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This last 2007 list is generated by my winamp player. I had my entire music collection most of the year on shuffle which resulted in a top 10 of songs which were played most since somewhere May 2007 when I last reset the history.

0. The Cure - the kiss
1. Muse - unintended
2. De Novo Dahl - push buttons
3. Jenny Wilson - common around here
4. Jenny Wilson - a hesitating cloud of despair
5. Laura Veirs - spelunking
6. Envelopes - it is the law
7. The Long Blondes - only lovers left alive
8. Midnight Movies - oh, twilight
9. The Red Paintings - i’ll sell you suicide

Since I bought my laptop in February 2007 I have been adding a lot of new music to my digital collection. I discovered most new music through myspace, bands linking eachother, and via myspace’s of labels. With most of these artists I created a crush on one special song of them, this is the list of the 50 most amazing songs I first heard in 2007!

1. Of Montreal – the past is a grotesque animal
2. Snowden – black eyes
3. Laura Veirs – spelunking
4. Keren Ann – lay your head down
5. You Say Party! We Say Die! – opportunity
6. Night Canopy – boom! it’s spring
7. Blood Red Shoes – it’s getting boring by the sea
8. Inara George – fools in love
9. Oh No! Oh My! – I love you all the time
10. St. Vincent – your lips are red
11. Alela Diane – pieces of string
12. El Perro Del Mar – this loneliness
13. Electrelane – in berlin
14. Envelopes – it is the law
15. Scanners – lowlife
16. Jesca Hoop – havoc in heaven
17. Susanna & The Magical Orchestra – love will tear us apart
18. Alina Simone – saw-edged grass
19. Erase Errata - cruising
20. The Tiny – dirty frames
21. Operator Please – just a song about ping pong
22. The Gossip – standing in the way of control
23. Broadcast – corporeal
24. M83 – a guitar and a heart
25. Division Kent – monsterproof
26. The Bastard Fairies – we’re all going to hell
27. De Novo Dahl – dinosaurs!
28. April March – chick habit
29. The Oohlas – across the stars in blue
30. Good Shoes – morden
31. The Long Blondes – only lovers left alive
32. Midnight Movies – oh twilight
33. Autolux – here comes everybody
34. Pony Up! – what’s free is yours
35. The Chalets – feel the machine
36. Dave Gahan – kingdom
37. The Pleased – we are the doctor
38. Two Ton Boa – cyanide
39. The Bird And The Bee – I hate camera
40. Wendy McNeill – such a common bird
41. The Ditty Bops – nosy neighbor
42. Silversun Pickups – common reactor
43. Peter Bjorn and John – young folks
44. Marissa Nadler – bird on your grave
45. Women And Children – virginia creepers
46. Mommy And Daddy – a good deal
47. My Latest Novel – when we were wolves
48. The Willowz – what’s wrong is right
49. White Rabbits – the plot
50. The Victorian English Gentlemens Club – stupid as wood

 I think most songs don’t originate from 2007 releases, but that wasn’t the point, was it? This is in my opinion one of the most remarkable list of songs I’ve ever put together, mostly because I’m loser at choosing best songs. Luckily my musical memory helped me a bit in finding out which song it was of certain artists that appealed most to me. Recently discovered music was a bit of a hassle, like White Rabbits, The Pleased and Marissa Nadler, that’s also why they’re lower on the list.
I’m now going to think if I can possibly think of even more music lists for 2007, maybe of certain genres… Though that would require me to find out the genres of all those artists, which won’t be easy for many of them. Ah well, I can always try.

This past year I’ve been to a number of amazing concerts of some the most wonderful, unforgettable, astonishing and divine bands and artists. This is my seen live list of 2007:

Pop Levi (February)
My Brightest Diamond (February)
Aereogramme (February)
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra (May)
Erase Errata (July)
Au Revoir Simone (July)
To My Boy (July)
You say party! We say die! (support: Appie Kim) (November)
St. Vincent (support: Windmill) (December)
Alela Diane (support: Alina Hardin) (December)

There’s only one disadvantage about going to concerts, I went on my own 80% of the time this past year. Meaning to say I didn’t find anyone to go with me, does this sound sad, it probably does. I’d love to have some more company next year, going alone doesn’t make a concert less beautiful, absolutely not. Having company makes it more of a shared experience, and I’m of the opinion that these bands I see live deserve to be seen live by a lot more people. I just don’t seem to get them along, and it would simply be ‘gezellig‘ if I had some people to come with me to live shows, having fun and buying drinks for eachother .
Alas, I’m already looking forward to 2008, though the agenda is still empty, I do believe I’ll be seeing some remarkable bands and artists next year.

I’ve met a number of people this year, over the internet and in real life, and yes the ones who’re worth mentioning will be mentioned here!

Daan and Marleen, they lead the Humanitas ‘I am myself‘-group, two very kind people. The ‘I am myself‘-group is a small support group for young transsexual adults who’re in the proces of transitioning. The two girls who’re with me in the group from the beginning are worth mentioning too, creative Barry and stylish Roshana.

Iris Judotter, this musically artistic girl from Singapore caught me on myspace and didn’t let go, now and then we chat on msn, which is always fun, exchanging music and discussing food.

Alice, I came upon her research weblog here on wordpress, left a comment, and we’ve been e-mailing since.

Elke and Hester from Dito!, these two girls lead the introduction group of which I’m a member of this LGB youth organisation. I haven’t found out which fellow group members will turn out to be worth keeping as friends, I’ll leave that to 2008.

Pauline, she was one of my colleagues at my internship at Oikocredit in Amersfoort earlier this year. She was so much fun, and delightfully cheerful. My internship supervisor at Oikocredit Ging Ledesma also deserves to be mentioned here, this very kind Philippine lady will surely be remembered for a long long time.

2007 left a number of memorable moments imprinted in my memory. I made a top 5 of which I have to admit that all took place in the second half of this year. That doesn’t mean the first half was that uneventful, events then just aren’t memorable enough to intrude on this top 5.

1. Starting my hormone therapy, October
2. Getting permission to start hormone therapy, August
3. Talking to one of my dearest friends Jessie from Chicago IL. on the phone for the first time, I was darn nervous, July
4. Barcelona holiday with Jennifer, baby Lily and Norazah, August/September
5. Turning 25, August

The end of the 2007 is near, that means it’s time to make lists.
This first list is the album top 10, of the 10 most amazing albums released this year and bought or downloaded by me.

1. Of Montreal - hissing fauna, are you the destroyer?
2. St. Vincent - marry me
3. You Say Party! We Say Die! - lose all time
4. Night Canopy - of honey and country
5. Au Revoir Simone - the bird of music
6. Interpol - our love to admire
7. Pop Levi - return to form black magick party
8. Electrelane - no shouts, no calls
9. The National - boxer
10. Silversun Pickups - carnavas

Big absentee in this list is Jesca Hoop’s Kismet, I have songs by her which I enormously like but I haven’t bought or downloaded her debut record yet. If I had done that then at least the female folk singer-songwriters would be represented in this list, but helas, Regina’s album was released in 2006, Alela’s album is a re-release and Marissa Nadler hasn’t got the chance to overwhelm me as much as the others in this top 10.
You have to admit though that women musicians are well represented in this list 7 out of 10 have female members and 5 out of 10 have female singers. Yes, I’m quite pleased with my first 2007 list.