Hipster Puppies Playlist, by Christopher Weingarten

​Now on shelves, Hipster Puppies is a window into the lives of alt-canines -- lovingly compiled by friend of County Grind and dogs everywhere, Christopher R. Weingarten.

A South Florida native, Weingarten now resides in Brooklyn. He decided to take a lengthy side trip from music writing/ranting to pontificate about the dogs he saw around the city on a Tumblr page with a name you can probably guess. For more on his inspiration for the book, check out our sibling blog Sound of the City's entry, and information on purchasing the book is here.

Throughout this thrilling and adorable read, Weingarten provides the inner monologue of dogs that most certainly have better taste in music than you do. In the spirit of the pups who made this collection possible, Weingarten has assembled a playlist of eight songs and included commentary that'll prompt some yipping back and forth in the trendiest dog parks around the globe.

From HIPSTER PUPPIES by Christopher R. Weingarten. Published by arrangement with New American Library, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. Copyright (c) Christopher Weingarten, 2011.

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Hüsker Dü - "New Day Rising"

"Magoo is that aging hipster reluctantly lurching into adulthood and family life, and is clearly making one last stab at hanging tenaciously to his punker past -- something a lot of my friends are going through right now, actually. I don't blame him for wanting to hear Hüsker Dü on his big day. I like a lot of bands who have this innate sense of joy and euphoria and triumph in their music; I even played in a very Dü-inspired band in Brooklyn for three years. New Day Rising maybe the most goosebumpy album ever for me, and I would personally feel like king of the world if I heard it on my wedding day."