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Kick, Push — And Coast (Morning Playlist)

Devin Dissell July 23rd, 2008


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The one where Devin kicks back, Steve gets on another one of his kicks, and Grace needs her festival fix.

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As it turns out, breakfast food is a subject of never-ending controversy. Feast your eyes on the wrong stack of ‘cakes and you might find yourself in for a rude awakening.


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Such was the case last October at a Waffle House in Atlanta. At 5 A.M., Kid Rock came strolling in with a craving for sausage links and left with police filing a report concerning a dispute between he and another man.

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Rants, Raves, and Rain (Afternoon Sounds)

Beth Condra July 23rd, 2008


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A collection of laid-back, chill out music that I’ve been ranting and raving about for your rainy Wednesday afternoon. That is, if you live in Florida, which it rains everyday (Tallahassee, Miami, Pensacola and West Palm Beach are all in the top ten rainiest cities list, and notorious Seattle is #41, so ha!). I’m not quite sure why they call us The Sunshine State. And of course it is raining in Texas right now because Hurricane Dolly is whippin’ the coast.

Songs Scarlett Johansson Has Covered

Scarlett Johansson is writing, er, stealing, uh, singing more songs these days. Paste Magazine reports that she has just covered The Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry”.

Here are the originals. I’ll spare you the covers.
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Everybody Loves A Good Musical (Sounding Board)

Devin Dissell July 23rd, 2008

Musical film has a stigma that I’d like to clear up right now.

Just because actors and actresses burst into song and dance during a film’s dramatic points doesn’t make the musical a so-called sissy compared to the average motion picture.


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Unless that motion picture is The Dark Knight. But that’s different.

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The album cover for Ou Panis Et Circencis. (Photo Credit)

I was first captivated by the Tropicalia movement because of the music. A theatrical collage is what it sounded like to my ears, throwing in elements of bossa nova, roots, samba, and just all out craziness. This was pure fun and I couldn’t believe the music was 40 years old. I started doing a little bit of research on this short lived (what I thought it to be only music) movement and found it was much deeper that what it appeared to be.

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I Heart Natalie and Devendra (Talk Back)

Beth Condra July 23rd, 2008

Natalie Portman Stars in Boyfriend Devendra Banhart’s New Video


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Devendra Banhart’s new music video, Carmensita, will star real life girlfriend Natalie Portman. In this Bollywood style video, Banhart plays a prince who must save his princess played by Portman. Check out how Portman turns into an octopus at the end.

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