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A sliver of nostalgia for the AMG haytas out there.
Looks like a bumblebee.

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Interesting old Wired article about AMG from 1994.
"There is more than a hint of mysticism in (Michael) Erlewine's plan to profit from giving away his musical data. He hopes that by giving access to the All-Music Guide to the widest possible audience, he will inspire a massive, volunteer "fix-it" effort to close the gaps in his files. Appealing to the know-it-all tendencies of computer users everywhere, he's saying: "Here it is, kids. Now make it better." Erlewine's online database will include explicit requests to users to suggest corrections via e-mail, and no mechanisms will be in place to prevent pirates from downloading the whole huge collection."

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Sez Entertainment Weakly, Duran Duran is working on their first new studio album in 21 years.

Jesus Christ, has it been Twenty-One YEARS since Duran Duran put out new stuff?
They must mean the orginal members, 'cause the appropriately named Pop Trash came out in 2000...OK, I feel a little better.

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Here is a clumsy but sorta interesting browsable music recommendation website called SoundFlavor.
The mildly interesting thing is the "Browse SoundFlavors" function which brings up what are essentially mix tapes like "I've got a fever, And the only cure is MORE COWBELL!" and then gives suggestions about other tunes you might like. Granted, those suggestions are often wildly off (under "Boot Liquor" which is a pretty good six-song twang rock mix, they also suggest George Strait, The Flaming Lips and Nada Surf), but the potential is interesting.


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Google circa 1960:



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GoogleMotherFucker circa 2004.
Do you use it!?!

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Hey Paul, the four Trunk Monkey Ads are available on this page.
Four little squares, at the bottom.



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