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	<title>Map &#038; Produce &#187; Music</title>
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		<title>Belatedly, My Top 11 Albums of 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In decreasing order of abstraction: Invisible Cinema by Aaron Parks Lay It Down by Al Green Avatar by Gonzalo Rubalcaba Limits of the Sky by The Bridges* The Voice of Lightness by Tabu Ley Rochereau The &#8217;59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem At Mount Zoomer by Wolf Parade An Ocean Between Us by As I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In decreasing order of abstraction:</p>
<ol>
<li><em>Invisible Cinema</em> by Aaron Parks</li>
<li><em>Lay It Down</em> by Al Green</li>
<li><em>Avatar</em> by Gonzalo Rubalcaba</li>
<li><em>Limits of the Sky</em> by The Bridges*</li>
<li><em>The Voice of Lightness</em> by Tabu Ley Rochereau</li>
<li><em>The &#8217;59 Sound</em> by The Gaslight Anthem</li>
<li><em>At Mount Zoomer</em> by Wolf Parade</li>
<li><em>An Ocean Between Us</em> by As I Lay Dying*</li>
<li><em>Med sud I eyrum vid spilum endalaust</em> by Sigur Ros</li>
<li><em>Valentine Vacancy EP</em> by Bedroom Eyes</li>
<li><em>Rising Down</em> by The Roots</li>
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<p>*Slept on in 2007</p>
<p>Oddly enough, this year didn&#8217;t have as many <a title="Top Albumns of 2007" href="http://noel.weichbrodt.org/inevitably-my-top-8-albums-of-2007/">great albums as last year</a>, even though the list expanded.</p>
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		<title>Inevitably, My Top 8 Albums of 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order being written down. Lupe Fiasco â€” The Cool Explosions in the Sky â€” All I Miss Is Everyone Billy Hart â€” Quartet* Radiohead â€” In Rainbows MIA â€” Kala Gustavo Cereti â€” AhÃ­ Vamos* Eisley â€” Combinations Arcade Fire â€” Neon Bible *Slept on in 2006]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In order being written down.</p>
<ul>
<li>Lupe Fiasco â€” The Cool</li>
<li>Explosions in the Sky â€” All I Miss Is Everyone</li>
<li>Billy Hart â€” Quartet*</li>
<li>Radiohead â€” In Rainbows</li>
<li>MIA â€” Kala</li>
<li>Gustavo Cereti â€” AhÃ­ Vamos*</li>
<li>Eisley â€” Combinations</li>
<li>Arcade Fire â€” Neon Bible</li>
</ul>
<p>*Slept on in 2006</p>
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		<title>The Best Part of This Day, Number 9 of Noel&#8217;s Terrible Two Weeks&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[â€¦has been the Lupe Fiasco album I bought last night. Holy cow, he is killing every single track. And Soundtrakk has these beats that could be from the stars, or from a dusty crate excavation. Timeless like fire. And I&#8217;m only 80% through the album.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>â€¦has been the Lupe Fiasco album I bought last night. Holy cow, <a title="old grey lady digs cool" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/17/arts/music/17choi.html?pagewanted=print">he is killing every single track</a>. And Soundtrakk has these beats that could be from the stars, or from a dusty crate excavation. Timeless like fire. And  I&#8217;m only 80% through the album.</p>
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		<title>Liberation in My  Ear</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re probably wondering who has my attention at the moment. &#8220;Noel, who has your attention?&#8221; Good question, thanks for asking. The artist that has my attention right now is Talib Kweli. He put a 9-song EP up for free download at the start of the new year. This week he finally released his 3rd solo [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re probably wondering who has my attention at the moment.</p>
<p>&#8220;Noel, who has your attention?&#8221;</p>
<p>Good question, thanks for asking.</p>
<p>The artist that has my attention right now is <span class="misspell">Talib</span> <span class="misspell">Kweli</span>.<br />
He put a 9-song <span class="misspell">EP</span> up for free download at the start of the new year. This week he finally released his 3rd solo album, Eardrum. I haven&#8217;t picked it up yet at my local indie record store, but I&#8217;ve really grasped the earlier Liberation <span class="misspell">EP</span>.</p>
<p>Delightfully diverse textures, references, topics. Returns to the simplest of hip-hop basics, just an MC and an DJ. DJ <span class="misspell">Madlib</span> steps up where <span class="misspell">Kweli&#8217;s</span> rhymes falter, refreshingly collaborative stuff that reminds me of the dynamism last seen on the <span class="misspell">Gnarles</span> Barkley LP. It&#8217;s heartening to observe two artist who make each other stronger by working together. Music that embodies healthy human relationships.</p>
<p>Welcoming the warm soul music samples and rhythmic string and percussion samples.<br />
&#8220;The Show&#8221; revels in the pleasures of diphthonic dexterity. Cutting to the end of the lines, <span class="misspell">Kweli</span> densely fills the symphonic-sampling beat with mouthfuls of half and full rhymes:<br />
