1	YUI	1509	9 (+8) +1038 plays
2	牧野由依 (Yui Makino)	1329	1 (-1) -337 plays
3	梶浦由記 (Yuki Kajiura)	982	2 (-1) -188 plays
4	志方あきこ (Akiko Shikata)	759	NEW
5	Machinae Supremacy	737	20 (+15) +433 plays
6	Ayreon	680	7 (+1) +124 plays
7	Lunatica	637	3 (-4) -19 plays
8	Symphony X	565	8 (-) +43 plays
9	Therion	533	11 (+2) +118 plays
10	Iron Maiden	528	5 (-5) -94 plays
11	Haken	506	10 (-1) +89 plays
12	Metallica	469	12 (-) +66 plays
13	大塚愛 (Ai Otsuka)	461	14 (+1) +85 plays
14	the brilliant green	451	4 (-10) -194 plays
15	Kalafina	444	6 (-9) -158 plays
16	植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)	437	19 (+3) +113 plays
17	KOTOKO	422	13 (-4) +24 plays
18	Blind Guardian	375	16 (-2) +12 plays
19	Arjen Anthony Lucassen	339	NEW
20	岩崎琢 (Taku Iwasaki)	289	22 (+2) +11 plays
21	May	287	NEW
22	m.o.v.e	276	21 (-1) -10 plays
23	Krypteria	269	NEW
24	Iced Earth	262	23 (-1) -15 plays
25	Allen-Lande	256	30 (+5) +44 plays
26	savage genius	248	24 (-2) -17 plays
27	Motörhead	244	NEW
28	Delain	242	18 (-10) -92 plays
29	Dido	241	32 (+3) +39 plays
30	Demians	232	25 (-5) -25 plays
31	Avantasia	227	15 (-16) -140 plays
32	In Flames	225	27 (-5) -5 plays
33	Tommy heavenly6	223	34 (+1) +27 plays
34	Samael	218	35 (+1) +24 plays
35	Genesis	206	26 (-9) -28 plays
36	妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku)	194	37 (+1) +10 plays
37	After Forever	188	40 (+3) +13 plays
38	Dark Tranquillity	185	47 (+9) +30 plays
39	Riverside	183	17 (-22) -161 plays
40	大島ミチル (Michiru Oshima)	177	36 (-4) -13 plays
41	Frank Zappa	176	NEW
42	Opeth	175	NEW
43	Unitopia	173	31 (-12) -35 plays
44	崎元仁 (Hitoshi Sakimoto)	167	NEW
45	Virgin Steele	165	29 (-16) -35 plays
46	Edenbridge	163	NEW
47	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	163	28 (-19) -80 plays
48	Tommy february6	163	41 (-7) -7 plays
49	Diablo Swing Orchestra	158	NEW
50	Demons & Wizards	156	39 (-11) -25 plays

Highest Chart Debut: 志方あきこ (Akiko Shikata), at position 4.
Highest Chart Climber: Machinae Supremacy, moving 15 spots up.

Biggest Chart Fall: Riverside, falling 22 spots down.
Biggest Chart Dropout: Star One, was on pos 33.

Yui Makino dethroned! A new YUI claims the number one spot!

