Skallen's List

- 2010-01-12 Since this is the first year I'll be doing a music list for the whole year, I can't do any comparisons, so just a regular list for this time. Next year I'll do a nice moving up/down list

1	Makino Yui	1379
2	YUI	1279
3	Ayreon	967
4	Yuki Kajiura	951
5	KOTOKO	866
6	Krypteria	848
7	Metallica	847
8	Therion	708
9	the brilliant green	584
10	Delain	579
11	Dido	555
12	Symphony X	483
13	Nobuo Uematsu	457
14	Blind Guardian	441
15	m.o.v.e	342
16	Ai Otsuka	333
17	Avantasia	316
18	Iced Earth	297
19	In Flames	287
20	Opeth	278
21	Howard Shore	277
22	Samael	271
23	Tommy heavenly6	267
24	Pharaoh	254
25	Yousei Teikoku	251
26	savage genius	238
27	Genesis	230
28	Demons & Wizards	224
29	Iron Maiden	223
30	Machinae Supremacy	222
31	Virgin Steele	216
32	Initial D	213
33	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	212
34	Nightwish	210
35	Rage	210
36	Nana Kitade	204
37	Tommy february6	199
38	Allen-Lande	191
39	Johnny Cash	190
40	Masara Nishida	187
41	Stream of Passion	182
42	Frank Zappa	179
43	Michiru Oshima	178
44	Toshihiko Sahashi	176
45	Xandria	171
46	Diablo Swing Orchestra	170
47	Demians	166
48	IOSYS	152
49	Amon Amarth	144
50	the pillows	143

Phew.... Hope this comes out correctly

YUI and Yui battling it out in the top this year, pretty much alone in the top, then a sharp decline in plays down to place 15 where it flattens out more.

Genres seems to be: J-Pop, Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Soundtrack, Heavy Metal, Gothic Metal and J-Rock (in that order).

Some clear outsiders in my charts are Dido (only non-Japanese pop), Johnny Cash (country), Frank Zappa and Genesis.

On another note, been kind of a rewatch week att Skull HQ this last few weeks, I've seen all animes in this post and the last one before

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Skip Beat!, Victorian Romance Emma, Victorian Romance Emma: Second Act, Toradora!

Time flies on epic mount

- 2010-01-04 Already a new year, that was fast....

Like last year, time for a gigantic list of stuff from the past year. This time I left all the rewatches/rereads/replays on the list, (there's quite a lot of them, they are in italic).

A separate post for the music year later this month!

Now on to the list:

Books
Blood of the Fold
Flatlander
Galactic North
Norwegian Wood
Odd Thomas
Permutation City
Stone of Tears
Temple of the Winds
The Cyberiad
The Execution Channel
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wounded Land
Wizard's First Rule

Anime
Akagi
Allison to Lillia
Aoi Hana
Aria The Animation
Aria The Natural
Aria The Origination
Asu no Yoichi!
Bleach
Blue Drop
Bounen no Xamdou
Candy Boy
Card Captor Sakura
Clannad
Clannad After Story
Detroit Metal City
Eureka Seven
Fruits Basket
Full Moon wo Sagashite
Ga-rei: Zero
Glass Mask
Gokujou Seitokai
Gungrave
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting - New Challenger
Hatsukoi Limited
Hidamari Sketch
Hyakko
Itazura na Kiss
Juuni Kokuki
Kekkaishi
Laputa: Castle in the Sky
Mai-HiME
Mai-Otome
Major
Maria Holic
Maria-sama ga Miteru
Midori No Hibi
Mnemosyne: Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi
Mononoke Hime
Nana
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen
One Outs
Planetes
Real Drive
Ride Back
Saiunkoku Monogatari 2nd Series
Saki
Shugo Chara
Shugo Chara Doki
Skip Beat!
Sora o Kakeru Shoujo
Special A
Spice and Wolf II
Strawberry Panic
Taishou Yakyuu Musume
They Are My Noble Masters
Toradora!
Tsubasa Shunraiki
Whisper of the heart
xxxHOLiC: Kei

