Have you seen the video for this song? It's fantastic.

Yep! That's why I said, you know, when the musicians themselves have to dance to their music... It's great. That video is what made me a fan.

Speaking of videos I just saw The New Cars (with Todd Rundgren easily slipping into Ric Ocasek's voice. It's weird. But no more weird than his other chameleonic vocal displays) and Eurythmics "There Must Be An Angel."

That Annie Lennox? She can sing a little.

In conclusion, Pandas.

::looks for Panda link::

Pandas? Where?

In can-this-be-true-I-mean-seriously news:

Pioneering U.K. modern rock band the Smiths turned down a $5 million offer to reunite at the upcoming Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival in southern California, former frontman Morrissey said Thursday.

His revelation, during a public interview at the South By Southwest Music & Media Conference in Austin, triggered gasps from the audience. When journalist David Fricke asked if he had considered it, Morrissey replied, "No, because money doesn't come into it," a response that drew applause from the crowd.

Of the critically adored act, which broke up in the late 1980s, Morrissey said, "It was a fantastic journey. And then it ended. I didn't feel we should have ended. I wanted to continue. (Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr) wanted to end it. And that was that."

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5 million dollars???

Who has 5 million dollars to get a band, ANY band, to reunite. That's nuts.

Also, tina, I noticed you were getting into Ladytron back in...November. I love Ladytron a whole lot. If you're still interested, nearly every track on 604 is great ("Playgirl" was my first and the one that hooked me), and I second Broom's rec of "Seventeen," and I highly highly recommend "Blue Jeans," which is just gorgeous.

I'll keep my eye out for it, P-C, thanks.

SA, very excited to hear the mix.

I just ordered that new Tropicalia disc off Amazon. Excited. In unrelated-to-music news: another date with a different guy this weekend so let's hope I don't get stood up again. And KU plays its first game of the tourney tonight. Frankly, fates - if you are listening - and are only going to offer me one or the other - I'll take KU winning over a good date any day, just so we're clear.

Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival

Did anyone else see this and think, "No. It's a carrot festival"?

Or have I just seen too many Bugs Bunny cartoons?

Has anyone with a Mac tried to access SA's mix? I got it downloaded okay, but Stuffit expander can't open it.

Does anyone here use any of the following music download services:

• MusicNet@AOL
• Virgin Digital
• f.y.e. download zone

If you do, I need you to quickly check something for me.

Who has 5 million dollars to get a band, ANY band, to reunite. That's nuts.

Don't you remember the US festival?

Multiple Baby Panda Overdose!

Hey, my mix is up!

Here beginneth the notes:

1. The first song you'd put on a mix tape for somebody you were attracted to I don't think this is a one-size-all category! I mean, what you want is a song that shows that you and this other person are CONNECTED, right, on a deep and spiritual level, in that part of the soul that only music can touch? Or, of course, you could just get meta and use this one: Mix Tape = Love The Tah-Dahs

2. A song that makes you think of BTVS that was never used on the show Well, every time I hear this one, I think of Xander saying "I'm just gonna go home, lie down and listen to country music. The music of pain." I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) Hank Williams

3. Cross-genre cover song (such as a soul musician covering a country song) See #15.

4. Quotes another song, either in the music or words – bonus points if by the same artist I love how the crowd goes nuts when they realize what's being interpolated here. Star, Star The Frames

5. Makes you want to get high, drunk, or, if it's your druthers, dizzy & giddy from spinning around in circles I don't drink, smoke, and I can get dizzy just by standing up too fast (so the thrill is gone) -- but this song makes me drive too fast and feel like picking fistfights for the hell of it. Does that count? Super Sex Morphine

6. Features a great bridge Okay, the only reason I know this song has a bridge is because Mike Doughty ANNOUNCES IT. But I love it anyway. Sunkeneyed Girl Mike Doughty

7. A song released the year you turned 21 (you didn't have to know about it then) 1993. This would also be the year I got married. Joey and I would drive around Chicago listening to the hip-hop a.m. station and just blasting this. I love Yo Yo. This song was playing when we drove to chapel where we got married. (Yes, we are sick.) The Bonnie And Clyde Theme Ice Cube/YoYo (I only have the radio mix, sadly.)

8. A song dedicated to your nemesis (or who you imagine your nemesis to be) Hmm. I don't have a nemesis at the moment (applications are being taken; email for details) but how about one dedicated to the person I'm angriest at? The Things We Did And Didn't Do The Magnetic Fields

9. A song about committing a crime I believe there are multiple offenses covered in #7. Also, people are fined for not drinking coffee in the next song.

10. A song from a tribute or charity album This is supposedly from an unreleased Sinatra tribute album. I will listen to this about a gazillion times in a row if not forcibly restrained. The Coffee Song Soul Coughing

11. A song with a year in the title Josh Benton (of Crabwalk) just sent me this. I know nothing of it except that it gives me considerable enjoyment. And it comes from an album called "Make the Cowboy Robots Cry"! How can you get better than that? Ghost Dance 1492 Beechwood Sparks

12. A song about traveling It's right there in the title! See America Right The Mountain Goats

13. A song that does not feature a guitar or a piano as the main instrument Super Sex Morphine (#5) is all saxophone, all the time.

14. A song by a band that you could have, but didn't, write about for Lost in The Grooves. Hmm. I didn't write about a band, but instead made a list. This is a song that should have been on the list of word geeks songs but I didn't know about in time. And since it was Editor Hec who sent me this song, I feel like it belongs on this mix. (I Feel Like A) Dictionary Trend

15. An upbeat song about a sad thing. Okay, I'm not sure this counts, but this is the peppiest version of "Hey Jude" I've ever heard. And it's my favorite Beatles cover, too. Jon B., did you tell us about this one? Hey Jude Assegai

16. Midnight driving in the rain music. Hmm. I'm not sure whether this needs to be "sad, melancholy, fall asleep, wrap yourself around a lamppost" music or "keep awake! keep awake!" music. I'm going to go with the latter. I play this when I need to concentrate. I don't know why it works, but it does. This also counts as "science" and should count as something that I have to sing along with. A three-fer! So Far I Have Not Found The Science Soul Coughing

17. More cowbell: A song containing that essential instrument The cowbell *carries* this song. If, in fact, it is a cowbell. If not, it's an honorary cowbell. New Position Prince