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There's Cowbell in Asia

Ever since the SNL Blue Oyster Cult skit I've been very sensitive to the use of the cowbell as a percussion instrument.  So when the unmistakable thud of the cowbell appeared in the middle of Asia's Heat of the Moment I asked myself "how many songs feature the cowbell???"  Well, it turns out the collective brilliance of the Internet community has collaborated on Wikipedia to create a list of all songs that feature the cowbell - I'm thinking this could be my next Napster play list ;-)

If you have no idea what I'm talking about...watching this SNL skit on YouTube.

I just gotta have more cowbell.

In Search of Great Music

I've been on Napster for a while now and probably listen to 8+ hours of music a day.  With so much supply I've begun to bump up against the edge of my known universe of great music - and have in fact slowly started to listen to less music as I've played-out my core favorites...a trend I want to reverse.

I've goofed around with some of the automated music recommendation engines (Napster's, Pandora, etc.), but they're still pretty hit-and-miss (mostly miss) - so I'm putting the call out to those who occasionally read my blog - please post a comment to this posting letting me know an artist or album I should check out...your help is much appreciated.