1	牧野由依 (Yui Makino)	1666	1 (-) +116 plays
2	梶浦由記 (Yuki Kajiura)	794	3 (+1) -46 plays
3	Lunatica	656	33 (+30) +439 plays
4	the brilliant green	645	10 (+6) +172 plays
5	Iron Maiden	622	9 (+4) +137 plays
6	Kalafina	602	NEW
7	Ayreon	556	5 (-2) -179 plays
8	Symphony X	522	16 (+8) +199 plays
9	YUI	471	4 (-5) -312 plays
10	Haken	417	NEW
11	Therion	415	7 (-4) -93 plays
12	Metallica	403	6 (-6) -106 plays
13	KOTOKO	398	2 (-11) -496 plays
14	大塚愛 (Ai Otsuka)	376	12 (-2) -68 plays
15	Avantasia	367	13 (-2) -3 plays
16	Blind Guardian	363	11 (-5) -83 plays
17	Riverside	344	29 (+12) +113 plays
18	Delain	334	8 (-10) -158 plays
19	植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)	324	15 (-4) -4 plays
20	Machinae Supremacy	304	27 (+7) +63 plays
21	m.o.v.e	286	14 (-7) -83 plays
22	岩崎琢 (Taku Iwasaki)	278	39 (+17) +98 plays
23	Iced Earth	276	18 (-5) -5 plays
24	savage genius	265	NEW
25	Demians	257	22 (-3) -8 plays
26	Genesis	234	32 (+6) +16 plays
27	In Flames	230	20 (-7) -48 plays
28	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	223	37 (+9) +39 plays
29	Virgin Steele	1550	19 (-10) -64 plays
30	Allen-Lande	212	43 (+13) +44 plays
31	Unitopia	208	NEW
32	Dido (Yui Makino)	202	26 (-6) -42 plays
33	Star One	197	30 (-3) -23 plays
34	Tommy heavenly6	196	25 (-9) -61 plays
35	Samael	194	24 (-11) -64 plays
36	大島ミチル (Michiru Oshima)	190	31 (-5) -30 plays
37	妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku)	184	28 (-9) -52 plays
38	Kaipa	183	NEW
39	Demons & Wizards	181	38 (-1) +-0 plays
40	After Forever	175	23 (-17) -86 plays
41	Tommy february6	170	34 (-7) -44 plays
42	Ghost	168	NEW
43	Nightwish	166	36 (-7) -34 plays
44	Nemesea	164	NEW
45	Devin Townsend Project	163	21 (-24) -107 plays
46	佐橋俊彦 (Toshihiko Sahashi)	159	NEW
47	Dark Tranquillity	155	NEW
48	西田マサラ (Nishida Masara)	151	NEW
49	Pagan's Mind	136	NEW
50	北出菜奈 (Nana Kitade)	132	46 (-4) -12 plays

Highest Chart Debut: Kalafina, at position 6.
Highest Chart Climber: Lunatica, moving 30 spots up.

Biggest Chart Fall: Devin Townsend Project, falling 24 spots down.
Biggest Chart Dropout: Leaves' Eyes, was on pos 17.

Three time music champion: Yui Makino! ;)

A bit late but here it is anyhow, the music list.

1	牧野由依 (Yui Makino)	1550	1 (-) +171 plays
2	KOTOKO	894	5 (+3) +28 plays
3	梶浦由記 (Yuki Kajiura)	840	4 (+1) -111 plays
4	YUI	783	2 (-2) -496 plays
5	Ayreon	735	3 (-2) -232 plays
6	Metallica	509	7 (+1) -338 plays
7	Therion	508	7 (+1) -200 plays
8	Delain	492	10 (+2) -87 plays
9	Iron Maiden	485	29 (+20) +262 plays
10	the brilliant green	473	9 (-1) -111 plays
11	Blind Guardian	446	14 (+3) +5 plays
12	大塚愛 (Ai Otsuka)	444	16 (+4) +111 plays
13	Avantasia	370	17 (+4) +54 plays
14	m.o.v.e	369	15 (+1) +27 plays
15	植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu)	328	13 (-2) -88 plays
16	Symphony X	323	12 (-4) -160 plays
17	Leaves' Eyes	286	NEW
18	Iced Earth	281	18 (-) -16 plays
19	Virgin Steele	280	31 (-) +64 plays
20	In Flames	278	19 (-1) -9 plays
21	Devin Townsend Project	270	NEW
22	Demians	265	47 (+25) +99 plays
23	After Forever	261	NEW
24	Samael	258	22 (-2) -13 plays
25	Tommy heavenly6	257	23 (-2) -10 plays
26	Dido	244	11 (-15) -189 plays
27	Machinae Supremacy	241	30 (+3) +19 plays
28	妖精帝國 (Yousei Teikoku)	236	25 (-3) -15 plays
29	Riverside	231	NEW
30	Star One	220	NEW
31	大島ミチル (Michiru Oshima)	220	43 (+12) +42 plays
32	Genesis	218	27 (-5) -12 plays
33	Lunatica	217	NEW
34	Tommy february6	214	37 (+4) +15 plays
35	Diablo Swing Orchestra	201	46 (+11) +31 plays
36	Nightwish	200	34 (-2) -10 plays
37	Choro Club Feat. Senoo	184	33 (-4) -28 plays
38	Demons & Wizards	181	28 (-10) -43 plays
39	岩崎琢 (Taku Iwasaki)	180	NEW
40	Adagio	177	NEW
41	Krypteria	174	6 (-35) -674 plays
42	Xandria	171	45 (+3) -
43	Allen-Lande	168	38 (-5) -33 plays
44	鷺巣詩郎 (Shiro Sagisu)	161	NEW
45	The Pillows	156	50 (+5) +13 plays
46	北出菜奈 (Nana Kitade)	144	36 (-10) -60 plays
47	増田俊郎 (Toshio Masuda)	144	NEW
48	Hammers of Misfortune	143	NEW
49	Howard Shore	140	21 (-28) -137 plays
50	Frank Zappa	130	42 (-8) -49 plays

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

Not sure if anyone gets the headline joke, it's suppose to be a joke anyway...

