Spitball Army

Today’s kernel of universal wisdom comes courtesy of Ry Cooder.

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From the pantheon of favorite songs, sorted by topic area.

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Rain;
The library;
The Dexateens’ Singlewide

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I either (1) snatched the handbill off of a counter somewhere on or near the campus, (2) took it down off a wall, (3) she (my sister, not Linda) scored it for me, or (4) I just “appropriated” it. I had the “hots” for Linda beginning around this time and on through into college, and it was no secret, so I am putting my money on Number 3.

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You probably zoomed over to read this post because you thought I had started a new career as a stalker of musicians. If that is the case, you would be WRONG.

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The Smithereens Play Tommy;
The Doobie Brothers’ Toulouse Street;
The Church’s El Momento Siguiente

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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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This is the entire entry on Wikipedia for “Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording.”

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The IFFB has just shown a documentary film about the independent record store culture, entitled I Need That Record: The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store. Not Coming to a Theater Near You’s Victoria Large has posted one of the first reviews of this film at notcoming.com.

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