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• Lucero Survived the Culling of SXSW Showcase Music I’ve got a smart iTunes playlist set up entitled ‘Getting Things Done’ - it holds my tried and true favorites, songs that are just the right combination of ‘covering background noise’ (lawn mowers and road construction) and ‘keep me motivated’. Specifically, the list contains tracks I’ve rated greater than 2 stars that aren’t in
• Pandora.com - The Good and the Annoying Apologies for no Tuesday Triple Play this week. Perhaps a review of Pandora.com will make up for it. On a tip from Steve Borsch - I started a couple Pandora stations using two of my favorite bands as starting points (Too Much Joy Station, Transplants Station). On the plus side I’ve got nearly a solid work day of
• A Song for Each Side of a Workplace Break Up  So, despite your better judgement you got involved in a workplace romance. Now you’re no longer crazy about your colleague or the job. Time to move on. A song for you: The Gentle Readers - Last Day at the Office A song for your other: Jeremy Messersmiths - Day Job
• Karaoke Gone Very Very Wrong Sinéad O’Connor’s classic song “The Emperor’s New Clothes” came up on my iTunes this morning. This happens fairly often because its in my ‘Getting Things Done’ playlist. Anyway - this particular time I was inspired to sing along - inspired to sing along as Garrick channelling Jimmy Fallon channelling Barry Gibb channelling Young Fine Cannibals. I’d
• A Middle Man’s a Middle Man “Apple is no different than Best Buy, Wal-Mart, or RIAA….No modern consumer is going to stop listening to their favorite band because Circuit City doesn’t carry their CD.” - Benn Jordan Benn’s post is one of the many articles online showing how little compensation musicians receive from the business organizations that are said to be supporting