Barbra Streisand back in the day, 1977 that is

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Here is the back cover of Barbra's 1977 album Superman. I worked at a music store in NYC that year (Carl Fischer Music Publisher) and the sheet music, with Barbra in her revealing outfit, flew off the shelves.

The cover, was probably the raciest thing she ever did. . .until perhaps Meet The Fokkers, where she plays the nearly deranged sex-therapist mom of Ben Stiller (Fokker)...
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"When Monkeys Fly Out My Butt": George W. Bush and Barbra Streisand Kiss - now that's one awkward smooch!

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Dave Wakeling and Nat Love perform Save It For Later on Luke Burbank's TBTL

It's kind of cool when your heroes meet.

While Dave Wakeling and the English Beat were in town for an awesome show at The Showbox, they dropped by Seattle's (and now, the world's) Luke Burbank's TBTL (Too Beautiful To Live - KIRO 97.3 FM and 710 AM). They play two songs, including one of their greatest, Save It For Later. I have seen The English Beat twice now, but have never seen Dave without his pink Danelectro. They're playing unplugged.

Check out this video on YouTube (or down below) and download the TBTL podcast with songs and interview at the TBTL website. or at the iTunes podast site.


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Portrait of Dean Ericksen

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Dean Ericksen can be found blogging here.

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Typeracer.com - a typing race game

As a four fingered typist, I knew I'd suck at this; still it's kind of fun. You race against other typists and your progress is measured by a car moving in a race with others. Of course, the people on the leaderboard/high score list all type around 150 words per minute. Check it out at http://play.typeracer.com/



As you can see, someone typed nearly 230 words per minute!
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Video: Seattle's Band of Horses play "No One's Gonna Love You"

Band of Horses are one of my favorite bands to emerge from Seattle recently, they're indy, hirsute, and have something of a pop sheen. I saw them in September at Bumbershoot and had a great time. They even managed to sound good in Memorial Stadium.



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painting: self-portrait (of Jack Brummet)

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Only 44 days of Republican madness remain.

Only 44 days of Republican madness remain. It seems like the longest 44 days, ever.
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1,600 cops keep the peace between 700 Nazis and several hundred protesters in Berlin

German Youth give the finger to 700 Neo-Nazis

About 1,600 German cops, mostly in riot gear and helmets, were deployed in a Berlin suburb today to keep 700 Neo-Nazis and a few hundred protesters separated (roughly a 1:1 cops to citizens ratio). The police arrested more than 40 demonstrators trying to block the Nazi march Saturday.

The protesters chanted "Nazis out" and "Get Lost", and then tried to confront the 700 neo-Nazis, who carried black and red banners with the slogans "Young people need a future".

The far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) is described by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution as racist, anti-Semitic and revisionist (namely that they deny the holocaust).

Television pictures showed cops using water cannons to disperse the left-wingers who held banners saying "Berlin against Nazis". Wrecked cars could be seen in the streets of Berlin's Lichtenberg suburb, where the march and protest took place.

Dustups between the left and right are frequent in Germany, however, neo-Nazi demonstrations are often banned to avoid the violence.

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Painting: Bird

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Oh Sister! Photograph: Nuns with guns

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Concealed firearms okayed in national parks!

According to the Associated Press today, people will now be able to carry concealed firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. "An Interior Department rule issued Friday allows an individual to carry a loaded weapon in a park or wildlife refuge..."

Now, when those guys drinking Old Crow and Seven-Up in the next campsite play Insane Clown Posse at maximum volume, you probably won't be quite so sanguine about moseying over and asked them to turn it down.

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