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        <h3><a href="http://www.last.fm/user/misterjt/charts/?charttype=weekly&amp;subtype=artist">Top Artists this Week <span>(see more)</span></a></h3>
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  </tr></tbody></table> <p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Last Week&#39;s Purchases/Pick-Ups:</strong></span> DAY26&#39;s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Day26-Day-26/dp/B0013D8JCE">self-titled debut</a> and</p>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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<blockquote><p>Since the logic of Gnarls Barkley’s lyrics is often framed in contradictory terms, why not <em>begin</em> discussing <em>The Odd Couple</em> with the <em>last</em>
song. “What would be on your mind if you knew you was dyin’?”, Cee-Lo
posits on “A Little Better”.&#160; The listener is left to answer: Regret?
Pain? Relief? Joy? Funny how by simply removing the punctuation, those
words cease to be four questions but one answer.&#160; Gnarls Barkley toils
ever so soulfully in this complex confluence of emotions on <em>The Odd Couple</em>, their extraordinarily brazen follow up to 2006’s <em>St. Elsewhere</em>.<br /></p></blockquote><p>- <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/56500/gnarls-barkley-the-odd-couple/">Review</a> by Christian John Wikane, Popmatters, 03.25.08</p><p>And, <a href="http://littleroom.vox.com/library/post/so-the-mix-might-glow.html">like Kyle suggested in his post today</a>, I&#39;m going to start spending more extended time with the music I purchase. I do this with albums that hit me immediately (most recently Burial&#39;s <strong>Untrue</strong> and Rhymefest&#39;s <strong>Man in the Mirror</strong> mixtape) but I buy an awful lot of music that doesn&#39;t get enough dedicated ear time. I go through once and rate as I&#39;m a slave to my smart playlists but in the age of the individual song, that also means I rarely hear full albums with the songs in order as intended. So, this week, we&#39;re digging in to <a href="http://www.gnarlsbarkley.com/">The Odd Couple</a>. I&#39;m on my second round right now.</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Last.fm recommended:</strong></span> <a href="http://www.noisefactoryrecords.com/kc.htm">K.C. Accidental</a> but I never did get a chance to listen so no last.fm randomness this week</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Song of the Week:</strong></span></p>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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I was a sucker for Danity Kane before them so why would I jump off the Making the Band train now? Of the two heavily produced albums, I think DAY26 has some really appealing and more likely hits than DK. I don&#39;t think it&#39;s as cohesive as <strong>Welcome to the Dollhouse</strong> but considering how calculating the process was for developing both of these new releases (which we got to see in all it&#39;s glory on the show) that&#39;s not saying much. Neither of these groups got to inject much of their own sensibilities as artists/musicians into the records released under their name. I&#39;m not still naive enough to believe in the myths of pop music but that doesn&#39;t mean I like knowing that it is much more about the business than it is the music. Diddy and his Bad Boy brethren brazenly brandish their business acumen like a badge of honor. I might like these kids but, come on, let&#39;s not remove all the soul.&#160;</p><div><br /></div>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>beyond the 140: planet tweet-boy</title>   
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        <p>It&#39;s been a few days and here&#39;s what you&#39;ve missed...</p><blockquote><p><span class="entry-title entry-content">
			  @<a href="http://twitter.com/michellej">michellej</a> oooh, muxtape. I&#39;m going to play with that tonight.
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/776915916" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-25T18:27:16+00:00">11:27 AM March 25, 2008</abbr></a>
						from <a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific">twitterrific</a>
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			  GOOD Magazine made a muxtape: <a href="http://goodblog.muxtape.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://goodblog.muxtape.com/</a>
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/777189470" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-26T05:09:25+00:00">10:09 PM March 25, 2008</abbr></a>
						from <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">twhirl</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote>
      
			
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			  and, my muxtape. All 2008 releases, none of which I&#39;ve talked about anywhere yet - <a href="http://misterjt.muxtape.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://misterjt.muxtape.com/</a>
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/777201336" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-26T05:48:52+00:00">10:48 PM March 25, 2008</abbr></a>
						from <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">twhirl</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote>
      
