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This is the best song I have listened to all year. And it’s not just because “all year” entails less than 3 hours, but because _it is that good._ I don’t mean to be judgemental, but if you don’t agree with me, you suck.

Here it is: a montage of completely unrelated creative commons photos on flickr accompanied by a song describing the photos (by “Jonathan Coulton”:http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2005/12/22/thing-a-week-14-flickr/, whose “Bills Bills Bills”:http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/Jonathan%20Coulton%20-%20Bills,%20Bills,%20Bills.mp3 cover is funny too…er, I think) Dammit, why didn’t I think of that? Oh yeah, cos…I wouldn’t. I just sit here all day. I’m glad there are funny people out there, as it makes the transition to 2006, aka “a year closer to death”, more enjoyable. [“link”:http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/01/video_flickr_cclicen.html]

“NEVER MIND THE BLOCKS t-shirt”:http://rodent.tee-total.net/uk/products/detail/?id=43. Sex Pistols + Tetris…but of course. I thought it was funny. [“link”:http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/01/tetrissex_pistols_co.html]

“Coldplay’s new album has usage guidelines”:http://itch.in/journal/bad-bad-coldplay. Jeebus. Do people read those things? [“link”:http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/01/coldplays_new_cd_has.html]

“CultureBully’s 10 Favorite Mash-Ups 2005”:http://culturebully.blogspot.com/2005/12/culturebullys-10-favorite-mash-ups.html. Oo, another atypical end of the year list. I never actively search out mash ups so…um. Mrrh? [“link”:http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/01/best_mashups_of_2005.html]

“Every #1 song ever to appear on Billboard Top 100 squashed into one long song “:http://lukedubois.com/billboard. This song harnesses the power of…time-lapse phonography! Yeah! Okay. I don’t know what that is either.

bq. The 857 songs used to make the piece are analyzed digitally and a spectral average is then derived from the entire song. Just as a long camera exposure will fuse motion into a single image, spectral averaging allows us to look at the average sonority of a piece of music, however long, giving a sort of average timbre of a piece.

Etc. It sounds kinda cool, like being underwater…hopefully not because you’re drowning. [“link”:http://boingboing.net/2005/12/30/every_1_song_ever_to.html]