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Forget About Your House of Cards

Posted on: Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 in: Music, Personal

I came across this story today. I’ll sum it up for you.
RIAA accuses Howell of copyright infringement for sharing music over KaZaA. Judge rules that “a distribution must involve a ’sale or other transfer of ownership’ or a ‘rental, lease, or lending’ of a copy of the work,” a major victory for Howell.
The [...]

Destination: Anywhere But Here

Posted on: Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 in: Personal

The Democrats Hate me:
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Keep your heart, Three Stacks

Posted on: Monday, August 25th, 2008 in: Personal

Guess I was way off when I thought I would only be listening to Girl Talk for a week. Its been #1 on my charts for 2 weeks now, with little sign of slowing down.

I think I’m going to Be Sick

Posted on: Thursday, August 21st, 2008 in: Personal

McCain was recently asked how many houses he owns. His reply - “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you.”
Gee, must be nice.

If Don’t Own These Yet, You Should

Posted on: Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 in: Music

Best albums from 2008, so far:

Boris - Smile

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles

Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

Girl Talk - Feed the Animals

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

Meshuggah - obZen

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Portishead - Third

Santogold - Santogold

A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons

Sun Kil Moon - April