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Tournament of Rock: Antony and the Johnsons vs. Rose Hill Drive »
Posted by: 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Tournament of Rock continues. This week's match-up: trending avant-poppers Antony & the Johnsons vs. the roots-inflected rock of Rose Hill Drive. Listen and vote ...
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Welcome to the Kindleverse »
Posted by: 10 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
The new Kindle is going to change the world. Seriously. Providing people with a more convenient way to read is barely the beginning...
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That new old sound »
Posted by: 11 months, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
To put it bluntly, many of today’s bands actually do sound like bands from the past. In some cases, they sound almost EXACTLY like ...
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The best CDs of 2008, pt. 3 - the CD of the Year »
Posted by: 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
As with the best of Catherine Wheel, FWftH/N excels due to its balance of power and beauty, its quiet intellect and the intuitive perfection ...
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The Killers and M83 live in Denver »
Posted by: 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Magness Arena has the acoustics of an air raid shelter, Ronnie Vannucci should be in Spinal Tap, M83 is very good, and what have they ...
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Jesus Christ leads Gators to BCS title »
Posted by: 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Sports
In an inspirational finale to the 2008-9 college football season, Jesus Christ ran for 109 yards and threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns to ...
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The best CDs of 2008, pt. 1 - the Gold LPs »
Posted by: 12 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
2009 was great for new music. In part 1 of the year-end review we talk about REM, Goldfrapp, The Gaslight Anthem, Big Head Todd & the ...
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Dicktator-for-Life: Nixon, Cheney and Constitutional Calvinball über alles »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Political News
Nixon argued that if the president does it, it's legal - by definition. Another prominent Dick - Cheney, in this case - agrees. But this is just ...
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Educating the 21st Century cyberstudent…or not? »
Posted by: 1 year ago in Science & Technology
A new book argues that there's no longer a need for students to memorize things - all the data they need is online. This is ...
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Should we clone a Neanderthal? »
Posted by: 1 year, 1 month ago in Science & Technology
What if we clone a Neanderthal - let’s call him Charles after both Darwin and His Majesty - and he proves to be very, very human ...
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Mapping American progress »
Posted by: 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
What happens when you compare the 2008 electoral results map with various maps of financial prosperity, education and cultural investment? Slowly, an illuminating picture of ...
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Are The Killers the greatest band in the world? We find out today… »
Posted by: 1 year, 1 month ago in Arts & Entertainment
This, I think, is what sets The Killers apart from so many other bands of their generation: ambition. Great big aggressive epic ambition. So many ...
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RIAA, meet RICO »
Posted by: 1 year, 1 month ago in Arts & Entertainment
Finally, FINALLY we’re starting to treat the RIAA like an organized crime syndicate – with a RICO claim in Missouri. With a little luck, maybe ...
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The Lost Patrol's epic retro-futurism »
Posted by: 1 year, 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
If you imagine Midnight Matinee as Duane Eddy teaming up with Hope Sandoval, Jon Crosby and The Church to do a soundtrack for a new ...
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America's Cracker Problem: ich bin ein Auslander »
Posted by: 1 year, 2 months ago in Political News
That the heavy racist stuff was going to fly as the campaign intensified was predicted. But the magnitude of the hatred and ignorance we've ...
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