The 11 Best Songs By The New Pornographers

Posted on August 31, 2014 by acompleteunknown

I’ve been doing these lists for years. My site has lasted longer than most sites who have tried to follow suit. Making a good list with quality choices is difficult…and I get my fair share of hate mail. More people probably tell me I suck then tell me I know what I’m doing. It’s a very unrewarding past time, but I persevere…and now I have my own book...so I guess I win?

Moving on, I have noticed in the past few months the upswing in music-based “click bait” lists. These are lists made to purposely drive traffic to your site. Here’s the details on a “click bait” list. A news site or blog might come up with a topic like “most overrated bands” then they create a list with mostly popular bands. They put the names of the popular bands (which really translates to bands that get searched the most online) onto said list. Then every time someone searches for the band, they get the list. They call the bands on the list overrated because (and this is true) negative lists do better than positive ones. LA Weekly might be the biggest culprit of this sleazy past time. I won’t link to any of their lists because I don’t want to support them. This may work in the interim and get an upswing in traffic to your site…but all you do is bottom out your credibility. LA Weekly used to be the bomb in LA. They were cooler than the LA Times. But desperation is ugly and you can smell it all over them. My prediction: LA Weekly will crash and burn within two years…and I’ll still be here. Because in the end…slow and steady wins the race.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The New Pornographers:

It’s Only Divine Right (Electric Version)
The New Face Of Zero and One (The Electric Version)
The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism (Mass Romantic)
All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth (Challengers)
Adventures In Solitude (Challengers)
Hey, Snow White (Dark Was The Night)
Your Hands (Together)
The Body Says No (Mass Romantic)
The Fake Headlines (Mass Romantic)
High Art Local News (Twin Cinema)
The End Of Medicine (The Electric Version)

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The 11 Best Songs By The New Pornographers

Posted on May 5, 2010 by acompleteunknown

This morning I went for a light 5-mile jog in Los Angeles’ mild 85-degree heat. Always a good time. During the run, I took a little break in the middle and walked a short portion. I found myself behind three older women who were chatting it up about Facebook. To hear their perception of Facebook was rather interesting and disturbing at the same time.

I was first quite alarmed when one woman said, “Anyone who joins Facebook is obviously a pervert.” Facebook is a lot of things…but sexual content is the least of it.

The next woman completely agreed with her adding, “I heard my grandchildren had joined and I was so appalled that I didn’t talk to my daughter for a week.” This is where it starts to get a bit disturbing…is this really the perception of the website to people who are on the outside looking in? And if so…where are they getting this sentiment?

The third woman added the cherry on top by saying, “I heard that the government uses it to spy on Americans. Did you hear about those kids in Malibu who were arrested for being terrorists because of their Facebook page?”

This is getting out of hand. There are no kids in Malibu who were ever arrested for suspected terrorism because of their Facebook page. There were some kids in New Jersey who were arrested…but come on…that’s New Jersey. The problem is that there are too many rumors floating around by people who don’t really know what they are talking about. Ignorance may be bliss…but it’s still ignorance.

There over 400 million Facebook users. That’s a lot of pervert terrorists.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The New Pornographers:

1. It’s Only Divine Right (Electric Version)

2. The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism (Mass Romantic)

3. All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth (Challengers)

4. The Fake Headlines (Mass Romantic)

5. The Electric Version (Electric Version)

6. Broken Breads (Twin Cinema)

7. Hey Snow White (Dark Was The Night)

8. The New Face of Zero and One (Electric Version)

9. The Body Says No (Mass Romantic)

10. Fail Safe (Challengers)

11. The End of Medicine (Electric Version)

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