			
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			  Alright, the muxtape is updated. It&#39;s a Gray Sky Saturday Kinda Mixology - <a href="http://misterjt.muxtape.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://misterjt.muxtape.com/</a> - And now, we escape the APT.</span><span class="entry-title entry-content">
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/779324512" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-29T20:53:10+00:00">about 17 hours</abbr> ago</a>
						from <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">twhirl</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote>
      
			
		<span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://muxtape.com/">Muxtape</a> was the new hotness this week. No one is quite sure <a href="http://www.blackweb20.com/2008/03/28/the-muxtape-buzz-how-long-will-it-last/">why or whether it will last very long since it doesn&#39;t seem to have any RIAA deflector shields</a> but it sure is fun. I always want to share my iTunes playlists/mixtapes. I&#39;d been planning to send out monthly mixes this year but the process doesn&#39;t work with my internet conditioned mind. I need everything to have an easy button. I might still actually get around to creating physical mix CDs at some point this year but for now you can enjoy <a href="http://misterjt.muxtape.com">my semi-regular muxtape updating</a>.</p><p>My friends are doing it, too! Collect them all (and share your own please):<br /><a href="http://sixsquare.muxtape.com/">http://sixsquare.muxtape.com/</a> (no disrespect to anyone else but <a href="http://www.sixsquare.com/">Will</a> kills his. My fave of the week)<br /><a href="http://felicious.muxtape.com/">http://felicious.muxtape.com/</a><br /><a href="http://michellej.muxtape.com/">http://michellej.muxtape.com/</a><br /><a href="http://lynneluvah.muxtape.com/">http://lynneluvah.muxtape.com/</a><br /><a href="http://mellemusic.muxtape.com/">http://mellemusic.muxtape.com/</a><br /><a href="http://skeskali.muxtape.com/">http://skeskali.muxtape.com/</a><br /><a href="http://allaboutgeorge.muxtape.com/">http://allaboutgeorge.muxtape.com/</a><br /><a href="http://benchristen.muxtape.com/">http://benchristen.muxtape.com/</a></p><p>In unrelated music news, I&#39;m trying out <a href="http://www.ilike.com/user/Jason_T271">iLike</a>.</p></span><blockquote><p><span class="entry-title entry-content"> finally digging into iLike.
The instant playlist thing is the only thing that&#39;s a killer app so
far. Everything else I get from last.fm. </span><span class="meta entry-meta">
						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/779423413" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-30T01:40:37+00:00">about 12 hours</abbr> ago</a>
						from <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">twhirl</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote>
      
			
		<p><span class="meta entry-meta">It&#39;s like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Top_40">Casey Kasem American Top 40</a> version of <a href="http://last.fm">last.fm</a>. Lots and lots of poppy myspace kids driving the music charts there. A little different from the UK/indie heavy focus of my favorite website.</p></span><blockquote><p><span class="entry-title entry-content">
			  spent the afternoon with Dick Sherman. Feeling inspired and Mickey Mouse Proud: <a href="http://www.theboysdoc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theboysdoc.com/</a>
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/777683310" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-27T00:06:54+00:00">05:06 PM March 26, 2008</abbr></a>
						from <a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific">twitterrific</a><br /></span></p></blockquote><p>Wednesday was one of the best work days I&#39;ve had in a while. I spent the afternoon in the Old Animation Building listening to half of the duo that came up with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Small_World">It&#39;s A Small World</a> and all of <a href="http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/moviefinder/products/3116703.html">Mary Poppins</a> and nearly a thousand other Disney songs. He told us Walt stories and about what it was like to work at Disney in the 60s and also shared insights into teamwork and relationships and creativity and having a positive view of the world. As he said, &quot;The other way is too easy.&quot;</p><p>Of course, I ate it up.</p><blockquote><p><span class="entry-title entry-content">
			  @<a href="http://twitter.com/tiffanybbrown">tiffanybbrown</a> I&#39;m naturally an introvert, too, and people are shocked to hear that.
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/777720404" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-27T01:35:03+00:00">06:35 PM March 26, 2008</abbr></a>
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		<p><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><blockquote><p><span class="entry-title entry-content">my bumper sticker of the day: introverts do it one on one.
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/777723825" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-27T01:43:00+00:00">06:43 PM March 26, 2008</abbr></a>
						from <a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific">twitterrific</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote>
      
