September 2008
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Listen “Bring It On Home” by Sam Cooke with...
Sep 30th
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Listen In celebration of our current financial crisis,...
Sep 29th
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“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.”
– Kathleen Parker urging Palin to quit the race (via washpost)
Sep 29th
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Blaxploitation soundtrack cuts.  So many gems in here from movies like Black Caesar, Cleopatra Jones, Superfly, Blackula, Shaft, Truck Turner, Shaft in Africa, The Mack, and Car Wash.
Sep 29th
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Sep 29th
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Listen Van Halen’s “Little Guitars”. ...
Sep 29th
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Sep 29th
Goodbye Shea Stadium
We knew you well. R.I.P.
Sep 28th
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Sep 26th
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“You can’t trust poor people with money!” - GYWO “Bailout” Edition
Sep 26th
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Listen Loleatta Holloway singing her 1977 hit...
Sep 26th
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WaMu Scooped up by JPM Chase →
Sep 26th
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Listen “You go ooh and ahh when I jump in my car...
Sep 25th
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“Are there any Republicans, Independents, Greenies, Commies or Libertarians on...”
– Me, just now, after recognizing that the Reblog-gang-bang of political rants never seems contested (mind you, I’m not complaining, just wondering)
Sep 25th
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“America must lead by the power of our example, and not just by example of our...”
– Joe Biden
Sep 24th
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Listenbijan: Oblivious - Aztec Camera I hadn’t heard...
Sep 24th
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“Because the idea of American exceptionalism doesn’t extend to Americans being...”
– Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing, writing as former president Jed Bartlet advising  Barack Obama in a (clearly) fictional NYT Op-Ed Piece on 9/20/2008.
Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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“For years now, they’ve told us that we can’t afford—that the government...”
– Sen. Bernie Sanders on Democracy Now! (via glueslabs) (via toldorknown) (via tedr) (via rafer) (via bijan) And when you take into account that the Medicare and Medicaid budget for 2009 is only $632 billion, you gotta ask yourself, “WTF?”
Sep 23rd
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“The Paulson Plan will not help struggling homeowners pay their mortgages. The...”
– Senator Jim Bunning (R) Kentucky, in response to $700 billion Paulson Plan bailout during the Senate Banking Committee this morning
Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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Listen Coming straight outta Gothenburg, Sweden, Little...
Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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Sep 22nd
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Call to 911 By Man Cut In Half By Train In Texas...
Truman Duncan: I got run over by the rail cars. I need 911 ... I think I'm cut in two. You need to hurry up now.
911 Operator: And someone got run over by a rail car?
Truman Duncan: It was ME! And I'm about to PASS OUT!
Sep 22nd
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Listen Eddie Harris’ “Lovely Is...
Sep 22nd
Comment on the Crisis
You’ve hit the nail on the head on the most important aspect of the crisis: common holders should not be granted a windfall on the back of the American taxpayer. However, two of your commenters, Jim and Jordan, touch on the complexity involved in a reverse auction for mortgages and credit. We’re not talking about vanilla treasuries here so the devil is wholly in the details...
Sep 22nd
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Should a computer science degree require learning... →
marco: Bijan: In recent years, I’ve heard more and more people suggest that learning C should not be a requirement to get a CS degree. I know people my age or older may shudder at that thought. Todd’s response: Often people ask me, “what is the best computer programming language to learn?” and my response is always, “…dont bother learning ‘a’ language, learn to program…” Very good point....
Sep 21st
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Get well soon Travis Barker & DJ AM.  I wanna see ya’ll do this live.  Cop their “Fix Your Face” mixtape for FREE HERE.
Sep 21st
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Notherground Music presents the video for Wildabeast’s “Many Levels”.  We’re keeping it under grounds like coffee filters.
Sep 21st
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Sep 21st
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Listenfrangry: Gang Starr’s Ex Girl to Next Girl ...
Sep 21st
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Listen The Meters’ “Just Kissed My...
Sep 21st
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Sep 21st
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Listen We fast-forward to Dwele’s version of...
Sep 21st
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Listen Let’s have some Sunday morning fun.  We...
Sep 21st
Sep 20th
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Sep 20th
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Listen Yes, I just posted an Yngwie Malmsteen’s...
Sep 19th
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ListenOK, after a debate regarding the most recent James...
Sep 18th
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ListenKronos Quartet interpretation of Miles...
Sep 18th
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Listen“Consolers of the Lonely” by The...
Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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Listenharris1123: Another Way to Die- Alicia Keys and...
Sep 18th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 17th
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Somebody made a nice little Seeqpod playlist entitled “The Golden Touch of the Neptunes”.  Enjoy Skateboard P and them smashing out the hits.
Sep 17th
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Sep 17th
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ListenHangar 18 rocking “Beatslope”.
Sep 17th