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Join the ninth annual CALLS FROM HOME radio broadcast for prisoners

Forwarding from Jennifer Karmin: Thousand Kites is asking you to call our toll-free line 877-518-0606 and speak directly to those behind bars this holiday season. An answering machine will record your message. Read a poem, sing a song, or just speak directly from you heart. Speak to someone you know or to everyone---make it uplifting. Call anytime, now through December 9, and record your message. The United States has 2.4 million people behind bars. Thousand Kites wants you to lend you

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Panic at the Disco sets the record not-so-straight

Photo: Shane Valdes Panic at the Disco is celebrating their '70s revival sound with a live CD/DVD and similarly retro-tinged documentary and limited edition book of Polaroids following each day the band spent on the road with the Honda Civic Tour. Though drummer Spencer Smith (that's him in the bottom left corner) rarely speaks on stage and lends his dry, sardonic voice only occasionally to group interviews, he jumped at the chance to talk with Out again. This time he sets the record not

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Neko Case announces release date, track listing for new record

Punknews.org is reporting that the new record from Neko Case, Middle Cyclone will be released March 3, 2009 on Anti- Records, which is great news not only because her music is awesome, but because it gives me an excuse to post the picture to the left. Details on the record from the original story are as follows: "Recorded in Tucson, Brooklyn, Toronto, and Vermont, the album will feature guitarist Paul Rigby, bassist Tom V. Ray, backing vocalist Kelly Hogan, multi-instrumentalist Jon Rauhouse

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Cheated by 'Religulous,' He Wonders, Why the Double Standard in U.S. Culture for Israel?

A few weeks back I ran a friend's review of "Religulous" that pointed out Bill Maher's double-standard for Christian evangelicals and Jews. A man who just saw the film--"Rand Meko"--found that review online, and sent me the following note:I felt cheated by Religulous. I thought a number of groups not only got off free, but there was a very distinct melding of specific politics and religion - something Bill Maher seemed to be vehemently against. I appreciated you opening up the discussion.  It s

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Ware May Need Favre

It's a shame the Cowboys don't play the Jets this month. That way linebacker DeMarcus Ware would have a real shot at Michael Strahan's NFL-record of 22.5 sacks that was Brett Favre aided. Ware currently has 15 sacks, which leads the league. He's going to need a monster last month to catch Strahan, or a quarterback who has no problem taking a dive to make sure he gets the mark. But Ware has been thinking about the record. "You've got to keep it out of your mind," Ware said. "It's all really just

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Dissing the Bear's Legend, too?

If you thought I was joking about the heated debate I was having with the Washington Post’s Bob Barnes yesterday, well, I wasn’t. (I also wasn't joking that everything I write this week will have some connection to the Crimson Tide or football, so non-football fans may be better off with another "legal" blog for the next few days.) Anyway, after reading my blog yesterday, when I wrote about how it saddened me that a great guy and colleague like Bob was saddled with the misfortune of being a Fl

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Put On the TV!

Look you know me. I dont tell people to put on their TVs willy nilly. But in this case I've gotta make an exception. They are having these hearings with congress and the auto makers right now. The CEOs of the auto makers. The guy on now is Bob Nardelli. Now I dont know what the record is but Bob Nardelli must hold the gold medal for "biggest loser of stock price while in charge of a company versus amount of wheat stuffed in own pocket". This is high comedy watching this assclown who "ran" Home

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Songbeat Player Serves Up Free Tunes

Free online music is nothing new, but finding a legitimate source with a large library that is also easy to use can be difficult. Windows-based Songbeat provides an elegant solution that won't fill your computer with malware or questionable pop-up ads. Songbeat functions as an aggregator for websites like SeeqPod, SpoolFM and Project Playlist--places that either host or constantly scour the Internet for tracks that have been legitimately released for free online consumption. Songbeat is als

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Honoring Mike Teel

Kenny Britt likes to tease me about how much I like Mike Teel, I play along and the truth is: I do really like Mike Teel. And I know I'm awfully lucky I do. Mike's a Bergen County kid and our paper's home base is in Bergen County and so obviously, from the start, I was aware he'd be a kid our readers would always want news on. I remember exactly where I was (the produce section of a grocery store) on that July day in 2004, when I found out Mike had committed to Rutgers. I called this teenager,

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Buster Olney on Manny Ramirez

