I checked out a copy of the first Harry Potter. I read the first 30 pages or so. Then I returned the book to the library.

I can’t say I disliked the book. I simply didn’t want to read it.

Congratulations to JK Rowlings on its success, though. And may the legions of fans enjoy the latest installment.

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There’s something troubling about Paul Anka singing out the lyrics to Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit”. Is Anka not a little bit embarrassed to sing (as opposed to belt out) “A mulatto … An albino … A mosquito … My libido … Yea“?

I guess it all starts with Pat Boone and “Stairway to Heavan”. Paul Anka disdains that musical interlude of Pat Boone’s career, and insists his versions of popular hits rises above “kitch”.

Johnny Cash is being played on the alternative rock station, 94.7 NRK. Both good songs and good covers, Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” and Nine Inch Nails’s “Hurt”. But they’re not lounge versions, were pretty carefully selected to fit Johnny Cash’s musical needs.

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