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• 3.75 Reasons Jonathan Coulton Is More Interesting than Radiohead In Jonathan Coulton’s Portal post, I find 6 things very interesting. He: was commissioned (I’m assuming) to write a song for a video game ($$$) likes the video game (is this an ad or a recommendation to his fans?) includes the lyrics in the post includes the chords in the post thanks the video game dev team recommends another game with
• Garrick’s SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists Picks Not only are these picks really late (SXSW was months ago) but unlike other years, none of the 700+ tracks grabbed me immediately. The overall tone felt like the ‘college rock’ of 20 years ago. Good, sometimes interesting, artistic even, but every song sounds um, the same. As in previous years, these are track that are
• The Final 7 from the SXSW 2006 Showcasing Artists Finally got through all the Showcasing Artists from this year’s SXSW. Found 39 songs Which means there’s 7 you don’t know about yet…. Red Hot by EllegardenThis is the same band as Blink 182, Sum 41, except of course - Ellegarden is from Tokyo. Rock on. Got Myself Arrested by GomezKari’s been a big fan of Gomez as
• 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
• Tuesday’s Triple Play - Love Goes the Distance  Back when Jen and I were dating, I made a mix tape for her entitled ‘Breakup Song Not Included’ - I think it’s still around here somewhere too. She took one look at the track list and declared, “Everyone of these songs is a break up song.” She was right. And if you know who said,