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YouTube Video of the Day: Mew - 156 April 10, 2009

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from my boat...*

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From
my boat,

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but now...*

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i can see
your house.

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& when the lights are on...°

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And when
the lights are on,

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hear the wind?°

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i can watch
you move…

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You are just like an avalanche —
cold, as i might have guessed…

most of our lives, we try so hard to find...

But at least i’m covered up for now…

In a big big way,

!!!

i am really small.

i get off my feet,

???

but i’m still distant…

You can
run away,
leave your books
behind you.

You got
one chance, still:

You got
somethin’ new.

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1 5 6 don't you just <3 goodbyes???

i can always get you down...

Mew:

156 (edit) from Frengers

. & . & . & .

156 (Cubase demo)
from Half the World is Watching Me

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artwork by Ron Regé, Jr.
inspired by characters from
Skibber Bee Bye

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Song of the Day: Interpol - Untitled April 8, 2009

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because if silence is golden,
then music must be made of diamonds…

???The word

untitled

refers to
something
that has no
title.

The PicassoDocuments,

works of art,

musical works,
and other works
can be untitled.

~ via

the four symbols .

'Untitled' by Noel BarnettGenerally,

an untitled work

is the result of
a conscious choice
by the artist or creator
not to apply a title.

?However,
many computer programs will use

untitled

as a default title for
documents, images, or other files.

Some works

have a paradoxical title

of Untitled…

Interpol | Turn on the Bright Lights====

Oh, i will surprise you sometime —
i’ll come ’round…

…when you’re down.

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Interpol - Untitled (4.5MB mp3)

from the album Turn on the Bright Lights

Wikipedia: Interpol (the band) | Interpol (disambiguation)

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Song of the Day: Masters of Reality - V.H.V. May 22, 2008

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MUSH!!

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Got a mean

little kitten,

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they see me rollin'... they hatin'.

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chasin’ all

the dogs away…

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Masters of Reality - V.H.V. (5MB mp3)

from the album Sunrise on the Sufferbus

sumwun shudda talkd 2 u abowt da dangerz of catnip.*

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Got a mean

little kitten,

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HALP!*

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chasin’ all

the dogs

away.

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u has a flavur*

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People ask me

if she

bites me —

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i awlso maded u a tripel cheezburger.*

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wouldn’t have it

any other way.

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OMG!!! world's largest lolcat mural IRL!!! WTF?!?

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O hai!
i’m in ur Wikipedia:

Internet meme

Image macro

Lolcat

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all photos via

I Can Has Cheezburger?

click on any image -

u can has larger photos there.

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yep. u gots it.

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Song of the Day: Blind Willie McTell - Searching the Desert for the Blues May 11, 2008

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You may search the ocean,
you might go ‘cross the deep blue sea…

'Hot Shot Willie' - Atlanta, 1940

But Mama, you’ll never find
another hot shot like me.

Apollo 15 lunar mission - July 1971

i followed my baby from the station to the train,
and the blues came down like dark night showers of rain.

Blind Willie McTell - Searching the Desert for the Blues (2.9MB mp3)

recorded February 22, 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia

West Valley, Mars - November 2007

i left her at the station,
wringin’ her hands and cryin’…

oh lordy lord --- lord, lord, lord...

i told her she had a home,
just as long as i got mine.

Victoria Crater, Mars - Fall 2007

that's why i'm searching these deserts for the blues...

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Song of the Day: Björk – Innocence May 5, 2008

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When i once was....

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i once had no fears,
none at all.

And then when
i had some…

To my surprise,
i grew to like both:

scared; or brave
without them.

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fear is a powerful drug. overcome it, & you think that you can do anything...

The thrill of fear —
thought i’d never admit it…

The thrill of fear —
now greatly enjoyed with courage.

should i save myself for later... or generously give?*

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Neurosis
only
attaches
itself
to
fertile
ground,

where
it
can
flourish…

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innocence..

.

When i once was

fearless,

innocence roared.

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let's open up...Still amazes…

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Untouchable,

innocence.

It is still here —

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.

but in different places.

Björk | Volta

Björk – Innocence (4.1MB mp3)

from the album Volta

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click on any image
to view the source

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Quote(s) of the Day: from Another Roadside Attraction May 4, 2008

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“Normally,”

ISL: lurking threat or mostly harmless?

said Marvelous,

“the Institute
concerns itself
with probing
relatively specific
problems
and
situations.”

E Pluribus UnumFor example, the State Department
and the Defense Department signed
a joint contract with us for a study of Iceland.Lofsöngur

They wanted to know where
Iceland was going in the modern world,
whether she would be likely to constitute
a threat.

