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http://www.youtube.com/v/bM7tdWRkBp0 I was tempted to let this pass without comment, but it's just so intriguing. It's a mash up of the Beatles Come Together and Nine Inch Nails' Closer by DJ Zebra. The ending is a bit flubbed, but overall this is a very good combination. It's particularly noteworthy since both sources are rock songs and it's rare to see good rock mash ups. Because of the ...

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Yeah, What They Said, pointers to interesting stories. Some people call it "link sharing." Webomatica chronicles the hoopla as the launch of the iPhone approaches. Antics include people paying other people to stand in line, christening June 29 as "iDay," and links to major newspaper reviews. T-minus 5, 4, 3, 2... A number of audiobooks were sold at the iTunes Store recently that didn't work on the iPod. ...

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From the album Superunknown (1994) One of the best songs from one of the 90s best albums (a 4.51/5 on my scale). The Day I Tried to Live is Chris Cornell and company at the tip-top of their game on an album that delivers smash after smash. It's not as frantic as Spoonman or as sour as Fell on Black Days, but more steadfast and determined in its ...

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My new file storing powerhouse. I like to keep my eye on on the price of hard disk storage. More storage more better is my philosophy. Not only can I never tell when I'll need an extra gigabyte or two for projects, but I'm justifiably paranoid about data failure and have become something of fiend for backups as a result. So I've been watching with interest as ...

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B-side from the single Isobel (1995) I've never been in love with Bjork's music. To be sure, Bjork is a consummate artist and I do enjoy and have much respect for the majority of her work; I've just never been part of the "Bjork-is-untouchable" group. But if I were to become part of that club, it would be because of this song. I Go Humble never fails to ...

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From the album Songs in the Key of X (1996) Recorded during the tumultuous sessions of the band's second album, Irresistible Bliss, Unmarked Helicopters is prototypical Soul Coughing and an achievement in "slacker jazz." That intra-band strife of the time seems to help this song, better than any other, capture the zeitgeist of The X-Files, the feeling of alienation and suspicion that the show projected. The intro borrows ...

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From the album Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating through space (1997). Composed in "round" format, where each sung line overlaps another in a recursive way, Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating through space is a science and technology-era mantra, a chant to the lords of pharmaceutically-inspired altered states and a wistful, strung-out love song. This is seriously space out, and transcendental, trance-inducing music, but it trades ...

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Radiohead will be blessing the world with its creative juices in the very near future. It is a time of much anticipation, with excitement and wariness rolled into a caldron of suspense. What will the new album sound like? Can it possibly match the group's reputation? What new musical ideas will the world be forced to grasp and understand? We won't know the answers to those questions until sometime this ...

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From the album Bring it On (1998) The highly regarded and Mercury Prize-winning debut album by Gomez mixes a down-home sensibility with slick production values. With three husky vocalists interchanging on the lyrics, these guys can blend together some mind-bending harmonies. Put those on top of some smooth bluesy-roots-rock-with-an-English-twist and you've got some pretty compelling music. Whippin' Piccadilly is a standout track on an album of standout tracks. ...

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