Surprise! A new Spoon EP

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Eight work days left.

Then I can proudly wear these handsome buttons:

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Me At Parties

A kid gave up his iPod for an old-school Sony Walkman, for a week. Some of his observations:

It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.

Brilliant observation: 20 years from now, iPods will seem as silly and cumbersome as Walkmen (Walkmans ?) do today.

MJ's going to be "plastinated" and hideously exhibited next to his chimpanzee, Bubbles, who had been previously preserved with polyurethane after its death.

Even in death, he remains a freak.

Marilyn Monroe Reading Ulysses

Sanford and Bathsheba

Bolivian TV FAIL

A handful of #1's from the UK, 1979:

Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?

That's Gary Numan pre-"Cars". A bit of a revelation for me, since I didn't know he ever did anything but that one song.

Blondie - Sunday Girl

Another revelation for me. Up until recently, I didn't know this song was any kind of hit at all (let alone a #1). My friends and I were huge (9 year old) Blondie fans, but local radio never played this one. To us, this one was (as the kids on XM say) a "deep cut". Maybe it was only really big in the UK?

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall

My 4th grade teacher would let us play records on the little crappy turntable before school started. I lived across the street from a juke box / arcade supply company, and would spend all of my allowance on 45s which I brought in to school. This song was a favorite in the classroom.

Speaking of Pink...
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

I've never heard this one before. I only know these guys from the earlier and much better "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll":

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