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Well if/when you do make sure to holler at me. I can show you a couple off-the-beaten path places and introduce you to some folks.

Josh, I noticed Cory (a good friend of mine) and Lucero on your mixtape. You been hanging out in Memphis or something? :)

KEXP.org – it's a college radio station in Seattle and probably one of the best I've ever heard. They stream their programming 24/7 in addition to several podcasts. They're usually way ahead of the curve when it comes to the next big thing and they play various different genres. Love em.

I think 30 Rock's appeal vs "Studio 60" is its credibility – it actually features actors and writers from the show it's meant to be parodying. Tina Fey has said that it's very autobiographical (albeit probably loosely).

Love this show and Tina Fey. I just got into it this season so I think I'm going to buy the first on DVD. Or maybe steal it from the internet ;)

Jack White, Justin Timberlake, and Evan Handler (Harry from Sex and the City) are ones I've actually talked to. JT introduced himself to me and it was so cheesy. My boyfriend helped Tatum O'Neal balance a stack of takeout boxes outside a hotel in Metairie (what she was doing there, we'll never know).

Saw Blythe Danner at Jazzfest, too, watching Trombone Shorty.

I know celebrity gossip is fun and all, but these drive-by marriages are nothing new.
I know people who aren't famous whom I've felt didn't spend enough time getting to know each other and they've proven me wrong. From that I've learned not to impose my values on others, because everyone's different. If they felt like they were ready, oh well, more power to them. Like my friend Audra always says, "It's your funeral."

Besides Mariah's not exactly known for being mature.

That damn Rick Astley song was on the radio when I got in the car to go to work. I guess even "Snap 94.1, the rhythm of Memphis" is in on the joke.

Jezebel.com let this drag on a little long – to the point that I thought it may be for real. Well done, them.

InDesign Drops Support for Print Publishing

Death Cab for Cutie set up a pretty elaborate prank involving a Ben Gibbard solo project.

Google wins as always, though. When I stretched the "Virgle" window to fit my screen, after a certain width a little sign popped up in the image that said "Nice monitor!"

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Black Tongue" is the only one I can think of offhand.

Big Fish
Finding Nemo
The Lion King
The last episode of Six Feet Under
Moulin Rouge
Powder

and I think I cried at What's Eating Gilbert Grape once.

A Gun That Shoots Knives

PS this Note is two years old. NE update?

I would rather have 1 good cd than 800 crappy ones. What a silly contest.

This perhaps?

I've never seen the commercial in question, I just harnessed the power of Google.

Grandma's Boy. One of the funniest movies I've seen in a loooong time. I mean how can you go wrong with a stoner/gamer comedy? With Nick Swardson, too!

I love Bring it On, too — have it on VHS at my parents' hosue. Same for She's All That.

I think some folks are confusing "favorite band names" and "names of your favorite bands."

A couple more good ones:
Holy Fuck
Say Hi to Your Mom
Dandy Warhols
Flash Hawk Parlor Ensemble
New Pornographers

Wolf Parade and DeVotchKa.

Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Camper Van Beethoven

Leslie Feist
Chan Marshall
Sharon Jones

I think we're seeing it tonight. I don't really want to, but whatever.

From my friend Janet's twitter feed:

If you can stomach shakey cam and like J.J. Abrams, you will like it. I enjoyed it!

As a sensory experience, nothing beats vinyl in my world. The sound, the smell, the visuals, the delicate way you handle the record when you put it on the platter — it really does engage more than just the ears.

Unfortunately I'm a pretty busy lady so I can only listen to music passively — in the car, at my desk at work — so I mostly download. CDs are so cumbersome and I can plug my iPod in pretty much anywhere. So for listening purposes I'm a downloader, but I still collect vinyl.

We don't have cable in my house so I'll have to start road-tripping it to my friend's place to watch this.

It's on NBC.

didn't Titan look a little plastic-y? The dude looked like a Ken doll on crack lol.

I said the EXACT SAME THING! Ha!

I guess when the original series aired I was too young to realize how schlocky and contrived it was. It's fun to see it in a totally different light.

affisch there was another page listing 51-100 which I believe included Pink Floyd, but I do agree Jeff Buckley should have been included.

That's a really, really subjective question. I mean, there are artists who can be considered the most influential, ones who have sold the most records... Just so many different ways of quantifying "all time greatest." Rolling Stone did it a few years back and while their list is solid hip-hop is skimpily represented and I think Pixies deserve higher spot than Nirvana.

My personal list includes Pixies, Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips and Radiohead.

Jose Gonzalez' version of "Heartbeats" (the Knife)
Mark Ronson's entire "Version" album
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins "Handle with Care"

Been looking forward to this one for a while. Michel Gondry and Jack Black. Come on, how can this suck?

"English, motherfucker, do you speak it?"

That's one of my favorites too.

I say two from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a lot:

• "...You're really weird!"
• "And you're just happy to be here, arentcha?"

That's all I can think of. :/

Not to degrade and entire state... but I thought 16 y/o mothers were not that far off of the norm in Louisiana, parts of Mississippi, and Alambama.

Yeah, she's from Kentwood (which is really too close to MS to be considered LA in my opinion), and even back before Brit was a complete nutbox I suspected she was trash based on that fact. When she says "We're country," she's not lying.

I have always blamed Britney's problems on the fact that her parents have always seemed more determined to raise meal tickets than well-rounded, happy and healthy kids and this situation is no different.

Jim Henson. Not Jill Hansen.

I love the Muppets and Sesame Street (my parents saw The Great Muppet Caper on their first date, so the franchise has special meaning to us). I hope my children have such imaginative programming to inspire them, although Sesame Street's become awfully sterilized in the "new millennium."

@dreamweaver: You mentioned the sponsorship thing, and that's the biggest thing I don't get.

What does the "sponsorship" pay for? Logically speaking it should cover a portion of the expenses necessary to put on the show, so what is the point of a sponsored tour if the ticket still costs an arm and a leg?

I've gone to several sponsored festivals where the tickets cost 60-120 dollars for a weekend of 50+ artists, and in those instances sponsorship is what makes it possible. But a single artist? I'd love to see the cost broken down to who gets what.

My boyfriend and I still buy 45's (I'm 24 but I literally grew up in a record store so I may be special). Quite a few garage and indie bands release 7-inches that aren't available on CD, too.

I'd pay that much to see Talking Heads, because I have loved them since I was a kid, but of course was too young to see them when they were still together. It's a bit unrealistic because I doubt David Byrne would stand for that kind of price. Plus he's made it very clear that they'll never, ever, ever reunite.

I think it's nervy and vain for artists like Madonna, U2, and Celine to expect their fans to shell out that kind of money for the privilege of watching them on a Jumbotron screen half a mile away. I look at these people's backstage riders on the Smoking Gun and it makes me sick to see where the money goes. Why not forego that case of Cristal to save your fans a couple bucks off the ticket price?