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2BRO2B

Posted in Links, culture, glimpses, library and info science on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Just finished a quick read of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s short story, “2BRO2B’, (read it at Project Gutenburg)  a not-so quaint distopia set in a world not entirely unlike ours in which certain ‘population control’ measures have been put in place.  It’s been a while since I’ve read any Vonnegut, not since the 2008 posthumous release [...]

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So You Want to be a Rockstar?

Posted in Links, culture, glimpses, music, radio shows, tagged , , on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Really digging this “To the Best of our Knowledge” podcast featuring musicians and music writers discussing the phenomenon of musical covers, costumes and impersonators.  Covering bands like, Sticky Fingers, Dark Star Orchestra and Christopher O’Riley’s recent album of Elliot Smith covers, Home To Oblivion: Elliot Smith tribute, the producers explore the idea that even the [...]

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Atlin Arts and Music Festival

Posted in Links, culture, events, glimpses, music, reviews, tagged , , on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few weeks back I had the chance to spend a hot week up in the Yukon and Northern B.C. For years I’ve been hearing from folks in Juneau about the Atlin Arts and Music Festival, but only now, a month from leaving Southeast Alaska for a few years, we got the chance to [...]

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Owls in Juneau

Posted in Links, community, culture, events, music, tagged , , , , on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Imagine my excitement when I heard that the Michigan trio, Breathe Owl Breathe would be rolling through town as part of the Homeskillet Records Roadshow.   While BOB isn’t on the Homeskillet label, but rather independent and on Earthwork and take their name from on of Micah Middaugh’s dreams,
The name Breathe Owl Breathe came from a [...]

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