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• Making Jonathan Coulton Videos - Minnesota’s Winter Pasttime A 10th Grade class in Sobriety High down the street in Edina made a video for Jonathan Coulton’s ‘Mandelbrot Set’. Aside from being a brilliant project, making videos for JC is a an excellent way to get through Minnesota winters. I should know.
• Five More from SXSW 2006  Modern Swinger by The Pink Spiders If you’ve been following this series (or this blog in general) you’ve probably picked up on my preference for dorky white guys with silly songs. The Pink Spiders also fall into that category. This song specifically reminds me of Caviar’s “She’s Flawed Like a Diamond”. Honey I Been Thinking About You
• New Work Playlist - Thanks to Tangerine Since discovering Tangerine a couple months back, I’ve been tweaking the BPM-based playlist to find the ideal collection of tunes that keeps me working without calling too much attention to themselves. Here’s the iTunes Smart Playlist that’s been working for me for 2 weeks: BPM - is in the range - 90 to 110 My Rating - is
• Tuesday’s Triple Play - Love Songs to Insane Girlfriends  We all know them, we all love them, this week’s triple play goes out to your favorite unstable girlfriend. Someone is Crazy from Jonathan Coulton Total Breakdown from Brad Sucks F’d up Girl from the Vandal’s Hitler Bad, Vandals Good.
• May 4th: Too Much Joy’s First Show in 10 Years True to their word, Too Much Joy never broke up - they just stopped having gigs. Until now. Friday, May 4th The Knitting Factory 74 Leonard Street New York, NY “It’s all ages. TMJ will be playing as a 5-piece, as both Sandy Smallens and William Wittman will be joining the celebration of drummer Tommy Vinton’s retirement from the NYPD