&#8220;screw loose/Blue&#8217;s Clues/<span id="bad_word" class="misspell">cous</span>-<span class="misspell">cous</span>/deuce-deuce/<span class="misspell">Bluetooth</span>&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Hutu or Tutsi/Burundi/Paul Mooney/Shite or Sunni&#8221;<br />
and more closely to my W**<span class="misspell">Pish</span> culture,<br />
&#8220;Calvinist/<span class="misspell">stoppin</span>&#8216; this/calculus&#8221;.</p>
<p>I thrilled at hearing <span class="misspell">Kweli</span> tear up the hard, flat, electronic grime beat that drops on &#8220;Over the Counter&#8221; by talking about America&#8217;s uncritical absorption of Fox News-sized morsels of predigested news and People-flavored celebrity catnip.</p>
<p>My wife noted that &#8220;Happy Home&#8221; is remarkable for not celebrating the dysfunctional of <span class="misspell">Kweli&#8217;s</span> family. Instead, he recollects the easy pleasures of a 4<span class="misspell">th</span> of July cookout ending in football with his brothers, and recasts the accomplishments of his grand-grand-, grand-, and regular parents into a narrative bursting with pride and determination. The heads at <span class="misspell">Okayplayer</span> are currently engaged in a king-of-the-hill contest over who can give this song higher praise.</p>
<p>You should get the album. It&#8217;s called Liberation, by <span class="misspell">Talib</span> <span class="misspell">Kweli</span> and <span class="misspell">Malib</span>, and it is easily found with a simple Google or <span class="misspell">bittorrent</span> search.</p>
<p>On my <span class="misspell">iPod</span>, I paired Liberation with a album of Victor <span class="misspell">Jara</span> covers by the Chilean music group Inti <span class="misspell">Illimani</span>. If, during the height of the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon ordered the CIA to kidnap, torture, and kill Bob Dylan as the figurehead of popular anti-administration resistance and Dylan, on the run from the death squads and contemplating his foreshortened time, had decided to drop the act and record songs that engaged directly with the American soul by creating a new experience of American song that appropriated lyrical and musical structures from Native American music so that the people could bridge their lives back into the land in which they lived and by doing so overcome the Nixon regime even though their lives would be cut brutally short, it would share the same blood as this record.</p>
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		<title>The Foremost Observer of American Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 05:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig Finn is the new Tom Wolfe. Related:&#160;The new Hold Steady disc confirms my pet theory that&#160;a truly American rock band must have an organ. Not keys, not synths, but an organ. Think of any song you consider American rock par excellence. It has an organ in it. Absolutely required. J. S. Bach smiles from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/14668/Interview_Interview_The_Hold_Steady">Craig Finn</a> is <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=tom+wolfe+foremost+observer+of+american+society">the new</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&amp;field-author-exact=Tom%20Wolfe&amp;rank=-relevance%2C%2Bavailability%2C-daterank/104-3037224-9791917">Tom Wolfe</a>.</p>
<p>Related:&nbsp;The <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38888">new Hold Steady disc</a> confirms my pet theory that&nbsp;a truly American rock band must have an organ. Not keys, not synths, but an organ. Think of any song you consider American rock <em>par excellence</em>. It has an organ in it. Absolutely required. J. S. Bach smiles from above.</p>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Stop This [Updated]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first eighteen years of my life that I was responsible for my bathing, it was done in the morning, every morning. Forced to awaken before dawn, hours not deigned by God or the sun but certainly by the demands of my strict education, I warmed up to the day with running water. Then [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the first eighteen years of my life that I was responsible for my bathing, it was done in the morning, every morning. Forced to awaken before dawn, hours not deigned by God or the sun but certainly by the demands of my strict education, I warmed up to the day with running water. Then came college, and the subsequent experimentation with bohemian habits of cleanliness. The summer I lifeguarded, I would go weeks without a specific scrubbing.</p>
<p>Now, though, a day after my quadcentennial, I must find myself anew amidst the spray. Time, timeliness, timelessness, all aspects of a shower, require a short periodicty. But the phase must be shifted, as befits my new-found cellular maturity. I, Noel Weichbrodt, have resolved to bath once a day, in the evening.</p>
