Cyrus
127. Britney Spears
128. Lily Allen

129. Swimming With Dolphins
130. Lights
131. A Rocket To The Moon
132. Breathe Carolina
133. nevershoutnever!
134. The Secret Handshake
135. Breathe Electric
136. PlayRadioPlay!
137. Hellogoodbye

138. Britney Spears repeat
139. The Pussycat Dolls
140. Space Cowboy
141. Ashley Tisdale repeat
142. Katy Perry repeat
143. Ke$ha
144. Little Boots
145. Madonna
146. Pixie Lott

147. Box Car Racer
148. +44
149. Angels & Airwaves
150. Sum 41
151. New Found Glory
152. Bowling for Soup
153. Zebrahead
154. MxPx
155. Yellowcard

156. The Bens
157. Ben Kweller
158. Alex Lloyd
159. Matt Nathanson
160. Bernard Fanning
161. Josh Pyke repeat
162. Bob Evans
163. The Whitlams
164. Ben Folds

165. Breathe Carolina repeat
166. Family Force 5
167. LMFAO
168. Brokencyde
169. Metro Station
170. The Medic Droid
171. Hyper Crush
172. A Rocket To The Moon repeat
173. Cash Cash

174. The Management
175. Klaxons
176. Vampire Weekend repeat
177. Passion Pit repeat
178. Black Kids repeat
179. The Kooks repeat
180. Empire of the Sun
181. Late of the Pier
182. Friendly Fires

183. Jonathan Larson
184. Robert Lopex and Jeff Marx
185. Idina Menzel
186. Hairspray
187. spring awakening
188. Kerry Ellis
189. Les Miserables
190. Kristin Chenoweth
191. Aida

192. Jeffree Star
193. Blood On The Dance Floor
194. Ultraviolet Sound
195. The Medic Droid
196. Scotty Vanity
197. gEOFFREY pARIS
198. Electric Valentine
199. Hyper Crush
200. Porcelain and the Tramps

170/200 are varied.
85%.

I listen to a wide variety.

farrasiname's top albums (12 months)
1. Ben Folds - Ben Folds Live (566) 2. Kings of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (381) 3. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (376) 4. Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (371) 5. The Good Life - Album of the Year Disc 1 (343) 6. Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (293) 7. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces (288) 8. The Killers - Day and Age (276) 9. Ben Kweller - Changing Horses (275) 10. The Replacements - Let It Be (265)

Concerts prior to 2006

March 29, 2006 - 30 Seconds to Mars, Dozen Dead Roses, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and Aiden
March 31, 2006 - 30 Seconds to Mars, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and Aiden
April 7, 2006 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and The Brunettes
May 16, 2006 - HIM and Aiden
June 10, 2006 - Tilly and the Wall w/ David Dondero and Dabenport
June 18, 2006 - 89x 15th Birthday Bash: Neverending White Lights, Kill Hannah, Bedford Drive, Say Anything, Thousand Foot Krutch, Bedouin Soundclash, Love Arcade, We Are Scientists, Mindless Self Indulgence, Hawthorne Heights, The Stills, Dashboard Confessional, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and AFI
June 19, 2006 - CKY w/ Backwoods Payback, The Knives, and The Autumn Offering
July 8, 2006 - Electric Six, The Muggs, and Priestess
July 18th, 2006 - Puffy AmiYumi and Tally Hall
July 29, 2006 - Warped Tour: Hellogoodbye, The Academy Is..., Billy Talent, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Gym Class Heroes, Greeley Estates, and Aiden
August 4-6, 2006 - Lollapalooza: Blue October, Aqualung, Cursive, Panic! At the Disco, Editors, Mates of State, Lady Sovereign, Iron & Wine, The Raconteurs, Violent Femmes, Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf, The Go! Team, Coheed and Cambria, Wolfmother, Gnarls Barkley, The Dresden Dolls, Common, The New Pornographers, Kanye West, The Redwalls, The Frames, Nickel Creek, Hot Chip, Ben Kweller, 30 Seconds to Mars, Matisyahu, She Wants Revenge, Queens of the Stone Age, Broken Social Scene, and Red Hot Chili Peppers

This should be interesting...

Select 20 songs at random; take line 1 from the first line of song 1, line 2 from the second line of song 2, etc. (If a song had too few lines, I started counting again from the beginning.)

1. Alice in Chains- Sunshine
2. Within Temptation- The Howling
3. Ben Folds Five- Fair
4. The Beatles- Act Naturally
5. Jimmy Eat World- If You Don't, Don't
6. Regina Spektor- Us
7. As Tall as Lions- Stab City
8. Feist- Tout Doucement
9. Keane- A Bad Dream
10. Beck- Lost Cause
11. Sanctus Real- Thank You
12. Ambeon- Cold Metal
13. Ben Kweller- Ballad of Wendy Baker
14. Alicia Keys- Why Do I Feel So Sad
15. Ryan Adams- Shakedown on 9th Street
16. Flyleaf- So I Thought
17. Metallica- Disposable Heroes
18. Foo Fighters- But, Honestly
19. The Post Service- Recycled Air
20. Joshua Radin- Amy's Song

Am I too contagious?
Got us cornered right now
And she shattered her last china plate
And all I gotta do is act naturally.
We once walked out on the beach
They'll name a city after us
I've been so tired
La vie je la comprends
Guess I'm not the fighting kind.

