This week's trivia item, picked up while listening to last week's streamed 2008 show on Triple J. Kate Nash's song "Foundations" was awarded perhaps one of the countdown's more notorious gongs, being ranked at number 101 in Triple J's annual poll of their listeners' favourite , er, 100 songs for 2007. Personally I think the song deserved better.
The Hottest 101
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 4 February, 2008 to the music subset
And the winner is…
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 26 January, 2008 to the music subset
... or rather the number one song in this year's Hottest 100 was "Knights of Cydonia" by Muse. I'd gone for either Silverchair or the John Butler Trio. Oh well.
Happy Australia Day
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 26 January, 2008 to the music subset
It's a disassociated tradition of sorts to lock the doors, dim the lights, twist the volume dial to TEN, and while the day away listening to the best tracks of the previous year, as voted by Triple J listeners. The fact that Australia Day proper falls on a Saturday (with the holiday being marked this Monday, drinks tomorrow night then, anyone?) escaped my attention this year, and sadly ... Read full entry
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