			
		<span class="meta entry-meta"></span><blockquote><p><span class="entry-title entry-content">
			  @<a href="http://twitter.com/gillianr">gillianr</a> I&#39;m INTP
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/777724613" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-27T01:44:29+00:00">06:44 PM March 26, 2008</abbr></a>
						from <a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific">twitterrific</a>
              <a href="http://twitter.com/gillianr/statuses/777723334">in reply to gillianr</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote>
      
			
		<span class="meta entry-meta"></span><blockquote><p><span class="entry-title entry-content">and, if you ever want to shrink me, this is kind of perfect: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...</a>
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/777725277" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-27T01:45:53+00:00">06:45 PM March 26, 2008</abbr></a>
						from <a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific">twitterrific</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote>
      
			
		<span class="meta entry-meta"></span><span class="meta entry-meta"></span>Ever since my first taking of the <a href="http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/">Myers-Briggs</a> test in high school, I&#39;ve been INTP. The only one that even has a chance of switching is the N to an S. I&#39;ve always liked this test as I think it explains me really well. I don&#39;t like generalizing (actually, I do, but in context and with the expectation that you understand what &quot;generalization&quot; means. Sigh, see, I&#39;m already overexplaining), but INTPs are most concerned with the &quot;why&quot; of things. How is fascinating, of course, but How ceases to be useful after it has informed the Why. What, When, and Where? Bah. Those things can change but they rarely effect the universal Why.</p><p>I like to know stuff. I&#39;m generally convinced I know more than you do. I don&#39;t hold that against you. Also, I&#39;m too busy trying to know more to call you on the phone or put away these dishes.</p><p>That&#39;s me in a nutshell.</p><blockquote><p><span class="entry-title entry-content"> a funny thing happened on the
way to book reading in the great outdoors, planet bboy and hurry curry
in old pasadena. Double bonus. </span><span class="meta entry-meta">
						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/779414969" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-30T01:15:52+00:00">about 13 hours</abbr> ago</a>
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		<p><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/2008/03/now-playing-planet-b-boy.html">Undercover Black Man wrote about the film earlier in the week</a> and there was a discussion about it last weekend during <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/beyond-the-140-poketo.html">the Poketo revelry</a>. It&#39;s worth the hype. <a href="http://www.planetbboy.com/">The stories of the b-boys</a> are emotional (there&#39;s a whole mess of daddy issues). The transformational power of hip hop and breakdancing in the global community is inspiring to watch. Oh, and the dance moves are sick. Someone on twitter asked why there was this rash of dance shows on TV these days and I think this movie distills why. Dancers don&#39;t make any money. They put their bodies through extreme training all for one reason -- they love it. They can&#39;t imagine doing anything else. When they are dancing, they put their souls on display. In those moments of sweat and movement, they know for sure that they are alive. How can you not watch that and feel just a little bit of the same?</p><p>I nearly broke into an uprock while walking out of the theatre. True story.</p><p>Also, some other independent films to remember to go see:<br /><a href="http://www.foxsearchlight.com/youngatheart/">Young@Heart</a><br /><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809878372/info">Jellyfish</a><br /><a href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/redbelt/">Red Belt</a></p></span><blockquote><p>V<span class="entry-title entry-content">ideo chat is the business. Now
to get a bunch of stuff electronically powered done in the next 53
minutes so I can read/nap at earth hour. </span><span class="meta entry-meta">
						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/779433170" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-30T02:08:19+00:00">about 12 hours</abbr> ago</a>
						from <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">twhirl</a></span><br /><blockquote><p><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><span class="entry-title entry-content">time to light some candles and power down some ish.
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/779446787" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-30T02:49:18+00:00">about 12 hours</abbr> ago</a>
						from <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">twhirl</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><span class="entry-title entry-content"> whilst walking my &#39;hood during
earth hour, was reminded that my orthodox neighbors are earth hour
compliant every shabbat for a full day. </span><span class="meta entry-meta">
						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/779475105" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-30T04:12:37+00:00">about 10 hours</abbr> ago</a>
						from <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">twhirl</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><span class="entry-title entry-content"> my earth hour compliance? I
powered down/unplugged everything except for tivo. I read for 8 minutes
and walked for 52. Did use iPod on walk. </span><span class="meta entry-meta">
						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/779475608" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-30T04:14:12+00:00">about 10 hours</abbr> ago</a>
						from <a href="http://www.twhirl.org/">twhirl</a></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><br /><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><span class="entry-title entry-content">
			  post earth hour? microwave, printer, heaters and fans will stay unplugged until needed.
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						  <a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/misterjt/statuses/779475819" rel="bookmark"><abbr class="published" title="2008-03-30T04:14:53+00:00">about 10 hours</abbr> ago</a>
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		<p><span class="meta entry-meta"><a href="http://www4.earthhourus.org/">Earth Hour</a> was last night. It provided some good perspective about our role in keeping this a sustainable planet. I point out that going an hour without electricity isn&#39;t really a very big deal not to put a smack down on those participating but to remind myself that the hour itself is symbolic. No matter how many of us participated, we saved no real measurable energy. And, while we can do our part to be <span style="color: #339933"><strong>green</strong></span> as individuals, the real change comes when we&#39;re serious about changing our mass consumption - the ways our food is produced, the ways we travel, how and where we construct our buildings.</p><p>But, you know, that&#39;s way too heavy to think about, man. It&#39;s easier to just be <a href="http://www.greenopia.com/la/guide">a feel-good green shopper</a>.<br /></span><span class="meta entry-meta"></span><blockquote><p><span class="meta entry-meta"></span></p></blockquote>
      
