I thought I had heard it all. E.G.Dailey, famous for doing the voice of Babe the Pig and some character on Rugrats, is putting out an album- the first song to be called Changing Faces. It seems quite interesting that she decides to put out an album right now, but it just so happens that her ex-husband, Rick Salomon, just got married to Pamela Anderson and has been in the news for a few fistfights. It’s stranger, though, that her label might possibly think this will boost her career (hint: radio won’t play this).

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I don’t like the track, and I’ll leave it at that. I keep seeing Babe the Pig when I hear it. And I haven’t heard something this 90′s since…well, the 90′s.

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Leiahdorus (lee-ah-dor’-iss): 1. An electronica band that no one has heard of but has some cool stuff. 2. A band whose name is impossible to spell.

The members of the band Leiahdorus have a knack for great electronica music, though unfortunately they only have one or two really good tracks. I think it they got a producer or someone who knows how to write some great songs for them, they could put something out as good as Shiny Toy Guns (and great rot, please change the name to something easier to spell). Definitely music to drive by, as they say on their site, which might forgive some of the songs not being tip-top quality: listen to a clip of the track with the play button below and see for yourself…sounds like driving through the blue city lights late at night in a jazzy Bentley…

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Anyhow, I have had this song for at least a year or two, and it’s still good to listen to late at night. It’s rare that you find good electronica these days, and this track is easily Leiahdorus’ best.

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Here’s a clip of a song called The Way I Am by a new artist named Ingrid Michaelson. I don’t know if you’ve seen them, but this song is supposed to be on the Old Navy commercials, or at least were at some time. It’s new and it’s that sound everyone is moving into these days: that slow, AC (Adult Contemporary) music that you can wind down in the evenings with: or in my case, write. If you want to hear the song, click on the button right here:

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It is interesting to note that if you’ve ever been inside an Old Navy store, this song will immediately strike you as exactly the type of music they play. One time, I was at the store and I heard a whole list of great songs, but I couldn’t get the titles. So I searched online, and found out that the stores actually get new CD’s every month or so with new music specially picked for the stores to go with their image. I got someone to email me an entire spreadsheet of all the music playlists since 2003 that Old Navy’s had in their stores: page upon page of great AC.

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Alright, here are my favorite book covers of all time. These all seem to just leap out off the shelf, look great even when they’re a small thumbnail on Amazon, and actually draws me in to want to read the book (though I have truthfully not read many of these). Here they are:

Wonderful colors! Everything is smooth and crisp, even the font. Extremely creative. And the author happens to live within 45 minutes of my house, in the Big City nearby.

This one looks like a movie poster! All the text works perfect and the house just comes straight out of the black. The colors on this one are great too. It surprised me how well this one was done, because Peretti isn’t famous for his covers: but after this one worked, I think his people caught on and he’s had some pretty explosive covers since.

The Eragon movie version of the book, in mass market format. This one has stunning colors, high-concept approach to the way it’s done. Of course, it looks like a movie poster because it IS a movie poster.

I’m still on the lookout for more.

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Everyone knows book covers- they all follow the same format most of the time: text on top, author name really small and sharp, the main points in the title big and pictures that sometimes have nothing to do with what they’re talking about. Well here’s a few book covers, some of them based on real one’s, that all follow the format:

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Stephenie Meyers vampire book….or not?

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The boys thought they should get one too…and so Peg volunteered to do it.

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What’s happened to Harry’s Goblet! And who’s Harley?

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Dr. Grophnat knows best.

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Miss Sprats debut.

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Melvina Sprats sophomore slump

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Them dry, dry bones.

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TOMORROW: My favorite book covers. Got any suggestions? Link to them on Amazon in the comment box.

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