Happy Fourth

Happy Fourth to y'all.

Good doggie:

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Uncontacted Tribe

Who's responsible for today being Monday? Not cool, man. Not cool.

However, this is:

Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Filmed, Governments Take Notice (VIDEO)

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This is also good:

Canada’s government to overturn Internet usage caps | Raw Story

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And if you dig blondes and are crazy-rich, this too is good:

Blonde Island Resort In Maldives Planned By Lithuanian Firm

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Santa Tantrum - For the Win

This tradition is kinda freakin' creepy. However, some of the reactions are pretty hilarious:

Santa Tantrum Awards 2010 ... the final field is here! UPDATED! : The Poop

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For the Wins - 2010:

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Happy Holidays 2010 from AAW

Enjoy yo-selves.

The Thanksgiving Filter - Acoustic - Go-Go Boots - Drive-By Truckers from Drive-By Truckers on Vimeo.

A Fool's Christmas by Glossary from Joey Kneiser on Vimeo.

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Spotty and light posting for the next two weeks which are my only two vacation weeks of the year.

351 days in a row of work. Yeah, I need a break.

Roll Tide.

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Wow.

Deadly Brooklyn Plane Crash, 1960 - Photo Gallery - LIFE

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SantaCon

Ain't got time for this foolishness today.

Damn commies.

Germans Get Jobs for Life as Export Boom Shrinks Worker Pool - BusinessWeek

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New boss same as the old boss.

Isn't this just special.

Citigroup Hires Peter Orszag, Former Obama OMB Chief

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Santacon. Catch it!

Is Santacon "The New Bay to Breakers"? | Uptown Almanac

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Filtered

Enjoy yo-selves. See ya'll Monday.

The Thanksgiving Filter - Acoustic - Go-Go Boots - Drive-By Truckers from Drive-By Truckers on Vimeo.

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SOME People are Awesome

Happy November! Eat some turkey:

Making the Case for a $140 Turkey: BA Daily: Blogs : bonappetit.com

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Then make a local FAUX affiliate eat some crow:

Daily Kos: Milwaukee County Dems take on Fox News crew

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Attaboy, Jorge.

Soros gives $1M to Calif. pot legalization measure - Yahoo! News:

"SAN FRANCISCO – Billionaire financier George Soros has thrown his weight behind California's marijuana legalization measure with a $1 million donation a week before the vote. The contribution reported Tuesday by The Sacramento Bee is the single biggest donation from an individual other than Proposition 19's main sponsor, Oakland medical marijuana entrepreneur Richard Lee."

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Forward looking NorCal. Thank jeebus. I love the headlands.

Marin Headlands saved when 1960s city plan quashed

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SOME people are Awesome:

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Memorial Day 2010

Get off the computer and go attempt to remember what you did on Memorial Day. I have grass feed steak in my Memorial Day future.

Have a good one!

JPW

Happy Holidaze

I'm checking out for a few days to focus on the War on Christmas. We are really close to winning this time. If all goes to plan, next year we'll be celebrating the birth of Dr. John.

Have a good one and be nice.

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And here's some Brent Best just because he's great.

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DBT Week in Review - 12/18/09

DBT!

The Best Music of the Decade - Metacritic

DBT #7

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The No Depression Community's Top 50 Albums of 2009 - Americana and roots music - No Depression:

"20. Drive-By Truckers - The Fine Print (buy)"

31. Booker T. & the Drive-By Truckers - Potato Hole (buy)

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Holiday song of the day: 'Mrs. Claus' Kimono' by the Drive-By Truckers | Portland & Oregon Music - OregonLive.com:

"Years later, in a bar on the Gulf Coast, Hermey told this story to Patterson Hood, who wrote it down, made it rhyme and recorded it with the Drive-By Truckers. It's an outtake from the 'A Blessing and a Curse' album that found its way onto this year's collection of 'oddities and rarities' called 'The Fine Print.' (Buy it)

At least part of all that is true. There are lots of songs about Santa. There are some naughty songs about Santa -- 'Backdoor Santa' and 'Santa Claus Needs Some Lovin'' come immediately to mind. There are very few songs about a mischievous elf getting Santa out of the way so as to put the moves on Mrs. Claus.

