12 Late Night Thoughts About CMJ

Let him count the ways…. SPIN's Charles Aaron on platinum dye jobs, bad coke, electro punk, and other aspects of the NYC festival.
Crystal Castles / Photo by Dan Epstein

1. A giddy sidewalk gossip girl runs up to you grinning ear-to-ear with the night's big celebrity sighting and it's…drum roll…(conspiratorial lean and whisper)…TODD BRIDGES! Huh? Whuuu…. Why? Where?

'Gossip Girl': The Music Grows Up -- OMFG!

The show has moved smartly from radio hits to indie discoveries. But SPIN's Abby Everdell says the new soundtrack album proves there's still room to mature.
The Cast of Gossip Girl

In anticipation of this week's episode of Gossip Girl, I spent a few minutes surfing its music channel on YouTube, where the featured songs of each episode are posted along with a short description of the various scenes (e.g. "Chuck and Nate lounge in grass").

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