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Death Cab in MPLS June 2nd

Death Cab for Cutie will be rolling into the Orpheum Theater June 2nd in support of Narrow Stairs....

Apr 1st

Yet another questionable CNN PoliTicker...

-50 Cent no longer supports Clinton No joke. Sorry, not linking it, that would just encourage them....

Apr 1st

Macalester protesters fight the wrong...

So there was a pretty big anti-war protest here at the U last week. Apparently there were around 200...

Mar 31st

War Crimes.

Tonight on 60 Minutes they showed the story of Murat Kurnaz, a German citizen who spent five years...

Mar 31st

I'm calling CNN out

Let’s take a look at my RSS feed for CNN’s Political Ticker. Included are: -Sen....

Mar 31st

WhatsOnWhen.com

Mar 30th

Blinkx.com

Mar 30th

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Conor Oberst - You Should Be In Sweden Here it is..the first anyone ever heard of Conor Oberst....

Mar 29th

Fuckkkkk Buttons

One of the big buzzzzz bands from SXSW was Fuck Buttons, and with a name like that, I had to check...

Mar 29th

Should Prescription Drugs Be Allowed in...

Nearly I know I’m going to take some shit for impinging on free speech rights, but we...

Mar 28th

Minneapolis' attempt at a summer music...

Andrew Bird, The New Pornogrpahers, Cloud Cult, and Bon Iver will grace the Minneapolis Sculpture...

Mar 28th

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Death Cab for Cutie - Cath (Acoustic, Live @ BBC6) Kind of has a The Photo Album vibe to me. But,...

Mar 27th

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Mar 27th

Death Cab cover confirmed

The iTunes image is indeed the official artwork of Death Cab’s upcoming Narrow Stairs....

Mar 25th

Maybe we'll be alright

Mar 25th

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El Guincho - Palmitos Park I think the reason I like Spain-based El Guincho’s Alegranza so...

Mar 24th

Narrow Stairs Cover(s) (Maybe)

from Wikipedia..since taken down and from the iTunes preorder..maybe a scrambled version of the...

Mar 21st

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  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Carl Orff’s O Fortuna So this has been one of my favorite...

Mar 21st

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Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart (album version) For those of you not in the know...

Mar 19th

Ski-U-Mah

Whoa. We had a little politics overload there didn’t we? I will admit, even for someone who...

Mar 19th

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Barack Obama delivers the most important speech on race in our lifetime.

Mar 18th

“For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a...”
— Barack Obama

Mar 18th

“We are the president.”
— Hillary Clinton If Hillary...

Mar 18th

“Being wrong about sending Americans to kill and be killed,...”
— Lincoln Chafee, a former...

Mar 18th

NEWSFLASH

You live in the suburbs. 

Mar 17th

Is this why we're still in Iraq?

It’s coincidental that on a day that I didn’t use the internet the entire day (my...

Mar 17th

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Absolutely amazing. Thanks Phil.

Mar 17th

Unless you are completely ignorant of what goes on in your world, the woman below can’t win...

Mar 16th

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Vampire Weekend - Boston I’m sure you have all listened to Vampire Weekend’s...

Mar 15th

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The Starting Line - Island Let me guess, you haven’t listened to The Starting Line’s...

Mar 14th

SPRING BREAK 08!!!!11

what’s up brahs!?! y’all ready to kick back and throw down some major beerage in...

Mar 14th

More Live Action Star Wars Show News

Here’s some rumors about the live action Star Wars tv show destined to hit your hd sets in...

Mar 14th

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N.E.R.D. - Everyone Nose This may end up being my favorite rap track of the year. N.E.R.D. returns...

Mar 13th

Olbermann Tackles Disturbing Trend

Keith Olbermann takes it to Clinton for not taking action on Geraldine Ferraro’s comments that...

Mar 13th

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Mar 13th

Muse to stop making traditional albums?

What a coincidence, I listened to a ton of Muse today and some pretty exciting news comes out from...

Mar 13th

LOL update

Apparently Wilco and Rage Against the Machine may both be at Lollapalooza this year? Damn son....

Mar 13th

Oh YTMND...

Mar 12th

South By Southwest: Welcome To Hipster...