			
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  </tr></tbody></table> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">Last week&#39;s pick-ups/purchases:</span></strong> Ghostface Killah&#39;s <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/ghostface/bigdoerehab">Big Doe Rehab</a>, Elisabeth Withers&#39;s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Can-Happen-Anyone-Elisabeth-Withers/dp/B000LSAJ5W">It Can Happen to Anyone</a>, Jamie Lidell&#39;s <a href="http://www.jamielidell.com/">Jim</a> (Thanks <a href="http://feliciouslee.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00cdf7e21bbb094f" at:screen-name="Felicia" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up3.vox.com/6a00cdf7e21bbb094f00d4141907836a47-75si" >Felicia</a>!), <a href="http://www.lupefiasco.com/">Lupe Fiasco&#39;s The Cool</a>, <a href="http://www.ubiquityrecords.com/lh053.html">Super Cool: California Soul 2</a>, Zap Mama&#39;s <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45265-supermoon">Supermoon</a>, and </p>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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<p><br /><blockquote><p>Hoping to get to know each other better, the guys and girls jump in
a limo for a night out at on the town. The drive is filled with awkward
silence, but once at the club, everyone starts to loosen up. After a
round of shots, Aubrey and Donnie start dirty dancing and Dawn and
Qwanell get flirty. Stay focused, guys!
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</p><p>The next day brings all the <em>Making the Band 4</em>
participants back together for the first day of recording. The girls
nail a song called &quot;Is Anybody Listening,&quot; proving that they already
have a winning formula in place.<br /></p></blockquote>- <a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/making_the_band_4/episode/episode.jhtml?episodeId=130765">Making The Band 4 (Season 2) | Episode 1: Battle of the Sexes</a>, MTV</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Last.fm Recommended:</strong></span></p>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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<p><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"></span></strong></span><div><blockquote><p>Kimya Dawson is most famous (in my mind)
for being the fantastically charismatic folk singer from Olympia who
once photographed her own poop and posted it on her MySpace. She&#39;s also
an honest and bright songwriter who plays joyful acoustic guitar while
singing optimistic and sometimes weird songs. While you drive to Kent,
think of the opening lines to &quot;I Like Giants&quot;—&quot;When I go for a
drive/I like to pull off to the side/of the road/turn out the
lights/get out and look up at the sky/And I do this to remind me that
I&#39;m really, really tiny/in the grand scheme of things/and sometimes
this terrifies me.&quot;<br /></p></blockquote>- <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=424607">Road Trip</a> by Megan Selig, The Stranger, 10.24.07<br /><br /><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Song of the Week:</strong></span><br /><br />