They know your secrets, and you know theirs
I was miles from dry land, but you gave everything you had
Now I can't change
To keep you warm from the storm
But in time things must change
Lucy, Lucy my gal
But I couldn't talk about it

You will die when I say you must die
And tonight I thank the stars
Calm down, release your cares
Show me something.

1. … And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
2. 7 Shot Screamers
3. 12 Summers Old x3
4. Action Action
5. Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
6. Alice in Chains the original lineup
7. Alien Ant Farm
8. Aloha
9. Ambulance LTD
10. Amina
11. Angels & Airwaves
12. An Horse
13. Fiona Apple
14. Ash x5
15. A-Sides
16. Bad Religion x2
17. Beat Union
18. Biffy Clyro
19. Black Gold
20. Blind Pilot
21. blink-182 x4
22. The Blood Brothers
23. Blood On The Walls
24. The Blue Man Group
25. Blue October
26. Bril
27. The Bronzed Chorus
28. Bush x2
29. Calla
30. Capgun Coup x2
31. The Charms
32. Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
33. Circle and Square
34. Coldplay
35. Coliseum
36. Common Roots x25
37. The Courteeners
38. Cowboy Mouth
39. The Cribs
40. Cursive x4
41. Cute Is What We Aim For
42. Damone
43. the darkest hour
44. Dead Meadow
45. Deadly Snakes
46. Death Cab for Cutie x2
47. Deep Sea Diver
48. Decahedron
49. The Decembrists x2
50. Deer Tick
51. Gavin DeGraw
52. The Detachment Kit
53. Dinofight!
54. The Dillinger Escape Plan
55. The Donnas
56. The Doves
57. Dr. Cowboy
58. The Dresden Dolls
59. Dropkick Murphys
60. Dressy Bessy
61. Eagles of Death Metal
62. Escape
63. The Eternals
64. Everclear
65. Every Time I Die x2
66. Steve Ewing
67. Exene and the Original Sinners
68. The Exit x2
69. Eyes Adrift
70. Farmer Dave
71. Farmers Tan Market
72. Feeding The Masses
73. Fenix TX x2
74. Filter
75. Flogging Molly
76. Ben Folds
77. Foo Fighters x4
78. Forth of July
79. Fragile Porcelain Mice x4
80. The Frames
81. The Frey
82. Garbage x2
83. The Gentleman Callers
84. Inara George
85. Girl in a Coma
86. Girls Against Boys
87. The Good Life
88. Gravity Kills
89. Greenwheel
90. Goldfinger
91. Good Luck Sailboat
92. Gym Class Heroes
93. The Hives
94. Home Grown x2
95. Hot Hot Heat
96. Idlewild
97. I Hate Kate
98. Ingram Hill
99. Interpol
100. Killswitch Engage (only staid for first 3 songs for photo pass)
101. Ben Kweller x2
102. Lapush
103. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists x2
104. Less Than Jake x3
105. Jenny Lewis
106. The Like
107. The Living End x3
108. Lit
109. Local H x2
110. Lost City of Angels
111. The Killers
112. KISS
113. Mae
114. Male Models
115. Maps & Atlases
116. Marigold Summer
117. Marilyn Manson
118. Matchbox 20
119. The Matches
120. Paul McCartney
121. mc chris
122. We Versus The Shark
123. Metallica
124. Mesh StL
125. Mest
126. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
127. Moby
128. The Monkees
129. Morning Wood
130. Morrissey x2
131. Murphy’s Law
132. Muse x4
133. The Music
134. Mr. Quintron
135. MxPx x2
136. My Brightest Diamond
137. Nada Surf
138. Bif Naked
139. The New Amsterdams
140. New World Spirits x2
141. N.I.L.8
142. No Doubt x2
143. The Noise FM
144. Now It’s Overhead
145. Oasis
146. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
147. OK Go x2
148. Offspring x2
149. The Oranges Band
150. Our Lady Peace x2
151. Ozma x2
152. Palo Alto
153. Parallel
154. Paramore x2
155. Mike Park
156. Parkway Drive
157. Peachcake
158. Pegasus-XL
159. Pennywise
160. People in Plains
161. Pepper
162. The Pink Spiders
163. The Pinker Tones
164. Plus Minus
165. poison control center
166. Pomeroy
167. The Ponys
168. The Pragmatic
169. Princeton
170. Ra Ra Riot
171. Radiohead
172. Radio Iodine
173. Rancid x5
174. The Raveonettes
175. Red Hot Chili Peppers
176. The Red Walls x2
177. Reel Big Fish x2
178. Resistall
179. Reverend Horton Heat
180. Josh Ritter
181. Rock N’ Roll Soldiers
182. The Rogers Sisters
183. Rooney x3
184. Run DMC
185. Michael Runion
186. Sea Wolf
187. The Sex Pistols
188. Brett Sheroky (of Common Roots) x2
189. Brett Sheroky & The 4.1.2 (now Common Roots)
190. The Shins
191. Silversun Pickups
192. Sleater-Kinney
193. Smashing Pumpkins
194. Snow Patrol
195. Social Distortion x2
196. So Many Dynamos x8
197. The Sounds x2
198. Sum 41 x3
199. Super Grass
200. Sigur Rós x2
201. Stir
202. Straylight Run
203. Street Dogs
204. Stellastar*
205. The Strokes x2
206. Story of the Year
207. Tegan and Sara
208. The Thermals
209. Tiger Army
210. Tight Pants Syndrome
211. Tilly and the Wall x3
212. The Timmys
213. Tree Of Woe
214. Two Ton Boa
215. Ultraman
216. The Unseen
217. The Urge x7
218. Van Halen
219. Vedera(formally Veda)
220. Veruca Salt
221. VHS or Beta x2
222. Victoria
223. The Vines
224. Viva Voca
225. Wakefield
226. Imaad Wasif
227. Weezer x2
228. Weird Al Yankovic
229. Wilco
230. Kristeen Young
231. The White Stripes
232. A Wilhelm Scream
233. Wolfmother
234. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
235. Kristeen Young
236. Zebrahead
237. The Zutons
238. Company of Thieves
239. Autovein
240. The Lake
241. One lone car
242. Kinch

