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The "Art & Experimental Rock" Genius mix is my new favorite Genius mix.

(Closely followed by the "Chamber Pop" and "Urban Crossover" mixes.)

of Montreal - "Women's Studies Victims" and "St. Exquisite's Confessions" (live)

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After a year and a half with Skeletal Lamping, this is probably my favorite two-song progression on the album.

I'd loved to have seen this performance live, but a high-quality video will do, too.

This place is the worst place.

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Incredible (and there are more where this came from!).

Veselka's cabbage soup is the best soup.

I found this recipe via Adam's great soup battle (though the recipe is from smitten kitchen), and I'm so glad I did: this soup was a meal and a half, and so tasty.

One note: don't use red cabbage, even if you already have it on hand, unless you want purple soup (albeit purple soup that still tastes wonderful).

I shouldn't be craving espresso at 11pm at night.

... but the Intelligentsia Coffee series makes me want a cup of espresso, right now.

I am not a fan of Thomas.

You might be thinking, "Oh! I wonder what well-respected children's magazine this critic Topham Hatt writes for?" Let me burst your media bubble: "SIR" TOPHAM HATT IS A CHARACTER IN THE SHOW! It's like quoting Yoda to sell The Phantom Menace: "Like this movie, you will!"

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That's Paul Bausch on the deceptive critical reviews of a Thomas the Tank Engine film.

And but yes, it's very hard work finding good television that also appeals to kids. I'm partial to (the admittedly short-attention-span-inducing) Yo Gabba Gabba, particularly the tooth fairy episode with Amy Sedaris.

New Dirty Projectors

"Ascending Melody" (which the Dirty Projectors have been playing live now for going on two years) is now out on 7", and can be downloaded for free from the band's site. It's good.

Dusty Springfield - All Cried Out (live)

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Dusty singing "All Cried Out" on the Ed Sullivan show in 1965.

Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky (live)

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Live at Troubadour from February of 2009. Such a lovely song.

Eating & dining

Another surprising area for sharp memory is the taste and texture of cheap candy. Not imported chocolates, but Red Hots, Good and Plenty, Milk Duds, Paydays, Chuckles. I dreamed I got a box of Chuckles with five licorice squares, and in my dream I exalted: "Finally!"

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Roger Ebert's "Nil by mouth" is the best thing I've read in a long time. The last paragraph is the killer, but since I'm also a fan of cheap candy, I'm quoting the above.