Misanthropy & Entropy, Inc.

So back before my birthday, when I was merely sneaking up on decrepitude instead of experiencing it second by agonizing second as I am now, I had an idea.

Using my vast accumulated repository of recorded sounds, I selected one song from each year I have been alive. The rules:

• No covers.
• Limit one song per artist.
• All songs are to be selected sincerely, with neither irony or sarcasm intended.

This resulted in 2 CDs worth of material, which I distributed to selected friends and cognoscenti.

Having disseminated the last of the copies last night, I figured it was time to let you, the public, into my world. What follows are the track listings for the CDs, along with selected commentary on each song.

( 31 for 30 Alpha )

( 31 for 30 Omega )

So that's that. Any thoughts? Questions?

If you were pulling together one of these for yourself, what would it look like?

So bdar hit me with a challenge today.

This question came up on an acquaintance's blog, and it would be right up your alley: A hundred years from now, say you're teaching a class on music of the twentieth century. Name the top eight BANDS (he excluded solo artists at this time) that make your course syllabus.

OK.

( Surprisingly, the last to be cut? Kajagoogoo. )

Argue away.