DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop) - Mashup of Top 25 Billboard Hits 2009

[meserach.livejournal.com]

I imagine most of you will have seen this already ages ago, but this is making me very happy right now and I only just found it, so have a listen.

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[meserach.livejournal.com]

Also the commentary by aceterrier here is just amazingcakes:

http://aceterrier.tumblr.com/post/460097783/this-years-remix-with-the-future-sound-52-true

[koganbot]

Agree with you about aceterrier, whose name is Jonathan Bogart and who I've discovered is usually ace. Here are some of his other Websites:

Bilbo's Laptop, where Jonathan is steadily and systematically writing about every song to hit number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart since the chart started in September 1986, just as in Popular Tom writes about every song to hit number one on the UK Singles chart since that chart's beginning in November 1952.

Don't Stay Up Too Late where Jonathan writes in depth on music from decades past (e.g., 100 Great Records Of The 1920s and 100 Great Rock & Roll Songs of the 1950s), though he doesn't shun the present in that blog either.

Things Saved From The Wreck, where Jonathan writes about books, music, films, and comics.

Ace Terrier: World's Greatest Plumber, a comic in which Jonathan portrays the adventures of Ace Terrier, World's Greatest Plumber, who seems to have longer ears than the average plumber, and probably a better sense of smell, also.

He also manages Argentina in the Pop World Cup.

Anyhow, an awesome amount of stuff, very little of which I've read, but if you've been checking my own lj you'll know that I consider Jonathan's writeups on Ke$ha to be superb. He's basically been spearheading the discussion, ahead of the other writers in my sight, including me, both to get that Ke$ha is important and sometimes good and to dig far into what's going on in her music. Presumably Jonathan's quality doesn't slack off in any of his other written endeavors, though I've just discovered the guy so have months of catching up to do. If he doesn't turn up to be my numero uno musicwrite find of the year I will be shocked.

(I provide a set of links to his and other people's Ke$ha writing here and here.)

Clarification

[koganbot]

(Is Jonathan, not the long-eared plumber, who manages Argentina.)

Re: Clarification

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Dude is super smart! I am also super interested to have discovered just now that he's actually pretty inexperience as a modenr pop writer and listener, which is something I value greatly in writers as it makes the whole field of musicwrite seem waaaay less intimidating. It is very easy to be intimidated among a field of people who always seem able to link what they're hearing to hundreds of other acts that they name check casually, wearing their knowledge heavily on sleeves.

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Thanks Frank, I was sorta aware what his name was but am terrible with names and can rarely piece stuff together in the moment.

His thoughts on Lady Gaga and Beyonce in "Telephone" recently were also the best I've heard yet: http://aceterrier.tumblr.com/post/448252372/notes-towards-a-long-ass-post-on-lady-gaga-which-lets

[koganbot]

One of the confusing things is that there is also a Jonathan Bradley whom I recently discovered through the Singles Jukebox who wrote very well about Taylor Swift.

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

This was my #1 vote in the big end-of-year thingie! I love it awfully much.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Just yesterday I was getting cross that my lack of Internet means I hadn't heard this year's State of Pop; last year's I listened to a tremendous amount because it was lovely soothing mush.

[meserach.livejournal.com]

You MUST listen ASAP it is GREBT and as Poptimistic as anything I ave ever heard.

The way a coherentish narrative of facing depression with POP has been sort of woven together from disparate elements is astonishing. Also great use of the best bit from "You Belong With Me" (which is isn;t this EAAAAASY" of course

just love love love love

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

You must get hold of it somehow Mogz! This year's is definitely on the life-affirming side of things (thanks for posting it up, meserach!).

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Really weird yesterday to wonder what he'll do with Bad Romance, and realise that it never went to the top of the US charts!