TV Series
Battlestar Galactica

Movies
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Crank
Crank: High Voltage
Detroit Metal City
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Moon
Star Trek (2009)
Stardust
Terminator Salvation
The Dark Knight
The Man from Earth
V for Vendetta
WALL-E
Watchmen

Games
Age of Mythology
Baldur's Gate 2
DotA
Dragon Age: Origins
Left 4 Dead
Mad Skillz Motorcross
Mahjong
Planet M.U.L.E.
Tycoon Online
World of Warcraft: Secrets of Ulduar

 newyear    lists   

Lovely Complex, Karin

Avatar (3D)

Music Alphabet

- 2009-03-07 A fun idea, one artist for each letter in the alphabet. Going by my plays on last.fm it wasn't very hard to find an artist i liked for each letter. Whats the most surprising artist pick?

A - Ayreon
B - Blind Guardian
C - Choro Club
D - Dido
E - Elf
F - Frank Zappa
G - Genesis
H - Hirano Aya
I - IOSYS
J - Johann Sebastian Bach
K - KOTOKO
L - Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
M - Machinae Supremacy
N - Nightwish
O - Opeth
P - Pagan's Mind
Q - Queens of the Stone Age
R - ROUND TABLE featuring Nino
S - Symphony X
T - The Brilliant Green
U - Uriah Heep
V - Virgin Steele
W - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
X - Xandria
Y - Yui Makino
Z - ZZ Top

The list is using my brand spanking new 'music' markup tag which makes automatic links to last.fm

 music    lists   

Blue Drop, Allison to Lillia, Special A, Maria-sama ga Miteru

The Man from Earth

Lost a month, got a new year

- 2009-01-18 Yup, forgot to post something in december. Before that I the last time I missed a post was in May 2007. Ah well. Now its a new year, this time I'll try even harder.

Been playing waaaay too much WoW lately, but our new guild is doing great. Just the other day we killed Malygos 25-man. Only two things remains for us in WotLK now, Sartharion with 2 and 3 dragons up.

Now, next part is something I planned to do last year but never got around to...

A quick recap of my 'media' year 2008:

Books:
The Path of Daggers
Black Man
House of Suns
Winter's Heart
Crossroads of Twilight
Knife of Dreams
1984
Starship Troopers
Shantaram
The Illearth War
The Power that Preserves
Stranger in a Strange Land
Kafka on the shore

Anime:
ef - a tale of memories
Minami-ke
Initial D
Hidamari Sketch
Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch
Yomigaeru Sora -Rescue Wings-
Sketchbook: full color`s
Dennou Coil
Madlax
Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations
Clannad
Bamboo Blade
Gin`iro no Kami no Agito
Gekijouban xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yo no Yume
Spice and Wolf
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Baccano!
Aria the Origination
True Tears
KimiKiss Pure Rouge
Shakugan no Shana II
Kin`iro no Chord: Primo Passo
Appleseed Saga Ex Machina
Romeo x Juliet
Kurenai
Paprika
InuYasha
El Cazador de la Bruja
Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Moyashimon
Angel Heart
Myself; Yourself
Stranger -Mukou Hadan-
Vandread
Vandread: Second Stage
Hungry Heart - Wild Striker
Hunter x Hunter
Hikaru No Go
Blood+
I``s Pure

TV Series:
Babylon 5
House MD
Dexter
Star Trek TNG


Movies:
Batman Begins
The Prestige
I Am Legend
The King of Kong
No Country for Old Men
Collateral
3.10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Big Buck Bunny
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Hancock
Jumper
You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Games:
Team Fortress 2
Half-Life 2
World of Warcraft
Spin the black circle
Gride
Tycoon Online
Wrath of the Lich King

Phew... Quite a list, don't you think?

Still working on a new gallery, have lots of photos to upload, but I really need the new version of the gallery working before I upload, stay tuned.

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Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen, Nana, Aria

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Galactic North, The Wounded Land

The Dark Knight, Stardust