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Give a listen to… Onili
This week/month/whenever’s “Give a listen to…” feature is Onili, a fantastic Israeli band that is just beginning to get a tiny ounce of press… I actually stumbled across their stand-out track Sentimental thanks to a feature on the blog of KEXP, a college radio station out of Seattle. The band, led by Onili, has a…
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Snow queens enchant
You know how everyone has that one thing about them that’s especially quirky, endearing, but mostly just strange? For those of you who know me well, this comes as no surprise, but for the rest of you, welcome to my thing: Figure skating. I love it. And have for almost as long as I can…
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French fries causing all sorts of drama
This past week has seen an unusual amount of french fry-related incidents resulting in arrest. Perhaps people are just getting a bit tense under the pressure of meeting (or not meeting) new year’s resolutions? * Thursday evening at a Florida McDonald’s, 75-year-old grandmother Jean Merola was arrested for disorderly conduct following an altercation with a…
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We cannot walk alone…
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring the birthday of one of the leading proponents of nonviolence and spokespeople of the civil rights movement. In addition to providing a day off from school, work, etc., the holiday gives us all an opportunity to look around us and ask whether the world we currently live…
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Goldfrapp debuts video, marketers control the world
The video for deliciously avant-garde Alison Goldfrapp’s new single ‘A&E’ from her band’s forthcoming album, Seventh Tree, was released yesterday on the Mute Channel’s Freshly Squeezed. The video is abstract and strange, as can be expected from Goldfrapp, and even if the single is a bit more on the pop side than previous efforts, I…
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