1.  “It’s a rise and fall story of a once, very incredibly healthy, great, rich, throwing its weight and money around kind of industry, that is no longer quite as grand.”
Um, guys: the creators of The Wire are apparently planning to get all All the Kings Men on Steve Knopper’s fantastic book Appetite for Self-Destruction. (Spinner)
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Steely Dan “Everyone’s Gone to the Movies (demo)” (mp3)
from Citizen Steely Dan (1993) (buy)
Pulp “I Spy” (mp3)
from Different Class (1995) (buy)
Destroy All Monsters “Mack the Knife” (mp3)
from 1974-1976 Gospel Crusade
The Fall “C.R.E.E.P.” (mp3)
from The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall (1984) (buy)
The Smiths “Vicar in a Tutu” (mp3)
from The Queen is Dead (1986) (buy)
Roxy [...]