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Music Break: The Bongos, “The Bulrushes”

Posted by Dave Awl 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

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

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


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Tags: Culture · Advertising · Video

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

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


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Uncertain Smile: McCain Shredded by His Own Side

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


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · TV · Video

McClellan, Yellin, and the Press Under Pressure

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


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · Foreign Policy · Video · Journalism

Roundup: Spotty Jove and the Return of the Scottish Beaver Edition

Posted by Dave Awl on May 27th, 2008 at 8:45 am


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Tags: Meta · News · Politics · Culture · Science · LGBT · Comedy · Film · TV · Comics · Science Fiction · Doctor Who · Video · Nature · Fantasy · Racism

Colbert on the O’Reilly Meltdown

Posted by Dave Awl on May 14th, 2008 at 4:15 pm


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Wild Puppet: Kate Pierson Plays “Speed Quiz” on Pancake Mountain

Posted by Dave Awl on May 8th, 2008 at 2:23 pm


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Mr. Fish on Obama-Wright, That Ad, and the Big Gas Tax Swindle

Posted by Dave Awl on May 5th, 2008 at 9:56 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Comics · Foreign Policy · Energy · Video · The Economy, Stupid · Infrastructure

Roundup: Pansies vs. Chair Sniffers Edition

Posted by Dave Awl on May 1st, 2008 at 2:40 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · Food · LGBT · Comedy · Factory Farming · TV · Doctor Who · Video · Nature · Religion · Organic Food · Roundup · Racism · Gender

Larry King on the Other Larry King: Day of Silence PSA

Posted by Dave Awl on April 25th, 2008 at 1:37 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · LGBT · Media · TV · Human Rights · Video · Hate Crimes · Education

Thank You, Bob (or, That Flag Pin Won’t Get You Into Heaven Any More)

Posted by Dave Awl on April 20th, 2008 at 2:40 pm


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Condi Must Go

Posted by Dave Awl on April 16th, 2008 at 11:12 am


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Tags: Politics · Activism · Torture · Human Rights · Video · Law

Bitter

Posted by Dave Awl on April 11th, 2008 at 8:31 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Video · The Economy, Stupid