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Memoirs … of a voice from the airwaves

fredericknoronha wrote 6 months ago: This is about the most bizarre thing to do while encountering a book: try to read it from the endin … more »

Tags: Books, Colonialism, Gender, goa, History, New Books, Portugal, Reviews, women authors

Baghdad then and now.1 comment

baggywrinkles wrote 7 months ago: I never could have posted my Baghdad Journal without doing harm to someone.   It’s probably … more »

Tags: baghdad, Iraq-Iran War, War of the Cities, Saddam Hussein,

Vergulde Draeck Myth?18 comments

wamaritimemyths wrote 8 months ago: The Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) a Dutch VOC ship was wrecked on the WA coast in 1656 and discover … more »

Tags: Vergulde Draeck, WA Wreck Sites, 1656, Alan Robinson, astrolabe, book, Bullion, Conspiracy, deception

bleugh

markvdb wrote 10 months ago: I didnt get to go paintballing - I fell sick on wednesday, and i’m only just starting to get o … more »

Tags: My Car, Things to do

What Happens When a Bad Concept Meets Poor Marketing3 comments

Al wrote 10 months ago: This is the now dead product:  The Foleo .  It is a laptop thingy, but not a laptop. “The Fo … more »

Tags: Mutterings on All Things Cultural

Editors Needed...

Al wrote 10 months ago: … but only after we get a chuckle. Hat Tip to Dale Courtney From the Associated Press: Clint … more »

Tags: News of the Week, Quotable

Writing on the diaspora: Burma, Bombay; Myanmar, Mumbai

fredericknoronha wrote 11 months ago: Another interesting attempt that’s coming along is Yvonne Vaz-Ezdani’s proposed book tha … more »

Tags: Books, goa, New Books, Colonialism, Expat writing, women authors

Summer 2007 volume 9

djeddieo wrote 11 months ago: I never wanted to stop listening to volume 8 (see previous post). While packing for August vacation, … more »

Tags: Editors, Maximo Park, arctic monkeys, spoon, The White Stripes, Interpol, the bravery, Muse, Amy Winehouse

Real - Brutal - Men

Al wrote 1 year ago: OK, first off let me say there are problems, serious problems, with how this war in Iraq went down. … more »

Tags: Christian Worldview, Mutterings on All Things Cultural

Bill Moyers on the Drumbeat to War3 comments

ndsmith wrote 1 year ago: Bill Moyer’s journal provides a very good summary of the feedback loop between the administrat … more »

Tags: Politics

Nice Shots

Al wrote 1 year ago: These may be a bit old but they are still neat… Remember this the next you are tempted to co … more »

Tags: Pictures]

What I wrote four years ago...

Al wrote 1 year ago: Below you will find a short article I wrote for our church as America was gearing up for war in Iraq … more »

Tags: Church Life, Mutterings on All Things Cultural

Volume 8, 1/2007

djeddieo wrote 1 year ago: The best DJs play for themselves (back me up on this guys); this one is my fave. Some hit radio play … more »

Tags: peter, Bjorn and John, The Maccabees, White Rabbits, Division Day, Birdmonster, Foals, The Pigeon Detectives, cold war kids

Bill Cooper's Pseudo-History of Dinosaurs Part 14 comments

crazyharp81602 wrote 1 year ago: In 1995, young earth creationist, Bill Cooper wrote and published After The Flood where all througho … more »

Tags: mythology, Creationism, dragons, stupidity, DISHONESTY, LOL Claims, fabrications, False Claims, ignorance

September 2006, volume 7

djeddieo wrote 1 year ago: Even I admit this one was ‘out there’. I made it a goal that I would not include anythin … more »

Tags: headlights, French Kicks, razorlight, guillemots, The Kooks, The Sunshine Underground, American Princes, The Voom Blooms, New Moscow

May 2006 volume 6

djeddieo wrote 2 years ago: Volume 6 was controversial: nobody (but me) liked it all. Many said it was all over the map. I say, … more »

Tags: Baby Dayliner, Captain, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Damian Marley, Gnarls Barkley, Gomez, Grandaddy, Hot Chip, Men Women & Children

Xmas 2005, volume 5

djeddieo wrote 2 years ago: Most of these songs ended up getting radio airplay, some huge, but not as early as 12/05. I still lo … more »

Tags: Cobra Verde, Youth Group, a band of bees, She Wants Revenge, Editors, M83, Maximo Park, The Cribs, nightmare of you

July 2005 volume 4

djeddieo wrote 3 years ago: Great music was everywhere in summer ‘05, with Sia on Six Feet Under and Jane’s Addictio … more »

Tags: the Cloud Room, Shout Out Louds, spoon, The White Stripes, gorillaz, transplants, SIA, Hard Fi, ok go

Spring 2005, volume 3

djeddieo wrote 3 years ago: Volume 2 had great legs for me, lasting six months (of course, I had all that Christmas music in the … more »

Tags: The Futureheads, kaiser chiefs, Mando Diao, Louis XIV, kasabian, Doves, The Caesars, Robbers On High Street, LCD Soundsystem


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