kevin.

For some reason, the staff at Blender Magazine seem to have self-applied the "kings of all music lists" title without clearing it with me. They post lists with alarming frequency, and, in this discontent blogger's opinion, they capitalize on society's obsession with listmaking to assert their "brilliance." I believe it's a quote from High Fidelity (great book, by the way) that encompasses most of Blender's lists: "a sly declaration of neoclassic status, slipped in with a list of old, safe ones." If someone asked them to name the most important classical composers in history, they'd top the list with Mozart and Phillip Glass. That's like putting two bookends on your shelf and forgetting about the books.

In honor of Blender's umpteenth declaration of musical fact, I'd like to present you with my top five least favorite Blender lists. These lists carry as…

Notoriously shy Bad Brains give an interview / Spinner

Steve Jobs tops Blender's list of music's top 25 "power geeks" / vicariousmusic

Is this what the future of top 40 music holds for us? / the onion

You heard it on MTV first: the new Panic! At The Disco album will "probably suck" / punknews

Disney announces new CD format, no one impressed / yahoo!

Yellowcard debuts video for "Light Up The Sky" [yahoo!]

Avril might be a repeat offender? [idolator]

100 days that changed music forever [Blender]

Stream the new MxPx record, Secret Weapon! [MySpace]

The new Against Me! is out today!