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I'm was listening to the random music selection on my Music System and a song off Liz Phair's "Exile In Guyville" came on. That album and "Whip Smart" are fixed to a time in my mind. It was the time of hard work and optimism that preceded the Dot Com boom. When I bought Exile I was working at an accounting firm and it stayed in the car CD player for weeks on end. They followed me into the Internet biz.

I associated "whitechocolatespaceegg" with a slightly later time: the same kind of sleepless nights, but laced with exhaustion and burn out. I was trapped with little hope of getting out with anything. I was lucky to get out with my life, even though I sacrificed my health. "Uncle Alvarez" and "Shitloads of Money" are the songs that best portray the time.

Funny how songs or albums can represent a time so well. The Lemonheads first album will always be dancing around in the livingroom of the place across the street from campus, where money and heat were in short supply, but energy and optimism were unlimited. The 10,000 Maniacs' "Verdi Cries" will always be sitting in front of a green screen with no lights on. Michele Shocked's first two albums will always be back to back on a tape in the car traveling out to the White Mountains in the glory of summer.

I hope this year's song is upbeat.
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