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Friday Music resumes it’s normal schedule — welcome to those new readers out there. Hope you like it.

First things first — I need to get this out of my brain. Since Heartland, it’s been impossible for me to hear this song without picturing and dancing to it: DJ Kool – “Let Me Clear My Throat.”

Speaking of , I scoured the Intarwebs looking for anything by the group she was talking about, The October Project. I finally found the following, hosted on the band’s own site. It’s very pretty, and I’m definately interested in checking out more stuff from them: The October Project – “Eyes of Mercy.”

On the subject of new music — Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has a solo album coming out next month, and tracks from it have been leaked. I’ve always been a fan of his compositions and his haunting voice, and it looks like this solo album will be on my must-purchase list. Thom Yorke – “Black Swan.”

I can’t mention “haunting voice” without thinking of Rufus Wainwright. This is one of my favorite songs from him, from his 2001 album, Poses. Rufus Wainwright – “Grey Gardens.”

We’ll shift gears to something more upbeat — and a track specifically for , in honor of her recent difficulties in catching the series finale. I’m a big fan of both electronica and spy-movie music, and this is a good mix of the two: Michael Giacchino – “Theme from Alias.”

A little bit of second-wave Ska to get your ass moving on a Friday, by my favorite band of that era: The English Beat — “Mirror in the Bathroom.” “Can I take you to a restaurant that’s got glass tables — you can watch yourself while you are eating…”

“Engine, Engine Number Nine, On the New York Transit line. If my train falls off the track — pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!” One of my top-5 hip-hop tracks of all time, and one that is forever locked into a time and place: singing along to it as it played at a tattoo parlor in the East Village, where the Jaffe brothers (the owners of the game company I was working for at the time) were getting new ink. BlackSheep – “The Choice is Yours (This or That).”

There you have it. More next week. Enjoy.