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Staff Picks June 6-12

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Want to hear what we're listening to? Check out the Staff Picks Playlist!

 

Jaime E. Galvan, 29, City Editor

Watching: "Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles" on DVD

TV: "Burn Notice"

Listening:

1. "This Is Where We Belong" Myracle Brah

2. "The Laws Have Changed"

The New Pornographers

3. "Teenage Riot" Sonic Youth

4. "It Looks Like You" Evan Dando

5. "Angelyne" The Jayhawks

Podcasting: The Sci-Fi Observer

(shameless self-promotion)

 

Jamie Chase, 26, Scoop Designer

Watching: "The Heartbreak Kid" on DVD and "Sex and the City" in theaters

Reading: "The Shadow Rising" by Robert Jordan

Listening:

1. "Do You Realize" The Flaming Lips

2. "Blister in the Sun" Violent Femmes

3. "Kick, Push" Lupe Fiasco

4. "Brown Eyed Blues" Ben Harper

5. "Shaken" Shiny Toy Guns

 

Armando Sanchez, 24, Sports Designer

TV: South Park

Listening:

1. "Life is Beautiful" Sixx A.M.

2. "Inside the Fire" Disturbed

3. "Never Enough" Five Finger Death Punch

4. "Jambi" Tool

5. "Not My Time" 3 Doors Down

Playing: "Bio-Shock" on XBOX 360

 

Diana Maldonado, 47, Web Editor

Reading: "Talk of the Town" by Lisa Wingate (It was a freebie)

TV: "Curb Appeal" on HGTV

Listening:

1. "Goodtime" by Alan Jackson

2. "Kristofferson" by Tim McGraw

3. "Mockingbird" by Toby Keith

4. "Smooth" by Santana

5. "Watching Airplanes" by Gary Allan

 

Kevin Sieff, 23, Reporter

Watching: The Insider on DVD

Reading: "The Savage Detectives" by Roberto Bolano

Listening:

1. "Water Curses" Animal Collective

2. "Gold and a Pager" The Cool Kids

3. "Marquee Moon" Television

4. "Ceremony" New Order

5. "Don't Worry Baby" The Beach Boys

Podcasting: "Fresh Air" on NPR

 


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