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• The Future Soon Flickr Flick I got another Jonathan Coulton tune stuck in my head last week. As I’ve discovered, the best way to get the earworm out is to make a music video for it (i.e. purposefully listen to it repeatedly hundreds of times). Inspired by JC’s classic Flickr, and the recently launched JoCoPro, I present you: Future Flickr [quicktime]. Thanks
• 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 Music - Seven Standouts from SXSW 2006 Here’s my second set of favorites from the 2006 SXSW BitTorrent, 7 this time. A little background on the process: I’ve got all the songs in an iTunes smart playlist - anything with the album of ‘SXSW 2006 Showcasing Artist’, playcount less than 1, and shuffle is on. Today’s a pretty serious heads down work
• Shop Vac in the Suburbs Music Video  Almost 50 years ago, Redbook magazine and On Film made In the Suburbs, a promotional video for suburban life. A few weeks back, Jonathan Coulton released “Shop Vac” a catchy little theme song for suburban life. I wondered what they’d look like together. Behold the power of Creative Commons and archive.org: Shop Vac in the Suburbs [quicktime]
• Fear of Chicago I’ve got two trips to Chicagoland already queued up for this summer. The first one is Saturday, May 19. When, of this writing, I’ll be spending some time on a go-cart in Buffalo Grove. The last time I attended one of these events, I was trapped on a permanetly-docked gambling boat near Aurora after dining at a