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Mike Doughty's musical 10th birthday gift to iTunes Music Store

<!--CONTENT START--><p><img alt="" border="0" height="154" src="http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2013/04/doughtythanks.png" style="float:right;margin:0 0 8px 8px;border:none" width="250" /> Mike Doughty, a singer/songwriter (formerly of Soul Coughing) and now an indie artist (http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/mikedoughty), was asked by Yahoo Music to write a song celebrating 10 years of the iTunes Music Store. (https://twitter.com/Mike_Doughty_/status/327497451542020097)</p>

<p>Not content to put yet another spin on the standard birthday song (http://www.richardcheese.com/rc-birthdaysong.html), this became an ode to drunken iTunes purchases (http://music.yahoo.com/video/mike-doughty-writes-song-10th-204242417.html) (I believe "drunken iTunes binge" is a cousin of the "eBay blackout").</p>

<p>It's a catchy number, and will certainly be stuck in your head after watching the video. Mike also gets bonus points for using Cassingle[TM] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_single) as though it is still an actual word. It's a self-shot video, mostly likely from a built-in iSight camera (I am guessing -- at the end of the video you can hear the "Submarine" system beep pretty clearly before he stops recording, but it could be a third-party webcam instead).</p>

<p>Oddly, this song is not yet available on iTunes, or anyplace else that I can find. In the meantime, the video is below, and fun to watch (or just let it play in a background tab as you tap your toe).</p>

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