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What My Smart Playlists Showed Me (3)

December 16, 2008

Name of iTunes Playlist: The Older Faves

Rules: Rating is greater than *** (3 stars). Last played is in the last 12 months. Last played is not in the last 6 months. Date added is in the last 24 months. Play count is greater than 5 times. Skip count is zero. [See all lists.]

Top 10 From the List

1. “Sirena” by Calexico on “Convict Pool” Playcount: 8.

2. “Summersong” by The Decemberists on “The Crane Wife.” Playcount: 8.

3. “Story of an Artist” performed by M. Ward on “The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered.” Playcount: 8.
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What My Smart Playlists Showed Me (2)

December 1, 2008

Name of iTunes Playlist: Forgotten Favorites

Rules: Rating is ***** (5 stars). Play count is greater than 5. Skip count is less than 4. Last played is not in the last 24 months. Date added is not in the last 24 months. [See all lists.]

Top 10 From the List

1. “Dreams” by TV on the Radio (“Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes”). Play Count: 22. Last played: Sept. 18, 2006.

2. “The Good Times Are Killing Me” by Modest Mouse (“Good News for People Who Love Bad News”). Play Count: 21. Last played: July 30, 2006.

3. “Keep on Breathing” by The Delgados (“Universal Audio”). Play Count: 20. Last Played: Aug. 27, 2006.
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What My Smart Playlists Showed Me (1)

November 24, 2008

Name of iTunes Playlist: Emerging Favorites
Rules: Rating is ***** (5 stars). Last played is in the last 2 months. Play count is in the range 3 to 5. Date added is in the last 12 months. Skip count is less than 4. [See all lists.]

Top 10 From the List

1. “Boy With a Coin” by Iron & Wine (“The Shepherd’s Dog,” 2007.) Play count: 6. Sample lyric: “A boy with a coin he found in the weeds, with bullets and pages of trade magazines.”

2. “Fake Empire,” by The National (“Boxer,” 2007.) Play count: 6. Lyric: “It’s hard to keep track of you falling through the sky, we’re half-awake in a fake empire.”

3. “Candy Jail,” by The Silver Jews (“Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea,” 2008). Play count: 5. Lyric: “Pain works on a sliding scale.”
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Patrick LaForge: About the Blog @Palafo

October 1, 2008

Updated March 12, 2011.
Hello, my name is Patrick LaForge.

@Palafo is a purely personal and non-commercial blog, a public notebook about a few of my obsessions — the Web, technology and computers; media of all types (books, podcasts, blogs, Twitter and social media, and music); and my quest for the perfect cup of coffee.

I am no relation to this guy nor am I the president and CEO of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team.

By some happy accident, I am an editor at a local newspaper in New York, where I am currently the editor in charge of news presentation, which is a fancy yet imperfect way of describing the copy desks and aspects of Web production.

I was also the founding editor and one of the creators of the paper’s blog about New York, City Room. The blog you are reading is not affiliated with those enterprises in any way, and I am responsible for its content, which follows my employer’s ethics policy.

This blog is updated erratically. I spend more time posting on Twitter; you can follow me there: @palafo.

Thanks for reading.
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