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Friday Morning Rock & Roll Idols: The Jam
The Jam were the coolest, and not well known here in the USA, but even after all these years I’d argue they were one of the great bands of their generation. I can’t help thinking how much better my youth would have been if their music had been bombarding all of us from the radio…
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Friday Morning Rock & Roll Idol: Girl In A Coma
Art, in its multitudinous forms, rewards our attention every once in a while, and all too rarely, with small beautiful moments where thrill meets surprise–I find them most regularly in poems, but also in poems, paintings, and even in pop songs and punk rock. Such was the case with the little Texas band Girl In…
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Functioning Hoverboard–Changes Everything
What they’re not telling you here is that the current HUVr Boards are not yet commercially available and face years of testing before they will be. The prototypes in the video cost more than $1 Million each–but the fact of the matter is that this changes EVERYTHING. Once the costs come down, we’ll see this…
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The State of the Union is COLD
Mrs. Junk and I watched President Obama deliver yet another State of the Union address last night, though I did so with mixed emotions due to the President’s inconsiderate preemption of one of the three hours of television I most enjoy each week–Person of Interest. I’m interested in politics and have very strong opinions that…
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