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)()( natzke :: better living through aesthetically pleasing actionscript experimentation
)()( elephantcloud :: back in action & 100% charming
)()( milky elephant :: play-time with your charmingly deranged hosts eun-ha, karl & kinya
)()( tree axis :: cute, smart & funny. what more could wish for?
)()( born mag :: eternal source of goodness & the sweetest interface in town
)()( once upon a forest :: oh so pretty
)()( john maeda :: combining thought, aestheic & code to stunning effect
)()( lessrain :: strange and playful
)()( cmart :: it's as if the Brother's Quay decided to dabble in flash


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)()( tarentel :: layer upon layer of guitary goodness
)()( mates of state :: unadulterated exhuberance & wacked rhythmic shenanigans
)()( ammon tobin :: electronic bliss
)()( kruder & dorfmeister :: delicious down-tempo mixes
)()( underworld :: electonic bliss + verbal gymnatsics
)()( godspeed you black emperor :: melancholic texture-fest
)()( millenia nova :: nice mysterious heavy stuff (just like the album title says)
)()( tindersticks :: deep vocals that almost disintegrate, not rec. for depressive types
)()( they might be giants :: everybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real heads
)()( tosca :: down-tempo with an excellent sense of humour
)()( soul coughing :: babble & funk
)()( elliot smith :: a boy & his guitar telling stories
)()( UNKLE :: oh so funky. i like
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)()( epitonic :: where i go to find new stuff
)()( insiderone :: what some smart people think about music


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)()( soul of a citizen :: inspiration to try, even though it sometimes feels pointless
)()( adbusters :: keepin' an eye on corporate shenanigans
)()( mc sweeneys :: short and wacky
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)()( heart breaking work of staggering genius :: dave eggers
)()( ishmael :: daniel quinn
)()( understanding comics :: scott mcloud
)()( design of everyday things :: donald norman
)()( haroun and the sea of stories :: salman rushdie
)()( infinite jest :: david foster wallace


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)()( twink :: cause everyone loves toy pianos
)()( pink :: i like big buts (& i cannot lie)
)()( yuk yuk :: when i grow up i want to be a roly-poly farmer
)()( dark dark meat :: deliciously twisted prose from the beginning of web time
)()( engrish :: have a smell of panda droppings. this on is very fragrant