Lýðveldið ÍslandConsidering her history and her racial character, her current state of economic growth, scientific activity and political ambitions, what should be America’s long-range policy in regards to Iceland?

In our twice-weekly seminars, where
we would pool the results of individual research and think sessions, we dined on fish heads and mead and piped in rímur music, that’s how immersed in Iceland we were.

'In God We Trust'. We even turned the air conditioner up as high
. as it would go to get the feel of the climate.
.
. The assistant director caught a terrible cold
. and missed ten days.
.
. That study was top secret, naturally,
and I’m violating security by mentioning it,
but what the hell.

You see, generally, what kind of projects we undertook?

Logic only gives man what he needs. Magic gives him what he wants.“Yes, I see,”
said Amanda.

“It sounds ever so important.”

Was Amanda giggling
or clearing her sinuses?
Marx Marvelous
could not tell which.

“It is necessary
that man extend his vision
beyond the political realities
of the present,”

said Marx,
somewhat defensively.

“When science can assist him in that, it is his duty.”

The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.

~ from Another Roadside Attraction

a novel by Tom Robbins

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Song of the Day: Sufjan Stevens - A Good Man Is Hard To Find May 1, 2008

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someone's left me creased..

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i once

was better.

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i put off

all my grief …

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Sufjan Stevens - A Good Man Is Hard To Find

from the album Seven Swans

she was once like me..

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i put off

all my grief.

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Quote(s) of the Day: from Bucky Fuller April 30, 2008

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Richard Buckminster 'Bucky' Fuller (1895–1983)

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Now there is one outstandingly important fact
regarding Spaceship Earth,

and that is that
no instruction book
came with it.

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Something hit me very hard once, thinking about what one little man could do.

Don't fight forces, use them.The Things
to do are:

the things
that need doing,
that you see need
to be done,

and that no one else
seems to see
need to be done.

Unity is plural and, at minimum, is two.

'Reality' should always be in quotes. You
never
change
things
by
fighting
the
existing
reality.

To
change
something,
build
a
new
model
that
makes
the
existing
model
obsolete.

~ Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller (1895–1983)

Every picture tells a story:

click on any image
(in this post & pretty much
everywhere else on this site)
to learn more…

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Song of the Day: Groove Armada - Purple Haze April 29, 2008

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hey, kids - don't try this @ home...*

On

your

mark,

get

set…

TURN ON!

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Jack Daniel's...Camels...

You can cut your split ends —

crates full of samples...

but you can’t cut your roots.

old skool.

one Nike in the...grave.one Nike in the...maze.

It all makes sense, after the ’shr∞ms & the…

Groove Armada - Purple Haze (5.6MB mp3)

from the album Lovebox

GROOVE ARMADA | LOVEBOX *
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to see the original on Flickr

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Song of the Day: The Shins - Young Pilgrim April 27, 2008

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A cold and wet November dawn,
and there are no barking sparrows —

i sink & then i swim all night.

just emptiness to dwell upon.

another slow train to the coast...

i fell into a winter slide,
and ended up the kinda kid
who goes down chutes too narrow…

'The Eloquent Young Pilgrims'

But i learned fast
how to keep my head up,

fate isn't what we're up against... there's no design, no flaws to find.

’cause i know there is this side of me that
wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just
fly the whole mess into the sea…

modern thought can get the best of you.

The Shins - Young Pilgrim (3.6MB mp3)

from the album Chutes Too Narrow

images shamelessly jacked via Google Image Search

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Comix: xkcd - Startling April 26, 2008

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We actually reached the future about three years ago.

xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

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Picture/Quote of the Day: from Kurt Vonnegut April 11, 2008

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'History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.'

So it goes.

the artist as a young man.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
(November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007)

THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC.*

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Bless

You,

Mr. Vonnegut.

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Song of the Day: Bittersweet Dirt Off Your Shoulder April 10, 2008

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i’m a million
different people
from one day
to the next…

i can change.

Got some
dirt on my shoulder —
could you brush it off
fo’ me?

Bittersweet Dirt Off Your Shoulder (4.6MB mp3)

aka Brush Your Bitter Sweet Shoulders Off

allegedly mashed-up by DJ Chomps

Jay-Z | The Black AlbumThe Verve | Urban HymnsJay-Z | The Black AlbumThe Verve | Urban Hymns

Flickr photo from danielab2007

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How To: Avoid Pain, Suffering, Misery, and Regret April 9, 2008

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don’t just stand there…
DO something:

i can has sum help now, plz???how to survive
a long fall

how to tell if a
diamond is real

how to deal with
a bad kisser

how to stand up
for yourself

how to communicate
effectively

how to learn to
manage people

how to hire
a bodyguard

how to dissuade
yourself from
becoming a blogger

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how-to tips via: wikihow.com

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