... but the real piece of procrastination recently involved exporting my itunes data and then mucking around with excel to get it to tell me which artists I've spent the most time listening to since itunes became a part of my life in around 2007 or 2008.
1. Patty Griffin
2. The National
3. Aimee Mann
4. Taylor Swift (sure I like her a lot, and listened to Red in particular heaps, but this is still kind of startling)
5. Beach House
6. Buddy Miller (not including his collabs with Julie Miller)
7. The Arcade Fire
8. Jolie Holland
9. The New Pornographers
10. Laura Cantrell
11. Robert Plant (another that's a bit of a surprise, but then I have really enjoyed his latter-day run since - and including - Raising Sand)
12. First Aid Kit
13. Belle and Sebastian
14. Jen Cloher & the Endless Sea
15. Lydia Loveless
16. Spoon
17. Neko Case
18. The War on Drugs (this is entirely the one album)
19. Sharon Van Etten
20. Radiohead
Anyway, give or take, seems pretty much right, though it was surprising to see what a big gap there was between Patty Griffin and everyone else; turns out I've spent some 158 hours listening to her music, or almost a full week all up - whereas the next on the list, the National, clocks in at 'only' 88 hours, with the rest stepping down in much smaller increments after that. Also, once again, I wish that a 'lifetime' version of this was possible, and not just the last few years!
1. Patty Griffin
2. The National
3. Aimee Mann
4. Taylor Swift (sure I like her a lot, and listened to Red in particular heaps, but this is still kind of startling)
5. Beach House
6. Buddy Miller (not including his collabs with Julie Miller)
7. The Arcade Fire
8. Jolie Holland
9. The New Pornographers
10. Laura Cantrell
11. Robert Plant (another that's a bit of a surprise, but then I have really enjoyed his latter-day run since - and including - Raising Sand)
12. First Aid Kit
13. Belle and Sebastian
14. Jen Cloher & the Endless Sea
15. Lydia Loveless
16. Spoon
17. Neko Case
18. The War on Drugs (this is entirely the one album)
19. Sharon Van Etten
20. Radiohead
Anyway, give or take, seems pretty much right, though it was surprising to see what a big gap there was between Patty Griffin and everyone else; turns out I've spent some 158 hours listening to her music, or almost a full week all up - whereas the next on the list, the National, clocks in at 'only' 88 hours, with the rest stepping down in much smaller increments after that. Also, once again, I wish that a 'lifetime' version of this was possible, and not just the last few years!