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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With all the music I bought last week in a sneeze-filled haze, the song of note comes from an impromptu video chat with Felicia and her gracious file sharing. I remember being underwhelmed with <a href="http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=YrnIqxZgaAN&amp;aid=dL7H1sjKyxF&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=music&amp;ct=result">Jamie Lidell&#39;s Multiply</a> so I was prepared to find his new album nice but forgettable. This track is far from that. A bright and shiny blast of soul, this is a song you put on first thing in the morning. I might have an inexplicable love for my Danity Kane girls but I know serious music when I hear it and this is mixtape worthy now and will likely be 5 years from now.<br /><br />Wake up!<br /></div><div><br /></div></p>   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <h3><a href="http://www.last.fm/user/misterjt/charts/?charttype=weekly&amp;subtype=artist">Top Artists this Week <span>(see more)</span></a></h3>
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<blockquote><p>Joss’s crisp and clean songs have a throwback feel and could easily be
mistaken for some loungin’ oldies but goodies from the ‘60s and ‘70s,
but his technical trickery keeps him firmly in the future. He seems to
be inventing new hybrids by sampling different vocal textures and
playing with tempos and styles that are supposed to be disparate.
“Atomic Tape,” for example, melds rockabilly guitar warbles, hip-hop
scratches, sitar riffs and samples of sneering young voices. And it all
seems to make sense.<br /></p></blockquote><p>- <a href="http://chicago.metromix.com/music/cd_review/chris-joss-teraphonic-overdubs/304807/content">Chris Joss, &#39;Teraphonic Overdubs&#39;</a>, Metromix Chicago, 02.11.08</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Last.fm recommended</strong></span> (we&#39;re going to go back a couple weeks since I missed last week): <a href="http://www.camera-obscura.net/">Camera Obscura</a>, <a href="http://www.thenoisettes.com/">The Noisettes</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%27_Mo">Lil&#39; Mo</a>, <a href="http://www.rappersiknow.com/index.php/2007/02/13/mick-boogie-little-brother-and-justus-for-all/">Mick Boogie &amp; Little Brother</a>, <a href="http://www.menomena.com/">Menomena</a>, and</p>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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<blockquote><p> From their forthcoming <em>Totally Flossed Out</em>, &quot;Black Mags&quot; starts
with a deep, slowed-down voice like the one on another album track,
&quot;Gold and Pagers&quot; (which itself opens like Fabolous&#39; &quot;Diamonds&quot;). Here
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usual, the beats are laid-back and streamlined, the bass burbling.<br /></p></blockquote><p>- <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/43004-the-cool-kids-black-mags-and-what-it-iz-stream">Pitchfork Forkcast</a>, Pitchfork, 05.17.07</p><p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><strong>Song of the Week:</strong></span></p>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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        <h3><a href="http://www.last.fm/user/misterjt/charts/?charttype=weekly&amp;subtype=artist">Top Artists this Week <span>(see more)</span></a></h3>
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series examines the oil stained underside of the Motor City sound.
There are no gold records, million dollar buyouts, or quaint museums at
the end of the story, just a handful of four figure 45s, a box of
photographs, and a condemned building. If Detroit was once an ocean of
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        <h3><a href="http://www.last.fm/user/misterjt/charts/?charttype=weekly&amp;subtype=artist">Top Artists this Week <span>(see more)</span></a></h3>
                                                         <h5 class="subhead">10 Feb 2008 – 17 Feb 2008</h5>
             
