According to Spin, that hallowed designation belongs to none other than Radiohead's OK Computer. It edged out Nirvana and Public Enemy for the top spot. The latest issue of Spin features the top 100 albums released in the past 20 years. It is an eclectic mix including 25 hip-hop records. I still say Radiohead's Kid A is the better album and it is sacrilege not to have Jeff Buckley's Grace in the top 10.

Spin's Top 10
1. OK Computer, Radiohead
2. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
3. Nevermind, Nirvana
4. Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement
5. The Queen Is Dead, Smiths
6. Surfer Rosa, Pixies
7. 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul
8. Sign 'O' the Times, Prince
9. Rid of Me, PJ Harvey
10. Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A

Source: CNN

The brilliant execs at RCA have decided to copy protect the latest album from the Foo Fighters entitled In Your Honor. They've locked this sucker down so you can't play it on your iPod. The collective wisdom is staggering that you would alienate a huge chunk of your core audience by putting these senseless restrictive measures in place. Why don't you just put a sticker on the cover saying, "please don't purchase this CD. we'd much rather you download it illegally." There is a lively discussion going on over at Blogcritics on this topic as well as a work around to get around this silly copy protection.

Source: Blogcritics

Growing up in the shadow of legends
By MARK BINELLI

Being raised by a rock star would seem to be every teenager's dream, unless you happen to be that teenager. Then, things can get weird.

Trixie Garcia had her first psychedelic experience when she was one and a half. A bag of mushrooms had been left sitting out. Trixie's parents -- the late Grateful Dead singer Jerry Garcia and the prototypical hippie chick Mountain Girl -- were not particularly alarmed. "My mom was like, 'Oh, it made you more communicative!' " says Trixie, now thirty and a painter living in the Bay Area. "Most of the kids in the scene had some early dosing incident. My sister got into some acid-spiked orange juice."

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