Today’s Quotes: Arthur Schopenhauer, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Paine

Posted on August 15, 2012 by admin

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Signs o’ the Times: Randian

Posted on August 15, 2012 by admin

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Cartoons of the Weird for August 15, 2012

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Today’s Music: Ton Van Bergeyk, John Pizzarelli, Howard Roberts

Posted on August 15, 2012 by admin

The great Dutch finger-picker Ton Van Bergeyk shows his mastery on this arrangement of Fats Waller’s Lulu’s Back in Town.

Jazz guitar virtuoso John Pizzarelli does it up on Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm:

And the underrated jazz guitarist Howard Roberts is featured here on Watermelon Man:

(Note: ‘Birthdays’ will return tomorrow.)

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Today’s Quotes: President Obama, Andy Borowitz, Bernie Sanders

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

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The Nightmare of Romney-Ryan

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

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Cartoons: The Terrible Two

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

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Today’s Music: Buddy Greco, Dash Crofts, David Crosby

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

Jazz big band singer and part-time Rat Packer Buddy Greco was born today in 1926.

And here he is four years ago, at the age of 82, still groovin’ along:

Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts was born today in 1940. Their soft-pop songs were very popular in the early ’70s.

Veteran of folk-rock powerhouses The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, David Crosby, was born this day in 1941.

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Today’s Quotes: Catholics on Ryan, Chris Hedges, President Obama

Posted on August 13, 2012 by admin

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Weird Pix Around the Block

Posted on August 13, 2012 by admin

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