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News of the TPE World October 25th, 2004

Song in my head:
"Kill" by Jimmy Eat World

No blogging yesterday because I was busy with book stuff. Did a phone interview and revised a chapter over and over. As painful as revising may sound, it's actually good for me. It makes it readable.

MTV.com has an article on Keane today. I dig this band a lot. Yeah, people slag them for being a "Colplay ripoff" but I don't care. I believe "Bend and Break" is their new single. Great song.

Ain't It Cool News has some set pictures from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film.

I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but I still don't understand why this movie was released this past weekend.

I read this article over the weekend and smiled all the way through it.

I read this article this morning and smiled cynically all the way through it.

The 2-CD reissue of Pavement's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is scheduled to be released tomorrow. For a full tracklisting, click here.

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