December 2009
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tiny desk concerts
npr does this great series called Tiny Desk Concerts, where artists/bands set up in front of a single microphone at Bob Boilen [of All Songs Considered]’s desk and play a few songs. the performances, needless to say, are pretty intimate. here are some of my recent favourites… Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeroes K’Naan Lightning Dust
Dec 23rd
The Rise And Rise Of The Cover Version →
…then you have Norway’s Susanna and The Magical Orchestra, whose take on Abba’s ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ is my cover of the decade. It is as reverential and as it revealing about the original song’s striking properties, which is exactly what the perfect cover should aim for.
Dec 22nd
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joseph gordon-levitt acting out my friend sarah's... →
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Listenmy first contribution to the “collaborative...
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The decade in news photographs →
The Big Picture delivers the goods, yet again.
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Dec 17th
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david's top three albums of 2009
it has been quite the good year. let the countdown begin… 3. The xx: xx when i first heard the name, saw the artwork, saw pictures of them, i was expecting something pretty aggressive and/or mopey.  the image even put me off listening to them for a while. for some reason or another, though, i gave them a go and was more than pleasantly surprised.  the album is sparse, subdued, but...
Dec 16th
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“I love finding bands that have been 
around many years and have 3-5 records...”
– tegan quin
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david's top three music videos of 2009
a visual feast! from 3 to 1… 3. Fever Ray: ‘If I Had A Heart’ [ooh, spooky…] 2. HEALTH: ‘Die Slow’ [ooh, violent…] 1. Lady Gaga: ‘Bad Romance’ [ooh, insane…]
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WatchWatch
meltingnoise: Rachel Maddow Shuts Down Gay-Cure Advocate — Daily Intel Rachel Maddow invites Richard Cohen, an unlicensed psychotherapist, onto her show… and basically shuts. Him. Down. Cohen is an advocate for gays to “come out” of their orientation and to become straight, and his book, Coming Out Straight, has been taken as the foundation for a group in Uganda trying to pass a bill against...
Dec 10th
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joseph gordon-levitt reading my friend sarah's... →
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a zen moment amidst the panic and guilt
Sarah: you dont gots to explain yourself to nobody dude long as you understand yourself
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