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Saturday, November 30
 
Hip-hop artists on MTV Unplugged. There was James Todd 'Toby' Smith (ladies love him, Canibus hates him), of course. His deodorant-heavy rendition of 'Mama Said Knock You Out' is an MTV staple. But De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and MC Lyte were also on that episode. Why can't I buy it? There are 20 different Unplugged DVD's, for crying out loud, including 'Soul of R&B,' which sounds like a piece of crap. It's one song from each of eight artists (Mary J. Blige, De La Soul, Arrested Development, Boyz II Men, Joe Public, Chris Williams, Heavy D and Father MC), and thus about half an hour long. Oh, and that Arrested Development 'Unplugged' episode? You can buy the whole thing, on VHS and DVD. It's in the same cut-out bin where you'll find 'Zingalamaduni' and Speech's solo records.

On the vague theme of computers collecting information: WSJ about your TiVo thinking you're gay (quel horreur!), Michael Kinsley on Google News and automated editing. And those Yahoo/SBC DSL teevee ads. "How did it know I liked salsa music?" Horrible.

What song is versatile enough to be performed by Tom Waits, Backstreet sibling Aaron Carter, Jock Jammer Gary Glitter and Ted Root, who was one of my elementary school music teachers (he also had us sing 'Cats in the Cradle,' among other inexplicable choices)? It's 'The Clapping Song,' and it was a big hit in 1965 for Shirley 'The Name Game' Ellis. She wasn't afraid to tackle the tough subject matter.

  5:23 AM
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