Idolator

Here are some highlights from the 23,095,234 music-blog posts that went up today:

- Jefitoblog posts another lengthy "Idiot's Guide," this time dedicated to Elliott Smith.

- Muzzle of Bees has been interrogating web-based indie-nerds for the last six months or so for its "Get To Know Your Music Blogger" series. The not-so-surprising result? These people really, really like Radiohead.

- The good news is that drive a faster car has discovered a totally awesome vinyl-to-CD converter; the bad news is that it doesn't seem to work.

- Do bizarre Japanese workout videos count as music? Why not?