Links for 11.30.08: WKRP returns, Biggie reference tracks, gift guide…
by Josh Kimball
*Television: There’s a new WKRP. It’s in Cincinnati. [lp]
*Movies: View short clips of films juxtaposed with unexpected musical samples! Hilarious? [presurfer]
*Rhymes: Biggie Smalls recorded “reference tracks” for Lil Kim? (That’s not a euphemism.)
*Gifts: Trendhunter put together a list of presents for musicians that includes a guitar toilet seat. Unfortunately, that is the most practical option on the list.
*History: Dancing mania gripped France in 1518. It started with one dancing woman and spread to 400 manic, dancing lunatics. Eventually, most of them died. (For realz.) [reddit]
*Books: Okkervil River’s Will Sheff reads from Tatyana Tolstaya’s “White Walls” for Daytrotter’s Bookery.
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