Mar 12th

Any credibility I ever had is now...

Sue me but I’m pretty fucking pumped for this. I can’t decide whether the album art is...

Mar 12th

I iz famouz

Mar 12th

PopZap Does SXSW

Mar 12th

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We Are Scientists - Rockstar (Live Acoustic Nickelback Cover) We Are Scientists, responsible for...

Mar 12th

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I snagged this bit of homestate pride from Stereogum. An a cappella group from Carleton College in...

Mar 11th

Takin' it to Fox News

Recently on Fox News, Montell Williams was on to discuss the death of Heath Ledger and instead tore...

Mar 11th

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Mar 11th

Midnight Showing for a Cartoon? That's...

First poster from this summer’s animated Clone Wars movie. Higher res here.

Mar 11th

Pitchfork Fessst

My other possible option is above and with Vampire Weekend confirmed, at least one day of the...

Mar 11th

LOLlapalooza 2008

If you’re one of the people who I am planning on roadtripping to Lollapalooza this year with,...

Mar 10th

Vampire Weekend on SNL (hipster backlash...

Vampire Weekend played on SNL this weekend, ensuring no hipster would ever listen to them again....

Mar 10th

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Mar 10th

sing it LOUD

Hailzzzz and I headed over to Hudson, WI (ROADTRIP BABYYY!) to check out Sing It Loud as neither of...

Mar 10th

Hillary Endorses McCain Over Obama

Mar 10th

If anyone out there needs cheap headphones, jump on these babies. I was sick of in-ear headphones...

Mar 9th

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As Tall As Lions - Into the Flood Sundays are supposed to be lazy right? So here’s a little...

Mar 9th

Interesting Perspective...

The article is from Dick Morris, a former adviser to Bill Clinton and Trent Lott (how the hell did...

Mar 9th

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M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Remix For The Children by Adrock)  Shiiiiit. It’s Saturday, which...

Mar 8th

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Sigur Ros’ tour documentary Heima is up in its entirety on Youtube for the rest of the day....

Mar 7th

Second sketchy URL in a row...

Mar 7th

Would these just be too damned lame? $8 though…

Mar 7th

Clipzzz of New DCfC Single

“I long for this mirrored perspective, when we will be lovers, lovers at last you’ve...

Mar 7th

Don't ask me why...

Mar 7th

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American Music Club - All The Lost Souls Welcome You To San Francisco So I heard this song on The...

Mar 7th

Psssst...We're Still Winning...

From Marc Cooper at Huffington Post: After the confetti is swept and the champagne bottles are...

Mar 6th

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AHHHHH! Neocons are so scary. How can they think attacking Iran would in any way be a good idea?...

Mar 6th

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Numero uno…Viva Obama! from http://amigosdeobama.com/ 

Mar 6th

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Numero dos…Obama Reggaeton!

Mar 6th

Dean Shows Florida and Michigan What's Up

Mar 6th

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UGK - Int’l Players Anthem Yesterday I posted the best album of 2007 that I missed in 2007,...

Mar 6th

pssssst…winter is no fun anymore

Mar 6th

Tapes 'N Tapes New Jamz, Hurry!

You can stream the entirety of Tapes ‘N Tapes (hometown heroz!) new album, Walk it Off until...

Mar 6th

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WARNING: May cause seizures (LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!) Gnarls Barkley’s video for his new single...

Mar 5th

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Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina  It’s official, the best album from 2007 that I didn’t...

Mar 5th

Droppin' More Knowledge Than Obi

Wookieepedia Pretty much the only website you will ever need for any sort of useful information. 

Mar 5th

Watch Primary Coverage Online

Mar 5th

Pretention TV?

Pitchfork announced Pitchfork TV today an online channel of sorts. Check out the press release here....

Mar 5th

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Wilco playing “Hate it Here” on SNL last weekend. Their latest, Sky Blue Sky, makes me...

Mar 4th

Totally getting one. ____________________________ 

Mar 4th

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The Wombats - Let’s Dance to Joy Division  horrible band name, good band. Check out The...

Mar 4th

fresh start. real fresh.

Here we are again. I neglected my LJ, infrequently posted on my Glue account, and now I have a...

Mar 4th