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Anthems, World Changers and Western Teleports: Chatting With Naughty By Nature, John Medeski and Emperor X

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.10.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Clyde Stubblefield, Bob Moses, The Word, Naughty by Nature, Rainer Maria Rilke, DJ Kay Gee, Miles Davis, Walter Benjamin, Billy Preston, Groove Holmes, Joe, Baruch Spinoza, Billy Martin, James Brown, Battlestar Galactica, Queen Latifah, John Medeski, Jorge Luis Borges, Medeski Martin & Wood, Paul McCartney, Robert Randolph, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Red Hot Organization, Jimmy McGriff, Joel Sternfeld, Jimmy Smith, Chris Wood, New Style, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, American Idol, Larry Young, Jimi Hendrix, North Mississippi Allstars, John Scofield, Emperor X, Muzombo, Treach, Rakalam, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Bonnie Raitt, Guster, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Eric Roberts, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Fred Eltringham, Chris Walters, Joe, Georges Delarues, Laura Nyro, Dave Palmer, Mike Mills, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Chuck Mitchell, Kruu-Fm, Tim Hardin, The White Stripes, Cole Porter, Roger Niell, Barry Mann, Leonard Cohen, Duke Ellington, Eye of the Beholder, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, Roy Orbison, Glenn Frey, Elliott Smith, Mélanie Laurent, Judee Sill, Count Basie, Henry Mancini, Lex Price, k.d. Lang, Neil Young, Gilbert and Sullivan, Ewan MacGregor, The Kinks, Glen Campbell, Miles Davis, Daniel Clark, Rogers & Hammerstein, The Beatles, Jeff Coffin, John Coltrane, Longbranch Pennywhistle, Rob McGaha, Carly Simon, Gus Van Sant, Elton John, Don Henley, Christopher Plumber, Brian Reitzell, Bing Crosby, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, The Rolling Stones, Sam Shepard, Joe Pisapia, Carole King, Gershwin, Nona Hendryx, Harold Arlen, Viktor Krauss, Bob Dylan, Peggy Lee, Tom Waits, Liam Watson, Brian Sutton, Mark Ethridge, Meryl Streep, Waddy Wachtel, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Fats Waller, JD Souther, Gene Clark, The Band, Jimmy Webb, James Taylor, The Wallflowers, Josh Grange, Bruce Springsteen, Salmonberries, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

One of my favorite tracks on k.d. lang's new album is the opener, "I Confess," which sounds like Brill Building meets country, meets...okay, I'll shut up now, k.d. lang has the rest.

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"Why Read an Author Who Hasn't Lived?" An Interview With Joe Quirk

Thea Joselow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Adventure, Author, Fiction, Joe, Adrenaline, Book, Interview, Hang Gliding, Exult, Quirk, Books News
Thea Joselow

Exult takes hang gliding and the maniacs who practice it by the balls, shakes them like a bad martini, and then -- almost inexplicably -- brings it all in for a smooth landing.

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Who will be the Killer D's

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Public Health Insurance Plan, Congress, Public Option, President Obama, Health Insurance Industry, Obama Bipartisanship, Medicare for All, Obama, Ted Kennedy, Joe the Nerd, Politics News, Obama Speech, Private Health Insurance, Republican, Joe, Medicare, Bipartisanship, Health Care, Obama Public Option, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

Obama created the space for the Democrats to work. He outlined a lot of stuff, but did not get specific in the semantics. He opened up the lane once again for prima donna Congresspeople to drive in for the layup.

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Exclusive Interview With Geoffrey Nunberg, On The Years Of Talking Dangerously

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Chris Weigant

Epithets like "socialist" and "fascist" enable people on the right to bond with each other and -- though they may not acknowledge it -- to alienate everybody else.

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Post Election Predictions for All News Junkies

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Ronald Reagan, Meet the Press, Obama, Activist Government, Keith Olbermann, Harold Stassen, Sarah Palin, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Msnbc, The Plumber, Katie Couric, Rupert Murdoch, Joe, Ralph Nader, Herbert Hoover, Holographic Reporters, Lincoln, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Steve Doocy, Chris Matthews, CBS Evening News, Hilary Clinton, Fox News, Cnn, Tom Brokaw, Rachel Maddow, Shep Smith, Arlen Spector, Lyndon Johnson, President-Elect Obama, Roosevelt, Coolidge, Harding, Media News
Tom Alderman

For news junkies, the fun has just begun. There's an administration to cast, speculation about post-election deals, mergers and maneuvers. And how about the people who deliver the news?

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No Post-VP Debate Bump for McCain-Palin

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Polls, Biden, Vice Presidential Debate, Rasmussen Poll, Bill Oreilly, Palin VP Debate, Hotline/Fd, Joe, Gallup, Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Frank Luntz, Home News
Ali A. Rizvi

Karl Rove's campaign style, predicated on the assumption that the majority of people are gullible and can be taken advantage of, seems to have gone the way of trickle-down economics.

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