And this is why the Drive-By Truckers are great."

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Swear I'm not Paul: Interview: Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers:

"My year end and decade end lists are coming up very shortly. You should expect the Drive-By Truckers to feature on both (especially the decade end one). So imagine my delight at being able to interview Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers. Here is what he had to say about returning to Ireland, new albums The Big To-Do and Go Go Boots, his favourite lyrics, his early band Adam's House Cat, working with Booker T, and even selected his favourite albums of the decade."

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Facebook | Wendy Hopkins's Photos - UNHCR Benefit December 16,2009

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Yet another music blogger

Here's some dude who fails to inform folks that his new music blog is up and running.

Listen, Grumbine, this ain't the fancy, la-te-da world of television where your audience is captive and drooling. This is the bare knuckle world of blogging. Self promotion is king.

Anyway, unlike this blog, the motherfucker curses a lot, but he does know his musical shit. Such language, though.

The People's Music

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Dexteens

Dexateens � Sake of the Song:

"Elliott McPherson is the co-writer/front man of Alabama rock and roll band the Dexateens. He made his first “Lightbox” in a last-minute effort to complete an album cover for the band’s self-titled release in 2004. That first Lightbox featured the same headphones that McPherson had used as a child to “listen to the rock and roll that my parents forbade me to listen to.” Since then, every Dexateens release has borne a Lightbox on its cover, and McPherson has assembled hundreds more. McPherson supports his family with a kitchen and bath cabinetry business that he and his wife run together. “I really love the craft of cabinetry and it did me a lot of good to learn that discipline, but I prefer the freedom and randomness of building Lightboxes”. Elliott resides in Buhl, Alabama with his wife, Eva, and their two boys, Caleb and Gray."

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Music

The Raw Story | Jackson, Cohen to get Grammy lifetime nods:

"Pop icon Michael Jackson and Canadian singer Leonard Cohen will headline a group of talent receiving lifetime achievement awards at the Grammys in January, organizers announced Thursday.

The late King of Pop, a 13-time Grammy winner, and singer-songwriter Bobby Darin will be receiving the prestigious prize posthumously during a Los Angeles gala on January 30, on the eve of the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Other awardees include classical pianist Andre Previn, country legend Loretta Lynn, jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and blues musician David (Honeyboy) Edwards."

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Ariz. teacher on leave for taking choir to Hooters:

"An Arizona music teacher whose students performed at a presidential inauguration event is on administrative leave after taking 40 high school students to a Hooters restaurant."

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Give Some Thanks

I'm taking the next few days away from the blog, so stuff yourselves silly and holiday your asses off.

Some almost good news, though.

Paula Deen HIT In The FACE With A Ham (VIDEO)

I propose a TV show where Paula Deen gets hit in the face repeatedly with a ham, or hammer, for an hour straight. No commercials.

That woman gets on my last nerve.

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New, free music from one of my favorite rockers.

Official news about the rock band Glossary from Murfreesboro, TN � Blog Archive � Joey’s solo record – free download:

"Ok, first thing’s first. Our new record, Feral Fire, will be released on February 2nd. We are all very excited to say the least.

Joey is so excited, he has decided to give you his new solo record as a free download!All-Night Cover It’s called The All-Night Bedroom Revival. I know Joey spent a lot of time on it and he did everything himself. I listened to it while I was on the road this past month and I can tell you that it’s gripping and dense and is a showcase for one of my favorite songwriters ever. The record also includes the incredible song “Paper Mills” written by Kevin Kerby of Little Rock, AR. So please enjoy it thoroughly and let it tide you over until Feral Fire’s birthday on Feb 2nd"

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And, holy freakin' crap is Norah Jones fine as dandy wine or what. JeZeus. She's always been cute, but she's vamped it up a bit for the new record.

Stupid record labels with there 'embedding disabled'. And that helps how?

YouTube - Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates

Here's she is performing the single live. All bow to Norah Jones hotness!

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And this website needs to add the 'embed' option. Get with it, folks. You get more views with embed.