bands I've seen more than once:

10+ times:
Elsinore - Courtyard Cafe 8/24/06, Illini Union 9/29/06, Taste of Champaign 2007, Sweetcorn Fest 2007, Urban Outfitters 8/24/08, Pygmalion 2008, Record Store Day 2009, IMCFest 2009, Green Music Fest 2009, Cowboy Monkey 8/22/09, Pygmalion 2009
Headlights - Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06, Krannert Art Museum 9/6/07, Canopy Club 3/6/08, IMC 4/18/08, Canopy Club 6/6/08, Urban Outfitters 8/29/08, Pygmalion 2008, Canopy Club 3/14/08, IMCFest 2009, Pygmalion 2009

eight times:
Morgan Orion - IMC 11/5/06, Red Herring 3/8/07, Red Herring 3/29/07, Red Herring 7/6/07, UIUC Main Quad 8/8/07, IMC 8/20/07, Cloud Factory 9/22/09, Channing-Murray 10/14/09
Zmick - Red Herring 4/14/07, Red Herring 5/5/07, Red Herring 11/2/07, Canopy Club 1/25/08, Sweetcorn Fest 2008, Canopy Club 8/23/08, Canopy Club 9/1/08, Canopy Club 9/22/08

seven times:
New Ruins - Courtyard Cafe 5/2/07, Red Herring 5/5/07, Pygmalion 2008, Cowboy Monkey 12/27/08, Cowboy Monkey 8/22/09, Courtyard Cafe 9/4/09, Pygmalion 2009
Common Loon[artist] - IMCFest 2007, IMC 5/4/08, Pygmalion 2008, IMCFest 2009, Record Store Day 2009, Taste of Champaign 2009, Pygmalion 2009

six times:
Me, Him and Charlie Miller - Iron Post 5/16/07, Iron Post 10/6/07, IMC 10/19/07, IMC 11/16/07, IMC 1/11/08, Iron Post 8/15/08

five times:
Mit'n - Red Herring 4/14/07, Iron Post 5/16/07, Courtyard Cafe 10/12/07, Caffe Paradiso 10/25/07, IMC 5/4/08

four times:
Nine Inch Nails - Assembly Hall 2/10/06, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 7/3/06, Scottrade Center 8/20/08, Bonnaroo 2009
Duke of Uke - IMC 11/5/06, Iron Post 4/20/07, IMC 10/19/07, Espresso Royale 5/27/08
Fireflies - IMC 9/13/06, IMC 10/27/06, Red Herring 3/8/07, IMC 11/10/07
Organic Flow - house show 1/25/08, Taste of Nevada 8/24/08, Courtyard Cafe 9/13/08, IMCFest 2009
World's First Flying Machine - Pygmalion 2008, Canopy Club 3/14/08, Courtyard Cafe 8/27/09, Caffe Paradiso 10/2/09
The Hood Internet - Pygmalion 2008, Canopy Club 12/13/08, Bonnaroo 2009, Pygmalion 2009

three times:
David Bazan - Pygmalion 2006, Caffe Paradiso 9/23/06, Courtyard Cafe 12/6/08
Shipwreck - Courtyard Cafe 8/24/06, Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06, Krannert Art Museum 1/24/08
Yo La Tengo - Pitchfork 2006, Lollapalooza 2007, Pygmalion 2008
The Dresden Dolls - Metro 10/15/05, Lollapalooza 2006, Vic Theatre 10/20/06
Kaki King - Wall to Wall 2005, Highdive 10/13/06, Wall to Wall 2007
The Roots - Area: One 7/15/01, Lollapalooza 2007, Kirkland PAC 3/29/08
Triple Whip - Iron Post 2/18/07, Boneyard Arts Fest 4/20/07, Red Herring 5/5/07
Ryan Groff - Iron Post 2/18/07, Boneyard Arts Fest 4/20/07, Pygmalion 2009
Spoon - Foellinger Hall 10/28/07, Pitchfork 2006, Lollapalooza 2007
KiKi and PeePee - Living Room 12/14/07, Living Room 1/4/08, Red Herring 1/25/08
Good Night & Good Morning - Error House 1/12/08, Error House 1/19/08, Pygmalion 2009
Krukid - Red Herring 11/2/07, Kirkland PAC 3/29/08, Canopy Club 12/13/08
Mordechai in the Mirror - IMC 5/4/08, Caffe Paradiso 10/3/08, IMC 5/30/09
Decibully - Pygmalion 2008, Courtyard Cafe 5/1/09, Pygmalion 2009

