January 2011
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Split Enz - I Got You [iTunes link]
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The Headhunters - God Make Me Funky [iTunes link]
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Motörhead - Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye
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you say you want a revolution.. →
distancetozero:
interesting info about what’s happening in Egypt. Even more interesting coming from an Iran blog that had awesome info last year about the revolution in Iran.
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“I don’t trust the Jets kicker, that Nick Folk…he looks shaky to me....”
– Dennis Miller gives his NFL playoff picks, January 19, 2010.
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“Last night at the White House, the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Winner hosted a state...”
– Comedian Rush Limbaugh
Just For Reference™:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2010
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has long believed...
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“I don’t want to say that Chinese currency is artificially inflated, but...”
– Comedian Nick DiPaolo on The Dennis Miller Show January 18, 2011 RE: this.
See Nick in a town near you. (He’s in NYC at Gotham Comedy Club this weekend).
Find Nick on the web
@NickDiPaolo on Twitter
On Facebook
On YouTube
Previously on Nick
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Hipster warfare breaks out during performance...
nycthe:
Young responded by throwing her wig at the stage, then lobbing the necklace that knocked Visco in the noggin.
When Young finally removed her shirt, Arcade gave her the ultimate dressing-down: “Being topless in the East Village [in 2011] is not radical,” she told her. Young left.
Hipster warfare breaks out during performance artist Ann Liv Young’s show at Delancey Lounge [Daily...
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So, the NFL is probably going to make an amazing,...
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2nd Annual Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival coming to...
60 Beers, 40 Bourbons & LOTS OF BBQ!!!
“The Most Fun North of the Mason Dixon Line” Returns to The Big Apple!
Last year our guests SOLD OUT our inaugural year – this year plans to be bigger and better than ever. Join us as we bring our down-home, Southern-fried, good time to NYC. Get ready to enjoy all those pleasures that true Southerners live by - Beer, Bourbon, Barbeque,...
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New England Patriots' Wes Welker Makes 11... →
In a mere nine minutes of Q&A, we noted Welker making an oddly high number of foot references. Here they all are for your sexual listening pleasure. The Patriots’ trash-talking is a little more subtle than the Jets’.
Read the transcript here. (via Deadspin)
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“Only three rock songs made the list of the 100 highest-selling songs in the UK...”
– Rock is dead?
Or is it?
h/t Flavorwire
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - You And Me
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Urban Dictionary definition of 'Cheez-It' →
A racist term meaning a “cracker” that should be White but is orange as a result of over-use of tanning products and/or tanning beds.
That cheez-it needs to cut back on the tanning spray.
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Does anyone use the social features of Google...
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is awake in her hospital... →
Christina Taylor Green, the little Tucson girl... →
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OH: "Whenever the Bills play the Jets at home, we...
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N.J. Gov. Christie approves toughest anti-bullying... →
It will require training for most public school teachers, administrators and other employees on how to spot bullying and mandate that all districts form a “school safety team” to review complaints. School districts would be graded by the state on their efforts to combat the problem.
Administrators who do not investigate reported incidents of bullying would be disciplined, while...
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Serpentine is one of those things you have to say...
Previously on Language
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Idea: Crowdfund a Mission to Put a Monolith on the... →
The goal: Erect a monolith on the moon. (See 2001 for reference).
Is there an upper limit to the amount of money you can raise on Kickstarter? Because I guesstimate this project will require about half a billion dollars. So I only need to find 5 million geeks-like-me worldwide who think this is a cool enough idea to donate 100 bucks. That seems pretty doable, especially considering...
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“Deficit reduction has been a high priority for us. It is our mantra,...”
– Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), at her final press conference as House Speaker, January 4, 2010, four years to the day that she took the gavel in 2007 and pledged “no new deficit spending.” (via FoxNation) h/t @memorandum
Reality:
The numbers tell a different story:
When the Pelosi Democrats...
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Bob Dylan - Call Letter Blues (Blood On The Tracks...