January 2009
20 posts
Jan 29th
ListenKoop feat. Yukimi Nagano - “Summer...
Jan 28th
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Jan 22nd
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WatchWatch
Aretha Franklin singing My Country, Tis of Thee
Jan 21st
“It’s unfortunate for Vice President Cheney to have had this accident...”
– Tom Brokaw
Jan 20th
Ted Kennedy collapsed at the inaugural luncheon
Jan 20th
Who else can honestly say they wouldn’t mess up the oath of office?  Props to Obama for showing everyone that we are all only human.
Jan 20th
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Jan 20th
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Jan 14th
“According to the Report issued on Thursday (.pdf) by the U.N.’s...”
– Glenn Greenwald
Jan 11th
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A problem with indictments
southpol: squashed: There are some serious charges in the indictment against Rod Blagovich—but he hasn’t been convicted of anything yet. Still… He was just impeached by the Illiniois House of Representatives, The U.S. Senate refused to accept Burris, his Senate appointment, Politically, he’s done. This is all on the strength of an indictment. There have been some pretty severe...
Jan 9th
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Radiohead X Jay-Z →
andyj: so if Radiohead was supposed to tour with Kraftwerk, but Kraftwerk just fell apart… Jay-Z? via itseze and copycats Is it me or does this album suck
Jan 7th
“The banks have part of the blame,” Mr. Rybicki says of the housing bubble....”
– Would You Pay $103,000 for This Arizona Fixer-Upper?- WSJ One of the things about the bursting of the subprime bubble that I still do not understand is how so many on the producer side of the equation (Wall Street types, bankers, mortgage lenders, etc.) can quickly and indignantly point their...
Jan 4th
LMF$14O
andyj: Mom made an impulsive buy to try and help me with my money woes - wtfffz? yep its “The Pitbull of Personal Development®” not convinced? h4rd c0re.  now where can I get them boots? React, adapt, readapt, act.
Jan 3rd
andyj: bah-humbug: Stealing this from (now former) Rep. Edwards. Top 10 artists of 2008, via Last.fm: 1. Radiohead 2. Tortoise 3. Thievery Corporation 4. The Slip 5. Rage Against the Machine 6. Sigur Rós 7. The Flaming Lips 8. Common 9. Jimmy Cliff 10. Madvillain Sounds about right. ouch bro. ouch.  maybe you’re onto something though - top 10 things I won’t be doing in 2009… ...
Jan 3rd
andyj: bah-humbug: Stealing this from (now former) Rep. Edwards. Top 10 artists of 2008, via Last.fm: 1. Radiohead 2. Tortoise 3. Thievery Corporation 4. The Slip 5. Rage Against the Machine 6. Sigur Rós 7. The Flaming Lips 8. Common 9. Jimmy Cliff 10. Madvillain Sounds about right. ouch bro. ouch.  maybe you’re onto something though - top 10 things I won’t be doing in 2009… ...
Jan 3rd
Bush is a Book Lover  →
mikehudack: tylerriewer: My friend Ryan sent this link to me the other day… it’s a story from Karl Rove about a reading competition between him and President Bush. It started with a new year’s resolution in 2005 and turned into a yearly contest between the two — where they were both attempted to read a book each week. ONE BOOK PER WEEK! And the first year, they both overshot! Rove won 110 to 95!...
Jan 3rd
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Stealing this from (now former) Rep. Edwards. Top 10 artists of 2008, via Last.fm: 1.  Radiohead 2.  Tortoise 3.  Thievery Corporation 4.  The Slip 5.  Rage Against the Machine 6.  Sigur Rós 7.  The Flaming Lips 8.  Common 9.  Jimmy Cliff 10. Madvillain Sounds about right.
Jan 3rd