The NY Times' David Gallagher linked to this chart earlier on Twitter, which tracks the listening habits of music fans in New York City and compares them to The World. Unsurprisingly, we love Animal Collective way more than anyone else. Seriously, our love for that band is practically off the charts, as they say. In fact, how dare you even try to measure our love for Animal Collective, Last.fm. How. Dare. You. Other trends: we totally stopped listening to Britney in February, it was the summer of Grizzly Bear, and Lady Gaga who? We'll take Karen O, thankyouverymuch. Grab a PDF of the chart here — did your iPod faves make it on there? more ›

It may not be easy on the eyes, or even phallic, but this subway map is pleasing in its own way. The creator worked off a spreadsheet with the "annual 'registrations' (i.e. recorded entries) at each station in the NYC subway system going back to the beginning (1905)." From that, he charted out what each station's ridership has been over the years, and voila! Here you can pretty much see when the Karl Fischer condos started going up in Williamsburg. Check out the entire system here. more ›

Andrew Kuo's charts are charmingly confusing, and his latest in the NY Times find their roots in his first summer festival: Lollapalooza '92 in New Jersey. Since then, he's learned a lot, and he's charted the knowledge for all who need some guidance as this summer's fests inch up on the calendar. more ›