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The Sound of Your DOOM is the Roar of the Tiger, No Jive

March 24, 2009 – 10:30 am
A couple of days ago the Northern Hemisphere crossed the threshold from Winter into Spring and with the exception of a few locations hit with “freak” blizzards or anachronistically chilly blasts of arctic wind that means ski-mask season is all but over for most of us. I mean that in a strictly meteorological sense […]
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PR(&B)OGRESS

January 21, 2009 – 10:30 am
It’s the morning after one of the biggest and most celebrated days in America’s history. The inauguration parties may all be over. But this was not an event whose significance will soon be forgotten, nor is it a story that ends when the confetti gets swept up. No, no…All that was just […]
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Records at Random, Vol. 76: Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club

December 5, 2008 – 10:21 am
When I was a little tyke my Mom made a habit of taking me out every once in a while for a special lunch at a cool bistro or pub. I assume it was as a reward for exemplary behavior or an exercise in teaching responsibility. I got to order “grown up” food […]
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And the Winner Is… (My Man…) SPEEECH!!!

November 5, 2008 – 10:30 am
Like a lot of people, I cast my ballot in the historic election yesterday for Barack Obama, a candidate who ran on a platform of hope and optimism. That hope was rewarded last night when he was declared the winner of the lengthy and contentious contest. Being full of hope and optimism I began planning […]
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They’rrrrrrrrre Grrrrrrrrreat!

October 20, 2008 – 10:30 am
One of the first ten posts I wrote for Blogarhythms was a post that introduced an elusive bearded musician with a questionable back-story named Clutchy Hopkins. That same post was partly dedicated to a composer, musician and producer named Shawn Lee as well. The two artists had albums out which I thought complimented […]
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