Is it just me or does a lot of what mainstream blog culture consist of is some kind of big cybernetic Ponzi scheme? A lot of the logs seem to point to other people pointing to cool things, etc. Why is this, and how the hell do I get into the scheme? Link to me!

I'm bending my own rules. It's my party! Today's musician of the day is Aimee Mann. Although she doesn't have MP3s available to download, you can get a nice quality streaming feed of every song on her upcoming album. Jesus Christ, this is how you do it! You big labels with heads up your asses, pay attention! I absolutely loved her album Bachelor #2, which I believe she put out herself on her own label. She does have the independent spirit that I so love. I saw her on that Brian Wilson tribute show on TNT where she and her husband did an amazing rendition of "I Just Wasn't Made For These Times".

OK, I'm two songs into the streaming and I have now pulled out my credit card and will be preordering it. You get an extra CD with bonus tracks if you do. Can't beat that deal with a stick. Way to go Aimee! Also, although she doesn't have downloadable MP3s on the site, there are downloadable movies. Check out the computer animated music video for "Red Vines" - it is great! I love that song, much like I love all her songs. I'm saving a copy of this just in case they ever take it down. I wonder if her people ever submitted this video to VH1? Apparently the guy just did it as a project and then asked her manager for permission to use it. I could be wrong on that, it might be an official thing. Give this dude a job, someone! Look at how good this is relative to most music videos!