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• Good Thing The Spoonbridge is Downtown David Bowies’ ChangesBowie came up this afternoon on the shuffle. Made me feel like visiting the Walker or some other contemporary art museum and browsing through their pop art collection. Specifically, some Odenburg and Lichtenstein. No Warhol though. Save that for the Lou Reed.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• I Wrote ‘Music Is Dead’ Back in 1999 While digging up the logo I shared with you yesterday, I uncovered this article I wrote back in June 1999 for an internet magazine lasting all of 2 issues. It was pre-blog, and every article was coded by hand. I know - Dark Ages. I found it an interesting read both for how much has