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Theme song from Detective Conan anime, by ZARD

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Currently my favorite song. Very simple sound this time, just guitars, bass, drums and vocals. From the 1999 single “Mind Games”.

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I saw this one on Manny’s blog.

1. What is the first music album you remember owning?

Star Wars and other Galactic Funk by Meco

2. If not the same, what is the first music album you purchased for yourself?

Pretenders I

3. What artist currently occupies the most space either in terms of shelf space or megabytes on your hard drive?

Zard

4. How many different types of music media (vinyl, cassette, CD, etc) have you owned in your lifetime?

LP, EP, Single, cassette, CD, CD Single, MD, Digital Download

5. Who or what has had the biggest effect on your music taste?

My friend Colin during HS.

6. How do you currently prefer to listen to music?

iPod via Sony V6 headphones

7. In terms of music memorabilia, what is your most prized possession?

Don’t really have anything. Maybe a Puffy (Ami Yumi) poster.

8. Have you ever “swapped headsets” with a complete stranger (meaning have you ever unplugged the earphones from your listening device and plugged them into someone else’s player and had them do the same)?

No

9. Have you ever been completely obsessed with a particular artist? Who and to what level did your fandom go?

Right now I am obsessed with Zard, but not really to the point of crazed fandom.

10. What is the farthest you’ve ever traveled for a concert?

Not far. From home in Torrance up to Hollyweird? (45 mins)

Who have you seen in concert the most?

I have seen Everything But The Girl maybe 3 or 4 times.

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Dodger Stadium is so much better when Nancy Bea Heffley is playing the organ.

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This weekend I bought and downloaded a couple of MP3 albums from the AmazonMP3 store. It was an almost perfect experience. The only hiccup was that I had clicked on the “By MP3 album with 1-Click” button, but then canceled the Amazon MP3 Downloader installation because something came up and I had to leave my desk. (You need to install that application in order to buy full albums.) Sometime later, I went back to the AmazonMP3 store, but couldn’t find my download waiting for me in the regular cart, so I browsed the catalog again to find the album, then did the 1-Click purchase. The Downloader started, and I could see the progress going, but then noticed that it was downloading the album twice! I opened up the Download Folder, and found two copies of each song. However, it seems Amazon is smart and I was only charged one time. But still, that order that was in limbo is a little bit screwed up.

What is cool about the Amazon MP3 Downloader app is that it automatically adds the new songs to iTunes. Very convenient! I really like the Amazon MP3 Store and recommend it fully!

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In Weird Al’s case, typical=brilliant.

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I totally love this YTMND showdown between Microsoft Sam and AT&T Mike. The raps are awesome, and then the touching conversation between AT&T Mike and AT&T Crystal is so touching. Not sure who fired first, but follow part of the the thread here:

AT&T Mike calls out Microsoft Sam

Microsoft Sam calls out AT&T Mike

AT&T Mike and AT&T Crystal have a phone conversation

Just do a search at www.ytmnd.com for more hilarity!