Very interesting stuff today from Buster Olney at ESPN.com on Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers' offer of arbitration for the dreadlocked slugger: Executives around baseball... are having a difficult time envisioning how Ramirez would make more in salary in 2009 than if he accepted arbitration. He made $20 million last season -- although the present-day value was just a little more than $17 million -- and following a historic performance in which Ramirez hit .396 for the Dodgers in two months, dr

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Diva-liscious

Today, I'm setting the record straight about Wedding Paper Divas. A few years ago, when they were first getting stared, I went online to check out the online wedding invitation shop. I thought that the site was cute and easy, but I remembered the selection being a little limited and, to be frank, it was in one ear and out the other for me. Well, I must say that today, I stand corrected! The site is still fun, functional and easy to use, but it's gone from an online shop to a stationary em

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Battle Creek Paper Sets Gannett Record

We posted earlier that Gannett's paper in Visalia, Ca. seemed to set the cutback record this week, losing almost one-third of its staff. But this report pegs the slashing at the Battle Creek daily in troubled Michigan at 50%. Read it and weep.

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On Page 75, The End Has Arrived!

When government prosecutors get their copy of the motion for a new trial in Sen. Ted Stevens’ case this week, the printed document will be slightly heavier than first anticipated. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan yesterday granted Stevens’ defense lawyers more space to file the motion—up to 75 pages. Local rules say motions—and response briefs—cannot exceed 45 pages without court approval. “The trial in this case took an entire month and gave rise to numerous legal disputes, including motio

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T-shirt start-up i/denti/fies a new fashion model

The music and fashion have long provided people with important means of self-expression.  A new company called i/denti/tee, conceived and launched by non-traditional-agency-like-object Anomoly, aims to aims to monetize the space where music and fashion meet.  I like their model, which sits at the intersection of three key trends -- mass customization, crowdsourcing and eco/social consciousness -- to produce a unique line of music t-shirts that are ready-made for the 'net generation.  I know

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Live from Paris... it's Saturday Night!

This Saturday afternoon (OK so it's not really at night), I will be participating in a VERY fun and totally cool event: the first-ever Katia and Kyliemac Podcast LIVE VIDEOCAST for their  200th show! It's their first show with a live audience, and some of us who have appeared on the podcast (I was their first guest way back in episode 23 & 24!) have been invited to join in the general merriment and shenanigans as we record episode 200 and 201! They'll be broadcasting from the Great Canadia

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For sale: Art deco house in Porth, near Newquay, Cornwall

Looking to sell up and head for the coast? Well, this art deco house in Porth, near Newquay, Cornwall could be the perfect retreat. The house was built by the family who owned Porth harbour and commands fantastic views of the harbour (just a short walk from the house) from the bay windows. The current owners have obviously spent some serious money on the property too, with just about everything updated, mixing period features with more modern utilities. For the record, the house offers up a

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Be a Heretic

Ever sense Martin Luther nailed The 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in 1517 and ushered in the Reformation the term “heretic” has had religious connotations, being someone who’s opinion was a deliberate departure from accepted church doctrine. The business world needs more heretics, especially today. The marketplace demands more people who seeing outside the standard paradigm in an industry and have the courage to change it. The paradigm represents the way to get things done. It’s ea

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Grammy Nominees Include Lots of KCRW Artists!

A big congratulations to Adele, who netted nominations for Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance She made her U.S. radio debut on MBE in March and returned a few weeks ago for an encore performance – watch it HERE if you missed it. Coldplay, who also made their U.S. performance debut on KCRW, garnered 7 nominations. Check out this intimate acoustic set they did on MBE. M.I.A. got a “Record of the Year” nomination for “Paper Planes.” See her live performan

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Last Chance to Vote!!!

OK people, we're getting down to the wire! Only two days remain to cast your vote in the Within Earshot Music Video Contest.  Have your say and help make one local band very happy and $1,500 richer! Here's a quick refresher on the contest.  A few months ago, I challenged all K-W/Cambridge/Guelph bands and musicians to make a video for one of their songs.  The response was fantastic, with more than 30 video submissions, covering practically every genre of music. Voting opened a couple of wee

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"Cameron's a lightweight" (New Statesman, 12/4/2008): On meeting Cameron, Obama was, according to diplomatic sources, "distinctly unimpressed", contrary to some reports (excitedly spun by the Conservatives) which suggested that the two men had formed an instant "bond". Instead, I have been told, Obama exclaimed of Cameron after their meeting: "What a lightweight!" He apparently also asked officials about Tory Euroscepticism. Soon, word about the rather awkward encounter between the two self-p

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