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The Thriller

Here are a few comments for August 29th. It’s my Mom’s birthday. Happy birthday Mom. It’s the anniversary of Katrina. When it hit, I didn’t think I’d still be seeing “Rebuilding Katrina” headlines 4 years later. It’s also Michael Jackson’s birthday. After Jackson’s death, I was surprised to not see more discussion online of Rhymefest [...]

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Robocop Pop

I spent a lot of time last week digesting Pitchfork’s top 100 songs of the 2000′s. The list is solid; there are some classic tracks in the right spots and the overall selection makes the expected P4k pretension bearable. I also spent a lot of this last weekend discussing the list with Matt Hurst, who [...]

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Other Things On the Internet

Eventually I will post about the typewriter I found and repaired. But until then, look at a few pictures of the final product here. This is a really good record. I’m going to the Kentucky State Fair this weekend. I’ve never been to the fair. Pictures of the Pentagon when it was fairly new. I [...]

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August’s 8

Hey, it’s 8 for the 8th month. Does that mean something? Achievement – In the last month two Smith-Corona Galaxie Twelve portable typewriters came into my possession. Neither worked. Now I have one Galaxie Twelve that works. I made it work. I’ll have more on this in a post later this week. Reality imitating art [...]

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