IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE

1.16.2007

DISCONNECTION NOTICE 

R.I.P.

******
******


(about ten minutes in...)

Father: So...did you get my email? (ed. note: see post marked "1/12")
Son: Yes
F: How did Queens do it? How are they so strong?
S: I don't know.
F: Yes. They beat the beatles. Better than the Beatles?
S: Crazy.
F: I heard there is some new band that has been influenced by Queens, and that that had a result on the polling.
S: What are they called?
F: I'm not sure, I'm out of touch now.


Jackie Robinson, "In My Life"
Wes Montgomery, "Day in the Life"
The Moments, "Rocky Raccoon"
Galaxie 500, "Listen, the Snow is Falling"

BONUS: Isley Brothers, "Lay Lady Lay"

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"UNPACKING MY LIBRARY"

• Fun Home
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  The Riddle of the Traveling Skull
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  The Things They Carried
  
  
  

  "I'M JUST BUMPIN' MY MUSIC"

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• John Cale, "All My Friends"
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• Shackleton, "Blood On My Hands (R. Villalobos Apocaylpso Now remix)"
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• The Arcade Fire, "Intervention"
• Lil Wayne, "Upgrade U (freestyle)"
• No Age, Weirdo Rippers
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• El-P, I'll Sleep When You're Dead
• RJD2, Third Hand
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• Elvis Perkins, "All the Night..."
• 2006
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• Lil Wayne :: "Dough is What I Got"
• Cat Power :: "The Greatest"
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