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06.28.11 by Widge @ 4:36 am There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. We thank you.
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06.28.11 by ScottC @ 3:11 am  Cupid caught napping I get it. I know why St. Valentine's Day is in February. It is an example of the Catholic program of replacing pagan holidays with their own. In this case, replacing the Roman festival of Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day. The problem is that unlike Italy, most of the Western World is kinda chilly in February. Not the best climate for a sexy holiday. When the powers that be were repackaging this for own modern consumer age, why didn't they move it to June? Categorized as: Headsup
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06.19.11 by Widge @ 4:23 am There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. We thank you.
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06.01.11 by Widge @ 7:09 am There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. We thank you.
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05.28.11 by Widge @ 1:30 am  My memory is crap, but here's what I think I can tell you about how I came across Gil Scott-Heron for the first time. I believe I discovered him through the same radio show that introduced me to Tom Waits: Dr. Sheppard's Electric Medicine Show. I believe I remember correctly that "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" would be played on that show from time to time. Based on that, I sought out The Best of Gil Scott-Heron, where I found that song, "The Bottle," "Ain't No Such Thing As Superman" and others. I leave it to Rob and Tuffley to speak with more authority about the influence Scott-Heron had on rap and hip-hop and so forth. All I can say is that he definitely was one of my first introductions to the concept of a spoken word performance. "What, you mean you can recite poetry with a bit of rhythm in front of some music? Seriously? Man, I can do that." Now I find (via The Neil) that he's died at age 62. I haven't yet seen a definitive cause of death but as that article states, he was, at least as of last year and according to the New Yorker, losing a battle against crack. Bloody well heartbreaking. After the break is the song that got me--and scores of others--introduced to him. To the left is the original beat poem version and to the right is the version with instrumentation that I first heard. Both worth revisiting. Rest well, Mr. Scott-Heron. Thanks for everything. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.22.11 by Widge @ 6:03 am There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. We thank you.
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05.17.11 by Widge @ 1:32 am  Because you crazy cats out there seem to dig excellent t-shirts, it's our duty to inform you that another Threadless sale has taken off. It's $12 tees going on now and ending up at 10am Central Time (11am Eastern) tomorrow (5/18). We also wanted to point out a few quick shirts of note. There's the most excellent "Doctor Hoo" by Mallory Dyer that's so solid that even a newbie Doctor Who watcher like myself can pick out many of the owls involved. There's also the Miyazaki-inspired "The Friendly Spirit" by Anna-Maria Jung, which Totoro fans will take to. As for the image, we've fallen back on the classic epitome of cephalopodic shirt-dom, the heart-warming tale of an octopus and his bear. "Octopus" by Danny Christopher. But there are plenty more where that came from. Check them out here. Hurry while you still can. And remember: buy now for birthdays later. I'm just saying. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.07.11 by Widge @ 3:19 am  Been meaning to post about this for a while now. If there's one shirt I wear that people ask me where I got it and can they have one...it's the black Taco Dinosaur from SEIBEI. You've probably seen it in at least a couple of Wayhomers. When I saw that shirt, many moons ago, I immediately pinged David over there and said if it was in black, I'd buy one immediately. Well, he agreed to create a one-off and I snagged it with the condition that I tell everybody, no, they can't have one. So I dutifully told everybody, no, they can't have one but SEIBEI has plenty of other awesome shirts and go check them out. But deep down I knew it was just a matter of time before he came to his senses and made it part of his regular stock. Because let's face it: the shirt's so awesome having it in black is about the only way to improve it. So here it is. Make sure you tell him we said hi. Use NEEDCOFFEE as a code when you check out (for this shirt or any of his stuff) and get 10% off your order. In other news, Black Taco Dinosaur is a fantastic name for a band. Enough said about that. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.07.11 by Widge @ 12:27 am There's a lot of stuff that comes out all the time, and the companies are want your attention and mostly...your coin. But, you know, it's your coin and you have to take care where you spend it. With these posts we try to take you through recent releases so you can make up your mind. If you find the info here to be of use, do us a favor and purchase stuff from Amazon through us. Especially if you were going to buy the stuff anyway. That gives us kickbacks, which help pay for things. Like the server. And coffee. And therapy. We thank you.
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04.30.11 by Widge @ 5:51 pm   The BBC does lots of things really well. In fact, I think the main reason BBC America doesn't conduct itself better in the U.S. is because it's paid off by the other networks. Let's face it: after you've seen good British television, it's hard to go back to standard American fare. However, one of the places where the BBC really kicks ass is in its nature documentaries. All you need to do to see the difference between the level of quality is watch something like Planet Earth or Blue Planet and then flip over to the National Geographic channel. The nature narrators here in the U.S., for the most part, sound like they're talking to six year olds. This is nowhere more evident than in the U.S. vs. Brit versions of the series Life. Hold up Oprah Winfrey, who was chosen just for the name recognition and for sales (and as we've discussed on this site elsewhere, nobody can really blame the BBC for doing that)--against David Attenborough, who when narrating just about anything you can tell he has Been There and Done That. Categorized as: Headsup
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