October 2011
18 posts
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Letty's Top Jamz
Here’s what my 5 week-old is listening to. Her picks, not mine: “Thirteen” -Big Star “Living in the Ghetto” -Purple Image “Train From Kansas City” -Shangri-Las “Without You” -The Classic Example “Tea for Two” -Bud Powell Legacy of Brutality - Misfits On the Beach - Neil Young ***for special occasions*** Fantastic Glissando - Tony...
Oct 30th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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What I Learned
Bryant Gumbel uses a plantation analogy—sorry, he doesn’t really think the NBA is a plantation—and sensation ensues. Bill Simmons employs a insider-y business term, a week after harping on how little college the players attended, and “Twitter” seizes on its nastier connotations. So basically, any language connected to slavery freaks out white people, and writers who use...
Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 22nd
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You Don't Matter.
I’m not really concerned with who first started humoring the voice of the fan, or why. We all started as fans; presumably, most of us working somewhere in the business still are. However, it has absolutely no place in this lockout. The knee-jerk reaction to cancelations, of which there will be more today, is “I want my NBA!” or “Come on, let’s save the NBA!” The...
Oct 21st
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Oct 20th
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Oct 15th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 13th
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Oct 12th
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Oct 10th
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Oct 7th
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Oct 6th
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Michael Hayes: INTERVIEW: Jeffory Marker, The Guy... →
michaelhayes: Sports fans and HWLBSers (hipsters who love Bethlehem Shoals), The Classical raised the $50 K they needed to launch their new online destination. Actually, they raised $55 K. We all knew it would be successful Kickstarter campaign.   One donor distinguished himself in the process, a Jeffory Marker. A man from San Antonio. A gemini who loves basketball and airplanes. A life-long...
Oct 4th
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