Unless you are say, late 30′s, mid 40′s (like me) then for you REM is some sort of oldies band; a few recent hits, but kind of like the Rolling Stones were for anyone my age. They were just there and not particularly relevant. But one has to remember that in 1983 these guys...
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I guess this means we've survived another winter. At times like this it is good to muse on the wonderful turning of the seasons that make life in our part of the world so interesting. The rebirth of life in the Spring prompts us to begin to make future plans again, to...
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I really hate the commercial aspect of Christmas. I don’t do Black Friday and I usually wait to do my Christmas shopping until… now. I like the frisson of fear that my online gifts won’t make it in time. It takes some snow and some Christmas carols to get me in the mood. Being...
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Ra Ra Riot are a six-piece from Syracuse, NY. I recently got to see them at the Daytrotter Barnstormer III gig in Maquoketa. They are great live too.
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So, can we make it official that Arizona has dethroned South Carolina as the epicenter of crazy-ass politicians in America? Director, Robert Rodriguez, (El Mariachi, Spy Kids, From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City) pulls together an all-star cast to mess with Arizona’s new immigration law.
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I’ll have some thoughts on this soon. But in the meantime, if you missed it on PBS, you should watch this. Ashford University is mentioned in here.
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Do you like 80′s pop? Do you like jazz and lounge music? Well, meet Nouvelle Vague. Score another point for French culture. Novell Vague is on heavy rotation in our kitchen on family cooking nights.
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Indie meets Hindi. H/T my Director of Market Intelligence.
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Apropos of nothing save the current sturm und drang regarding school budgets and school administration. Remember what its all about: teachers and students. H/T Sully.
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Been a busy week. The Flaming Lips have been around since forever. I remember seeing them at the now-gone but legendary Crow’s Nest in Iowa City in the early 1980′s when they were just a moderatly interesting, albeit fun alt-rock band. When I worked at KRUI, they cut a cool faux-rap station ID. They...
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