December 2011
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Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Is About To Get...
Not this year, but soon. As Poz points out, fifteen players who are certain or borderline HoFers, many of whom have steroid issues, hit the ballot over the next three years:
First-time Players on the Hall of Fame Ballot
2012
Craig Biggio
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Mike Piazza
Curt Schilling
Sammy Sosa
2013
Tom Glavine
Jeff Kent
Greg Maddux
Mike Mussina
Frank Thomas
2014
Randy...
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Music Discovery 2011
Working my way through the Pitchfork Top 50, looking for good albums I haven’t heard before. If I filter out any reviews that use the words “chillwave,” “electronica,” or “Brooklyn,” there’s some great stuff on here: Iceage, Cults, Thee Oh Sees, Yuck…
“There should be a word for that feeling you get when an older person — and not...”
– Paul Ford, “Facebook and the Epiphanator”
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“Overall, I think it’s a good time to have a girl in the 21st century...”
– Louis C.K. in Fast Company
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Business Insider (?!) loves Kleenex Girl Wonder! →
Even more than they love Florence & the Machine (but not as much as Stephen Malkmus). I’m not sure why Business Insider is putting out a list of the best albums of the year, or why two-thirds of it are obscure, indie artists, but I’m not complaining because they put my brother’s band at #9:
9. Kleenex Girl Wonder, “Secret Thinking” — Criminally underappreciated,...
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Watch it before it gets taken down: the opening... →
You know, the sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender. Yay!
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The Awesome Song I Heard Today Recap: 1-10
The first ten songs (plus a few bonus tracks) from my new blog, The Awesome Song I Heard Today. Tell your friends!
1. Fleetwood Mac, “Never Going Back Again”
2. Radiohead, “Paranoid Android”
3. Stevie Wonder, “Sir Duke”
Bonus: Heavy D & the Boyz, “Now That We’ve Found Love” (R.I.P. Heavy D)
4. Gang of Four, “Natural’s Not...
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