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• My 7 Most Influential Albums Inspired by Kottke’s list of favorite albums, I offer mine. After looking at the list, I’m surprised at the emerging pattern. Yes, this is roughly in chronological order. Anthrax - I am the Man Take 5 white guys, a simple beat, some dorky lyrics, and hit record. I ate up the DIY attitude and the playful self-parody
• Sam’s a Genius - National Geographic Lullabies Before Bedtime A couple weeks after Cooper was born, Sam sent over National Geographic Around the World Lullabies. Of course, it went straight into Cooper’s playlist on the iPod. Tonight Cooper was inconsolable. None of the usual settling down techniques were working and we were scratching our heads with what to do. Attempting to think strategically between
• Gentle Readers’ Hihoney Review  I picked up the (now defunct) Gentle Readers’ album Hihoney via Dave Slusher’s Evil Genius Chronicles’ Stuff package. I’ve never been one to listen to an album all the way through. On the rare occassions that I have a CD, I rip it into iTunes and wait for the individual tracks to come up on
• Jonathan Coulton in Twin Cities - Could It Be True? John Hodgeman says so: MINNEAPOLIS, MN October 6 Fitzgerald Theater; 7PM With Neal Pollack. THERE WILL BE AN ADMISSION CHARGE: STAND BY
• Tuesday’s Triple Play - Suburban Adventures  This week’s triple play goes out to Kris from the Croncast and all his suburban adventures. Shop Vac from Jonathan Coulton What’s He Building from Tom Waits’ Mule Variations Suburban Myth from Less Than Jake’s Borders & Boundaries