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Thursday, May 12, 2005

flash card

GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE - live @ Auto Bonn (Audubon) Ballroom, New York City, NY December 23rd 1978 - soundboard recording

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mushed ass...heee....oooh'd

"According to a shock claim by Larry Flynt and Hustler magazine, trumpeted on the Raw Story site, Bolton was a paid visitor to Plato’s Retreat, which in the seventies brought together many people of differing viewpoints, penis and bra-cup sizes, much as the United Nations has done since its founding. Perhaps Bolton went (if he indeed went—we must preserve the benefit of doubt) for the excellent buffet, of which the owners of Plato’s Retreat always expressed pride. I understand the conversations in the buffet line could get quite racy. ("Hey, this salad dressing tastes funny...") Or perhaps it was the aromatic atmosphere he couldn’t resist as he padded around in a white towel and flipflops. According to one former enthusiast, "One of the things I'll never never never forget -I think it was Plato's Retreat - it was walking in and having a waft of red energy, but it had no thorns in it, everyone was there consenting to be there. Everyone was there for the same purpose. It was so hot and so heavy.""

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

toodayessaday


the herbaliser - 8 stong men
they might be giants - dr worm
built to spill - shameful dread
miles davis - concerto de aranjuez
ray charles - wichita lineman
eddie floyd - knock on wood
astrud gilberto - wish me a rainbow
pretty things - i see you
polysics - im a worker
johnny cash - there you go





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kleptocrats unite!

"King Abdullah of Jordan has agreed to pardon Ahmed Chalabi, the controversial Iraqi political leader, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for fraud after his bank collapsed with $300m (£160m) in missing deposits in 1989."

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Tuesday, May 10, 2005

two noodle

two tracks from forthcoming albums on matador --

*laura cantrell - 14th street
*new pornographers - twin cinema


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ridley me this

juan cole, historian film critic

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SIGN IN

X - WHISKEY AU GO GO, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, JULY 27TH 1980.

1. SOUL KITCHEN
2. WHEN OUR LOVED PASSED OUT ON THE COACH
3. BACK TO THE BASE
4. NAUSEA
5. SEX AND DYING IN THE HIGH SOCIETY
6. YOUR PHONE'S OFF THE HOOK
7. WE'RE DESPERATE
8. UNHEARD MUSIC
9. SUGARLIGHT
10. THE WORLD'S A MESS ; IT'S IN MY KISS
11. LOS ANGELES
12. BEYOND AND BACK
13. JOHNNY HIT AND RUN PAULINE
14. YEAR 1
15. CROWD
ENCORE :
16. UNIVERSAL CORNER


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Saturday, May 07, 2005

dylanographix

"KEXP presents a series of stories on the musical life of Bob Dylan. Told by Dylan’s friends, scholars and fans, "Honest With Me" features firsthand accounts from Joan Baez, Al Kooper, Izzy Young and the Band’s Robbie Robertson."

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real people

"What's all the fuss with the Real ID Act about?

President Bush is expected to sign an $82 billion military spending bill soon that will, in part, create electronically readable, federally approved ID cards for Americans. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the package--which includes the Real ID Act--on Thursday."

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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

weed wackers

the sentencing projects report on the changing nature marijuana prosecution in the 90s.

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