<p>The best song on the new Root&#8217;s album is the last one. </p>
<p>[Link fixed] <a href="http://www.weichbrodt.org/downloads.html">Can&#8217;t Stop This</a>.</p>
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		<title>Westward Ho!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stop writing computer programs for lawyers tomorrow. I begin writing computer programs for intelligence agencies on Monday. I&#8217;ll leave the protective shadow of Lookout Mountain, bulwark against the storms from the West, and mush just that way, back to the flatlands and anvil thunderheads. New places and people beckon, and frankly, having failed to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I stop writing computer programs for lawyers tomorrow. I begin writing computer programs for intelligence agencies on Monday. I&#8217;ll leave the protective shadow of Lookout Mountain, bulwark against the storms from the West, and mush just that way, back to the flatlands and anvil thunderheads. New places and people beckon, and frankly, having failed to take radical action, I&#8217;ve disconnected already from the people and places here in the &#8216;nooga. Natural, not entirely good, and completely inevitable. </p>
<p>The mountains have been hazy the last week. Today I walked south from downtown to southside, and I could only make out the faintest looming mountain line in the sky two miles away. I picked up my car, clad in new klomppen so freash and so clean clean, and drove away.</p>
<p>My playlist for driving to and fro is as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>Johnny Cash in Tennessee</li>
<ol>
<li>Live at Fulsom Prison</li>
<li>Johnny Cash &amp; Bob Dylan</li>
<li>American Recordings</li>
<li>American III</li>
<li>American IV</li>
</ol>
<li>My Morning Jacket in Kentucky</li>
<ol>
<li>It Still Moves</li>
<li>Z</li>
</ol>
<li>Sufjan Stevens in Illinoise</li>
<ol>
<li>Illinoise</li>
<li>Avalanche</li>
<li>Seven Swans</li>
<li>Live at the Purple Door 12/20/2005</li>
</ol>
<li>Nelly in Missouri</li>
<ol>
<li>various singles of irreputable provenance and nature</li>
</ol>
<p>Obviously, two questions follow from this. First, does anyone know of high-quality MMJ live sets from the Z tour? Second, can a suitable replacement be found for Nelly repping Missouri? </p>
<p>This move is also messing with my personal metanarrative. But I&#8217;ll touch on that later.</p>
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		<title>The Warble of The Domestic Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Page has brought down the house more than one time with his mighty, melodious, warbling whistle. Now, dear reader, you may enjoy this most wondrous of talents thanks to an enterprising videographer and the internet. I present Mr. David Page performing the classic hymn &#8220;Be Thou My Vision&#8221; in the bucolic outdoors of Southern Florida. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Page has brought down the house more than one time with his mighty, melodious, warbling whistle. Now, dear reader, you may enjoy this most wondrous of talents thanks to an enterprising videographer and the internet. I present <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3183360873561234591">Mr. David Page performing the classic hymn &#8220;Be Thou My Vision&#8221;</a> in the bucolic outdoors of Southern Florida. Cherish it in your heart; treasure it for your children.</p>
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		<title>Melody &amp; Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 23:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Code is data. Melody is rhythm. Puzzlement is progress]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.propylon.com/news/ctoarticles/code_data_030311.html">Code is data</a>. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/arts/music/24hill.html?ei=5088&amp;en=4cee03e2a5982395&amp;ex=1298437200&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss&amp;pagewanted=all.">Melody is rhythm</a>.<br />
Puzzlement is progress <img src='http://noel.weichbrodt.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>The Secret&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;is to listen to the new Strokes record in reverse order. Much better.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;is to listen to <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=109531770&amp;s=143441"> the new Strokes record</a> in reverse order. Much better.</p>
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		<title>Track 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a theory about records. The determinative moment of a given record is Track 3. Inhale this track, and you will gain a gestalt knowledge of the entire album. Track 3 makes you ill? &#8220;Put down the disc, son, and back away slowly from the crate!&#8221; Track 3 speaks to your head? Cop two, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a theory about records. </p>
