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St. Vincent - Marry Me Just picked this up the other day because my wife thought the cover looked intriguing and it's great. There are a couple of tunes on her myspace that'll give you an idea of what it sounds like.

Maple syrup in place of the brown sugar is great too.

I saw The Assassination of Jesse James last night. It was very good, but should have been cut shorter. This review sums it up: "Every element of this Western is beautifully rendered. So why is it a chore to sit through?" I love zombie movies and was excited to see Fido, but was disappointed. I enjoyed Sunshine. Picked it up without having heard anything about it and thought it was great. I've been watching lots of documentaries lately. There's one called Commune that is quite fun to watch if you've got any hippy in you. Manufacturing Landscapes, about Edward Burtynsky's photography, is incredible and highly recommended.

I think this is the reason people get worked up over issues like this. Minority groups, religious and otherwise, have traditionally been excluded from having a voice in defining who "we" are, and the recital of this prayer in government is indicative that this tradition of exclusion is still very much in practice. Using a non-denominational prayer or a moment of silence makes way more sense. Personally, I'd prefer if they read a statement about their responsibilities to their constituents and then a had a moment of silence to reflect upon that.

The new Constantines album Kensington Heights was leaked awhile back. The album rocks, can't wait for the tour.

Your scored -5.5 on Moral Order and 0.5 on Moral Rules. 1. System: Socialism 2. Ideology: Activism 3. Party: Green Party 4. Presidents: John F Kennedy 5. 04' Election: Ralph Nader 6. 08' Election: Dennis Kucinich Of the 403,044 respondents: 1. 2% are close to you. 2. 58% are more conservative. 3. 4% are more liberal. 4. 7% are more socialist. 5. 31% are more authoritarian.

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The Economist is a good news mag, but I get it second-hand from my Pa, so I'm always reading month-old news.

That was a rhetorical question. To be clear -- I was suggesting that this was not the motivation for Harper's decision to change this policy. I reckon it was done to test public reaction to social conservative policy while throwing a bone to the party faithful. Now they get to thumb their noses at the opposition for getting away with changing an ideologically charged policy without submitting to a vote on the issue. Three birds -- one stone.

I'm weery of people who don't know that leery and wary are separate words.

Sure. If you break in to my house to do me harm and I can stop you or get away without killing you, I reckon that's a better course of action that putting a bullet in your brain. I'm certainly not suggesting that we treat those who kill in self-defence as murderers, I'm just saying that whenever there is a choice we ought to try to preserve life. The Conservatives' new policy flies in the face of Canadian values, for what? To save making a few phone calls and sending a few letters on behalf of a doomed person? Is this supposed to improve Canadian-American relations in some way? Or are Harper and the gang testing the waters of public reaction in advance of bringing forward socially conservative legislation?

Agreed, but I don't like states that kill people either. The killing of people by other people ought to be opposed in every scenario.

These are solid albums that I've been listening to a lot over the past year or so: Heavy Meadows - Ladder to the Moon Tom Waits - Real Gone Constantines - Shine a Light Rock Plaza Central - Are We Not Horses The Holy Shroud - Ghost Repeaters Chris Brown and Kate Fenner - Geronimo Grinderman - Grinderman TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

That was great. I didn't know the Onion did videos.

The band sounds great Jay. To upload to the archive, you first have to email them to give your band's permission ( Link ). You'll have to convert the original wav files to flac, then upload them ( Upload instructions ). Good luck.

#212 Theme: Songs by artists underappreciated by this generation. 1. Leornard Cohen - Hallelujah 2. Leon Russell - Roll Away The Stone 3. Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes 4. Hello It's Me- Todd Rundgren 5. Patience of a Working Man - Willie P. Bennett 6. Paul Pena - Gotta Move 7. Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle 8. Junco Partner - Professor Longhair 9. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 10. 11. 12.

Songs of the Werewolf: Songs about being part human, part something else: 1. Oysterhead - Mr. Oysterhead 2. Henry Rollins - Hot Animal Machine 3. ALO - Shapeshifter 4. Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London 5. Talking Heads - Television Man 6. Five Man Electrical Band - Werewolf 7. The Flaming Lips - The Wizard Turns On... The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Mocc 8. Styx - Mr. Roboto 9. Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein 10. The Misfits - I Turned into a Martian 11. 12.

Songs about or mentioning trains 1. Johnny Cash/Marty Stuart - One More Ride 2. Beck - Broken Train 3. The Clash - Train in Vain 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Not these: Songs about Trains: 1. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Marakesh Express 2. Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train 3. The Yardbirds - Train Kept A Rollin 4. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Trains 5. Leadbelly - Rock Island Line 6. Grateful Dead - Casey Jones 7. Bob Dylan - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry 8. Bright Eyes - Train Under Water 9. Billy Strayhorn - Take The A Train 10. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train 11. Guns N Roses - Night Train 12. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train

Songs about strippers. 1. The Bloodhound Gang - The Lap Dance is Always better when the Stripper is Crying 2. Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls 3. Presidents of the United States of America - Stranger 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Songs about disasters. 1. Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 2. The Tragically Hip - Nautical Disaster 3. Stan Rogers - The Mary Ellen Carter 4. Tanglefoot - The Angel Of Long Point 5. Drive By Truckers - Tornadoes 6. Dylan - Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues 7. Grateful Dead - Here Comes Sunshine 8. Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs 9. Geoff Berner - Volcano God 10. Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - The Ballad of Springhill 11. 12.

Iran is setting the captured sailors free.

Ha, I saw those guys in an Australian club back in 1995 and it was a great show. Some kid climbed a stack of amps and did an Eddie Vedder style stage dive from 15-20ft above the crowd. I miss mosh pits.

Is this not terrorism perpetuated by fundamentalist religious fanatics?

Theme: Songs which give a command/advice, beginning with "Stop" or "Don't" 1. Zappa - Don't Eat the Yellow Snow ** 2. Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me (~ the saddest of all Ramones songs, written when Joey was terminally ill; but apparently cool with that.) 3. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 4. Journey - Don't Stop Believing 5. The Band - Don't Do It 6. Jane's Addiction - Stop! 7. Dylan & The Band - Don't Ya Tell Henry 8. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy 9. 10. 11. 12.