A Night w/ Drivin N Cryin By Eric Von Haessler On ExposureRoom

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All Hallows' Eve - Halloween, Y'all

Get your Alabama I-ain't-sceert on with The Dexateens.

Spooky Alabama Goodness:

"Directed by Paul Hanninen
Produced by Elliott McPherson
On Halloween, 2008, the Dexateens traveled out to 'Old Bryce', the abandoned Jemison Mental Hospital on the outskirts of their hometown, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in an attempt to conjure up whatever spirits might still lurk there.

They took their guitars, recording equipment, and a handful of songs.

Things did not go according to plan.

Part 1: In which we learn the history of the hospital, the band arrives at the hospital and performs, and plans go awry."



Part 2: In which a 2nd journey is proposed and carried out, another song is performed, and an unexplained encounter occurs.



Part 3: In which unexplained evidence is examined.



Excellent work, Dexateens!

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From one of the scariest places on earth comes on of the most hilarious commercials you'll ever see.

I would not want to be haunted by the Ghost of Robert Lee.

Via JennB.



The making of contains more high hilarity:

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Because Republicans are scary. Scary because it's truthy.

Obama's Declaration Of Swine Flu Emergency Prompts Pro-Swine-Flu Republican Response | The Onion - America's Finest News Source:

"WASHINGTON—Claiming that the president was preying on the public's fear of contracting a fatal disease last week when he declared the H1N1 virus a national emergency, Republican leaders announced Wednesday that they were officially endorsing the swine flu. 'Thousands of Americans—hardworking ordinary Americans like you and me—already have H1N1,' Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele said during a press conference. 'Now Obama wants to take that away from us. Ask yourself: Do you want the federal government making these kinds of health care decisions for you and your family?' Other prominent Republicans opposing Obama's declaration of emergency include Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, who urged residents of his state to continue not washing their hands, and radio host Rush Limbaugh, who made a point of dying of the virus during his show on Wednesday"

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Oh, South Carolina. What would be do without thee.

Halloween in SC? Viagra, a few dildos, a stripper.... in a cemetery.

Police: Ex-SC lawmaker caught with stripper:

"A former South Carolina legislator has been fired from the state prosecutor's office after authorities say he was discovered in a Columbia cemetery with a stripper."

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Happy Halloween!

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Iconic Atlantis

You can definitely kill some time with this website.

Iconic Photos

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Cool.

ThinkGeek :: Design geeky pumpkin template, win Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

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Always good to double-check your settings.

Facebook privacy: a guide - Ars Technica

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Funnyish.

What to Expect When You're Expected by David Javerbaum, G.E.D. - Trade Paperback - Random House:

"• “My mother just took a sip of white wine. Am I going to end up looking like some Chernobyl baby now?”

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Yes, Francis, sea levels do rise.

Lost Greek city that may have inspired Atlantis myth gives up secrets | Science | The Guardian:

"'There is now no doubt that this is the oldest submerged town in the world,' said Dr Jon Henderson, associate professor of underwater archaeology at the University of Nottingham. 'It has remains dating from 2800 to 1200 BC, long before the glory days of classical Greece. There are older sunken sites in the world but none can be considered to be planned towns such as this, which is why it is unique.'""

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Rest and Parades

I'm gonna do the 'rest' part today. Probably no parades, though.

Be good to each other.

Regular blogging commences tomorrow.

Labor Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of the summer. The holiday is often regarded as a day of rest and parades."

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Let's Do it All Again - 2009

Happy New Years!

No hangover here, folks. Ha!

Hangover Myths Slideshow: The Truth Behind Hangover Cures and Remedies

Watch some football, stuff yourself then take a couple of naps. That's an order.

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Party likes its.... er... 2009.

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2009 will be brilliant, y'all.

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Merry What-ever-you-Celebrate

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And you been......



Wham-rolled. Probably the gayest Xmas song ever.

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Happy Festivus

Phoning it in the next couple of days.

Enjoy your holidaze.

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Picture Pages

I watched the interview on ABC.com before I saw the article in the Buttholeville Daily.

Note to self: Swim out of an avalanche.