<p>The determinative moment of a given record is Track 3. Inhale this track, and you will gain a gestalt knowledge of the entire album.</p>
<p>Track 3 makes you ill? &#8220;Put down the disc, son, and back away slowly from the crate!&#8221; </p>
<p>Track 3 speaks to your head? Cop two, no six, no twelve, baker&#8217;s dozen!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s my music heuristic for the day. Merry ipodding.</p>
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		<title>T.J.I.F.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in college, Luther and I would play Pink Floyd every Friday afternoon at 4, to welcome everyone back from the week-day educational brick-building life into the revolutionary weekend. We called it Floyd at Four. Teacher leave us kids alone, etc. In the same spirit, Freshbread presents Thank Jah It&#8217;s Friday, with a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I was in college, <a href="http://manvilletabletalk.blogspot.com">Luther</a> and I would play Pink Floyd every Friday afternoon at 4, to welcome everyone back from the week-day educational brick-building life into the revolutionary weekend. We called it Floyd at Four. Teacher leave us kids alone, etc.</p>
<p>In the same spirit, <a href="http://freshbread.blogs.com">Freshbread</a> presents <a href="http://freshbread.blogs.com/fresh_bread/2006/01/tjif012706.html">Thank Jah It&#8217;s Friday</a>, with a roots lesson and fresh mp3s each Friday. Go chant down Babylon.</p>
<p>In case Mr. Bready falls through today, there&#8217;s a <a href="http://freshbread.blogs.com/fresh_bread/2006/01/matisyahu_to_re.html">Matisyahu soundboard bootleg</a> (with a freestyle from Pigeon John) from last month to tide you through&#8230;</p>
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		<title>My Musical Fate Rests In Your Hands [Updated]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2005 04:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As always, I&#8217;m jonesin&#8217; for a hit from my dealer, the iTunes music store. A musical smorgasbord awaits me. But so many choices! To you, dear reader, I hand the keys to my credibility (hipster, indie, street, et al), popularity, enjoyment, and edification. Make a vote on what I should buy this month. In return, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As always, I&#8217;m jonesin&#8217; for a hit from my dealer, the iTunes music store. A musical smorgasbord awaits me. But so many choices! To you, dear reader, I hand the keys to my credibility (hipster, indie, street, et al), popularity, enjoyment, and edification. </p>
<p>Make a vote on what I should buy this month. In return, I promise to bend to your will like a reed in the wind. Additionally, I will post a review of said album in my best <a href="http://www.blender.com/guide/">faux-Blender style</a>. Thrilling prospect, I know. I&#8217;ll tone things down here in the future. But bask in the moment and consider the possibilities:</p>
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<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=89317018&amp;s=143441">Phil Keaggy</a> by Phil Keaggy
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=89284397&amp;s=143441">Kicking Television &#8211; Live In Chicago</a> by Wilco
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=91431164&amp;s=143441">The Life Aquatic Exclusive Studio Sessions (Featuring Seu Jorge)</a> by Seu Jorge
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=92043699&amp;s=143441">Home Grown! The Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Understanding the Roots</a> by The Roots
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=89370478&amp;s=143441">Yoshimi Wins! (Live Radio Sessions)</a> by The Flaming Lips
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=86450388&amp;s=143441">Apathetic EP</a> by Relient K
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=83229049">The New Pornographers &#8211; Live Session (iTunes Exclusive)</a> by The New Pornographers
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=36365&amp;s=143441">Christmas Cookin&#8217;</a> by Jimmy Smith
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=82356879&amp;s=143441">Descended Like Vultures</a> by Rogue Wave
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=83294190&amp;s=143441">Ultimate Isaac Hayes &#8211; Can You Dig It?</a> by Isaac Hayes
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<p>My musical fate rests in your hands. Are you not entertained?!</p>
<p>[Update: <a href="http://elissa.chattablogs.com/">Elissa</a> and <a href="http://collegetower.chattablogs.com/">John</a> reminded me of a few more. Thanks for making this more difficult, guys.]: </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=58623804&amp;s=143441">Separation Sunday</a> by The Hold Steady
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=20780841">Coolin&#8217; Off</a> by Galactic
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=52311104">Guero</a> by Beck
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?s=143441&amp;playlistId=75649920">Dimanche a Bamako</a> by Amadou &amp; Mariam
