{"id":2027,"date":"2005-09-27T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2005-09-27T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=772"},"modified":"2005-09-27T10:21:02","modified_gmt":"2005-09-27T15:21:02","slug":"itunes-therefore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=2027","title":{"rendered":"iTunes, therefore…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snagged off a really good cartoonist<\/a>, it’s….<\/p>\n

The iTunes meme.<\/b>
\n
\nHow many songs?<\/b>
\n2163<\/p>\n

Sort by song title:<\/b>
\nFirst:<\/b> Fishbone, “?(Modern Industry)”
\nLast:<\/b> Frank Zappa, Zombie Woof<\/p>\n

(Actually, the last one should be 鷺巣詩郎, 孤独とやすらぎ. Trouble is, it’s in Japanese, so I’m gonna have to disqualify it. Besides, I have NO idea if that’s going to come out right on your browser.)<\/p>\n

Sort by time:<\/b>
\nFirst:<\/b> They Might Be Giants, “Who’s Knocking On The Wall?” (0:04)
\nLast:<\/b> Terry Pratchett, “Lord Vetinari Stood …” (30:03) – A chapter from a book on CD.<\/p>\n

Sort by artist:<\/b>
\nFirst:<\/b> .Artificial, “Every Breath You Take”
\nLast:<\/b> Yerkes Novelty Five with Arthur Hall, “Yes, We Have No Bananas!”<\/p>\n

Sort by album:<\/b>
\nFirst:<\/b> Art of Noise, “(Who’s Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise”
\nLast:<\/b> Big Swifty & Associates, “Wouldn’t You Rather Be Involved In A Series Of Colorful Time-Wasting Trends?”<\/p>\n

Earliest added:<\/b>
\nOingo Boingo, “Boingo” (Nov 13, 2003)<\/p>\n

Last added:<\/b>
\nShiny Objects, “Distracted” (Sept, 25, 2005)<\/p>\n

Top Five Most Played Songs:<\/b><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. “I Feel Love” – Blue Man Group<\/li>\n
  2. “Ana Ng” – They Might Be Giants<\/li>\n
  3. “Absolutely Free” – Big Swifty & Associates<\/li>\n
  4. “I Want A Cookie” – Evolution Control Committee<\/li>\n
  5. “Sport (The Odd Boy)” – Bonzo Dog Band<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    First song that comes up on Shuffle:<\/b>
    \n“Love Theme from a Major Motion Picture” – The Residents<\/p>\n

    Find ?sex.? How many songs come up?<\/b>
    \n18, mostly because of an album by one of my co-workers. He’s in a group called Damn Sexy Man.<\/p>\n

    Find ?death.? How many songs come up?<\/b>
    \n14, thanks to the album “Death of a Space Piper” by the Canadian folk\/bagpipe band Rare Air.<\/p>\n

    Find ?love.? How many songs come up?<\/b>
    \n63, including three versions of Led Zepplein’s “Whole Lotta Love”<\/p>\n

    Last song in “Purchased Music”:<\/b>
    \nThe Kingston Trio – “Zombie Jamboree”<\/p>\n

    Artist with most albums:<\/b>
    \nBilly Murray (14) – All of them are old 78 RPM singles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Snagged off a really good cartoonist, it’s…. The iTunes meme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-2027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-quizzes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}