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Ooooh, what fun!
August 16, 2009, 11:16 am
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100 days, 100 songs, 100 dances, 100 locales — compiled by a Yale grad student. Fantastic.



Beardo
December 18, 2008, 3:16 am
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It should come as no surprise that I enjoy a show titled “Beardo.” I’m new to this Pitchfork comedy thing, but not new to Les Savy Fav frontman Tim Harrington. Check out the “Deep Relaxation” episode.



Wow, now this takes the cake
November 30, 2008, 2:51 pm
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Worst album art I’ve seen in a long while, from Michaelangelo, an early-’70s U.S. folk-rock band. This was released on Columbia.

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The Swedes and their silly costumes
November 16, 2008, 2:07 pm
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Boing Boing posted a link to a newer collection of Swedish band photography from the ’70s and ’80s. I stumbled across this similar collection several years ago, which is where I got the header for my old site. The Gert Johnnys show up in each batch, deservedly so.



Squirrely neighbors
October 14, 2008, 8:06 pm
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The past two mornings I’ve been awoken about 9:30 a.m. — isn’t unemployment awesome? — by a squirrel chomping on a nut right outside my open bedroom window. Of course, I have to wonder where Sophie the cat is in these instances, missing a front row seat on the action. We only have about 2,300 squirrels in the back yard at any given time, so it’s odd that these are the first two instances (that I can recall) that I’ve been awoken by a squirrel. At the old apartment, the problem was pigeons. At least squirrels are cuter.



Cover Lovers
October 1, 2008, 1:27 pm
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Boing Boing oddly linked to a site I’ve enjoyed called LP Cover Lover. The site serves as an online warehouse for curious record covers, most of them several decades old. The stranger the subject, the greater the likelihood a record has been recorded in honor of it. Case in point: Music to Help Clean Up Stream Pollution By. Of course, I spend time on sites like this one, in part, because it gives me great cover options for my theme mixes, like ORGANS!. Here’s the cover BB posted about, as well as a few other good ones from the site.

I had the opportunity to pick up the following one at WILL’s Vintage Vinyl sale a few summers ago, but passed because it was $15 and in poor shape. The Makers spoofed this cover for a 7″ of the same name they released many moons ago.

Hmm, maybe I’ve found the cover for STRINGS! … ? How would my face look on this?



When you need to reach out, electronically
September 29, 2008, 10:58 am
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This site is great! Too bad my job can’t be writing these quippy cards all day long.



Thank god
September 28, 2008, 8:08 pm
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Presidential fantasy
September 26, 2008, 8:09 am
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Only in West Virginia (or Kentucky, or parts of New Jersey, or possibly northern Florida)
September 25, 2008, 10:56 am
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While we’re loosely on the topic of flatulance, Boing Boing reports on a man in handcuffs who should of put a cork in it.