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a rock giant, a chanteuse, and one of the best

randomduck - June 14th, 2008 | Comments Off

Friday the 13th was a day of highs and lows. Let me start with the highs (and a quip or two).
Last night, sprite and I went to see Robert Plant (the rock giant) and Alison Krauss (the chanteuse) perform a brilliant show at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Their album, Raising Sand, was my favorite [...]

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too damn early

randomduck - November 1st, 2007 | Comment (1)

Saw my first Christmas-themed advert on TV this morning - from Hallmark, of course.
It scared the pants off of me.
Please, it’s too early to market for the holiday season. Sure, it’s November (and welcome to it), but it’s just too damn early.
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tuesday quick quips

randomduck - September 4th, 2007 | Comments Off

Some things that have crossed my mind today:

WAMU’s decision to relegate their bluegrass programming to the HD range is flat-out stupid. The powers-that-be at WAMU continue to prove that they know how to implode a local radio station, creating more of the same (political talk radio and over-syndicated NPR content) rather than provide a [...]

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again, olbermann is spot-on

randomduck - July 20th, 2007 | Comments Off

Keith Olbermann is a rare entity in journalism these days: a man who knows no fear, and who is willing to speak things that the corporate shills who run the major media outlets dare not say for fear of offending the Bush propaganda machine.
And last night, as he has many times before, Olbermann said what [...]

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talkin’ pepper

randomduck - April 11th, 2007 | Comment (1)

Sgt. Pepper, that is. Check out my latest post over at Selective Service.
Anything else to report? Not really. Did a lot of homework tonight.
Glad to see that MSNBC canned Imus. Besides: how exciting is it to watch a radio show? There’s a reason the epithet “a face made for radio” [...]

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who’s the hoya connection….

randomduck - February 5th, 2007 | Comments (2)

….at Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip?
I mean, there’s a Wisconsin Ave GUTS sign in one of the dressing room sets on the show! There’s gotta be a connection.
Anyone?
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