            
  

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  </tr></tbody></table> <p><br />Last week&#39;s purchases/pick-ups: <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/55100/jazzanova-and-dirk-rumpff-broadcasting-from-offtrack-radio/">Jazzanova &amp; Dirk Rumpff ...Broadcasting</a> and...</p>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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<blockquote><p>Rhymefest is able to do what major label marketing firms have failed at
doing, and that&#39;s trim Jackson of the tabloid drama and bring the focus
back to his music. Rhymefest sets out right away to humanize Jackson,
and bring him down to earth, portraying him as a simple man from Gary,
Ind., one who still has the power to unite a desperate community (see
&quot;Mike the Mentor&quot;). He also inter-splices the album with brief, but
always humorous, &quot;conversations&quot; with Jackson, in which Rhymefest&#39;s
inserts himself into dialogue from Jackson interviews.</p></blockquote><div>- <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2008/01/the-return-of-m.html">Grammys Don&#39;t Need Michael Jackson</a> by Todd Martens, Extended Play (LA Times), 01.29.08<br /><br />Last.fm recommended: nobody new<br /><br />Song of the week (that wasn&#39;t from the rhymefest mixtape):<br /><br />
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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        <title>last.fm says</title>   
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        <h3><a href="http://www.last.fm/user/misterjt/charts/?charttype=weekly&amp;subtype=artist">Top Artists this Week <span>(see more)</span></a></h3>
                                                         <h5 class="subhead">3 Feb 2008 – 10 Feb 2008</h5>
             
            
  

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    6
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  <td class="position" title="Up 39 places from last week">
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<blockquote><p>Straight out of Sweden come <strong>Little Dragon</strong> with their self-titled debut album. Featuring the vocal talents of <strong>Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin</strong> on percussion, <strong>Hakan Wirenstrand</strong> on keys and <strong>Frerick Kallgren</strong>
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        <p>According to last.fm, my favorite artists of January were:</p><ol><li>Burial</li><li>wale</li><li>Jazzanova</li><li>Rilo Kiley</li><li>Kanye West</li><li>Aaliyah</li><li>Björk</li><li>Sia</li><li>De La Soul</li><li>Justice</li></ol><p>Burial is <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/song-for-sunday-the-2007-album-that-haunts-me.html">well covered territory</a>. <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/saturday-dance-party-wale-dance.html">Wale is new to me</a>. Jazzanova&#39;s <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/song-for-sunday.html">Belle et Fou</a> is one of the records I bought with my Christmas Cash. Rilo Kiley is getting some re-listens because I feel like I didn&#39;t give <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Blacklight">their 2007 release</a> enough love when it came out. Kanye tracks dominate my workout and driving playlists these days. Björk ended up being the surprise soundtrack of my Vegas Vacation. <a href="http://www.siamusic.net/">Sia has a new album out</a>. De La is De La and even with <a href="http://newyork.metromix.com/music/article/and-justice-for-all/212024/content">Cross being referred to with the yucky term &quot;blog house&quot;</a>, Justice gets my attention every time they come through the speakers.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">The Number Ones</span></strong></p><p>Week ending January 6, 2008<br /><table class="barChart chartWithQuilt fullTrackChart" id="table_596330722" style="height: 45px; width: 287px"><tbody><tr>
    
  
  
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 <div>Do you <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A10695684">dubstep</a>? Last week, amongst a lot of old favorites (Death Cab for Cutie, N*E*R*D) was a cavalcade of dubstep artists in my weekly recommendations so I spent most of my <a href="http://www.emusic.com">eMusic</a> dollars getting familiar. <a href="http://www.amazon.com">Amazon</a> had been heavily recommending <a href="http://www.planet-mu.com/discography">200 and 10 Tons Heavy</a> ever since I lost my mind over Burial and they were both available on the E, so this is where we are. Much like my affair with <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/garage/">UK Garage</a> in the early part of this century, it&#39;s an instant attraction. I may not be down with British films but I dig me some London club bangers.<br /><br />Top Artists for the Week:<br /><table class="barChart chartWithQuilt artistChart" id="weeklychart" style="height: 160px; width: 357px"><tbody><tr><td class="delta rise" title="Up 6 places from last week"><span style="color: rgb(46, 152, 84);">▲ 6  </span></td>
    
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