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Wednesday June 23, 2004
Power of iTunes

So I had a flashback to my teenage years recently and was reminded of listening to "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)". (Don't ask me why I liked this song as a teenager. Also don't ask me what reminded me of the song.) In a fit of nostalgia and instant gratification I looked up the song in the iTunes Music Store and bought a couple of singles from that album. This, in and of itself, is pretty cool and shows the appeal of iTunes and the iTunes Music Store.

But the story doesn't end there. When I was looking at Paul Young's album list in the music store, I found an album by a band called "Los Pacaminos". That's weird, I thought: must be a typo. But clicking through reveals that, yes, Paul Young was part of a band called Los Pacaminos in 2002.

So if you ever wondered what happened to 80's British pop/soul singer Paul Young, he ended up playing in a Tex-Mex/Southwestern country rock band. This is a VH1 "Where are they now?" episode waiting to happen.

P.S.
Yes, I bought some Pacaminos tracks too. I couldn't help myself.

(2004-06-23 23:02:50.0) Permalink

Why I'm Blogging (Really)

Because I'll be listening to Tim Bray on Friday. And I'd look so uncool if he asked if I had a weblog and I had to say no.

Plus blogs.sun.com reminds me of people.netscape.com back when I worked at Netscape. That may not be a optimistic viewpoint though, because I rarely kept my people.netscape.com site up to date. And because people.netscape.com was mostly just pictures of everyone's pets while blogs.sun.com has insightful, interactive discussions of important issues.

(2004-06-23 10:39:02.0) Permalink