two times:
Incubus - Area: One 7/15/01, Assembly Hall 10/13/02
Jeffrey Lewis - IMC 11/5/06, Channing-Murray 10/14/09
My Morning Jacket - Foellinger Auditorium 12/5/06, Bonnaroo 2008
The Chemicals - IMC 10/27/06, Sweetcorn Fest 2007
Silversun Pickups - Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06, Lollapalooza 2007
Caleb Engstrom - Pygmalion 2006, Courtyard Cafe 5/2/07
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Lollapalooza 2006, Assembly Hall 3/3/07
Ohtis - Courtyard Cafe 8/24/06, Pygmalion 2009
Andrew Bird - Lollapalooza 2006, Pygmalion 2007
Death Cab for Cutie - Lollapalooza 2005, Foellinger Auditorium 10/13/05
Dustin and the Furniture - UIUC Main Quad 8/8/07, Living Room 1/4/08
Corn Desert Ramblers - Red Herring 4/14/07, Iron Post 1/16/09
painkillers - Iron Post 6/16/07, Iron Post 1/16/09
The Decemberists - Foellinger Auditorium 4/15/07, Millennium Park 7/18/07
Withershins x2 - Red Herring 5/5/07, Living Room 12/14/07
Charles Joseph Smith - Red Herring 5/5/07, Red Herring 11/2/07
Alleyway Sex - IMC 6/30/07, Courtyard Cafe 1/26/08
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Lollapalooza 2007, Bonnaroo 2009
Megan Johns - IMC 8/20/07, Living Room 12/14/07
Dark Meat - Sweetcorn Fest 2007, Pygmalion 2008
Sonny Landreth - Wall to Wall 2007, Blues Brews and BBQ 2009
Smashing Pumpkins - Braden Auditorium 10/4/07, Adler Theatre 8/8/08
Man Man - Courtyard Cafe 10/12/07, Canopy Club 10/16/08
Kenny Knowles - Red Herring 11/2/07, Red Herring 1/25/08
Yeni Raki - Red Herring 11/2/07, IMC 11/16/07
Hathaways - Red Herring 11/2/07, Pygmalion 2009
The Beauty Shop - IMCFest 2007, Krannert Art Museum 1/24/08
Maritime - Courtyard Cafe 2/9/08, Green Fest 2009
Company of Thieves - Courtyard Cafe 2/9/08, Courtyard Cafe 1/25/09
Broken Social Scene - Bonnaroo 2008, Foellinger Auditorium 10/19/08
Derek Trucks Band - Bonnaroo 2008, Ellnora 2009
Jonathon Childers - Canopy Club 8/23/08, Pygmalion 2008
You & Yourn - Courtyard Cafe 12/6/08, Pygmalion 2009
Oceans - Courtyard Cafe 3/13/09, Pygmalion 2009
Maserati - Courtyard Cafe 3/13/09, Pygmalion 2009
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Courtyard Cafe 9/4/09, Rocket House 9/4/09
Peninsula - Cloud Factory 9/22/09, Channing Murray 10/14/09
The Avett Brothers - Canopy Club 9/7/08, Canopy Club 10/22/09

one time:
The Who - Deer Creek 7/26/97
OutKast - Area: One 7/15/01
Moby - Area: One 7/15/01
Hometown Hero - Assembly Hall 10/13/02

Doris Henson - Pageant 7/7/05
The Crimea - Pageant 7/7/05
Billy Corgan - Pageant 7/7/05
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Lollapalooza 2005
M83 - Lollapalooza 2005
Liz Phair - Lollapalooza 2005
Cake - Lollapalooza 2005
Billy Idol - Lollapalooza 2005
Primus - Lollapalooza 2005
Pixies - Lollapalooza 2005
Weezer - Lollapalooza 2005
Saul Williams - Lollapalooza 2005
Dinosaur Jr. - Lollapalooza 2005
Ben Kweller - Lollapalooza 2005
Drive-By Truckers - Lollapalooza 2005
Arcade Fire - Lollapalooza 2005
Dandy Warhols - Lollapalooza 2005
Dave Mason - Brookhaven Amphitheater 8/19/05
Eric Burdon - Brookhaven Amphitheater 8/19/05
Andy Summers - Wall to Wall 2005
Vernon Reid - Wall to Wall 2005
Youth Group - Foellinger Auditorium 10/13/05
Mucca Pazza - Metro 10/15/05
Faun Fables - Metro 10/15/05