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=85263473&amp;s=143441">Hypnotize</a> by System of a Down
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=78559310">The Weight Is a Gift</a> by Nada Surf
<li><a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=81382832">Z</a> by My Morning Jacket
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		<title>A Modest Proposal to the Librarian of Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submission Information Proposed class or classes of copyrighted work(s) to be exempted: Motion Pictures, Software, Audio Recordings, and Digital Text. Brief summary of the argument(s) in support of the exemption proposed above: These classes of works (Motion Pictures, Software, Audio Recordings, and Digital Text) have traditionally been granted copyrights for the purpose of encouraging the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.copyright.gov/1201/comment_forms/index.html">Submission Information</a></p>
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<b>Proposed class or classes of copyrighted work(s) to be exempted:</b><br />
Motion Pictures, Software, Audio Recordings, and Digital Text.<br />
Brief summary of the argument(s)  in support of the exemption proposed above:</b><br />
These classes of works (Motion Pictures, Software, Audio Recordings, and Digital Text) have traditionally been granted copyrights for the purpose of encouraging the public dissemination of the works for the benefit and use of the public by providing a property incentive to the originator for a short period of time. The DMCA ignores this traditional cause of granting a copyright, and moreover establishes crippling restrictions on the aforementioned &#8220;benefit and use of the public&#8221;. As such, the DMCA&#8217;s use should be restricted to the text of the DMCA itself, with the consequence being that any private party which attempts to discern the workings of the DCMA with the intent to apply it in any broader fashion outside of the text of the Act itself would be committing a punishable, criminal action under the DMCA.
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<p>Just an idea <img src='http://noel.weichbrodt.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
I am awaiting a response from the LoC.<br />
Found <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/28/060256&amp;from=rss">via Slashdot</a>.<br />
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Thank you!</p>
<p>The following information was submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office at 17:35 on 11/3/05. Please print this page for your records.</p>
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<p>[Proposed class or classes of copyrighted work(s) to be exempted]: Motion Pictures, Software, Audio Recordings, and Digital Text.</p>
<p>[Brief summary of the argument(s) in support of the exemption proposed above]: These classes of works (Motion Pictures, Software, Audio Recordings, and Digital Text) have traditionally been granted copyrights for the purpose of encouraging the public dissemination of the works for the benefit and use of the public by providing a property incentive to the originator for a short period of time. The DMCA ignores this traditional cause of granting a copyright, and moreover establishes crippling restrictions on the aforementioned &#8220;benefit and use of the public&#8221;. As such, the DMCA&#8217;s use should be restricted to the text of the DMCA itself, with the consequence being that any private party which attempts to discern the workings of the DCMA with the intent to apply it in any broader fashion outside of the text of the Act itself would be committing a punishable, criminal action under the DMCA.</p>
<p>[Attached file]: ExceptionProposal.doc</p>
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		<title>Love Press Ex-Curio by Charlie Peacock (ur)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Demon Days by Gorillaz (***.*)</title>
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		<title>Cowboy Bebob: The Box Set by The Seatbelts (***.*)</title>
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		<title>&#8220;That&#8217;s when jazz lost its best friend.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The trouble started when the first guitar player plugged in to the amplifier and played the blues really loud and rock n roll was created. That&#8217;s when jazz lost its best friend. Jazz was like, &#8216;Okay, who do I relate to? What popular music do I draw from?&#8217; When rock n roll happened, all of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The trouble started when the first guitar player plugged in to the amplifier and played the blues really loud and rock n roll was created. That&#8217;s when jazz lost its best friend. Jazz was like, &#8216;Okay, who do I relate to? What popular music do I draw from?&#8217; When rock n roll happened, all of a sudden there were no cord changes, and melody took a back seat to rhythm. The jazz player said, &#8216;Where are the chord changes, what&#8217;s going to spur on my improvisation?