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Today at A Free Man: Who is Eugene Francis Jnr?
Most of my interviewing lately has been of bands and posted over at A Free Man. But I haven’t abandoned the format on this site and I’ve got a cracker for you today!
I am a huge fan of podcasts. I listen to all my favorite American […]

 

 Sparklehorse - "West of Rome": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Today at A Free Man: Gettin’ Horny in the Big Easy

Dear DNC,
I am writing regarding your recent request. First, I should say that I am not a Democrat. I am a pragmatic liberal and thus am often inclined to vote for your candidates. This has certainly been the case recently due to the giant […]

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“I appreciate your courtesy, your well earned politesse
But you got yourself into your own mess
You know the demons in the design
A good idea at the time…”
-OK Go - “A Good Idea At The Time”
Well, Great Interview Week began with self-indulgent navel gazing and thus it shall end. Hopefully the bits in between have made the […]

 

 OK Go - "A Good Idea At The Time" [3:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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According to one of my favorite fairly reliable sources, Obama won 65% of the Democrats Abroad Global Primary (69% in the UK). It’s a binding primary, folks, so chock up Obama’s 11th straight win.

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I’ve always thought that the best way to get a real sense of a place is to spend a lot of time with the natives. When those natives are family, you the traveler have got it made. Not only can you get nice home-cooked meals, a comfortable bed to sleep in and, in a non-English […]

 

 Peter, Bjorn & John - "Objects of My Affection": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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OK, maybe not entirely an accurate title but I’m working on my catchy tabloid-esque headlines. My blogging hero Nichole tipped me off to the The Great Interview Experiment over at Citizen of the Month. The idea, as I interpret is, is to get to know more of my fellow bloggers in a slightly more intimate […]

 

 The Black Crowes - "She Talks to Angels" (Acoustic non-album version) [6:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Hey farmer farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot…”
Joni Mitchell - “Big Yellow Taxi”
A freshwater dolphin, known as the baiji, indigenous to the Yangtze River […]

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