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Monthly Archives: February 2008

best cover songs…

February 6, 2008 – 10:32 pm

Following a conversation on the best cover songs of all time, I thought I’d make a list of the Top 10 Best Cover Songs of All Time.
Check it out… 

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venicin

February 6, 2008 – 4:32 am

I’m absolutely buying this:
 
It’s by New York designer Benjamin Cho, by the way, who New York Magazine did a nice profile on semi-recently.

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punxsutawney

February 3, 2008 – 1:19 am

In honor of my favorite holiday, I offer you a news round-up of blog offerings on this the holiest of rodent celebratory days.

(not that Will Shortz cashes in on this one that often [not even on Sunday], but it’s spelled “Punxsutawney Phil,” for the record. And yes, he saw his shadow today, so we’re in [...]

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bullshit

February 1, 2008 – 6:42 am

Gawker.com recently posted a rather brilliant “Field Guide to Tumblr” — which is essentially a less text-heavy blogging utility site that allows users to post the weird, funny shit they find on the Internet. With a greater emphasis on design, too, Tumblr is necessarily what Gawker admits is “like LiveJournal for privileged white 20-somethings.” In [...]

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election

February 1, 2008 – 6:31 am

I’m burned out. Are a lot of people burned out? Does this happen every election year, or are we all just uniquely DONE with G.W. to the extent that don’t know what to do rather than turn the ‘08 election into a veritable Us Weekly special edition? As the kind of person who eats up [...]

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