June 29, 2003
iTunes Playlist to Blog
While messing around today I wrote a little Python script to post an iTunes playlist to a Metaweblog API enabled blog (like MovableType). I'm toying with the idea of using it to auto-post a top 25 list of songs once per week or something. The script is available here.
Here's what the top 25 looks like for this week. This is from an iTunes smart playlist that shows the top 25 most played songs that have been added to my library in the last month. iTunes smart playlists are an absolutely great feature that I hope shows up in other places in Mac OS X, like oh maybe in the Finder as a smart list of files.
| Artist | Song | Album | Play Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metallica | Frantic | St. Anger | 12 |
| Massive Attack | Antistar | 100th Window | 11 |
| Massive Attack | Butterfly Caught | 100th Window | 11 |
| Massive Attack | Everywhen | 100th Window | 11 |
| Massive Attack | Future Proof | 100th Window | 11 |
| Massive Attack | Name Taken | 100th Window | 11 |
| Massive Attack | Hymn Of The Big Wheel (Origin | Hymn Of The Big Wheel | 11 |
| Metallica | Dirty Window | St. Anger | 11 |
| Metallica | My World | St. Anger | 11 |
| Annie Lennox | A Thousand Beautiful Things | Bare | 10 |
| Annie Lennox | Bitter Pill | Bare | 10 |
| Annie Lennox | Erased | Bare | 10 |
| Evanescence | Bring Me To Life (Feat. Paul | Fallen | 10 |
| Massive Attack | Prayer For England | 100th Window | 10 |
| Massive Attack | Small Time Shot Away | 100th Window | 10 |
| Massive Attack | Special Cases | 100th Window | 10 |
| Massive Attack | What Your Soul Sings | 100th Window | 10 |
| Massive Attack | Any Love (Larry Heard Mix) | Hymn Of The Big Wheel | 10 |
| Massive Attack | Home Of The Whale | Hymn Of The Big Wheel | 10 |
| Massive Attack | Hymn Of The Big Wheel (Nellee | Hymn Of The Big Wheel | 10 |
| Annie Lennox | Honestly | Bare | 9 |
| Annie Lennox | Loneliness | Bare | 9 |
| Annie Lennox | Oh God (Prayer) | Bare | 9 |
| Evanescence | Everybody`s Fool | Fallen | 9 |
| Evanescence | Going Under | Fallen | 9 |
What's funny is that I have a tremendous breadth of musical interest, but you sure wouldn't know it from this list. I bought a number of more popular albums a couple weeks ago which skews the results away from the more eclectic mix I usually get from eMusic.
Currently Playing "Marquis Cha-Cha" by "The Fall" from the album "Palace Of Swords Reversed", a little more eclectic bit from eMusic.