Tag Archives: New Order

The Only Way I’m Telefoning Tel Aviv is if I Can Reverse the Charges

February 26, 2009 – 10:30 am
I know that having Blogarhythms cut back to only two posts a week is pretty sucky. But the honest truth is that if the state of my financial affairs doesn’t improve really soon things could get a whole lot suckier. Obviously I’m not the only one facing fiduciary difficulties, as the entire country, and much […]
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Shuffle Songs, Vol. 4 — Baby Ruth®?

November 13, 2008 – 10:30 am
Yes, that is Chunk–the pudgy, habitually dishonest, ice-cream-obsessed kid from the 1980’s flick The Goonies–doing his “truffle shuffle” at the top of this page. And that can only mean one thing…that in today’s post I’m putting Blogarhythms on “shuffle” once again! Named after a song by postpunkelectrogoths New Order, the Paris-based Thieves Like Us are […]
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Break Hearts, Not Banks

September 25, 2008 – 10:30 am
If you live in the United States and were watching television last night chances are good you caught the address outgoing President George W. Bush gave on the state of the US economy. And if you saw his fumbling, uneasily delivered speech you’re now fully aware of the financial Armageddon that’s apparently lurking on […]
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It’s Like Krull Meets Desperately Seeking Susan

July 16, 2008 – 9:40 am
I guess I was a bit more inspired by the merger of mythology and music in Monday’s post than I realized. One doesn’t have to be Joseph Campbell to recognize the influence of primeval myths on human society, especially the arts. And searching for good music to listen to can often feel like […]
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Fira Självständighetsdagen!

July 3, 2008 – 10:55 am
Earlier today, while waiting to catch a bus, I watched as an older woman wearing unsettlingly tight clothing and too much makeup emerged from an apartment building across from the bus-stop, crossed the street and approached the gathered throng of commuters. Raising her arms like some Old Testament prophet about to deliver and edict […]
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