Songs of 2012

Last year, there was a post I wanted to do listing the music I bought for the year. I never got around to it. I’m going to highlight my favorites, and give the whole list at the end.

Now this is not a small lists. There were a lot of songs that I added to my library this year. Most of which did not come out this year. But they’re all great, so here they are.

First off, I bought 3 full Albums.

  1. Murdered Love by P.O.D. (2009)
  2. Waking Up by OneRepublic (2012)
  3. Sugar by Tonic (1999)

Murdered Love is possibly my favorite new album. Takes P.O.D. back to the sound of Satellite. Great stuff. I really recommend the whole thing, but listen to Lost in Forever and Beautiful.

Most of the songs I bought were either shazamed or the free single of the week. These are some of the good ones.

Title Artist Date Added Album Year
These Times SafetySuit 1/6/2012 16:23:00 These Times – Single 2012
Future Says Run Tonic 1/6/2012 16:45:00 Sugar 1999
You Wanted More Tonic 1/6/2012 16:45:00 Sugar 1999
Knock Down Walls Tonic 1/6/2012 16:45:00 Sugar 1999
Mean To Me Tonic 1/6/2012 16:45:00 Sugar 1999
Sugar Tonic 1/6/2012 16:45:00 Sugar 1999
Jump Jimmy (Stronger Than Mine) Tonic 1/6/2012 16:46:00 Sugar 1999
Queen Tonic 1/6/2012 16:46:00 Sugar 1999
Waltz With Me Tonic 1/6/2012 16:46:00 Sugar 1999
Waiting For The Light Tonic 1/6/2012 16:46:00 Sugar 1999
Sunflower Tonic 1/6/2012 16:46:00 Sugar 1999
Drag Me Down Tonic 1/6/2012 16:46:00 Sugar 1999
Top Falls Down Tonic 1/6/2012 16:46:00 Sugar 1999
Love A Diamond Tonic 1/6/2012 16:46:00 Sugar 1999
Vampires (Rob Garza & Afrolicious Remix) Thievery Corporation 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Vampires EP 2011
Grace Kelly Mika 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Life In Cartoon Motion 2007
Cherry Pie Warrant 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Cherry Pie
Groove Me Maximum Balloon; Theophilus London 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Maximum Balloon 2010
Hello (Original Mix) Martin Solveig; Dragonette 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Mega Hits – Groove Box 2011
Sandstorm (Radio Edit) Darude 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Before The Storm 2007
The Grinch The Undeserving 1/6/2012 16:48:00 The Grinch – Single 2011
Mad World Tears For Fears 1/6/2012 16:48:00 The Hurting 2001
Cross The Line (Dubstep Mix) Camo & Krooked 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Cross The Line 2011
Dangerous (Feat. Akon) Kardinal Offishall; Akon 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Not 4 Sale (Edited) 2008
Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) Benny Goodman & His Orchestra 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Big Band instrumentals: 16 Most Requested Songs
Pucker Up Ciara 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Fantasy Ride Sneak Peak
I Get Weak Belinda Carlisle 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Heaven On Earth 1987
Istanbul The Four Lads 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Jukebox Hits Of 1953 2011
The Boys Are Back In Town Thin Lizzy 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Jailbreak 1990
Rainy Monday Shiny Toy Guns 1/6/2012 16:48:00 We Are Pilots (Parental Advisory) 2006
Let’s Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams 1/6/2012 16:48:00 80′s Pop Hits
My Dear Acquaintance [A Happy New Year] regina spektor 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Gift Wrapped: 20 Songs That Keep On Giving 2009
Greensleeves Mannheim Steamroller 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Symphony 2011
Adeste Fideles Bing Crosby 1/6/2012 16:48:00 Joy To The World 50 Greatest Christmas Songs of All Time (The Only Holiday Collection You Will Ever Need)
Made For You OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
All The Right Moves OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Secrets OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Everybody Loves Me OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Missing Persons 1 & 2 OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Good Life OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Fear OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
All This Time OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Waking Up OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Marchin On OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Lullaby OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Passenger OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
It’s A Shame OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Trap Door OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Sucker Punch OneRepublic 1/6/2012 16:49:00 Waking Up (Deluxe) 2009
Love Song Sara Bareilles 1/6/2012 16:52:00 Love Song
peplemvr 1/30/2012 11:49:00
Tomorrowland PeopleMover Disneyland 1/30/2012 13:29:00 Disneyland : the First 50 Years … a Musical Retrospective – (disc 9)tomorrowland 2004
Disneyland-Electrical_Parade 1/30/2012 13:29:00
We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) fun. 2/8/2012 13:23:00 We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) 2011
Crystallize Lindsey Stirling 3/3/2012 8:54:00 Crystallize – Single 2012
Without a Word Birdy 3/21/2012 8:31:00 Without A Word 2012
Kiss Me Again (feat. Alex Gaskarth) We Are The In Crowd 4/3/2012 12:01:00 Kiss Me Again (feat. Alex Gaskarth) – Single 2012
Black to White (feat. Miss Palmer) Felix Cartal 4/3/2012 12:01:00 Different Faces 2012
Hold On Alabama Shakes 4/8/2012 20:47:00 Hold On – Single 2012
Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 4/16/2012 14:58:00 Making Mirrors 2012
Adele vs. Daft Punk – Something About The Fire (Carlos Serrano Mix) 4/27/2012 11:48:00
Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172 Lang Lang 4/30/2012 14:03:00 Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172 – Single 2011
Go On, Say It   Blind Pilot 4/30/2012 14:04:00 3 Rounds & A Sound 2009
Yours to Keep (Featuring Neneh Cherry) Teddybears 5/17/2012 10:57:00 Yours to Keep – Single 2006
In the Morning Junior Boys 5/17/2012 10:57:00 In the Morning – Single of the Week 2006
Pieces Mokita 6/28/2012 9:49:00 Answers Within Earshot 2008
Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met…) Panic! at The Disco 7/5/2012 13:04:00 Vices & Virtues (Deluxe) [+Video] [+Digital Booklet] 2011
300 Violin Orchestra Jorge Quintero 7/5/2012 13:05:00 Hip Hop and Rnb Instrmentals 2008
Some Chords Deadmau5 7/5/2012 13:08:00 Some Chords 2010
Eyez P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
Murdered Love P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
Higher P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
Lost In Forever P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
West Coast Rock Steady P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
Beautiful P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
Babylon The Murderer P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
On Fire P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
Bad Boy P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:27:00 Murdered Love 2012
Panic & Run P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:28:00 Murdered Love 2012
I Am P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:28:00 Murdered Love 2012
Lost in Forever (Scream) P.O.D. 7/10/2012 10:35:00 Lost in Forever (Scream) – Single 2012
1957 Milo Greene 7/20/2012 16:40:00 Milo Greene 2012
Star Wars/Cantina Band (7″ Edit) Meco 8/16/2012 15:37:00 Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk 1977
Rotating Heads The English Beat 10/2/2012 10:14:00 Special Beat Service 1982
People Are Strange The Doors 10/4/2012 14:28:00 The Very Best of the Doors (Bonus Track Version) 2007
I Want Candy Bow Wow Wow 10/4/2012 14:29:00 The Best of Bow Wow Wow 1996
Clarity (feat. Foxes) Zedd 10/4/2012 14:32:00 Clarity (feat. Foxes) – Single 2012
Quit You Tristan Prettyman 10/4/2012 14:32:00 Cedar + Gold 2012
Pain (feat. Jordan Meyer) Bigstat 11/7/2012 11:45:00 Pain (feat. Jordan Meyer) – Single 2011

