Low Inspiration + Low Readership = THE LIST POST *

I'm off to the ATL area for the weekend (though Floyd is quick to point out ATHENS not ATLANTA) so I leave you with what will be occupying much of my plane trip (aside from Essential Fantastic Four Volume 1) - my current Top Ten most played songs according to iTunes.

1. "Fett's Vette" - mc Chris: My rap and hip-hop preferences come and go, and it's certainly not my favorite musical genre, but mc Chris combines the best of my geek obsessions in many of his songs, most of all with this selection, a pseudo-gangsta rap song inspired by Star Wars' most bad ass bounty hunter.

2. "Pulp Song" - Stellastarr*: If I accomplish nothing else with this post, I hope it is to make you track down Stellastarr*'s self-titled debut CD. They're one of my top-five favorite bands, first discovered them last year opening for The Raveonettes (and their bassist is HOT!).

3. "In Between Days" - Ben Folds: The song that forced me to rethink my previous stance on The Cure.

4. "Judy is a Punk" - The Ramones: For when I really need to drive fast on the turnpike. Plus bonus points for making me think of The Royal Tenenbaums.

5. "Brand New Colony" - Postal Service: Maybe it's the 8-bit inspired beginning, but this has always been my favorite song from the album. It makes me think of Bubble Bobble.

6. "My Coco" - Stellastarr*: Also happens to be my current ringtone. (Buy their CD!!!)

7. "Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)" - They Might Be Giants: This song ALWAYS gets me singing to the most of my abilities - it's too damn fun. One day I'm going to make a playlist titled "Everything I Needed To Know In Life I Learned From TMBG"

8. "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" - Ben Kweller: To be fair, the shortest song on my Top Ten, so it wasn't hard for it to rank, but it probabaly would still were it double the length. Rememeber when I said my life is a televison show? This could easily be the opening theme to "The Life Ironic".

9. "Beat City" - The Raveonettes: They sum it up best when they say "This is whiplash Rock 'n Roll." When you listen to their songs, you DO imagine them going nuts on stage. Quite the opposite is true - the two lead singers pretty much stand stock still, in COMPLETE contrast to most of their songs. PLUS, another hot bassist!

10. "Back Where I Began" - Cordalene: I'm fairly sure these are some local Philly guys, I know I've seen them open for several groups. I get a smile on my face everytime this plays whenever I get close to work.

Feel free to post some of yours - I'm always looking for new bands to check out.

* (see also "VH1 Programming - 2002 to present")