News of the week: Eclipse soundtrack announced, Apple music streaming

Listening to: Lou Reed "Perfect Day"

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The new Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack has been announced. Even if you're not a huge Twilight fan, the soundtracks are always pretty great.  Thank you Stephanie Meyer for having great taste in music!

Eclipse Track Listings:

Metrick - Eclipse (All Yours)
MUSE - Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)
The Bravery - Ours
Florence + The Machine - Heavy in Your Arms
Sia - My Love
Fanfarlo - Atlas
The Black Keys - Chop and Change
The Dead Weather - Rolling in on a Burning Tree
Beck and Bat for Lashes - Let's Get Lost
Vampire Weekend - Jonathan Low
UNKLE - With You in My Head (Feat. the Black Angels)
Eastern Conference Champions - A Million Miles an Hour
Band of Horses - Life on Earth
Cee Lo Green - What Part of Forever
Howard Shore - Jacob's Theme

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To follow up on my previous Spotify post, NME reported yesterday that Apple may announce plans to launch an online music streaming service similar to Spotify on June 7 at the San Francisco Apple World Wide Developers Conference. 

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Non-music related: The AP reported that in a recent service Pope Benedict called same-sex marriage one of the most "insidious and dangerous" threats facing the world today. 

I live in NYC and our city is now living in daily fear of car bombs (another suspicious one was found just last night in Union Square) and similar acts of terrorism. That is what I define as "insidiuos and dangerous".  I just can't believe that anyone in their right mind still truly finds gay marriage - LOVE between two people - comparable to such blatant acts of evil.

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Back to some good news - CNN.com reported that Bret Michaels is recovering at such a pace that he actually hopes to return to the stage by the end of the month!  Way to go Bret, we're supporting you! 

-For those of you who don't know, Bret suffered a brain hemorrhage on April 23.

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"Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals."  - Mahatma Gandhi

"Imagine there's no countries, it isnt hard to do, nothing to kill or die for, no religion too, imagine all the people living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will live as one." - John Lennon