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Entries from March 2009

Ari Fleischer attempts to rewrite history

March 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Chris Matthews was a bit more shrill than usual tonight, likely because his invited guest was doing his best to provoke him with lower circle reasoning. This segment of Hardball was entertaining and embarassing in equal measure.

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Tags: politics

Protected: Ida to Pat: 14 February 1944 (letter 1)

March 10th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: food · Ida & Pat

Protected: Ida to Pat: 11 February 1944

March 9th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: film · food · Ida & Pat

Protected: Ida to Pat: 10 February 1944

March 8th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Random Song Machine: “Old Man Atom” by Sons of the Pioneers

March 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

This semi-satirical, talking blues folk tune is…a call to action to control and limit the proliferation of atomic weapons. It is, indeed, that rarest of early Cold War tunes, the anti-Bomb song.

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Tags: history · music · Random Song Machine

Protected: Ida to Pat: 9 February 1944

March 6th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: film · Ida & Pat · music

Protected: Ida to Pat: 8 February 1944

March 5th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: film

Corn

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

“Oh, Peg — That’s corny.”

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Found tapes: Fred FM 2

March 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

This is a tape that reflected the pushmi-pullyu part of my brain that, at the time, couldn’t decide if it was into songwriters, oldies, classical or blues. That’s pretty representative of my brain all of the time.

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Tags: film · music · self

Protected: Ida to Pat: 7 February 1944

March 2nd, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: Ida & Pat