iChart 100: Q3 2009

#1 [455] William Ørbit - In A Landscape (+1)
#2 [448] Way Out West - Pulse of Life (+1)
#3 [442] William Ørbit - Cavalleria Rusticana (-2)
#4 [436] William Ørbit - Ogive Number I (+1)
#5 [432] William Ørbit - Piece In The Old Style 3 (+2)
#6 [431] William Ørbit - L'Inverno (+3)
#7 [431] 菅野よう子 [Yoko Kanno] - Bad Dog (+1)
#8 [430] Thom Yorke - Analyse (+3)
#9 [421] CocoRosie - Rainbowarriors (-5)
#10 [416] Björk - Mouths Cradle (-4)
#11 [413] William Ørbit - Triple Concerto (-1)
#12 [409] William Ørbit - Xerxes (-)
#13 [404] William Ørbit - Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (-)
#14 [386] Underworld - Two Months Off (Radio Edit) (-)
#15 [382] Björk - Who Is It (Carry my joy on the left, Carry my pain on the right) (+1)
#16 [381] William Ørbit - Piece In The Old Style I (-1)
#17 [370] William Ørbit - Opus I32 (-)
#18 [367] CoLD SToRAGE - Body in Motion (-)
#19 [362] Moby - My Weakness (+1)
#20 [357] Vangelis - Love theme from Bladerunner (+1)
#21 [346] Björk - Submarine (+1)
#22 [337] Bodyrox feat. Luciana - Yeah Yeah (D. Ramirez Radio Edit) (+2)
#23 [336] Gustav - Genua (-4)
#24 [331] Intermix - Mantra (-1)
#25 [313] William Ørbit - Adagio For Strings (+2)
#26 [300] Björk - Visur Vatnsenda Rosu (+3)
#27 [296] UNKLE - Lonely Soul (+1)
#28 [293] The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (+4)
#29 [293] Björk - Desired Constellation (+6)
#30 [290] Hot Chip - Over and Over (-5)
#31 [285] CoLD SToRAGE - Cold Comfort (+8)
#32 [283] Björk - Pleasure Is All Mine (-6)
#33 [279] Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out (+4)
#34 [277] Pendulum - Coma (+2)
#35 [277] Cassius - Toop Toop (-5)
#36 [277] Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Radio Edit) (+10)
#37 [276] Groove Zone - Eisbaer (Extended Mix) (+13)
#38 [274] Madonna - Frozen (+6)
#39 [274] b(if)tek feat. Julee Cruise - Wired for Sound (+13)
#40 [272] Radiohead - Videotape (+13)
#41 [269] Groove Terminator - Losing Ground (+20)
#42 [269] Einsturzende Neubauten - Blume (-11)
#43 [264] DJ Krush - Dig This Vibe (+6)
#44 [264] CoLD SToRAGE - Cairodrome (+16)
#45 [261] PNAU - Journey Agent (+11)
#46 [258] Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death (Kurayamino Variation) (+17)
#47 [257] Moby - Porcelain (Clubbed to Death version by Rob Dougan) (-13)
#48 [253] Moby - Bodyrock (Hybrid's Bodyshock Remix) (-3)
#49 [253] Björk - Vokuro (-16)
#50 [248] Hot Chip - Grubbs (+5)
#51 [247] William Ørbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) (+24)
#52 [246] CoLD SToRAGE - Onyx (-10)
#53 [234] Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks (-5)
#54 [233] Moby - ARP (-16)
#55 [232] Moby - Memory Gospel (+19)
#56 [230] Madonna - Drowned World/Substitute for Love (-5)
#57 [229] Sasha - Wavy Gravy (+14)
#58 [228] Nine Inch Nails - Just Like You Imagined (-17)
#59 [228] Luke Slater - Stars and Heroes (-19)
#60 [227] The Beta Band - Space Beatle (+2)
#61 [226] Console - 14 Zero Zero (-18)
#62 [225] Pet Shop Boys - Miracles (Radio Edit) (-15)
#63 [221] UNKLE - Rabbit in your Headlights (-5)
#64 [220] William Ørbit - Water From a Vine Leaf (-10)
#65 [220] Ratty - Sunrise (Here I Am) (Radio Edit) (+28)
#66 [220] Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be (+6)
#67 [219] Orbital - Petrol (+6)
#68 [218] Björk - Triumph of a Heart (+8)
#69 [217] b(if)tek - 3 Seconds of Her (-12)
#70 [215] Cassius - Toop Toop (Olivier Koletski Mix) (-6)
#71 [209] Björk - Who Is It (Vitalic Mix) (-12)
#72 [208] Moby - Flying Foxes (-6)
#73 [206] Groove Armada - Dusk, You & Me (+10)
#74 [205] Supreme Beings of Leisure - Strangelove Addiction (-5)
#75 [205] Faithless - Drifting Away (Paradiso Mix) (+10)
#76 [204] Moby - Natural Blues (+4)
#77 [200] ana voog - Telepathic You (-12)
#78 [198] DJ Shadow - Six days (-1)
#79 [197] Pet Shop Boys - I Don't Know What You Want but I can't Give It Anymore (-11)
#80 [197] Rave Maize - The Real Life (Fatboy Slim Mix) (+7)
#81 [196] Hot Chip - Boy From School (-14)
#82 [195] Daft Punk - Around the World (-)
#83 [193] Kenji Kawai - Making of a Cyborg (-13)
#84 [192] Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro '95 (+5)
#85 [188] Faithless - We Come 1 (new)
#86 [187] Bentley Rhythm Ace - Theme From Gutbuster (-7)
#87 [184] Hybrid - Finished Symphony (Album Version) (+9)
#88 [182] Faithless - Salva Mea (Way Out West Remix) (+7)
#89 [182] Kenji Kawai - Pappetry Song (Gods' Gathering in the New World) (+5)
#90 [182] Pet Shop Boys - Single - Bilingual (-12)
#91 [182] 菅野よう子 [Yoko Kanno] - Pulse (-7)
#92 [178] Sash! - Chill Out No. 1 (+8)
#93 [177] Gustav - We Shall Overcome (-13)
#94 [176] Death In Vegas - Hands Around My Throat (new)
#95 [174] UNKLE - Unreal (new)
#96 [172] Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (-10)
#97 [170] Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring (-6)
#98 [168] Ramin Djawadi & The RZA - Daywalkers (RE)
#99 [168] CoLD SToRAGE - Messij (new)
#100 [166] Luke Slater - Grace (new)

Nine months later, still need new music!
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Probably need a new iPod, too. Cracked the screen, in '08, I think it was.

Y'know, apart from just generally liking the look of a good list of hard data, I think there's another reason I like revisiting what's on my iPod. Granted, it exposes my questionable taste in music and irregular purchasing (going on a couple of years now), but it's also a live example of the flow-on effects of statistical anomolies and patterned habits.

Looking at the movement of songs since December, you can obviously see I still have my favourite songs that are coming up again and again, but it's the songs that fall out of favour and get lost amongst new interests that are very interesting. I think one of the most important abilities a comics writer can have -- (which, yes, I still fancy myself as) -- is a skill at accounting for surrounding elements. I love superhero comics because they're a part of a bigger whole and represent the versimilitude of a real universe with expansive attention.

Crossover events have fallen out of favour with comics fans, but if you read modern stories, you'll often find a flow on of concept rather than specifics. These 100 Most Played Songs lists sit somewhere between the two ideas, representing the collision of live particles (ie; literal crossovers), without the conceptual binding of a literal crossover. So it's a statistical representation of a potential concept and design of writing.

That, and it's also nice to be reminded what songs are actually on my iPod...