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Feature: "Fifty Years of Popular Songs Condensed Into Single Sentences" by Marc Haynes (11/6/08)

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Feature: “Fifty Years of Popular Songs Condensed Into Single Sentences” by Marc Haynes (11/6/08)

Then, in the midst of all this chaos, you informed us that the screaming itself was the sound that doves make when they cry. And, I mean, what? No it’s not. Crying doves sound like terrified ornithologists exchanging screams with a sexy, sexy pop singer? Or was that squeal thing you did supposed to be the crying doves? How did it go? ‘Aii! Aii! Aii! Aiaiaiai!’ It was a massive turn-on, but it was not science.

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Then, in the midst of all this chaos, you informed us that the screaming itself was the sound that doves make when they cry. And, I mean, what? No it’s not. Crying doves sound like terrified ornithologists exchanging screams with a sexy, sexy pop singer? Or was that squeal thing you did supposed to be the crying doves? How did it go? ‘Aii! Aii! Aii! Aiaiaiai!’ It was a massive turn-on, but it was not science.
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: A Letter to Prince Regarding the Crying of Doves and the Fiasco That Resulted From the Presentation of a Speech on That Topic.

Pumpkin-Spice Marshmallows

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Pumpkin-Spice Marshmallows
You heard me right! Pumpkin! Marshmallows! And there’s even curry powder!

If the domestic partner dies, their parents have legal access to all our shared property, including our house. The mother who told her other son that Thomas “made her” beat him could share ownership of our home and have every legal right to move in and resume abusing him. The father who has NEVER ONCE contacted us to see how Thomas is doing after surviving 15 years of abuse and then living for more than a year with me, a complete stranger, could assume half ownership of our house and try to sell it, leaving Thomas and me struggling to find a place we could afford to live. And I’d have no legal recourse. Because legally I’m little more than a roommate.

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If the domestic partner dies, their parents have legal access to all our shared property, including our house. The mother who told her other son that Thomas “made her” beat him could share ownership of our home and have every legal right to move in and resume abusing him. The father who has NEVER ONCE contacted us to see how Thomas is doing after surviving 15 years of abuse and then living for more than a year with me, a complete stranger, could assume half ownership of our house and try to sell it, leaving Thomas and me struggling to find a place we could afford to live. And I’d have no legal recourse. Because legally I’m little more than a roommate.
NoFo: Proposition Hate (via jaschu)

from 52 to 48, with love

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from 52 to 48, with love
from 52 to 48 with love : Ze Frank collects post-election messages of unity and reconciliation.
From his blog:

“i would love to see a group project where obama supporters reached out to the…

Still, one thing hasn’t much changed since Latifah’s 1989 debut: Female rappers are as scarce today as they were then, if not scarcer. This estrogen deficiency gave Latifah something to rap about when she was a brash 19-year-old, and it might well give her something to rap about now. Her late-’80s contemporaries have either disappeared or been exhumed and reanimated as reality-TV personalities (Pepa on the Surreal Life; Yo-Yo hosting VH1’s Miss Rap Supreme, a competition that made sport, literally, of the ‘femcee’ phenomenon). The ’90s stars that followed her—Lil’ Kim, Eve, Lauryn Hill, Da Brat, and Missy Elliott chief among them—have either faded or flared into tabloid ignominy. Today, female rappers are flukes on the charts, and exactly zero women were nominated at this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards and VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. What happened?

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Still, one thing hasn’t much changed since Latifah’s 1989 debut: Female rappers are as scarce today as they were then, if not scarcer. This estrogen deficiency gave Latifah something to rap about when she was a brash 19-year-old, and it might well give her something to rap about now. Her late-’80s contemporaries have either disappeared or been exhumed and reanimated as reality-TV personalities (Pepa on the Surreal Life; Yo-Yo hosting VH1’s Miss Rap Supreme, a competition that made sport, literally, of the ‘femcee’ phenomenon). The ’90s stars that followed her—Lil’ Kim, Eve, Lauryn Hill, Da Brat, and Missy Elliott chief among them—have either faded or flared into tabloid ignominy. Today, female rappers are flukes on the charts, and exactly zero women were nominated at this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards and VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. What happened?
Where did all the female rappers go? – By Jonah Weiner – Slate Magazine

Ralph Nader Slams Obama as an "Uncle Tom," Manages to Shock Fox News

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Ralph Nader Slams Obama as an “Uncle Tom,” Manages to Shock Fox News

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith interviewed crazy old man Ralph Nader the other night, chatting about, among other things, labeling President elect Barack Obama an “Uncle Tom.”

Really.

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How Obama Did It

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How Obama Did It
How Obama Did It: an in-depth look behind the scenes of the campaign, assembled by a special team of reporters who were granted year-long access on the condition that none of their findings appear…