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- U. Utah Phillips Has Left the Stage
  Posted by Workingwriter
  Utah Phillips died last night. Organizer, storyteller, hobo, Wobbly, songwriter, all-round funny guy and amazing performer. Utah (aka Bruce) was a unique presence on the cultural landscape. The younger crowd may remember his two CDs with Ani DiFranco a few years ago. I could go on for awhile, but let me tell you about this link first. This story was posted on the website of KVMR, community radio in Nevada City, CA. Utah recorded a terrific radio show there during his last years, which got out to a few community stations around the country. The page includes a letter Utah sent out to his companeros just 10 days ago, which serves as a fitting epitaph.
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- Top 10 Infomercial Exercise Products That Double as Ninja Weapons
  Posted by doctorrook
  How many times have I sat through endless infomercials on T.V. and recognized that these items can have a plethora of utilities beyond the basics of their intended fitness usage. One day in a mindbending brainstorm, I was inspired to develop the Ultimate Ninja Arsenal out of only these infomercial products.
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- Michael Moore making '9/11' sequel - Entertainment News, Front Page, Media - Variety
  Posted by Jeff from Variety
  Michael Moore is making a sequel to "Fahrenheit 9/11" for Paramount Vantage and Overture Films, who will shop the project to international buyers when the Cannes Film Festival and market get under way today.
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- Survivor Micronesia: Parvati Plays The Flirt Card All The Way To The Bank
  Posted by Robyn1234
  She was named after a Hindu goddess and she can flirt like nobody's business, but Parvati says she took the million dollars because she owned this game. She doesn't know what it feels like to wake up a millionaire because she hasn't slept yet. Here's what it feels like to do shots all night and beat out the best of Survivor Micronesia Fans vs. Favorites - interview with the latest Survivor winner!
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- Essential Reading - Home Girls Make Some Noise: Hip Hop Feminism Anthology
  Posted by Shemuses
  So, I grabbed Home Girls Make Some Noise: Hip Hop Feminism Anthology over the weekend and I cannot put it down. Seriously y'all - every spare minute I spend pouring over the pages. While this one is more intellectual than Chickenheads (which makes it a little less accessible) Gwendolyn D. Pough, Elaine Richardson, Aisha Durham, and Rachel Raimist brought it in this collection.
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- Jeremiah's Vanishing
  New York: A Blondie on the Bowery
  Posted by Damianmann
  "I'm not okay with what happened to the whole city. It's a drag. Look at the ****ing Fillmore,....
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- Seattle company aims to 'fix the ticketing industry'
  Posted by carley
  Brown Paper Tickets is tearing the walls down, one event at a time.
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emilysalmon comments on:
America’s Porn Culture -- Corporate drive for profits is damaging girls

Our whole culture has become sexualized, and the demand is equally on men as well as women. While this may not be healthy, I don’t think it’s particularly new- think back to the 70s, "free love"- the argument that the sexualization of our culture is a result of the porn industry strikes me as poorly rationalized and uninformed.

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2:23 pm 6/01/08
Jwgardner comments on:
America’s Porn Culture -- Corporate drive for profits is damaging girls

Stomping out that so-called "slut culture", in my mind, begins with a thorough investigation of just why so many young women idolize ‘Sex and the City’ or ‘The Hills’. Where does the celebration of vapid sneaziness end and the positive message of female empowerment over sexuality begin? Isn’t the latter just becoming a dangerously attractive way to allow the media to excuse a rapid slide into the former?
I may just be a Guy Who Doesn’t Get It, though.

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9:42 pm 5/29/08
Jeff comments on:
U. Utah Phillips Has Left the Stage

Thanks for posting this. Sad news, but nice to read his post.

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9:28 am 5/25/08
doctorrook comments on:
Top 10 Infomercial Exercise Products That Double as Ninja Weapons

Now all it needs is some video demonstrations!

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7:04 am 5/22/08
matt2 comments on:
Seattle company aims to 'fix the ticketing industry'

I have a hard time seeing Ticketmaster going away, though.

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11:01 am 5/08/08
carley comments on:
Seattle company aims to 'fix the ticketing industry'

I’m not used to being referred to as "Borgen". Heh.

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10:02 am 5/08/08
Jeff comments on:
Seattle company aims to 'fix the ticketing industry'

Woo hoo BPT! RIP Ticketmaster.

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11:26 pm 5/07/08

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Shemuses
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Jodie lives, plays, and blogs in Vancouver, BC. Her day job at ONE/Northwest puts her talents to work supporting social change strategies for greening our world.
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Damianmann
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Damian is a former campaign worker for Ralph Nader and current delegate/precinct captain for Barack Obama . He is also a registered Independent voter. He's written columns for "Tabula Rasa" magazine as well as many music magazines around the globe. Whatever you do, don't offer him alcohol.
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former US Marine, retired police; now alternately protected and terrorized by gangs of cats
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