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Press me into a record when I die. Just don't give me a bad review!

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Gather 'round by little children and let me tell you a tale of the olden days.  Back when you had to buy records from only hearing one song on the radio.  Maybe you heard someone else talking about the record before you bought it.  You kids with your Internets and every song ever created at your fingertips!  You don't know what hard work is! 1 Wyld Stallyn - Not cool.  Kinda weird. 2 Wyld Stallyns - Okay.  But did you pay money for that?  Ugh. 3 Wyld Stallyns - This is cool.  Might even pay a couple of bucks for this. 4 Wyld Stallyns - All my thumbs are up.  I like this. 5 Wyld Stallyns - MOST EXCELLENT! Best Coast "The Only Place" 5 Wyld Stallyns - San Dimas High School football rules!! I'm a sucker for catchy, poppy, strummy, upbeat indie rock and this is about as good as it gets.  Yes the first song "The Only Place" is basically a commercial for California it still gets my foot tapping.  Even when Best Coast slows it down a bit, "No On

White Beach Raveonettes Jack House

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Step one: Listen to a new record in it's full glory streaming over the Internets with cheap headphones on so I don't bother my kids who are watching Disney movies. Step two: Type my initial reaction out in the form of a review. Step three: Give the record a random and somewhat useless rating from a random and somewhat useless review scale. Step four: Repeat. Random and somewhat useless rating scale: 1. iPod Shuffle-Small.  Gets the job done but doesn't do it nearly well enough to make it worth your money. 2. iPod Nano-Okay.  Nice colors.  Just seems a little inferior to the other things that do it better. 3. iPod Classic-Bigger.  Better.  This is the workhorse. 4. iPod Touch-Flashy. Does everything the others do and more. 5. iPhone-Better than the rest.  This will make your life worth living! Jack White "Blunderbuss" iPod Nano.  Only okay. Jack White's music is all right with me.  I've never really gone out and searched for an album of his