&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8211;Marcus Miller, Open Source Radio, <a href="http://www.radioopensource.org/miles-early-late-real-yours/">July 25, 2005, &#8220;Miles: Early, Late, Real, Yours&#8221;</a></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Good Sons&#8221; and Rational Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forsooth, can somebody put some lyrics to Starflyer 59&#8242;s new album on the web? The album&#8217;s been on Pitchfork, on sale since April, and the mp3 of the insanely catchy single &#8220;Good Sons&#8221; has been floating around the web before then. So why oh why can I not, in a desperate last-ditch effort to remove [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Forsooth, can somebody put some lyrics to Starflyer 59&#8242;s new album on the web? <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/starflyer-59/talking-voice-vs-singing-voice.shtml">The album&#8217;s been on Pitchfork</a>, <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=59681241">on sale since April</a>, and the mp3 of the insanely catchy single &#8220;Good Sons&#8221; has been <a href="http://mp3.insound.com/download.cfm?mp3id=2436">floating around the web</a> before then. So why oh why can I not, in a desperate last-ditch effort to remove aforementioned single from my brain to make room for other, worthy ditties, find and read the lyrics <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hs=3&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;safe=off&amp;c2coff=1&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;q=%22good+sons%22+starflyer+59+lyrics&amp;btnG=Search">anywhere</a>? Jason Martin has cast a spell &#8216;pon my mind with <i>Talking Voice vs Singing Voice</i>. I find that the most fiendish of such spells are best dealt with by reading lyrics. Inevitably, the written word&#8217;s concreteness and rationality counteracts the magic of music, releasing me from its spell.</p>
<p>Fine. I&#8217;ve transcribed the stupid thing, and <a href="http://www.kiwilyrics.com/Starflyer_59/Talking_Voice_vs._Singing_Voice">added it to the Kiwilyrics wiki</a>. <a href="http://www.isnanchordesk.com/b5/b5s4.html">Now get out of our galaxy, both of you</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you don&#8217;t know that. Some do. If so, please keep silent (I’m talking to you, attendees of my bachelor party), at least until I am ready to publicly prove my air instrument prowess is at the level attained by this dude. That won&#8217;t stop me from privately shredding to some sweet solos by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many of you don&#8217;t know that. Some do. If so, please keep silent (I’m talking to you, attendees of my bachelor party), at least until I am ready to publicly prove my air instrument prowess is at <a href="http://thelastminute.typepad.com/blog/2005/06/sweet_air_drumm.html">the level attained by this dude</a>. That won&#8217;t stop me from privately <a href="http://funkypresbyterian.blogspot.com/2005/07/my-seven-favorite-guitar-solos.html">shredding to some sweet solos</a> by the Pixies and the Prayer Chain. <a href="http://nytimes.com/2005/07/10/fashion/sundaystyles/10AIR.html?ei=5088&amp;en=56212fda21abaaef&amp;ex=1278648000&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss&amp;pagewanted=all">Someday, someday&#8230;</a></p>
<p>Do read that last article, by the way.</p>
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		<title>Cars &amp; Music: Because That&#8217;s What My Kind of Hipster Consumes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2005 23:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some odd reason, I decided that if three stacks of benjamin’s came into my possession, and I was absolved from my normal stewarding obligations with it, I would purchase the following from auctions on eBay: a Fiat 124 Spider, and a Technics SL1200MK2.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For some odd reason, I decided that if three stacks of benjamin’s came into my possession, and I was absolved from my normal stewarding obligations with it, I would purchase the following from auctions on eBay: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fiat-124-Sport-Spider-1975-FIAT-124-Sport-Spider_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6218QQitemZ4564507014QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW">a Fiat 124 Spider</a>, and <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Technics-SL-1200MK2-Turntable-SL-1200-MK2-W-BOX-M44-7_W0QQitemZ7340580748QQcategoryZ64448QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">a Technics SL1200MK2</a>.</p>
