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Entries Tagged as 'Culture'

Music Break: The Bongos, “The Bulrushes”

Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 4th, 2009 at 11:36 am

I still love this song to death after all these years — Richard Barone and the Bongos are definitely one of the most underappreciated bands of their era. Such a great, distinctive sound. Play this song three times and it will be stuck in your head for weeks.

Richard Barone on the video above:
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Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · Video

I Entweet You

Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 4th, 2009 at 11:20 am


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Tags: Meta · Culture · Tech · Blogs · Journal · Comedy · Internet · Mike Scott & The Waterboys · Online Networking · Facebook

The Partly Dave Show: Please Mister Postman (at the Rhino Fest, Friday Feb. 20)

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 13th, 2009 at 10:10 pm


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Tags: Culture · Music · Journal · Chicago · Theater · Neo-Futurists · Fringe · Performance · The Partly Dave Show

Um, Hello There (or: Oops, I Wrote a Book!)

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 7th, 2009 at 2:32 pm


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Tags: Meta · Culture · Tech · Journal · Books · Facebook · Facebook Me!

So If You Have a Mouth — And I Know You Do …

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 24th, 2008 at 12:59 pm


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Tags: Culture · Advertising · Video · Animation

McCain’s “Maverick” Image: Pining for the Fjords?

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 16th, 2008 at 9:00 am


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Tags: News · Media · John McCain · 2008 Election · Journalism

Horsefeathers and Rattlesnakes

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 13th, 2008 at 9:17 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · Barack Obama · John McCain · 2008 Election · Journalism

Remedial Comedy-Writing for T-Shirt Companies

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 27th, 2008 at 9:10 am


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Tags: Culture · Comedy · TV · Science Fiction · Star Trek · Advertising · Facebook

Guantanamo, False Imprisonment, and the Human Rights Toggle Switch

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 27th, 2008 at 7:04 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · George W. Bush · Torture · Human Rights · Journalism · Justice System · Terrorism · TESK

Roundup: Maracas and Purple Pants Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 24th, 2008 at 4:59 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Chicago · LGBT · Comedy · TV · Gore Vidal · Barack Obama · Superheroes · John McCain · Science Fiction · Doctor Who · Russell T. Davies · 2008 Election · Fantasy · Terrorism · Grammar · Homophobia

New Music from Dan: I Was a Cub Scout, Alphabeat, and The Helio Sequence

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 24th, 2008 at 4:57 am


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Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · TV · Folk-Rock · Video · Modern Rock

Uncertain Smile: McCain Shredded by His Own Side

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 5th, 2008 at 11:09 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · TV · Barack Obama · John McCain · Video · 2008 Election

Wordslingers Appearance Now Online, and Poem of the Week on Deep Dish

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 4th, 2008 at 12:41 pm


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Tags: Politics · Culture · Blogs · Journal · Chicago · Barack Obama · Books · Poetry · Fringe · Performance · Lit · 2008 Election

McClellan, Yellin, and the Press Under Pressure

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 29th, 2008 at 8:55 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · George W. Bush · Iraq · Foreign Policy · Video · Journalism