Mary Timony - Foellinger Auditorium 10/28/05
Moving Units - Assembly Hall 2/10/06
Phat Phunktion - Mills Recital Hall 6/26/06
Theory of Everything - Aroma Cafe 7/13/06
Nels Cline Singers - Pitchfork 2006
Bonde do Role - Pitchfork 2006
CSS - Pitchfork 2006
Aesop Rock - Pitchfork 2006
Mission of Burma - Pitchfork 2006
Os Mutantes - Pitchfork 2006
The M's - Lollapalooza 2006
Stars - Lollapalooza 2006
Mute Math - Lollapalooza 2006
Secret Machines - Lollapalooza 2006
Sleater-Kinney - Lollapalooza 2006
VHS or Beta (DJ Set) - Lollapalooza 2006
Ween - Lollapalooza 2006
Be Your Own Pet - Lollapalooza 2006
The Go! Team - Lollapalooza 2006
Peeping Tom - Lollapalooza 2006
Particle - Lollapalooza 2006
Calexico - Lollapalooza 2006
The Flaming Lips - Lollapalooza 2006
The New Pornographers - Lollapalooza 2006
Manu Chao - Lollapalooza 2006
Catfish Haven - Lollapalooza 2006
Manishevitz - Lollapalooza 2006
Benevento-Russo Duo - Lollapalooza 2006
Matisyahu - Lollapalooza 2006
Queens of the Stone Age - Lollapalooza 2006
Watery Domestic - Courtyard Cafe 8/24/06
Psalters - IMC 9/13/09
mewithoutYou - IMC 9/13/06
Danielson - Pygmalion 2006
Lorenzo Goetz - Illini Union 9/29/06
Ostinato - Illini Union 9/29/06
The Kingdom - Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06
Viva Voce - Courtyard Cafe 10/7/06
The Red Paintings - Vic Theatre 10/20/06
Sxip Shirey - Vic Theatre 10/20/06
1090 Club - IMC 10/27/06
Irving - IMC 10/27/06
The Slip - Foellinger Auditorium 12/5/06

