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22 - Filmbook: In honor of these audio-visual books, play something that has a good music video to one or more of the songs (and share the video if its available online). I need to check this out immediately- Amythyst Kiah is opening for Iron & Wine here in Monterey and I have tickets.

I propose adding one more to the list:

Super Doobio Bros.

Just finished it and it was a blast. Just wild, inventive silliness from start to end.

Hundreds of Beavers

21 - Alia Atreides: Play something by someone wise beyond their years. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm Recorded while all members of the group were still in their teens.

20 - Gholas: These clones are made from the bodies of the dead. Play something from a band or artist who returned from a long hiatus. Slowdive - Everything is Alive This prompt made me think of basically every major shoegaze band from the 90s, including Slowdive, who returned after about two...

19 - Mentats: These humans have been trained to do great calculations in their minds. Play an artist you consider a genius. Floating Points - Elaenia Much like the prompt with the word "savior" in it, here's another one with a word that usually gets thrown around undeservedly (for example, if...

18 - Crysknife: This blade is made from the tooth of giant sandworms. Play something by a solo artist that was once part of a band. Four Tet - Three In this case, his solo work has long overshadowed his band, but Four Tet was once a member of electronic-tinged post-rock outfit Fridge.

Train an AI on nothing but the snarkiest Pitchfork reviews of decades past, then set it loose on the internet. It's what we all deserve.

Looks like somebody at Pitchfork clicked post too early, now it's a 7.6 with a review...

17 - CHOAM: This corporation/cartel controls the economy of the universe. Play something from a major label. R.E.M. - Green This album was their first for a major label (in this case, Warner Bros.).

16 - Duncan Idaho: In honor of this fierce warrior, play something that doesn't quit. Gorillaz - Cracker Island I honestly expected Gorillaz to be a one-off side project, but two decades later it's still going.

15 - Sietch Tabr: This is the home community of the Fremen Paul lives with. Play something from one of your favorite musical scenes, communities, collectives, or movements. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On I thought about the scenes that shaped my tastes as a music-obsessed youngster at...

I should have made it a bit clearer... because in Dune Paul is called a savior, but the books are a kind of anti-savior story, where the messiah becomes the new oppressor in the end. So I put "savior" in quotes, because it made me think of all the stupid articles over the years calling "Artist X...

14 - Paul Atreides: Play something by someone has been, or has been called, the "savior" of their genre. The Strokes - Room on Fire Even though I like their early 2000s albums, the music press saying things like "the Strokes are saving rock n roll!" always made me roll my eyes a little.

13 - Thumpers: These devices call sandworms with their steady beat. Play something where the drumming or beats take center stage. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat For Janet Weiss' thunderous drumming, and for the album title.