cooler than a polar bear's toenails

I have to thank Grambo for linking to possibly the coolest post I have ever read and wish that I had come up with first. I was going to knockoff the project and give you all my personal music journey, but this guy does such a good job, I can't even begin to try and compete.

Because I'm not giving you the off-the-truck and sold on canal street version of the post, go directly to the original and read. Then feel shame that this wasn't your idea either. I'll just continue to sit here with my head between my hands lamenting my own lack of creativity.