The optimistic adage that a rising tide floats all boats is less sanguine when one contemplates the obverse. As the Great Recession of 2008 spills over to 2009 with what…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Living where I do (the San Francisco Bay Area), the Napa Valley is quite close to my abode.Á‚ If youÁ¢€â„¢ve ever been to a winery…
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If you’re a Republican Party stalwart, and say you went to the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami hoping for a good answer to the question of “Now what?” you…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE In general, people who know Daniel Lanois know him from the musical acts he’s produced: U2, Robbie Robertson, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, and Emmylou Harris,…
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The Cure – 4:13 Dream (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) For bands like the Cure, that have been able to stick it out for 30 years of recording and touring,…
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ItÁ¢€â„¢s been said that a political campaign is run on the poetry of promises, while the task of governing is about the prose of policy. As President-Elect Barack Obama sheds…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE It’s been said that actors wish they could be rock stars and rock stars wish they were actors.Á‚ But what if you’re a writer and…
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Today, Americans are asked to choose which candidate best reflects our political point of view and authorize him or her (remember: Cynthia McKinney is running) to lead the country for…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Like almost everyone in the U.S. for the past few months, I’ve been pelted with political calls, commercials, mailers, and e-mails from candidates, “concerned citizens,”…
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When I was growing up, I remember my father used to keep a credit card hidden in the back of his closet.Á‚ It was one of those Á¢€Å“In case of…
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Because I’m in a giving mood (and because no one, and I mean no one, ever comes to our house for candy on Halloween), I thought I would load up…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE The other day, I was listening to my local NPR station, and they have this weekly feature called “The Do List” where they list events…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Booyakisha!Á‚ This week’s mix is about a season that seems to get very little love in the world of song.Á‚ And before you run to…
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What a difference 30 years makes. Back in 1978, the Talking Heads were playing clubs that barely had functioning toilets and drew small crowds to hear their progressively styled poly…
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Dw. Dunphy My initial idea for taking in tonight’s town hall debate was to do so with headphones and without visuals. I’ll admit, over the past month or so, the…
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ThereÁ¢€â„¢s a phrase made famous by Thomas Hobbes, used to great effect in Hannah ArendtÁ¢€â„¢s The Origins of Totalitarianism, and that is: Homo homini lupus. That Latin phrase roughly translates…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Hiya, kids!Á‚ Welcome back to another week of mixing fun.Á‚ Sometime around 2000/2001, I was talking to a friend of mine who worked with me…
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Jon Cummings: My junior year at college I took a creative writing class in which all the students received copies of each otherÁ¢€â„¢s short stories and offered critiques in a…
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3rd Rail has been around for about 10 years and, according to their MySpace page, were named Á¢€Å“Best Unsigned Band in CaliforniaÁ¢€ at the California Music Awards. Having been in…
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Close of the market, 9/29/08 My political/economic socialization came during the heady days of free market zealotry.Á‚ 1984 was a year when it seemed like many of my friends —…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This weekend I was rummaging through my DVDs looking for a particular movie, and kept happening upon some music-related DVDs that I thought would make…
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Ted Asregadoo This is the first time Barack Obama and John McCain have faced each other as competitors rather than Senate colleagues, and itÁ¢€â„¢s clear that the chumminess of that…
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Between the Devil and the deep blue sea. Those are our options in dealing with this financial mess — or so it seems if youÁ¢€â„¢ve been following events since the…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This mix all started with an article on Billboard.com that I sent to Jason Hare. It was about how the Who’s album of cover tunes…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Hello, my Mix Six friends!Á‚ I was trolling the Internets the other day and was curious about popular songs in other parts of the world….
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The current breathless Á¢€Å“Sarah Palin WatchÁ¢€ going on in the mainstream and not-so-mainstream media is one of those political phenomena where the accuracy of her claims doesnÁ¢€â„¢t really matter to…
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE After hurricane Gustav, I was deluged with a few emails from the American Red Cross asking for donations (both monetary and otherwise) to help out…
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Dw.: Well, John McCain is in a pickle now, isn’t he? Last week he chose a running mate that would satisfy certain weak sectors of his ticket – the Christian…
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Dw. Dunphy: Yes! I have been waiting for this all week: Palin Time! Do you think they’ll do the Dead Parrot sketch? Maybe even … the Cheese Shop?! I can’t…
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Dw. Dunphy: I thought IÁ¢€â„¢d start things off tonight with a joke: So Á¢€¦ Judas, Benedict Arnold, and the dude from Raiders of the Lost Ark who gets the spikes…