Archive | September, 2007

Lost Lennon Tapes podcast

26 September 2007

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Somebody’s putting up the old radio show “The Lost Lennon Tapes” as a podcast. Originally aired on Westwood One in the late 80s. Perfect for marinating your brains, should you want to do that.

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Coming Up (Twin Freaks remix)–1980

26 September 2007

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While surfing the ‘net trying to find the video where John Lennon calls Paul Simon “an evil dwarf” (accuracy is everything, folks), I found this EXCELLENT version of Paul McCartney’s’ “Coming Up.” At the beginning, Lennon is heard praising it–something he didn’t usually do. Listen, would some of you out there devote your lives to [...]

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“The Trap”

25 September 2007

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Do you know about Daniel Brook’s new book, “The Trap”? If not, here‘s an introduction and web-chat sponsored by Firedoglake. To summarize: Brook states that the reason for supposed “apathy” on the part of 20- and 30-somethings in America is found in the crushing debt-loads that most of them accumulate via college. Pursuing one’s dreams, [...]

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Newsbreaks 9.21.07 (2001)

22 September 2007

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For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. So I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey last night. On the big screen. In 70mm. Totally sober. And I didn’t fall asleep. This is newsworthy. 2001 was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. I was born a year [...]

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Anti-funniness glasses in effect

20 September 2007

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I am wearing new glasses. They look pretty great; with luck–and enough bourbon–by this weekend my marriage of nearly six years will stop being a sham. Unfortunately, they have temporarily impaired my funniness, which is located in several small muscles in and around my eyes. But because I take my thrice-weekly commitment to you so [...]

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Newsbreaks 9.17.07 (Greenspan’s book)

17 September 2007

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For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. Alan Greenspan is a lot like Henry Kissinger; both men got famous while in jobs that, if you’re doing them right, shouldn’t make you famous. But among a certain crowd—old white guys—the cult of Greenspan is second only to the cult of [...]

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One stray Newsbreak, lookin’ for a home…

15 September 2007

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OJ Simpson is in the news again, this time after some sports memorabilia was ripped off from a seedy Vegas casino. The cops think he might have been responsible, but OJ was happy to come in for questioning. “I’m not the kind of guy to cut and run.” [Does the world need more OJ jokes? [...]

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Newsbreaks 9.12.07 (birth control)

13 September 2007

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For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. Researchers at Aberdeen University in Britain have determined that oral contraceptives—commonly known as “Man’s best friend”—do not increase a woman’s risk of cancer. In fact, the researchers say, the pill actually reduces the risk of some cancers. Specifically, the sentient, inter-uterine kind. [...]

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We Remember.

12 September 2007

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As everybody knows, today marks a profoundly important day in the history of our country. After September 11th, America—and the world—would never be the same. All around the globe, the wicked celebrate this anniversary, while the good and decent pause in their labors only for a moment—then rejoin the fight with redoubled resolve. It was [...]

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Back in Oak Park, we just called it “Senior Prom”

10 September 2007

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Still recuperating after finishing a draft of this Beatle book. So instead of new Newsbreaks, go check out the incredibly amazing Midwest Teen Sex Show. Thank God Kate didn’t see the one about “Older Boyfriends.”

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