Listology!

Lets talk lists, my little digital mustachers! Are you a list writer? Before you go grocery shopping do you jot down everything you need first like a good kid? Do you have a Top Ten for everything you love? If so you have no doubt heard of the Listography book line. You havent? Oh, for shame. Here is what the author has to say about the inspiration behind this very fun series;



"The Listography Books are guided journals to help capture your autobiography through list making. I love the elements that make up a life, from experiences to favorites to the people we meet, and I wanted to create a few nice places to keep and share them: the Listography books and listography.com.
I hope that the books serve as inspiration and as a practical personal tool, but also as a catalyst for reflection. You may uncover a few things that have been filed away by your highly efficient brain. Reading a list is like looking at an old photograph; there's an essence of you in there (which is why the kid's Listography is probably my favorite).
So buy a nice pen and fill one in. I hope you like it. I believe everyone should have an autobiography of some sort, if only for their loved ones to read, and even in the simplest form: a list."

peace and thank you,
lisa nola

Id seen the original book out and about for quite some time and was always tempted to buy it, but this past weekend the newest version came out and I absolutely could not pass it up. Thats right, I am now the proud owner of Music Listology; Your Life In (Play)lists. I am both tremendously excited and extremely petrified of this book. Certain pages simply wont be big enough, and I knew that immediately. List the saddest songs in the world?! How can I possibly fit all of them into one page? IMPOSSIBLE! List your all time favourite artists? But...but...I would need to list them all by their respective genre and each genre will take up at least a page alone! Le sigh. However, on the other end, there are some pages that will be nearly blank - I simply dont have enough favourite television and film theme songs to constitute an entire list from and I certainly dont like jazz enough (at all) to have a full page of favourite musicians. But still! This challenge is going to be so exciting. And just think of the mix CDs that will come from this! Its damn near too much to take. It makes my brain all swarmy with music goodness just thinking about it.

One of the lists to create is Favourite Music Videos which has been lots of fun to think about and go through. Here are just a very, very few of mine.


Aesop Rock! Low budget zombies! Oooooooooh, snap!


Robyn is adorable and that video is even cuter. Case closed.


Okay, so this Garbage video for Push It... damn. I remember watching this when I was a grunge/punk kid (the only one I knew in the whole state of Iowa) as I was BLOWN THE FUCK AWAY. It was so strange and creepy and oddly sexual. Plus look at how hot Shirley Manson used to (sometimes) be.

Just this topic alone has caused quite the conversation between myself, Jace and Juice. The list could just keep going! What are some of your favourites?