A new poll is up, this time about some of the most used tags on my blog. Last one confirmed what I always knew, the butler did it.

And about the yui in the title, I now have two Yui's on my top 10 most played artists (overall) on last fm:

1: Yui Makino 3,456 plays

9: YUI 1,000 plays

What's the odds that two Yui's would end up on my top 10? Not sure if its a really common name in Japan or what.

Other than j-pop I mostly listen to progressive or symphonic metal these days. Been looking around on spotify and some of my new finds includes Opeth, Krypteria and Amaseffer.

Oh, and just recently installed my wacom on my new computer, so maybe I'll draw something nice 'till next time , cya.

This time no-one was sick! Was watching metallica at the Globen this monday, and it was great. It was a new concert instead of the one they we're suppose to do march 8, but James Hetfield was sick so that one was cancelled.

Also bought a new game last week, Left 4 Dead. Haven't played that much but the new multiplayer mode with zombies vs living is really cool, even though I mostly just died and didn't understand anything in the beginning.

And of course, lots of WoW, our guild just killed Hodir in 25 man, and we have killed yogg-saron in 10 man. Here's a pic from that kill:



Full image and more at our guild website!

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

I've done some small updates I've been thinking about doing for a long time. The comments are back! Yay, now I can talk with myself both in the shoutbox and in the comments! Also removed the big box on the frontpage. It was simply too much space for a few headlines. Now you will get right on the latest blog post (hello!). I've also reworked the sidebar a bit, now a small box with recent posts are there (as a replacement for the missing headlines box above the blog), and it moves! If you haven't had time to vote in the poll (you really should) the poll goes on top, but if you already voted, the headlines goes first instead. Also changed a few things in the coding, but mostly non-visible stuff.

Now, for the second time in history, a post with an image!



Two Yui Makino albums fresh from japan!
The picture quality is not the greatest, taken with my old S700i.


It's back

Today marks my third month using last.fm for music aggregation. And today I've also scrobbled my 10000th song! That is equivalent to around 110 songs per day. Not so surprising since I listen a lot both at work and home.

My top artists for these last three months:

	Artist	Plays
1	Makino Yui	655
2	Yuki Kajiura	465
3	the brilliant green	381
4	Tommy february6	351
5	Demons & Wizards	333
6	Tommy heavenly6	293
7	Dido	271
8	In Flames	227
9	Nightwish	216
10	Iced Earth	210

Summary: Although Yui Makino (i guess this is the correct way to write it) is dominating in the top, the brilliant green, Tommy Heavenly6 and Tommy February6 all features Tomoko Kawase, so she is at 1025 plays if they would be added together .

Mostly J-Pop and Metal, with some regular pop (dido) in between. But this top ten is just ~30% of my total plays check my last.fm page for more details.

Was thinking of throwing in a picture in a post (would be the first!) but it stills seems like a big step... A table is fine too, haven't used one of those either, so something new at least!

November is comming to an end, and that means this months highscore lists will soon be finalized and forever remembered! Hurry up and get a fat score and get your name on the list!

Working on an xmas design but right now it looks more like USA propaganda, blue, white, red and some stars...

Hi!

A new look! W00t! Been talking about it for like forever, who would have thought it was true? Tried to make it a bit "2.0-ish" and not as tight and crowded as my last design.

Here's a small changelog:

» New Design
Duh, kinda obvious right?

» New themes
Yes, the new design comes with three themes right from the start, and maybe even more later. The themes can be selected from the small colored boxes in the top right.

» Updated info
Some info updated about me and about the site.

» Games on the site
Yes, the games are finally integrated into the site, and with working highscores! Also the old game links redirects here.

» My music
A new sidebar on the blog page, where some of the music I listen to shows up.

Some more stuff to probably, but that is the major parts I think. Enjoy!


****EDIT****
The RSS-feed is dead at the moment, will fix it soon.