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* I’m closing down a bit early today. Long week. I’m planning a relaxing weekend, free of stress and work. Hope yours is a great one.

* I downloaded an iPhone doohickey called Shazam the other day. Supposedly, it can identify songs just by holding your iPhone or Blackberry up to the speaker. I was skeptical, but it appears to work.

Somebody Tweeted this video earlier today. I kinda liked it, thought of using it for our end of week post, then realized there was no band name or song title included. It sounded like The Shins, but I wasn’t sure. So, I cranked up the Shazam and - shazam - it worked.

Simply amazing.

I figured I had to use the video so I could tell the fantastic story of Shazam.

Here are some out of towners doing the Chicago tourism thing to The Shins’ “Australia”…