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at&t is reading my mind

22-Feb-10

This is kinda creepy. I chose The XX‘s “Intro” as my cellphone ringtone when I first got my Droid, months ago. I used some app to crop down exactly the part I wanted, and whenever someone calls me, I hear that awesome song in my pocket. People have been telling me for years that I [...]

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15×15: promising for the 2010s (Teenies?)

08-Jan-10

15×15 lists: ABOUT | MUSE | SINGER-SONGWRITER | GUILTY PLEASURES | RADIOHEAD | BEST SONGS PT 1 | PT 2 | PT 3 | PROMISING (The image is  from Wordle. Thanks Wordle.) Nothing like a few vacation days to get the ol’ elielioh caught up. I have to admit, this whole 15×15 list was a [...]

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song: xx marks the spot (i wonder how many other bloggers used that title…)

20-Oct-09

Two for Tuesday from my favorite (I think) new band of the year, The XX. They’ve gone ahead and brought something new to the scene by stripping songs down to their most basic pieces. Something else about this band that I find really interesting, and makes me like them more: both singers seem to have [...]

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