The Frank Kogan Affinity List, 2007

[koganbot]

Here's the Frank Kogan Affinity List for 2007 (i.e., a list of everyone who had three or more items on his Idolator ballot that were also on mine; the Taylor Swift alb was on my ballot last year). Ascending order:

Three:
--Jon Caramanica (Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Taylor Swift Taylor Swift, Lloyd f. Lil Wayne "You")
--Josh Love (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Veronicas Hook Me Up, Linda Sundblad "Lose You")
--Bill Lamb (Kelly Clarkson My December, Britney Spears Blackout, Britney Spears [Artist])

Four:
--Mordechai Shinefield (Aly & A.J. Insomniatic, Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad, Taylor Swift, Neil Young Live At Massey Hall 1971)
--Tom Ewing (Blackout, Good Girl Gone Bad, Insomniatic, Britney Spears [Artist])
--Chuck Eddy (Insomniatic, Taylor Swift, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, "You")
--Josh Timmerman (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Blackout, Good Girl Gone Bad, Britney Spears [Artist])
--K. Ross Hoffman (Insomniatic, Blackout, "Lose You," Danja [Artist])

Five:
--Jimmy Draper (Blackout, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Insomniatic, Britney Spears "Gimme More," Britney [Artist])

Ten:
--David Moore (Blackout, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, My December, Insomniatic, "Gimme More," "Lose You," Miley Cyrus "See You Again," Ashley Tisdale "Not Like That," Britney Spears [Artist], Antonina Armato & Tim James [Artist])

Not surprising that people with whom I pal around on message boards or trade emails that say "You've really got to hear _____, here's the link," or "I'll send you a duplicate promo copy of it" end up high on the affinity list. The two most interesting names on here are Josh Timmerman and Bill Lamb, since I don't know who they are, though maybe they pal around with me under other names.

Songs I was the only person to vote for:

JoJo "Anything"
Yung Berg f. Junior "Sexy Lady" (though Caramanica listed a remix of this on his "Mix CD")
Paula DeAnda f. Lil Wayne "Easy"
Keak Da Sneak "That Go"

EDIT: Add these guys from Pazz & Jop:

Three:
--Anthony Easton (Britney Spears Blackout, Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad, Taylor Swift Taylor Swift)
--Sean Daly (Miranda Lambert Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Lily Allen Alright, Still... [which was on my 2006 ballot], Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad)

anthonyeaston we know. Sean Daly is new to me; writes for the St. Petersburg Times, in Florida.

Comments

Re: You don't count 2 affinities?

[koganbot]

This is like asking me whether I count stuff in my Top 60 in my Top 40, or something. There are a whole shitload of people who got two affinities. Adam Graham, Mikael Wood, Chris Herrington, Chris Neal, Kandia Crazy Horse, etc. etc. But anyway, Tucker, who, besides voting for Aly & A.J. (whom he reviewed on NPR) and Miranda, also voted a couple tracks that were in my Top 20 ("Umbrella" and "Piece Of Me") and a track that made my country critics ballot (Sarah Johns' "The One In The Middle"). He's a critic from way back, wrote for the Voice back in the Xgau day.