scurvine - Iron Post 1/19/07
Nonagon - Iron Post 2/18/07
Gnarls Barkley - Assembly Hall 3/3/07
Hinter - Red Herring 3/8/07
Chick Corea and Gary Burton - Krannert Center 4/5/07
Greg Spero Trio - Red Herring 4/14/07
My Brightest Diamond - Foellinger Auditorium 4/15/07
The Living Blue - Boneyard Arts Fest 4/20/07
Lynn O'brien - Boneyard Arts Fest 4/21/07
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Virginia Theatre 4/29/07
Jose Gonzalez - Courtyard Cafe 5/2/07
Santa - Red Herring 5/5/07
Dorian Minor - Red Herring 5/5/07
Water Between Continents - Iron Post 6/14/07
Carbomb Lottery - IMC 6/30/07
OUTCAST TO SOCIETY - IMC 6/30/07
Vexed Youth - IMC 6/30/07
Hollowed Out - IMC 6/30/07
Slint - Pitchfork 2007
GZA/Genius - Pitchfork 2007
Sonic Youth - Pitchfork 2007
The Polyphonic Spree - Lollapalooza 2007
Electric Six - Lollapalooza 2007
Blonde Redhead - Lollapalooza 2007
LCD Soundsystem - Lollapalooza 2007
Daft Punk - Lollapalooza 2007
I'm From Barcelona - Lollapalooza 2007
Silverchair - Lollapalooza 2007
Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Lollapalooza 2007
Patti Smith - Lollapalooza 2007
Interpol - Lollapalooza 2007
The Postmarks - Lollapalooza 2007
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Lollapalooza 2007
The Black Angels - Lollapalooza 2007
TV on the Radio - Lollapalooza 2007
Pearl Jam - Lollapalooza 2007
A Drum and an Open Window - IMC 8/20/07
Michael Kammin - IMC 8/20/07
Poster Children - Krannert Art Museum 9/6/07
Oh Astro - Krannert Art Museum 9/6/07
Toubab Krewe - Wall to Wall 2007
Campbell Brothers - Wall to Wall 2007
Yohimbe Brothers - Wall to Wall 2007
Harry Manx - Wall to Wall 2007
Tony McManus - Wall to Wall 2007
Alex de Grassi - Wall to Wall 2007
John McLaughlin - Wall to Wall 2007
[artist]Jorma Kaukonen[artist] - Wall to Wall 2007
Banning Eyre - Wall to Wall 2007
Buddy Guy - Wall to Wall 2007
Dianogah - Pygmalion 2007
Weird Al Yankovic - Assembly Hall 9/28/07
The Bravery - Braden Auditorium 10/4/07
The Extraordinaires - Courtyard Cafe 10/12/07
Bob Dylan - US Cellular Coliseum 10/20/07
Elvis Costello - US Cellular Coliseum 10/20/07
Amos Lee - US Cellular Coliseum 10/20/07
Western Civilization - Caffe Paradiso 10/25/07
Mount Eerie - Caffe Paradiso 10/25/07
Too Much to Carry - Red Herring 11/2/07
Michael Malinsky - IMCFest 2007
Infinite Imagination - IMCFest 2007
JigGsaw - IMCFest 2007
Kilborn Alley Blues Band - IMCFest 2007
Candy Foster and Shades of Blue - IMCFest 2007
Murali Coryell - IMCFest 2007
Shirley King - IMCFest 2007
Matt Rocks - IMC 11/16/07
Jenny is a Boy - Living Room 1/4/08
Toby Foster - Living Room 1/4/08
white. wrench. conservatory - IMC 1/11/08
Zachary Morris - Error House 1/12/08
Wabash - Error House 1/12/08
Clever Coil - Error House 1/12/08
The Fix - Error House 1/12/08
1999 - Error House 1/19/08
The Signal - Error House 1/19/08
The Drastics - Courtyard Cafe 1/26/08
Mustard Plug - Courtyard Cafe 1/26/08
Inspector Owl - Courtyard Cafe 2/9/08
Egon's Unicat - Courtyard Cafe 3/1/08
Manic Sewing Circle - Courtyard Cafe 3/1/08
Evangelicals - Canopy Club 3/6/08
Tall Tale - Canopy Club 3/6/08
The Guess Who - EPCOT Center 3/20/08
Kronos Quartet - Krannert Center 4/3/08
Unwed Sailor - Courtyard Cafe 4/12/08
Ryan Lindsey - Courtyard Cafe 4/12/08
Corn tha Coon - IMC 4/18/08
Islands - IMC 4/18/08
Stars of the Lid - Staerkel Planetarium 4/22/08
Christopher Willits - Staerkel Planetarium 4/22/08
Jookabox - Canopy Club 6/6/08
MGMT - Bonnaroo 2008
Battles - Bonnaroo 2008
Fiery Furnaces - Bonnaroo 2008
Minus the Bear - Bonnaroo 2008
!!! - Bonnaroo 2008
M.I.A. - Bonnaroo 2008
Chris Rock - Bonnaroo 2008
Metallica - Bonnaroo 2008
Les Claypool - Bonnaroo 2008
Soul Rebels Brass Band - Bonnaroo 2008
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Bonnaroo 2008
Gogol Bordello - Bonnaroo 2008
B.B. King - Bonnaroo 2008
Levon Helm - Bonnaroo 2008
Sigur Ros - Bonnaroo 2008
The Morningbell - Bonnaroo 2008
The Coup - Bonnaroo 2008
Bela Fleck - Bonnaroo 2008
Ladytron - Bonnaroo 2008
Robert Randolph - Bonnaroo 2008
Aimee Mann - Bonnaroo 2008
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Bonnaroo 2008
Jake Shimabukuro - Bonnaroo 2008
Grizzly Bear - Verizon Wireless 8/3/08
Radiohead - Verizon Wireless 8/3/08
Identity Crisis - Iron Post 8/12/08
Beat Kitchen - Iron Post 8/15/08
A Place to Bury Strangers - Scottrade Center 8/20/08
Foghat - Sweetcorn Fest 2008
The Brother Whys - Canopy Club 8/23/08
Snowsera - Canopy Club 8/23/08
Herbert Wiser Band - Canopy Club 9/1/08
Justin Gordon - Canopy Club 9/7/08
Jaik Willis - Courtyard Cafe 9/13/08
Coco Coca - Pygmalion 2008
Times New Viking - Pygmalion 2008
Eureka Sky - Pygmalion 2008
Everthus the Deadbeats - Pygmalion 2008
Pontiak - Pygmalion 2008
Wye Oak - Pygmalion 2008
Robots Counterfeiting Money - Pygmalion 2008
Monotonix - Pygmalion 2008
Dan Deacon - Pygmalion 2008
The Lonelyhearts - Pygmalion 2008
Kid, You'll Move Mountains - Pygmalion 2008
Gentleman Auction House - Pygmalion 2008
Pattern Is Movement - Pygmalion 2008
Titus Andronicus - Pygmalion 2008
Black Mountain - Pygmalion 2008
Centaur - Pygmalion 2008
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Pygmalion 2008
High Places - Pygmalion 2008
Animate Objects - Pygmalion 2008
Asobi Seksu - Pygmalion 2008
Peter Piek - Canopy Club 9/22/08
Passafire - Canopy Club 9/22/08
Hopewell - Aragon Ballroom 9/27/08
My Bloody Valentine - Aragon Ballroom 9/27/08
The Abacinators - IMC 10/5/08
Dizzy Chair Time - IMC 10/5/08
Roberta Sparrow - IMC 10/5/08
The Independents - IMC 10/5/08
The Queers - IMC 10/5/08
Tim Fite - Canopy Club 10/16/08
Land of Talk - Foellinger Auditorium 10/19/08
CX Kidtronik - Canopy Club 11/5/08
The Death Set - Canopy Club 11/5/08
Girl Talk - Canopy Club 11/5/08
Fotosputnik - Courtyard Cafe 11/15/08
The Hentchmen - Courtyard Cafe 11/15/08
The Fleshtones - Courtyard Cafe 11/15/08
Starflyer 59 - Courtyard Cafe 12/6/08
Ice Water - Canopy Club 12/13/08
Tractor Kings - Cowboy Monkey 12/27/08
Hum - Cowboy Monkey 12/27/08

