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• Tuesday Triple Play - Getting Lost  Being lost is sometimes not all bad. Sometimes, well, it is. This week’s triple play is for all those times when it’s somewhere in the middle. “I’m Not Tired” from Hitchhike’s Night Light “Susanville” from the Vandals’ Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes “Eyes Wide Open” from Hot Young Priest’s Burning Hot and Free
• 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
• P2P is the Same as Used - What You Want Isn’t Always There Inspired by We Jam Econo screening by MN Film Arts, I thought I’d blow out my fIREHOSE and Minutemen collection. Now, I haven’t set foot in a cd store since I stopped doing secret shops for Cheapo Discs and buying CDs from Amazon seems like a step backwards. Today, I thought I’d check iTunes and mp3.com
• This Song is a Commerical “This Song is a Commercial” by Wonderlick “The future is ad-supported music. Not that the idea is new idea but it is reality.” - NVTS, Evolving Trends The future is music as ad and the future is already here. Recorded music is an ad for the live performance (always has been). Recorded music is an ad for
• Tuesday Ten Pack - My First Favorites from SXSW 2006 After a week with the 650+ tracks in the first 2006 SXSW Showcasing Artist Bittorrent, here’s the first 10 tracks capturing my attention. I am Constellation by The KingdomAnother mystical cult trying to get a recording deal to promote some bizarre religion based around a Baltimore Colts’ quarterback. I’m such a sucker for singing-in-the-round. Lunch for the