Florence native survives deluge in Colorado | TimesDaily.com| Florence, AL:

"After about a half-hour of skiing, they were ready for another run. They waited for another pair to finish their run, then Jones made his jump onto the slopes.

What would happen immediately after that nearly cost him his life, and ultimately landed him on television Wednesday morning for a live interview on ABC's 'Good Morning, America.'

'I jumped and made one turn to the left, and the slope just started sliding,' Jones said.

Immediately, the 1993 Coffee High School graduate had the terrifying realization that he was in the midst of an avalanche.

'I started screaming like a baby,' he said during an interview Wednesday with the TimesDaily."

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The first picture listed is incredible.

The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com

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Heh.

Gifts for the Blessed / 11 skewed ideas to make your holiday a bit more fun, strange, blasphemous:

"3) Gasoline storage tank
Genius! Fill your backyard reservoir with cheap gas right now, then chortle gleefully when 2010 comes and your friends are all paying 10 bucks a gallon to fill up their wimpy Prii, and suddenly there's you, roaring out to the Home Depot parking lot and burning donuts in your '96 Camaro filled with $1.19 unleaded. Dude! Foresight!

Don't forget to loiter around your tank as frequently as possible in your spare time, smoking a lot and flinging lit matches at the nozzle. You're indestructible!"

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Take my mind.

Spirits: Newfangled American whiskeys go beyond rye, bourbon:

"With his plaid shirt, cowboy hat and neatly trimmed mustache, Jess Graber is as quintessentially Western as sagebrush and the Marlboro Man. So when Graber decided to enter the whiskey business several years ago, he realized that making an eastern whiskey such as bourbon or rye just didn't feel right."

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Break-Out

I've been purposely avoiding politics as a little break for myself until the beginning of the new year.

But I read this and I couldn't agree more.

I wouldn't mind one bit if Reid lost his reelection bid in 2010.

FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: On Making Mitch McConnell Wet His Pants:

"I don't imagine the culture of the Senate changing in the new Congress so long as it's under Reid's direction, and Reid is highly unlikely to be replaced. There is some chance, however, that Obama rather than Reid will dictate the tone, particularly if Joe Biden is dispatched to Capitol Hill fairly often."
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The bottom line, however, is that the Republicans are filibustering more and more often because they can get away with it. If Reid can't get them to pay a greater public price, then the Democrats ought to find somebody else who can.

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Good read.

Fear and loving - the last years of Hunter S. Thompson - Times Online:

"“Most people don't associate Hunter with Candle in the Wind,” agrees 36-year-old Anita Thompson today, reflecting on a relationship that ended in February 2005, when her famously eccentric husband sat in the Owl Farm kitchen and shot himself in the head. “But we both worked hard to create this conducive atmosphere, and get him in the mood to write. He was very productive when I knew him. I used to say to him, ‘You should be writing!' And he'd say, ‘You are right!' Then he'd pull out his typewriter and get to work.”"

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Oh, man, was I ever an Atari kid. I was a member of the Atari Club. I had posters and t-shirts and I remember calling everybody I knew the first time I cleared all of the blocks in Break-out for the first time.

Good times.

Atari blasts back from the past with new game plan:

"LONDON (Reuters Life!) – For many gamers Atari is a blast from the past or just a logo on retro T-shirts but the company that dates back 36 years is looking to reclaim a stake of the video game landscape."

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Real Santas.

Secret Santas in 3 states spread cheer, $100 bills :

"ST. LOUIS – At a suburban Goodwill store on Friday, Theresa Settles selected a large, black comforter to warm her family until she can raise the money to turn the gas heat back on. A petite woman approached, her face obscured by dark sunglasses and a wrapped winter scarf, and handed Settles two $100 bills stamped with the words 'secret Santa.' 'The only condition,' she said, 'is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on.'

'I will,' Settles said, the only words she could get out of her mouth.

The secret Santa was a protege of Kansas City's undercover gift giver, Larry Stewart, who died of cancer nearly two years ago. Stewart roamed city streets each December doling out $100 bills to anyone who looked like they might need a lift."

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