Frightened Rabbit - Courtyard Cafe 1/22/09
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Courtyard Cafe 1/25/09
Matter of Face - Red Herring 1/30/09
Jackhammer Hoganson - Red Herring 1/30/09
The Night Brigade - Red Herring 1/30/09
Wastebasket - Red Herring 1/30/09
Checkerboard Stalemate - Red Herring 1/30/09
Eugene Mirman - Courtyard Cafe 2/14/09
Pomegranates - Canopy Club 3/14/09
John Vanderslice - Courtyard Cafe 4/2/09
The Mountain Goats - Courtyard Cafe 4/2/09
The War on Drugs - Courtyard Cafe 4/3/09
The Hold Steady - Courtyard Cafe 4/3/09
Five Peace Band - Krannert Center 4/7/09
The Butts - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
Soy City Stranglers - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
Obi Wan Kenblo Mi - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
River City Rebels - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
The Casualties - Black Sheep Cafe 4/10/09
Sunset Stallion - IMCFest 2009
We Landed on the Moon! - IMCFest 2009
The Ruckus - IMCFest 2009
Faux Coup - Illini Union 4/30/09
Crazy/Agile - Illini Union 4/30/09
Local H - Illini Union 4/30/09
Light Pollution - Courtyard Cafe 5/1/09
The Foundry Field Recordings - Courtyard Cafe 5/1/09
John Hoeffleur - Iron Post 6/2/09
Ave Marling - Iron Post 6/2/09
Your Yellow Dress - The Stanley 6/8/09
Passion Pit - Bonnaroo 2009
Motion Potion - Bonnaroo 2009
Tobacco - Bonnaroo 2009
Dirty Projectors - Bonnaroo 2009
Animal Collective - Bonnaroo 2009
St. Vincent - Bonnaroo 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bonnaroo 2009
David Byrne - Bonnaroo 2009
Pheonix - Bonnaroo 2009
Mynameisjohnmichael - Bonnaroo 2009
Chairlift - Bonnaroo 2009
Katzenjammer - Bonnaroo 2009
Robin Hitchcock - Bonnaroo 2009
Bon Iver - Bonnaroo 2009
of Montreal - Bonnaroo 2009
Wilco - Bonnaroo 2009
The Mars Volta - Bonnaroo 2009
Russian Circles - Bonnaroo 2009
Bruce Springsteen - Bonnaroo 2009
High on Fire - Bonnaroo 2009
Erykah Badu - Bonnaroo 2009
Okkervil River - Bonnaroo 2009
Neko Case - Bonnaroo 2009
Phish - Bonnaroo 2009
Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater - Blues Brews and BBQ Fest
Pinetop Perkins - Blues Brews and BBQ Fest
Bob Margolin - Blues Brews and BBQ Fest
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Blues Brews and BBQ Fest
Brilliant Pebbles - Green Music Fest 2009
Sybris - Green Music Fest 2009
Say Hi - Green Music Fest 2009
Tapes 'n Tapes - Green Music Fest 2009
Art Brut - Green Music Fest 2009
Heyokas - Cowboy Monkey 8/22/09
Hot Cops - Cowboy Monkey 8/22/09
Pet Lions - UIUC South Quad 8/23/09
Tosche Station - Terror House 8/23/09
Moons - Terror House 8/23/09
Straight No Chaser - Terror House 8/23/09
Cloud Mouth - Terror House 8/23/09
Cougar Den - Terror House 8/23/09
Nurses - Courtyard Cafe 8/27/09
Throw Me the Statue - Courtyard Cafe 8/27/09
The Brunettes - Courtyard Cafe 8/27/09
War - Sweetcorn Fest 2009
My Werewolf Diary - Cowboy Monkey 8/29/09
The Beets - Cowboy Monkey 8/29/09
Vivian Girls - Cowboy Monkey 8/29/09
Chicha Libre - Ellnora 2009
Frank Vignola - Ellnora 2009
Junior Brown - Ellnora 2009
The National - Ellnora 2009
Yea Big + Kid Static - Parkland 9/13/09
Matt and Kim - Parkland 9/13/09
Mt St Helens Vietnam Band - Pygmalion 2009
Owen - Pygmalion 2009
Japandroids - Pygmalion 2009
Liz Janes - Pygmalion 2009
Brooke Waggoner - Pygmalion 2009
Joe Pug - Pygmalion 2009
Skream - Pygmalion 2009
Girls Next Door - Pygmalion 2009
Low - Pygmalion 2009
The Antlers - Pygmalion 2009
Autolux - Pygmalion 2009
Zach May & The Maps - Pygmalion 2009
The Horse's Ha - Pygmalion 2009
The Books - Pygmalion 2009
Iron And Wine - Pygmalion 2009
Porno Galactica - Pygmalion 2009
YACHT - Pygmalion 2009
gazelle - Pygmalion 2009
RJD2 - Pygmalion 2009
Thankful Tree - Cloud Factory 9/22/09
City Center - Cloud Factory 9/22/09
The Vertebrats - Amara Yoga 10/1/09
Bunny Zewt Suit - Channing Murray 10/14/09
David Sedaris - Virginia Theater 10/16/09
Infirmary - Terror House 10/24/09
DOTK - Terror House 10/24/09
Cloud Burial - Terror House 10/24/09
Maltross - Terror House 10/24/09

1. How did you get into 29? (Ben Folds)
Umm... I think it was through Ben Kweller since they formed The Bens w/Ben Lee. But I loooove "Zak & Sara," among others.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (We Are Scientists)
Probably "The Great Escape"

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (The Rakes)
"22 GRAND JOB!"

