Happy Australia Day ( Read more... )

As my tweets ( 1 2 3) on Australia Day would have attested, I was significantly underwhelmed by this year's Triple J Hottest 100 Countdown.

Here's the list of the countdown and finally Richard Kingsmill has published the list of 101-200 which is always nice to see what narrowly missed out.

So how did my votes fare?

Bertie Blackman - Peekaboo - ( Read more... )

Happy Australia Day, everyone ( Read more... )

So I'm getting my vote in early, considering I'll be away from Saturday until the middle of January, and might forget/be too busy to get my votes in before closing.

Here's what I selected (alphabetical order by artist)

• Bertie Blackman - Byrds Of Prey
• Clare Bowditch - Start Of War
• Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
• La Roux - ( Read more... )

I really should have put this up yesterday before the countdown began, but I haven't edited the list much :)

Here's what I voted for in the Hottest 100, and my predictions for highly rated songs (a list I haven't pared down too much). As they come ( Read more... )

Happy Australia Day!

As always (well usually), I spent most of the day listening to Triple J's Hottest 100 Countdown and enjoying myself with some friends around a barbecue with a drink or five. Interesting rundown in the top five this year, none of us really picked the top two being anywhere where they were ( Read more... )