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This video (which I also linked to in comments elsewhere) is super-cool -- gives a good sense of Casino Royale but without giving away too much plot.  I really really do like the song.

So M and I have been having a debate. What exactly is the plot of The Barenaked Ladies' "The Old Apartment"?

Tell me what you think.

So my favorite radio station here in Buffalo is Jack FM. This makes me feel old, but it also amuses the hell out of me, because you get playlists like the ones that accompanied me to campus this morning:

• Bon Jovi - Shot thru the Heart
  
• Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
  
• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
  

Yes, this is why I call it "karaoke radio". And you can get the playlist online, too.

I'm clearly completely behind the times, but so what else is new? Anyway, on Friday somehow M came across reference to this new reggae artist named Matisiyahu.* He's a Lubovitch Hasid (although he wasn't raised as such) - one of the most conservative Jewish sects. He's also the artist behind the scond-most downloaded album on iTMS today. We picked up a live recording - "Live at Stubb's" - over the weekend and it's amazing. It's reggae... but it's partially in Hebrew... and it's about religion.

I highly recommend it.

Seriously.


*Just to add to our amusement, Matisiyahu (or, as he pronounces it, Matatiahu - the weirdnesses of transliteration) is M's Hebrew name.

Today M and I went to a restaurant known as, I kid you not, The Indian Diner. Their lunch buffet was ok, but nothing to write home about. Then we went across the street to look at a furniture store (we're shopping for living room furniture). Found some stuff that we liked pretty well; we may end up going back there when we finally break down and buy. Anyway, after that we went to this crazy store called Tuesday Morning and were amused by the odd assortment of crap that they had. BUT we did find a 2-disc "Modern Rock Collection" from Time-Life Music. ( The track listing )
I think I'm in love.

Because then I am reminded that Eminem is engaged in a concerted campaign to make me respect him. I hadn't heard the new song until this morning, and I really like it.

There was another reason I shouldn't be allowed to watch Vh1, but I don't remember what it was. Maybe because I'm consistently irritated by the Top 20 Countdown hosts (well, since they got rid of Aamer Haleem, who actually has a brain, and I have to say the new guy is a bazillion times better than *shudder* Rachel Perry).