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NYTimes: Gov. George W. Bush said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their supply of crude.
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“…the British government is handing over large tracts of the school education system, along with tens of millions of our tax money, to groups of Anousics… a neologism suggested by ancient Greek to connote “mindless”, “unreasoning”, “illogical”.”
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(via BoingBoing) “If we felt the audience slipping away, fidgeting and scraping their feet through our jokes, Groucho or Chico would whisper in panic, “Ssssssssssst! Throw me a Gookie!”…”
Never eat at a restaurant called “Ma’s”
good old Least Wanted
Dombra do or die
A question from son John about banjo-like instruments led me on a YouTube chase that was very fruitful and ear-stretching. Here’s one of the real gems that surfaced:
The kid’s got it
Fernandinho do Cavaco, 11 anos:
…and several more here, and you’ll also enjoy this one. The future is assured!
And while you’re in the mood:
They said “wear the fox hat”
The fox hat is Kate’s, and she got a Cthulhu fish for me and one for herself too!
links for 2008-06-27
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from BibliOdyssey: “…attempting to convey the important forehead topography that one ought to be able to recognise to assess a subject’s disposition and future.”
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from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog, and “fills a much-needed gap” to be sure
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via Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century
links for 2008-06-26
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hmmmm … not sure just what the limits to “data sheet” are, but an interesting letterbox view of pdfs all the same
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from the FantaMorph folks
links for 2008-06-25
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“an archive of videos that show politicians stumping for your vote. If a candidate or elected representative said it on TV… instead of just showing you the video, we invite you to do your own research and then tell the rest of us what you found.”
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video interviews, from a 2008 Masters Thesis by Caleb J. Clark, New York University, Tisch ITP. Amazing.
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from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog. 1929-1930 Brunswick Records. Wow.
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of madness, in the British style: “On the District Line of the London Underground, Dagenham is three stops beyond the town of Barking”
Hoppin’ Hollanders
This fragment from 1956 conveys the sheer energy of Lionel Hampton’s performance:
(via Keep Swinging)
links for 2008-06-24
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one or both? you choose (Shorpy of course)
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I am speechless
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and that man was a Comedian…
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“…And here’s the curious thing, exactly these four giants “lost their concessions in Iraq” back in 1972 when that country’s oil was nationalized. Hmmm…”