Hottest 100

After just detoxing the liver from a week of drinking at Xmas/New Year, it's time to start warming up for the best BBQ of the year.

It basically consists of some poor bastard being gracious enough to invite me over for a Australia Day BBQ, me turning up and immediately hijacking the radio to JJJ to listen to Hottest 100, and then the other attendees repeatedly saying "Oh wow, I know this song! This is that new one they're playing on 92.9/96FM/Mix 94.5 etc etc".

By this stage, I've had about 8 Heinekens, and I'm telling them "Yeah right, f**knut! It's actually about 9 months old and they've been playing it on JJJ since then... blah blah..."

Quick Simpsons Quote:

While Marge collects the laundry, Bart asks if she saved Homer's love letters. She did, of course, although there's only one. And it's really a postcard from Duff Brewery. Bart reads it as Homer v.o.'s.
[sloppily scrawled]
Maybe it's the beer talking Marge but you got a butt that won't quit. They got those big chewy pretzels here merJanthfgrr five dollars??!!!? Get outta here [scrawl]

So, here's the list of songs you WILL hear on the day. Krisko's Top 30 Prediction:

30. Cog My Enemy
29. Mountain Goats This Year
28. Jack Johnson Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
27. Living End What's On Your Radio
26. Green Day Boulevarde Of Broken Dreams
25. Mattafix Big City Life
24. Josh Pyke Middle Of The Hill
23. Pegz Back Then
22. Wolfmother Apple Tree
21. Faker The Familiar
20. Bernard Fanning Songbird
19. Gorillaz Feel Good Inc.
18. Franz Ferdinand Do You Want To
17. Giants Of Science Here Is The Punishment
16. System Of A Down Radio/Video
15. Queens Of The Stone Age Little Sister
14. Foo Fighters Best Of You
13. Coldplay Speed Of Sound
12. White Stripes My Doorbell
11. End Of Fashion O Yeah
10. Wolfmother Dimension
9. Kisschasy Do-Do's And Whoa-Oh's
8. Datarock Computer Camp Love
7. White Stripes Blue Orchid
6. Wolfmother Mind's Eye
5. Gorillaz Dare
3. Bernard Fanning Wish You Well
2. Wolfmother Joker & The Thief
1. Kanye West Gold Digger

And my actual Top 25 (like you care):

25. Kisschasy Do-Do's And Whoa-Oh's
24. Cloud Room Hey Now Now
23. Datarock Computer Camp Love
22. Maximo Park Apply Some Pressure
21. Martha Wainwright Bloody Mother F***ing Asshole
20. Rilo Kiley Portions For Foxes
19. Queens Of The Stone Age Everybody Knows That You Are Insane
18. System Of A Down Radio/Video
17. Coldplay Speed Of Sound
16. End Of Fashion O Yeah
15. Franz Ferdinand The Fallen
14. Wolfmother Dimension
13. Hot Hot Heat Middle Of Nowhere
12. Bloc Party Positive Tension
11. Wolfmother Joker & The Thief
10. Knife Heartbeats
9. Jose Gonzalez Heartbeats
8. White Stripes The Denial Twist
7. White Stripes Blue Orchid
6. Gorillaz Feel Good Inc.
5. Gorillaz Dare
4. Kanye West Gold Digger
3. Kanye West Diamonds From Sierra Leone
2. Wolfmother Mind's Eye
1. Bernard Fanning Wish You Well

And the other thing I always end up doing on Hottest 100 Day is bitterly complaining about some of the songs getting there. This year, they will be:

Cog My Enemy - This mob are a classic example of the preferential treatment JJJ (and by default, it's many listeners like myself) give to Australian bands who really don't deserve it.
Gyroscope Fast Girl - Nope, this is an even better (or is that worse?) example of the preferential treatment.
Mattafix Big City Life - Now this I just don't get. Every time it's been played in the last couple of months, the DJ has back-announced about how good the song is and how it gets so many phone calls blah blah blah f**king blah. Why? It really is nothing special...

So, who's inviting me 'round this year???