The Top 25 Most Played Songs On My iPod for 2008

Category 1: Old Songs That I've Been Waiting To Download Off iTunes

1. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - Cockney Rebel & Steve Harley
2. Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
3. Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) - James
4. Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
5. Dani California - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
6. Summertime - The Sundays
7. In The Meantime - Spacehog
8. Umbrella - Rihanna
9. Wide Open Road - The Triffids (my most played song for 2008!)
10. Sister Surround - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Category 2: New Songs That I Downloaded Off iTunes

11. L.E.S. Artistes - Santogold

Category 3: CDs That I Bought/Had Copied For Me This Year

12. Rebellion (Lies) - The Arcade Fire
13. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) - The Arcade Fire
14. So Haunted - Cut Copy
15. Electric Feel - MGMT
16. Weekend Wars - MGMT
17. Lost! - Coldplay
18. Golden Skans - The Klaxons
19. Shark Fin Blues - The Drones
20. I'm Amazed - My Morning Jacket
21. Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Category 4: Songs On CDs That I Bought Long Ago That I Haven't Grown Sick Of Yet

22. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
23. Jigsaw Falling Into Place - Radiohead

Category 5: I Like Rod Stewart's 'Every Picture Tells A Story' - Bite Me!

24. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
25. Mandolin Wind - Rod Stewart

The Finger Points Outwards - No.16

How did Barack Obama beat political heavyweights Hillary Clinton and John McCain? Well, maybe he should be thanking the writers of The West Wing.

Another view, also from the Telegraph.

And another view, from the Brooklyn Rail.