Anyone who uses livejournal probably knows about the plethora of ratings communities that exist. I’ve only seen ones that rated looks so far, but thatbandsucks is a music rating community. Actually, they say “This is not meant to be a rating community, just a music community with high standards.” …alright. I think that any community where members have to be voted in and tell people “yes” or “no” is somewhat of a rating community, but that’s just my opinion.

Like other ratings communities, reading the journal is like staring at a car accident. Full flames, smoke, sirens. Okay, maybe not that bad. Of course, I put myself up for ridicule by having a public blog but I figure that if you don’t like what I listen to, you won’t read my blog. This community is a bit painful to read but I did read quite a few entries. Damn, my life is a total waste. Some people seem to not like you if you don’t have a good racial mix in your list. Yes folks, I’m completely racist because I don’t listen to black artists. Or Asian artists. Or South American artists. Or old people. Or babies. Oh, full of hate, I am! (Is it a similar notion to ridicule someone for liking, say, only Japanese food but not American food? Or American Chinese food but not authentic Chinese food? Um. Damn, I’m talking about food again!)

I can’t think of five artists I hate/dislike. Or rather, I don’t care enough to think of five artists I don’t like. There are plenty of artists that just don’t “do it” for me, pretty much anything that doesn’t fit into the “stuff I like” category. I don’t care what music people don’t like (I guess it would make me sad to hear that peopel don’t like certain artists, but to each his own), I want to know what they do like.

Oh, there’s a certain type of music I most definitely hate: crappy ringtones. My phone just makes beepy noises when it rings. Is it just me or does 90% of the cell phone toting population set their phones to play annoying songs? WHY? WHY MUST YOU BE SO CRUEL? FOR GOD’S SAKE. I hate “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies” after having to hear my roommate’s cell phone-ified version innumerable times over the course of the past year. If you like crappy ringtones and use them on a regular basis, I kind of wish…bad things to happen to you. Or rather, your phone.

I’m procrastinating. Here’s my top 15 list in no particular order:

  1. Beck
  2. Radiohead
  3. Bjork
  4. Plone
  5. Phonem
  6. Magnet
  7. Air
  8. The Innocence Mission
  9. Barbara Morgenstern
  10. Sigur Ros
  11. Interpol
  12. Kings of Convenience
  13. Franz Ferdinand
  14. The Flaming Lips
  15. Mew

Actually, that wasn’t really my top 15 list. 15 is too many. I don’t listen to that much music.