Staff Picks May 2-8

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Jaime E. Galvan, 29, city editor

Watching: "Iron Man"

TV: NBA Playoffs

Listening:

1. "Showgun" C-Rayz Walz

2. "Galang" M.I.A.

3. "Lyric Licking" Del the Funky Homosapien

4. "Another Day" Crown City Rockers

5. "Back to the Essence" Blackalicious

Podcasting: The Sci-Fi Observer

(shameless self-promotion)

Jamie Chase, 26, Scoop Designer

Reading: "Good Omens"

by Neil Gaiman

TV: "NCIS"

Listening:

1. "Please Bleed" Ben Harper

2. "Mad World" Gary Jules

3. "A Certain Romance" Artic Monkeys

4. "Going for the Gold" Bright Eyes

5. "Dirty Man" Joss Stone

Armando Sanchez, 23, sports designer

TV: NBA Playoffs

Listening:

1. "Let Go" Red

2. "Me Llaman Calle" Manu Chao

3. "Train Kept a Rollin'" Aerosmith

4. "The Pretender" Foo Fighters

5. "Beautiful" 10 Years

Playing: Grand Theft Auto IV

Kevin Sieff, 23, reporter

Watching: "Breathless" on DVD

Reading: "The Stories of John Cheever"

Listening:

1. "Thunder Road" Bruce Springsteen

2. "Kadi Kadi" Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabeté

3. "Go to Sleep" The Avett Brothers

4. "Needle in the Camel's Eye" Brian Eno

5. "Ride around Shining" Clipse

Podcasting: "This American Life" and

"The Economist"

Jorge Montero, 29,

Assistant director of el nuevo heraldo

Watching: "El Orfanato (The Orphanage)"

Reading:

TV: "No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain"

Listening:

1. "Walk" Pantera

2. "Jeremy" Pearl Jam

3. "La Tortura" Shakira

4. "Bulls on Parade" Rage Against The Machine

5. "La célula que explota" Caifanes

Playing: FIFA 08

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