This just in, all the way from sunny Sweden:

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Hi Marnie!
My name is Rasmus Ek and I play in a band called Rena Rama. I want to thank you for putting our song klass 6B on your blog and want to inform you that our video to Klass 6B is now finished and on you tube:

Hope you like it!!
/Rasmus
http://renarama.se/wordpress/

You got it Rasmus! And thanks for sharing a lil' bit of P&C on your band's website too! Its true what I said about the clogs and alcohol; your song is dangerous! And don't be shy about sending us your cool music and vids; here at P&C we have a particular affection for Swedish pop (and Ikea meatballs…). Yay!

POPCAST #533 TREATS THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: Hypothermia, cavities, depression due to low income earnings, allergies and boring-winter-wardrobe-syndrome.

RECOMMENDED USE: Close your eyes and imagine the first song being sung by a tiny black and white cat sitting on a sandy beach. You will then find yourself transported out of your cubicle and into a world where everything is half its original size and the accepted form of currency is bubble gum. Your journey will end with a flaming hot ball of awesome in the form of So Electric that will give you the power to accomplish any task in front of you; from mailing a letter to building a birdhouse, the power is yours.

WARNINGS: Listening to song #3 while consuming alcohol and wearing clogs may result in a broken ankle and a permanent smile across your face. 

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:

1. Sabali: Amadou & Mariam
2. Carol Brown: Flight of the Conchords
3. Klass 6b: Rena Rama
4. Miss Teardrop: Felix Laband
5. You Make Me Weak At The Knees: Electrelane
6. Fool's Gold: Lhasa
7. These Things: Looper
8. Coldest Night of the Year: Vashti Bunyan
9. IZ-US: Aphex Twin
10. Knocked Up: Lykke Li
11. Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur: Sigur Ros
12. So Electric: Lifelike

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POPCAST #532 TREATS THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: Lack of inspiration, frownability, Restless Leg Syndrome, sleeplessness, laziness and the inability to daydream and crack a smile during the 9-5 daily grind.

RECOMMENDED USE: Use Popcast #532's loosely-based 'electro-robotic-cosmonaut' theme to whisk you away to undiscovered planets where inhabitants wear mod futuristic silver outfits and offer you moon brew and invite you to cosmic dance parties. Decide whether The Carpenters completes this fantasy or totally ruins it.

WARNINGS: Possible volume inconsistencies may inhibit listening pleasure. P&C productions is working to remedy the situation.

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:
1. Mouth Full Of Diamonds: Phantogram
2. Star Fruit Surf Rider: Cornelius
3. Tetsuwan Atomu: Stereo Total
4. Indian Fig: Bob Callaghan & Co.
5. Synthia: FM Belfast
6. Radio Kaliningrad: Handsome Furs
7. Dead Sound: The Raveonettes
8. Greatest Hit: Annie
9. A New: Little Dragon
10. Let Me Be The One: The Carpenters
11. Lovers Carvings: Bibio
12. To The End: Blur

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POPCAST #531 TREATS THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: The winter blues, the mean reds, job search fatigue, anxiety, vertigo and joint pain. 

RECOMMENDED USE: Listen as frequently as needed, preferably in combination with a cup of tea and sketchbook.

WARNINGS: In rare cases listening to Kim Carnes has been known to encourage Raspy-Voice Syndrome and the urge to tie a bandana around your head. Listen cautiously.

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS:
1. Blonde On Blonde: Nada Surf
2. Tougher Than the Rest: Camera Obscura
3. Zebra: Beach House
4. You Can Have It All: George McCrae
5. La Poupée Qui Fait Non: St. Etienne
6. My Heart Must Do The Crying: The Renegades
7. Sugar On My Tongue: Talking Heads
8. Go It Alone: Noonday Underground
9. Service Bell: Feist & Grizzly Bear
10. Bette Davis Eyes: Kim Carnes
11. Prophets: A.C. Newman
12. Thats us/Wild Combination: Arthur Russell

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Whitesnake: Here I Go Again