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		<title>Code Fu Jams, or, What Gets Me Through These Days &amp; Nights, in Gerund Form&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;becoming eclectic&#8230; &#8230;flowing with ll337 skill&#8230; &#8230;Laughing/Grinning/Appreciating/Unsettling&#8230; &#8230;Going back to the Chicken Shack&#8230; &#8230;Just a few of my favorite things.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=76016777">becoming eclectic</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;<a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/26/177238&amp;from=rss">flowing with ll337 skill</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;<a href="http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&amp;forum=5&amp;topic_id=283704&amp;mesg_id=283704&amp;page=">Laughing/Grinning/Appreciating/Unsettling</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;<a href="http://koranteng.blogspot.com/2005/02/soul-jazz-thing.html">Going back to the Chicken Shack</a>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;Just a few of my favorite things.</p>
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		<title>How The NBA Got Its Soul Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IMHO, last year&#8217;s finals were the best thing that&#8217;s happened to the NBA since Jordan left the Bulls. Commish David Stern&#8217;s pseudo-gangsta hype built LA as the next Chicago, Shaq and Kobe as Jordan and Scotty except awesome-er. I always thought of it as the difference between 50 Cent and The Roots. 50 may sell [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IMHO, last year&#8217;s finals were the best thing that&#8217;s happened to the NBA since Jordan left the Bulls. Commish David Stern&#8217;s pseudo-gangsta hype built LA as the next Chicago, Shaq and Kobe as Jordan and Scotty except awesome-er. </p>
<p>I always thought of it as the difference between 50 Cent and The Roots. 50 may sell the knockoff jerseys and get the TV ratings for a season, but it&#8217;s the Roots that have held it down for a decade, doing their thing. Same deal in LA versus Detroit. Detroit plays classic ball, &#8220;do it the right way&#8221; as their Larry Brown mantra. It&#8217;s ugly sometimes, but so is ?uestlove&#8217;s hair sometimes too. Doesn&#8217;t mean he isn&#8217;t the best there is. Just that he doesn&#8217;t get on MTV much. </p>
<p>So when Detroit took LA 4-1 as the pretty boys from Tinseltown ego-imploded, there was balance restored to the Force. The tipping point was reached. Who represents true hip-hop: 50&#8242;s Kevlar vest, or Blackthought&#8217;s mike? And we know who would win in a battle, in both cases. But it doesn&#8217;t come to that. Detroit is a team. LA was, depending on the count, one to four inclusive egos resembling blimps that buzzed around the court, the press room, the court room, and the red carpet. The team, the crew, the sound, the fury, the spirit. Where&#8217;s the room for pop culture in that? It&#8217;s drama and respect. Ben Wallace&#8217;s hair won&#8217;t ever appear in the Most Beautiful People list. He plays basketball, and that well; not much else. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s still cool by me to have celebrity and such involved with the NBA. Spike Lee and his Knicks. LeBron. But remember who&#8217;s in the Finals this year: Detroit and San Antonio. That&#8217;s fly-over country, baby. Represent. USA, Argentina, Frace, they&#8217;re all there. It&#8217;s the melting pot, not the superstar sushi roll. And so Eva Longoria can get all desperate for the Spurs in the stands, and Stevie Wonder can bob his head to the rhythm of Billups bouncing down court. We all know that Robert Horry is hot. But now we&#8217;re about playing basketball the right way. <a href="http://nytimes.com/2005/06/10/sports/basketball/10araton.html?ex=1276056000&amp;en=259d290e83480aa3&amp;ei=5088&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss">37-36 at half</a> means that the teams pay for each hoop with a pound of sweat and a bucket of flash. The NBA has its soul back, and screw the ratings, I&#8217;m happy for it. <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=17995011&amp;selectedItemId=17994960">Everybody is a star</a>.</p>
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		<title>We Both Go Down Together (to Nashville)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elissa (heretofore known as &#8220;the Wife&#8221;) and I are traveling to Nashville this Friday to catch The Decemberists at a show. We&#8217;re looking forward to making whale-swallowing noises. You should buy tickets and join us.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Elissa (heretofore known as &#8220;the Wife&#8221;) and I are traveling to Nashville this Friday to catch <a href="http://decemberists.com/bio.html">The Decemberists</a> at a show. We&#8217;re looking forward to <a href="http://www.red-mag.com/apr2005/decemberists.html">making whale-swallowing noises</a>. You should <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B003A4EDF28DA9E?artistid=882946&amp;majorcatid=10001&amp;minorcatid=60">buy tickets</a> and join us.</p>
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		<title>Tweedy Bird&#8217;s Listener-Response Theorizing</title>
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