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Happy Sixth Birthday, Largehearted Boy!!! (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - Today marks the sixth birthday of this blog. I couldn't let the anniversary pass without thanking everyone who has supported this project, which has truly evolved from a side project to vocation, from hobby to profession. This past year has... |
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Shorties (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - The Phoenix examines the "cuteness surge" in popular culture. What happens when you distill Chuck Klosterman, FOUND magazine, and Miranda July down to their artistic essences? At their core, they?re pretty much the same thing: offbeat, but just so; |
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Note Books - The Shondes (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - The Shondes released their debut album, The Red Sea, earlier this month, and it has easily become one of my favorite discs of the young year. Their classically-trained musicianship and socially inspired, politically active lyrics are the perfect combination... |
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Shorties (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - The Baltimore City Paper profiles the music of Human Bell. It's the stuff that's so ethereal and noninvasive-and instrumental or, at least, lyricless-it's supposed to hang out in the room with you, maybe adding another color to the walls or,... |
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Daily Downloads (Xiu Xiu, Apes, and more) (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - Apes: "Beat of the Double" [mp3] from Ghost Games (out February 19th) other Apes music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Asylum Street Spankers: 2007-11-21, Minneapolis [mp3,ogg,flac] "My Baby in the CIA" [mp3] other Asylum Street Spankers music blog posts: |
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Shorties (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - Popmatters interviews Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers about their new album, Brighter Than Creation's Dark. Did fatherhood at all influence the making of this record? Correct me if I?m wrong, but this is the first Truckers... |
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This Week's Interesting CD Releases (January 29, 2008) (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut album has been getting much deserved love from blogs and mainstream media alike, and sees its US release tomorrow. Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla also releases his much-anticipated solo album, Field Manual. Other albums... |
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Shorties (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - Bradley's Almanac has posted a live mp3 compilation to benefit Callum Robbins, the two year-old son of Jawbox founder J. Robbins. Callum was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Type 1 SMA), and donations will go toward his ongoing care. You... |
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The McCain Refrain (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - The following was originally posted on August 24, 2004. Strange how nothing has changed except the direction of the country--to the left. When I originally wrote this, I would have accepted the argument that McCain was a "moderate", but even then I thought it was a stretch. I've had two people tell me today that I'm nuts to call McCain a liberal. Well, read this and the other considerations I add and tell me he's not a liberal... |
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Spleen Remedy (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - A sad woman is a serious problem for a man. It's no good to leave her in such a sorry sight. But to try to help her is really dangerous. |
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The Doubletree Hotel Chicago Schaumburg (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - The Doubletree Hotel Chicago/Schaumburg is located on National Parkway in Schaumburg, IL. The hotel is close to numerous office buildings such as Zurich, Motorola, and IBM. This Chicago hotel in the suburb of Schaumburg is... |
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Doubletree Hotel San Pedro (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - Doubletree Hotel San Pedro  is an ideal option for San Pedro, California hotels near Long Beach Airport, we offer an enchanting locale overlooking the beautiful Cabrillo Marina, only a mile from the bustling... |
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Alaska: Where Fantasy Becomes Reality (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - In his His Dark Materials' trilogy, author Philip Pullman imagines an enchanted fantasy world of strange and familiar creatures; of cities nestled between glacial oceans and plains of tundra; of... |
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Playing in the port aventura salou (Feb 01 2008 01:53 GMT) - Barcelona is among the cities that have their own distinctive features and unique look; all these aspects have transformed this city into the perfect destination because this stylish capital has... |
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