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File this one under: Someone might just have a little, wee, teeny bit too much time on their hands.

As you may or may not know, there is a popular urban legend that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon mysteriously links up well with the film The Wizard of Oz when you play the former as a soundtrack to the latter. (Dark Side of the Rainbow, anyone?)

Well, now at least one indie music kid is trying to replicate said phenomenon by matching a number of obscure albums with somewhat equally obscure films.

Pitchforkmedia.com reports that an album by a band called Grizzly Bear -- whom I understand is quite good and is touring eastern Canada early next month -- synchs up with a disturbing 1995 French film called The City of Lost Children.

The person who discovered this mysterious 'linkage'? Um, a blogger who also claims that Thom Yorke's The Eraser and Dr. Strangelove make great bedfellows.

Says this blogger: "All the syncs I feature I strongly believe were done on purpose."

I would tend to agree. And, while I still have your attention, there's this bridge in Brooklyn I think is up for sale that I'd like to show you ... .

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