Today, after much hype and speculation, Steve Jobs introduced the long awaited video iPod. Along with the video iPod, Apple released iTunes 6.0 that now features downloadable TV shows, such as Desperate Housewives and Lost. Stay tuned for more details.

We'd all like one for Christmas this year (hint, hint). How about you? Check it out here.

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This evening? This weekend? The rest of your life? Social agendas and personal goals aside, the reference here is Seattle-based quartet Death Cab For Cutie’s fifth full-length offering, Plans.

The album opens strongly with, “Marching Bands of Manhattan,” and continues with Ben Gibbard delivering lyrics that effortlessly shoulder the weight of the world. Despite the journey through heartbreak, despair, and loss, hope is not forgotten or ever far behind for that matter. “What Sarah Said,” juxtaposes the starkness of a hospital waiting room “Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines in a place where we only say goodbye” with the fullness of emotion because “Love is watching someone die.”

As the opener suggests, “Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole/
Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound” there is much comfort to be found in the sounds of this poignant, beautifully written introspective indie pop.

Death Cab For Cutie fan? Check out:
The Postal Service (Gibbard’s side project)
Arcade Fire
The Shins
Snow Patrol

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Well, here's to progress. It's looking more and more like it should. I still have to style all the subpages: archives, comments, etc. But that should all happen soon. So stay tuned!

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We've just brought on two new flourish team members. Randy and Jimmy.

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Word on the street is that Pete Yorn will be releasing a new album in the very near future. Stay tuned for more details. Or, better yet, check out his website at www.peteyorn.com for Pete's latest news.

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Little by little we are making progress on getting this blog into shape. We still need to get a header nav on this thing as well as a footer below. But for now, it's coming along quite nicely. Check back soon and often.

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