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bookmark_borderstranger than fiction

Posted on by Christine Elias

I’m pretty much a non-fiction reader. And lately I enjoy reading about prisons and the world of work. No idea why — I just find that kinda stuff interesting. You know, I belong to a bookclub and I think everyone in my group must dread the times I select the books we vote on.

Right now I want to read:

And I just read Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything — super fantastic!

On my nightstand is The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can’t Be Jammed — I can’t wait!

But I have to get through the Dwell that came in the mail today first.

dwell magazine

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Posted on by Christine Elias

Queen. Is that too much to ask?

Queen-band

They have sold an estimated 180 million records around the world and, in their home country of Britain, remain second only to The Beatles in terms of sales and collectability (though in 2005, they actually exceeded the number of weeks spent on the British chart by The Beatles).

All my Queen albums are on cassette (I know!). And since I have this gadget now, it only makes sense to have all my songs on it.

So off I go to to iTunes.

They have:

  • Queen Ida & Bon Temps Zydeco Band
  • Queen Ekanem
  • Queen Boyz
  • Queen Yemisi
  • Queen Esther
  • Queen Makedah
  • Queen Latifah
  • Turkish Queen
  • and Queens of the Stone Age

But no Queen! You know, the band?

God, I’m still young. Where the hell is Queen?

At least I found The Motels.

It’s like I told you
Only the lonely can play
So hold on here we go
Hold on to nothin’ we know
I feel so lonely way up here

I am so lonely on iTunes. Where are my people (peeps?) going to get music?