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By
thudfactor on
August 5, 2005
New computer, new OS. I have to reinstall all my crap. Here’s this week’s random ten:
# Here Today — The Beach Boys
# Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is — Chicago (setting the bar high for Meatloaf in the title length department)
# Perfect Disguise — Modest Mouse
# Finest Worksong — REM (A Superlative Block of Superlatives!)
# Omega Point — Cybajaz
# Oh! Darling — George Benson (covering the [...]
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| Tagged Aimee Mann, Chicago, George Benson, James McMurtry, Liz Phair, Modest Mouse, The Beach Boys, The Beatles
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By
thudfactor on
May 27, 2005
Just because people should be involved in politics (and also because I like saying “SOB”) the phone number to call to speak with your senator’s office is 1-877-SOB-U-SOB. Now the Friday Random Ten:
# Dusted, _Belly_
# I Am Your Doctor, _Wyclef Jean_. Nothing against Wyclef, but I think I’d prefer a less laid-back doc.
# Uranus, _Hyrda_
# Safe [...]
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| Tagged James McMurtry, Julio Down, Julio Down By, Me Down By, Paul Simon, _Handsome Boy Modeling School
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By
thudfactor on
May 20, 2005
Rain’s coming down pretty hard here in Washington DC. There are few things quite so gloomy as white marble on an overcast day, but it does make the District the perfect place for “greyfaces”:http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/greyface.html.
Time again for the “Friday Random Ten”:http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/05/19/friday-random-ten-the-modem-got-shocked-in-the-thunderstorm-edition/:
# Broken Bed, “_James McMurtry_”:http://www.jamesmcmurtry.com/. From _Saint Mary of the Woods_, his most recent (and I think [...]
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| Tagged God Part II, James McMurtry, Kelly Willis, Mark Knopfler, mp3, Paul Simon, PUSA, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Stan Getz, United States of America, Washington DC
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By
thudfactor on
March 18, 2005
Here’s my “Friday Random Ten”:http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/03/17/friday-random-ten-the-st-paddys-morning-after-feeling-green-edition/, now with more torture-executions! Because all the kool kids are doing it!
# Electric Barbarella - Duran Duran
# Down the Drain - DJ Krush
# Hot Type - Michael Hedges
# In My Place - Coldplay
# Gulf Road - James McMurtry
# Summerfling - KD Lang
# Us and Them (Live) - Pink Floyd
# King of [...]
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| Tagged Duran Duran, Gulf Road, Hang On, James McMurtry, Junie Morrison, Michael Hedges, Pink Floyd
By
thudfactor on
January 4, 2005
OK, it is something of a filler entry. See, “the Elf”:http://www.elfnoodles.com/ got me an LCD monitor for Christmas and it just arrived today. So I want a reason to play with it but I’m not quite up to Star Wars Galaxies.
My new work situation is somewhat cramped and noisy, so I spend most of the day [...]
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| Tagged Christmas, Dave Byrne, Fred, Greatest Hits, Isaac Brock, Jack Johnson, James McMurtry, John Mayer, Love Bad, Mike Doughty, Modest Mouse, Norah Jones
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