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Wednesday, Mar 30, 2005

categorical imperative


Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
John Prine - Flashback Blues
Charlie Parker - Max Maxing Wax
The Hidden Cameras - Shame
Joe Fingers Carr - Under Paris Skies - La La
James Mason - Ive Got My Eyes On You
Ella Fitzgerald - My Cousin In Milwaukee
Nina Nastasia - Superstar
Sonny Rollins - Silk 'n' Satin
Slint - Darlene

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Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005

life during wartime


ABBA -Does Your Mother Know
Neutral Milk Hotel - Hypnotic Sounds
Home - Let It Overcome You
Françoise Hardy - Je Ne Suis Pas La Pour Personne
Woody Guthrie - Dust Can't Kill Me
Max Frost & The Troopers - Shape Of Things To Come
Cobra - Shoot To Kill
Lee Perry - Yush Dub
Ornette Coleman - The Alchemy Of Scott Lafaro
Albert Ayler - Love Cry



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Monday, Mar 28, 2005

bag lady

my question would be "how does james carville sleep at night?" talk about compartmentalizing, its as if bill clinton were married to ann coulter instead of hillary.

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pixelmixela


Klaatu - California Jam
The Smiths - (Original Demos 83-84) - Reel Around The Fountain
Roy Ayers - Yes
Butterglory - She Got The Akshun
Incredible String Band - The Water Song
Cornel Campbell - Blessed Are They
Jackie McLean - My Old Flame
The Move - Yellow Rainbow
Charlie Parker - Tiny's Tempo
Barrington Levy - Nary Long Tougue

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out on the mainline

msm = filtered + balanced

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Sunday, Mar 27, 2005

billdingsroman

"Bill James: What has happened in the last fifteen years is that the expansion of the bullpens has all but eliminated platooning. Teams used to carry nine pitchers, not 15 years ago but 35 years ago. You have nine pitchers on a 25-man roster, that’s leaves 16 players for eight positions, and you can platoon at three or four positions. Bobby Cox in Toronto in the early eighties was platooning at five positions. Now, teams carry 12 pitchers. You’ve got 13 position players for nine positions, you’ve got a backup catcher and a utility infielder, your options for platooning are very limited.
But what we’re doing now doesn’t make any sense, because you can gain many more runs by platooning than you can save by having an extra left-hander in the bullpen. Eventually, people will realize that what we’re doing now doesn’t make any sense, and then they’ll start cutting back the pitching staffs and expanding the benches, and then we’ll go the other way for 30 or 40 years until something else happens and history tears off on some other tangent."

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Saturday, Mar 26, 2005

this one first

"You see, futility does have its advantages."

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garbo rants

billmon talks, and all was good.

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Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005

oh no, not again


The Feelies - Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)
Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions\Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions Vol. 4 - London
Nirvana - Blew
Nina Simone - African Mailman
Mozart - The Wind Concertos, Serenades & Divertimenti (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)\CD6\14 Divertimento Es- dur KV 252 (240a) 1. Andante
The Overtakers - Beware (Trojan Rude Boy Box Set\cd2 - rudies all round)
Beth Orton - Blood Red River
Petula Clark - Let It Be Me
REM - There She Goes Again
Bob Dylan - Wild Mountain Thyme

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waldmart

the creator of Outfoxed has a blog. here he talks with barack obama about progressives concerns with obamas recent centerist panderings.

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