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Many people know about The Beatles and their 1963 visit to the United States that heralded the “British Invasion.”
What few people realize is that their first concert in the U.S. was not on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” but at the Washington Coliseum (originally called Uline Arena) here in the District of Columbia. Here’s video [...]

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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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Feel free to complete them in the comments….

Been riding the bike a lot since last week. Went on a great 67-mile ride on Saturday with my friend, Joyce. We started about 5 minutes after the rest of the group, but caught up with them within a couple of miles. Riding strong, I [...]

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It’s been a crazy week - I’ve got ride logs to backfill and other stuff about which to muse - but today simply needs some random music. Thus, this random ten:

“Not Too Late” - Lindsey Buckingham
“Englishman In New York” - Sting
“The Crystal Ship” - The Doors
“Dead Man” - The Longcut
“Nessun Dorma” (from Puccini’s Turandot) [...]

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Three things that are on my mind this Saturday night:

Today’s DC Democratic Convention went off without a hitch. It was a decent exercise in voter outreach and party building, but it didn’t offer much to grow the party. Most of the workshops and such were preaching to the already “indoctrinated” DC Dems, and [...]

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To put it in the words of Jonathan Coulton:
“It’s the first of May
Outdoor fucking starts today….”
Don’t know the song? You could download the MP3 from the link to Coulton’s site, or watch the following, fan-produced video:

It’s also quite the day for other things, as Sarah points out.
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