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G5 - Your (posted when I get around to it) EP of Links for September 27, 2010

1. I bet all the bros who showed up for the John Legend show with The Roots were confused when they played a pretty much exact cover of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” with very few John Legendy or Rootsy changes made to the song.
2. Apparently Mos Def signed with Kanye’s GOOD Music imprint recently?  News to me as well.  Good for him, good for them, here’s to hoping this deal is fruitful.
3. Nerd out with this explanation of how Shazam works.
4. Daft Punk’s Tron Soundtrack is out November 22, I’m eagerly awaiting its release.
5. A good read from New York Magazine on how bands are remembered, and how our perceptions of artists change over time (in this case, Pavement as the best of the 90s)