January 2010
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The Knife's "Darwinian Opera" →
It’s an “electro-opera” composed by The Knife, commissioned by a Danish performance group (Hotel Pro Forma) and based on Darwin’s Origin of Species. The result is probably about as weird as evolution sounded to the creationists at the Scopes Trial (and the whole fuss was started to get some publicity for the small town of Dayton, TN, according to Wikipedia).
The entire...
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WatchNow, ain’t this just the thing for a chilly Friday marnin’?
Fear of Tigers - I Can Make the Pain Disappear
Git ready for dancin’.
Gussied up in this jam at Neon Gold.
ADD. This vid got snatched up by The Daily What, which is not only my favorite tumblr, but my favorite blog. Check it out.
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Calexico - Two Silver Trees
Listen to this song,...
Ahrrrkansas!
Don’t drive off without paying for gas in Arkansas. Or an angry man with a handlebar moustache will come out ta gitcha.
At least, that’s what the sign at the gas station suggests.
Today we took about 8 hours to drive north from San Antonio, through Italy, TX, Paris, TX, a depressing discussion about the demise of American democracy as we know it (on account of yesterday’s...
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Lady Gaga - Telephone
How Lady Gaga Can Turn...
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Andrew Bird is like the tortellini that has sat in...
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The First Money of the New Year!
(On the street near Boston Harbor)
Me: Ooohhh! I found five dollars! This is going to be a great year!!
Dad: I found twenty dollars! ...in my car.
Mom: Look! I found... Oh, that's a condom.