tunequest

So the news recently hit that Weird Al finally has a Top 10 record after all these years. According to Billboard, that's 73,000 copies of Straight Outta Lynwood sold. Congrats to Al; he deserves it. It's worth noting, though, that album sales are down overall and that nearly equal sales of 72,310 only ranked a 16 on the Billboard 200 for 1999's Running with Scissors. But really, that news has got ...

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What do you get when you remove Eminem from an Eminem song? This, the instrumental version of Without Me. You supply the rap. [audio:061027WithoutMe.mp3]

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I took an hour out of the tunequest this morning to listen to an episode of the Sound of Young America, a radio show/podcast that I discovered in January. In all seriousness, I'm not a fan of talk radio as a format; I find that listening to other peoples' conversations grating. I'd rather be having my own conversations or listening to music. SoYA instantly cut through that avoision. Besides host ...

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I know Apple has repeatedly assured the world that both iTunes and the iPod are truly random devices. And I know that by definition, randomness is unpredictable and that when I'm surprised that my iPod chose to play both Cex's Being Ridden and Being Ridden Instrumentals within an hour of each other, it's because my mind is seeking to add order to a chaotic system, searching for a pattern ...

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