Reset your Safari bookmarks (iCloud)

I use iCloud as my cannon store for bookmarks. My iDevices are always correct. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work with chrome or firefox (which I use for work at times). I use xMarks to sync bookmarks with those. Unfortunately, this is not an ideal solution. At times, things get messed up.

Today I opened Safari to see that I had no bookmarks. So I downloaded my bookmarks from xMarks. They apparently had not been kept up to date. A quick look at my iPhone showed that iCloud was. I just had to figure out what to do to reset Safari.

1. Remove ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
2. Open System Preferences.
3. Click on iCloud.
4. Uncheck, then recheck Bookmarks.
5. Click merge.

Safari bookmarks are now synced with iCloud.

I then told xMarks to overwrite the server bookmarks with those from safari. Then redownloaded them to the other browsers. Everything is neatly categorized and in sync again. Yay.

Put your money where your mouth is (instead of food)

We’re starting a contest for losing weight. Everybody is going to chip in and winners gain money and lose weight. Here are the rules:

  1. The contest starts Monday March 26th and ends Monday June 4th. That’s 10 weeks.
  2. The buy-in is $20 cash money.
  3.  To participate you must have a BodPod done the week before the contest begins AND in the last week of the contest. BodPod is $20 at BYU (http://ybefit.byu.edu/BodPod.aspx) and gives you all sorts of useful information about your body. It was easily my biggest motivator the last time I did a contest like this.
  4. The contest will be judged on the % of YOUR body fat lost. For example, if I start at 32% and finish at 28% (easily doable) I lose 4% overall. 4% equates to (4/32) 12.5% of MY body fat. If skinny joe starts with 10% and loses 2% ending at 8% he lost (2/10) 20% of his body fat, being the bigger loser.
  5. The winner will be announced on the 6th of June. There will be 3 winners. The pot is everybody’s buy-in money. The biggest loser will win 1/2 of the pot. 2nd places gets 1/3 and 3rd place gets 1/6.
  6. All natural only. No weight lost pills. No sprinkling some ‘kill my appetite’ powder on your food. Just good old fashioned diet and exercise.
  7. No discouraging/sabotaging others. No buying donuts and leaving them for others. That’s just not cool.

Let me know if you have any questions and get your buy-in money to me by next friday. And if you have anybody else that wants to join get ‘em in touch. The more people that do this, the better.

Once you’ve done your 1st BodPod, please fill out this form so we can keep track of the winners.