Listography : List the Places You've Seen Live Music

This is just off the top of my head (really). My very first show I went to was at Phoenix First Baptist Church and the last show I went to was tonight at Joe's Pub. It's insane to see this all in one big list. I feel aged.

1) The Nile Theatre - Mesa, AZ
2) Bash on Ash - Tempe, AZ
3) Modified Arts - Phoenix, AZ
4) The Trunkspace - Phoenix, AZ
5) Phix - Phoenix, AZ
6) Chyro Arts - Scottsdale, AZ
7) Venue of Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
8) Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
9) The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
10) The Real Bar - Tempe, AZ
11) The Sets - Tempe, AZ
12) Nita's Hideaway - Tempe, AZ
13) Yucca Tap Room - Tempe, AZ
14) The Loft - Tempe, AZ
15) Peace Tree House - Tempe, AZ
16) Four White Walls - Phoenix, AZ
17) Paper Heart Gallery - Phoenix, AZ
18) Orpheum Theatre - Phoenix, AZ
19) Dodge Theatre - Phoenix, AZ
20) Celebrity Theatre - Phoenix, AZ
21) Jobing.Com Arena - Phoenix, AZ
22) US Airways Center - Phoenix, AZ
23) The Old Brickhouse Grill - Phoenix, AZ
24) Minder Binders - Tempe, AZ
25) Neckbeards - Tempe, AZ
26) Arizona State University (all over!) - Tempe, AZ
27) Mesa Arts Center - Mesa, AZ
28) Women's Club of Mesa - Mesa, AZ
29) Mesa Amphitheatre - Mesa, AZ
30) Cricket Pavillion - Phoenix, AZ
31) Peoria Sports Complex - Peoria, AZ
32) Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
33) Webster Hall - New York, NY
34) Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
35) Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
36) Joe's Pub - New York, NY
37) Le Poisson Rogue - New York, NY
38) Cameo Gallery - Brookyn, NY
39) Knitting Factory - New York, NY
40) Glasslands - Brooklyn, NY
41) Matchless - Brooklyn, NY
42) Terminal 5 - New York, NY
43) Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
44) The Bell House - Brooklyn, NY
45) Grammercy Theatre - New York, NY
46) Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
47) Irving Plaza - New York, NY
48) The Wellmont Theatre - Montclair, NJ
49) Hammerstein Ballroom - New York, NY
50) Nokia Theatre Times Square - New York, NY
51) Beacon Theatre - New York, NY
52) Jones Beach Theatre - Long Island, NY
53) Nassau Memorial - Uniondale, NY
54) Stubbs - Austin, TX
55) Emos - Austin, TX
56) Austin Music Hall - Austin, TX
57) La Zona Rosa - Austin, TX
58) The Parish - Austin, TX
59) Red Eyed Fly - Austin, TX
60) Maggie Mae's - Austin, TX
61) Schuba's - Chicago, IL
62) Union Park - Chicago, IL
63) El Rey - Los Angeles, CA
64) The Mayan Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
65) Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA
66) Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
67) Central Park Summerstage - New York, NY
68) Coney Island - Brooklyn, NY
69) Cake Shop - New York, NY
70) The Living Room - New York, NY

... more to come!

Listography : List Your Guilty Pleasures

1) Party in the U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus
2) The entire Ke$ha album
3) On the Way Down - Ryan Cabrera
(Once upon a time, when my brother and I hosted our weekly radio show called "Team Awesome", I went out of town one week and left him my iPod. He then played a game of "let's find the most embarrassing thing on Ashley's iPod and this was it. I retaliated by taking his freshly washed underwear and throwing it all over his car in front of the house. Win.)
4) Tomorrow, Fire Burning and Face Drop - Sean Kingston
5) Most pop punk (specifically, as of late, The Maine)
6) For You I Will - Teddy Geiger
7) Jason Mraz
8) Ska music
9) No Air - Chris Brown / Jordin Sparks
10) I'm With You - Avril Lavinge
11) Single Ladies and Halo - Beyonce
12) Sick Cycle Carousel - Lifehouse
13) I'll Be - Edwin McCain
14) Paramore
15) Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
16) Taylor Swift
17) Coldplay (sometimes, the old records, and that's not just a line)
18) 3 - Britney Spears
19) The All American Rejects
20) Dashboard Confessional

Listography : My Music "Bucket List"

This category isn't a part of the "Listography : Your Life in (Play)Lists" book, but I've been thinking a lot about this recently. Basically, I grew up on music and spent the better part of eight or so years "working" music in some capacity. I'm constantly thinking, talking, writing, working, listening to and watching music and I've had a hard time finding hobbies or social skills outside of it (not that I'm complaining).

At any rate, as a fan or as a music businessladyperson, there are certain things that I've been fortunate enough to experience but other things that I still want to do in order to fully understand the entire process. I'm not getting any younger, unlike the average age of a lot of us working in music, so before I get to old to rock or stop liking music (whichever comes first), here are the things I'd like to do:

1) Go out on tour for two weeks.
-This could be in any capacity: tour managing, merch girl, shooting content, etc. I just want to know how it feels day to day and do some traveling.

2) Take a class on ProTools.
-I have a very basic understanding from working in college radio, but certainly fudged some of it.

3) Sit in during a band's writing process.
- I'm still so fascinated by the way a song is written since I can't write myself.

4) Learn to play the guitar.

5) Go out for a week on Warped Tour.
-Preferrably not through Arizona or anywhere where its 115 degrees in July.

6) Go to the following festivals:

• Sasquatch
• Bonaroo
• Coachella
• Glastonbury
• Lollapalooza
• Newport Folk Festival
• Soundwave

7) Speak on a SXSW panel
- Y'know, about . . . uh . . . something?

