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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Comfortably numb
Cover and original Close your eyes and pick the difference if you can…
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Before and after
1&1 is one of the leading broadband retailers in the German market. They obviously buy their bandwidth from Telekom, the infrastructure monopolist and they’re limited to what Telekom gives them. Which is around 3Mb/s with nothing faster on … Continue reading
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Tunes for a Tuesday – 29 January 2013
Bad Day – Darwin Deez – BIRP! January 2010 [Listen] Black Velvet Band – The Dubliners – Original Dubliners [Listen] Blissed Out – Junk Culture – BIRP! May 2011 [Listen] Bonaparte’s Retreat – Kay Starr – Billboard Top 30 – … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950, 1995-99, Andrew Rose Gregory & The Color Red Band, Bad Day, Billboard Top 30, BIRP! January 2010, BIRP! January 2012, BIRP! May 2011, Black Velvet Band, Blissed Out, Bonaparte's Retreat, Bruce Springsteen, Darwin Deez, Do It Again, Don't Bogart Me, Easy Rider, Guards, Have a Drink on Me, History of Country Vol. 19, Junk Culture, Kay Starr, King of Skiffle, Lonnie Donegan, Original Dubliners, The Dixie Chicks, The Dubliners, The Fraternity of Man, The River, The Song of Songs, This is the Song of Songs, Wide Open Spaces, You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
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The weather forecast says…..
…snow overnight and then freezing rain…
Posted in Bloody hell, Too good to miss
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Moon hoax. Not
This is a long one, but worth 13 minutes of your life. (What else are you going to do, anyway? Watch Celebrity Come Dancing?/Got Talent?/X Factor?)
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If, seventy years ago, you asked Henry Luce….
…”What is Time magazine for?” he’d probably talk about setting society’s agenda, capturing the attention of the educated and powerful and most of all, delivering the best weekly news package he could. Today, the answer is clear. The purpose of … Continue reading
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So, the question is basically
From Jason Kottke’s kottke.org Yesterday I was pairing the socks from the clean laundry, and figured out the way I was doing it is not very efficient. I was doing a naive search — picking one sock and “iterating” the … Continue reading
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Tunes for a Tuesday – 22 January 2013
Can You Be A One-Woman Man – Sam Dees – The Chess Story 1947-1975 (1969-1975) [Listen] Can’t Repeat – The Offspring – Greatest Hits [Listen] Diaraby Magni – Vieux Farka Toure – Fondo [Listen] Generator – Gap Dream – BIRP! … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector, BIRP! October 2012, Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans, Can You Be A One-Woman Man, Can't Repeat, Dennis Wilson, Diaraby Magni, Dirt Farmer, Dr. John, Fondo, Gap Dream, Generator, Greatest Hits, Here Comes Santa Claus, Jubilation, Levon Helm, Miscellaneous Covers, My Buddy, Noah & The Whale, Pacific Ocean Blue, Poor Old Dirt Farmer, Sam Dees, the band, The Chess Story 1947-1975 (1969-1975), The Offspring, Trippin' Live, Vieux Farka Toure, Wild Situation, You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon cover), You See Me
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