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The Arsenal: 21 April 2009

April 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments

I used to think that 1972 was the be-all, end-all year of pop music, and 1967. Now I’m not so sure which one comes out on top. There is a ten-year stretch in there between the mid-’60s and the mid-’70s when some of my favorite records of all genres were released. I become firmer in my resolve about that with each passing year.

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Tags: books · fiction · film · food · history · music · The Arsenal

Bert & Ernie ante up.

April 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

You’ll dig this: a video mash-up of M.O.P.’s “Ante Up” with footage of Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street.

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Tags: music · TV

The Arsenal: 14 April 2009

April 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Orchestra Rocks;
celery;
interactive journalism

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Tags: food · health · history · music · politics · self · The Arsenal · writing

The Arsenal: 7 April 2009

April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Great Lake Swimmers’ Lost Channels;
printable paper;
water

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Tags: health · music · The Arsenal · writing

The Arsenal: 31 March 2009

March 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Bob Dylan’s New Morning;
Dexter, Season Two;
rosemary

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Tags: food · house · music · The Arsenal · TV

I left my camera at home…

March 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Here are some snaps from Josh Ritter’s performance at Atlanta’s Center Stage last night (24 March 2009).

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Tags: music

Thanks, RIAA, for shaking my Cuban, jazzy, classical, bluegrass and rock ‘n’ roll world.

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Tonight I finally got around to adorning the walls of my office with some of the trophies of my past professional life: the handful of gold and platinum certifications, or plaques, that my business and I were awarded.

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Tags: house · music

Everybody Goes To SxSW

March 18th, 2009 · No Comments

This exchange occurred on Facebook this morning, starting with D.T.’s (an Atlantan) status update.

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Tags: music

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