8) Convince SXSW to hire me.
-Seriously though, WHO GETS TO WORK ON THIS FESTIVAL?!

8) Be a part of a band's entire recording process.
-From pre production to mastering and everything in between. Not sure what I'd contribute, maybe just being there to watch.

9) Write a treatment for a music video.

10) Start another live music radio show
-Or podcast, or video blog, whatever.

11) Finish reading "All You Need to Know about the Music Business"
-Before another new version comes out, which I'm sure will be soon.

12) Take a class on Entertainment law.

13) Learn to Swing Dance.

14) Work in some capacity during a band's appearance on a late night talk show.

15) Dance on stage with a big group during one of my favorite bands' sets.

16) Sing with a band on stage.

17) Work at a record store.
-Even if only for a little while. I never got to growing up, even though I tried.

18) Go to a music award show.

19) Sequence a movie or TV show soundtrack.
-In the romantic way of just picking songs that sound awesome and of course the paperwork.

20) Have one of my favorite artists perform at my wedding.
-Right now I've narrowed down my wedding song to either "Re:Stacks" by Bon Iver or "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds. Both are welcome to come party.

Listography : List a Song That Reminds You of Each Boyfriend You've Had

The trick is that I won't tell you which song is for who. :) Sorry boys. Some of the boys have multiple songs and many reference the crushes, the not-quite-boyfriends and dead-ends that we're all familiar with. . .

1) The Brilliant Dance - Dashboard Confessional
2) Blizzard of '77 - Nada Surf
3) Carry You - Jimmy Eat World
4) Don't Get Spin Spin - Skybox
5) Satellite - Dave Matthews Band
6) Photobooth - Death Cab for Cutie
7) Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
8) Time Restrains - Goodbyetomorrow
9) No Sensitivity - Jimmy Eat World
10) Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches
11) I Am Yours - The Adicts
12) Skies So Blue - The Rocket Summer
13) Galaxy 500 - Reverend Horton Heat
14) Midwestern Dirt - Dear and the Headlights
15) Suspended - Matt Nathanson
16) Janet - The Format
17) Suspended in Gaffa - Ra Ra Riot
18) Suicide Medicine - Rocky Votolato
19) The Engine Driver - The Decemberists
20) Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits

Listography: List the First Albums You Ever Owned

Clearly, once upon a time, I used to listen to female singers and Christian ska music. I only really accounted for records I remember listening to in middle school or earlier. Many of these records were likely purchased by my brother (and stolen over time) or through the Columbia Record Club way back when. I think I still owe them $13 or something, but now they employ me, so we're even?

1) The Cranberries - "No Need to Argue"

2) No Doubt - "Tragic Kingdom"

3) Alanis Morrisette - "Jagged Little Pill"

4) Five Iron Frenzy - "Upbeats and Beatdowns"

5) The O.C. Supertones - "Supertones Strike Back"

6) The Insyderz - "Motor City Ska"

7) Reel Big Fish - "Turn the Radio Off"

8) MXPX - "Life in General"

9) The Cardigans - "First Band on the Moon"

10) Clueless - OST

11) The Hippos - "Heads are Gonna Roll"

12) Noggon Toboggan - "Snapcase"

13) The Ataris - "Blue Skies, Broken Hearts . . . Next 12 Exits"

14) Celine Dion (shut it) - "Falling Into You"

15) Mariah Carey (shut it again) - "Butterfly"

16) TLC - "CrazySexyCool"

17) Ace of Base - "The Bridge"

18) Green Day - "Dookie"

19) Nirvana - "Nevermind"

20) The W's - "Fourth from the Last"

Listography : List Your Favorite Cover Songs

1) Matt Pond PA - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" (by Neutral Milk Hotel)

2) Ra Ra Riot - "Suspended in Gaffa" (by Kate Bush)
3) Jimmy Eat World - "Half Right" (by Heatmiser)
4) Matt Nathanson - "Romeo and Juliet"(by Dire Straits)
5) New Found Glory - "Glory of Love" (by Bryan Adams)
6) Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah" (by Leonard Cohen)
7) The Format - "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us" (by Sparks)
8) Band of Annuals - "Echo" (By David Williams)
9) Ben Folds - "In Between Days" (by The Cure)
10) Five Iron Frenzy - "Sweet Talkin' Woman" (by Electric Light Orchestra)
11) Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" (by Paul Simon)
12) The Fray - "Heartless" (by Kanye West)
13) Go Big Casino - "I'm Leaving" (by Reubens Accomplice)
14) The Hippos - "Always Something There to Remind Me" (by Naked Eyes)
15) Iron and Wine - "Such Great Heights" (by The Postal Service)
16) Joshua Radin - "Only You" (by Yazoo)
17) Lenka - "Gravity Rides Everythig" (by Modest Mouse)
18) Ryan Adams "Wonderwall" (by Oasis)
19) Ted Leo "Since U Been Gone / Maps" (by Kelly Clarkson / Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
20) Ben Folds "Bitches Aint Shit" (by Dr. Dre)

Listography : List Your Favorite Live Albums

[For you live music fans, I highly suggest NPR's All Songs Considered Live Concert Podcast. They are amazingly up to date and include the Tiny Desk Concert videos. I listen to them constantly at work]

1) At the Point - Matt Nathanson
2) Clarity Live from The Marquee - Jimmy Eat World
3) Proof that the Youth are Revolting - Five Iron Frenzy
4) Last Show at The Glasshouse - Jefferies Fan Club
5) Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
6) iTunes Live @ London Festival '09 - Mumford and Sons
7) Live Warehouse EP - Band of Annuals
8) Live at the Electric Factory - The Fray
9) The Daytrotter EP - Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos
10) Cabin Ghosts - Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons