Posts from June, 2006
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Jun3Nostalgia Tuesday
Throwing Muses, Live 1991 Runners-Up: Lush – Sweetness and Light Sinead O’Connor – Mandinka (Grammy Awards, 1989) XTC – Dear God Medicine – Aruca
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Jun1Faking It
In response to a recent Wall Street Journal article criticizing New Urbanism, Governing.com asks, “What’s so bad about faux downtowns?” You know, these are the trendy developments that incorporate grids, a mix of retail, condo, and apartments, and occasional Disney-esque sense of urbanism. Governing gets it right: “By creating pedestrian environments, these [...]
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Jun1Banned in Baghdad
Now banned in Baghdad: falafel goatees mayonnaise (made in Israel after all) smokes shorts (a tennis coach and two of his players were murdered for wearing shorts) T-shirts with English writing ice (no, really) So what is the takeaway here? Is it Islamist extremism has grown so fanatical and resistant to the modern world that it is not remotely compatible with any [...]
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Jun1I Used to Love It
A few cuts from hip-hop’s Golden Age. Tribe leads the tour… Del Tha Funkee Homosapien – Catch a Bad One Jeru Tha Damaja – Come Clean Souls of Mischief – That’s When Ya Lost De La Soul – Stakes is High Common – I Used to Love H.E.R. The D.O.C. – Mind Blowin’ Fu Schnickens - la schmoove
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Jun0New Voice
It’s been nothin’ but crickets around here for the past few weeks. But that should change soon. I’ve talked my friend Marty into helping out. He’s a member of Sarah’s Biology lab at UNC so you know he’ll be dropping the science. A few facts about Marty: He’s from Rochester, NY He’s getting married soon He’s a believing [...]
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