4. How did you get into 49? (The Stooges)
Weird but I don't have a 49, I have a tie for 48 so I'll say Stooges. But yeah, probably through the Ramones. Back when I was obsessed with all things CBGBs.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Arctic Monkeys)
Own, hmm? Umm... I don't own so much as download but I think I just have the first one - I didn't like the 2nd one much.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (The Stills)
Right now, probably "Retour a Vega" Loooove that song.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (The Ramones)
haha. Umm, well lyrics wise "KKK Took My Baby Away" because that was actually about Johnny stealing Joey's girl (he was the KKK) or "Outsider." Joey was so sad with his OCD. :(

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (The Shins)
Well, really ANYTHING on Chutes Too Narrow but probably "Young Pilgrims." That's the song that got me into them & I still think nothing has topped that for me with them yet.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (The Vines)
That is insanely hard because I have such a soft spot for them but the bass line of "Fuck the World" just flippn kills me. I love it.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Kaiser Chiefs)
Kaiser Chiefs?! Try every one of them. But at the moment probably "Ruby" just the whole chorus when they shout RUBY RUBY RUBY - love it!

11. What is the worst song by 40? (Interpol)
Hmmm... well I don't really listen to them much anymore, so I guess most of it. ha.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Spoon)
I'll just go with a classic "Small Stakes"

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Brendan Benson)
Well, just my obsession with all things Jack White which thus involves Brendan Benson I loved the whole Cold Hands, Warm Heart album but not so much the Raconteurs, weird huh? I just don't think I care for Brendan & Jack together, hmm.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (The Films)
"Thank Heaven (for Little Girls)" LOVE it!

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Hot Hot Heat)
"Bandages" just make me think back to high school when Michell & I loved them, went to their show then pretty much forgot all about them because Louis XIV opened for them & thus started our obsession.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (The Bravery)
Actually, no. Too upbeat.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Louis XIV)
I think probably "Finding Out True Love is Blind." I went to there website before I saw them open for HHH & I think that was when that video came out.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
"It's easy to fall in love
When you fall in love you know your done
you got easy eyes to hunt
when the world above needs your blood
and the cold vain to the richest man
They're paid away to steal our hand
There aint no easy way no there aint no easy way out "

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Elliott Smith)
Well, since he's only one guy I'm gonna have to go with Elliott.

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (Franz Ferdinand)
"Michael" Still love it. Come & dance with me!

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (The Kills)
Just my sister & I getting my mom to love them, which is so utterly funny cause she's MY mom. But play "Sour Cherry" & she jams, dude.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Art Brut)
"Formed a Band" It was the song that got me into them & pretty much right back out. Loved his speech-sing.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Death From Above 1979)
"You're a Woman, I'm a Machine" God, I LOVED them! Such a great band to just flippin rock out to.

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (OK Go)
The first one. Totally SOLD OUT after that.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (The Lovely Feathers)
"In the Valley" God, I LOVE that song. They're whole catalog is amaaazing. Love them.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Dirty Pretty Things)
"You Fucking Love It" and I FUCKING DID! Anything Carl does is perfect.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (The White Stripes)
Wow, that is like asking which one of my children is my favorite, but since I don't have children I'm gonna go with Elephant.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (The Beatles)
THE BEATLES?! You want me to choose my favorite Beatles song, well at this very moment I'm going to say "I'm So Tired." It will change in 15 minutes if you ask me again.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (The Who)
Geez, whatever the song my dad was listening to in the car on the way home from the hospital after I was born, probably. But I guess I'll say "My Generation"

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Mando Diao)
"Mr. Moon"

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (The Hives)
Once! Best live band on the planet! And that is totally true. Best show I've ever been to and that includes Paul McCartney and the White Stripes.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Supergrass)
"Coffee in the Pot" Love that instrumental, baby.

33. How did you get into 12? (The Libertines)
Well, everything started with the Vines and eventually NME & how could you read NME in '04 & '05 without hearing about Pete & Carl.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (The Fratellis)
"Got Ma Nuts from a Hippy" Ehhhh.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Shout Out Louds)
"The Comeback"

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? (Rooney)
Geez, probably "Blueside"

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Paul McCartney)
Why yes, I have. EPIC. Hearing "Hey Jude" live is something I'll remember forever.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (Razorlight)
Hmmm "Golden Touch" maybe. 1st was golden, 2nd... not so much.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Sahara Hotnights)
Well, I didn't know much about them before they opened for the Hives. So probably like "Hot Night Crash"

40. What is you favorite album by 7? (Arcade Fire)
Also like choosing a favorite child, but "Crown of Love" is so epic to me I want it played at my damn funeral.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (Sufjan Stevens)
I don't listen to him much but "Chicago" is a greaaat song.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Dane Cook)
Eh, the times when I thought he was funny. Baaaack in the day.

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Sondre Lerche)
Oooh, I love him probably "Two Way Monologue"

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Oh No! Oh My!)
Just loving that they make Audrey Hepburn references. Love them.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (The Village Green)
"Under the Covers" They were a damn good P-town band.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Ben Kweller)
I love "On My Way" Every lyric in that song is gold.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (The Strokes)
Probably First Impressions of Earth it has grown on me so much. I love it & definately looking forward to the new one.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (The Subways)
Pshh... um the guy, I guess. I obviously don't know much about them.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Belle & Sebastian)
Oh gosh, "Piazza, New York Catcher"

50. What is your favorite song by 20? (Sonic Youth)
"Incinerate" You're so chaste. I can't wait. To taste your face