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Another YouTube break

October 19, 2011

Paraphrased: “I don’t want to study/ I only want to get married/ I’d rather ride around in a bangin’ car around the capital at night Rather than other stuff. Life is stressful, Why does she need all these cares? Studying, thesis, work, She already has enough problems, Shopping, manicures, and moisturizer.” And on and on in this vein.   I played this song for Mr. B  and he got a panicked look on his face because he though he would ...

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Jay-Z on NPR. For realz.

November 17, 2010

No post today (working on one), so for now just enjoy Terry Gross figuring out how to reference crack cocaine and not offend a public radio audience while interviewing Jay-Z.  She also says bitches and hos.  For realz.

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Something lighter today-We No Speak Americano

November 9, 2010

To break up yesterday’s post. If you don’t believe in evolution, you will by the end of this post. Evolution of music: This: to this… to this…

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Time Machine (Mashina Vremeni) and My Dad

April 19, 2010

Update!  My dad just called me and told me that President Medvedev was ALSO at the concert.   My dad and the president of Russia rock out to the same music. My dad loves Time Machine (Mashina Vremeni, which sounds much different in Russian), the Beatles of the Soviet Union.  Every experience he has had since 1973 revolves around Mashina Vremeni.  Their music was at first passed around on bootleg tapes because subversive rock and roll wasn’t allowed in the USSR. ...

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Heavy Metal in Baghdad

March 25, 2010

So, I watched this documentary yesterday and realized I have nothing to complain about in life. You never hear about how real Iraqis, especially educated Iraqis, live, trapped, beyond the headlines.  The closest experience I can think of was living in Tel Aviv during the 2006 war with Lebanon and feeling for two months like the sky was going to come down on me any second.   At night, I couldn’t sleep because every car door slamming below my apartment window ...

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