Obligatory Quips

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts. -- Sen. Pat Moynihan

Coincidences are a spiritual sort of puns. -- G. K. Chesterton

Never confuse motion with action. -- Ernest Hemingway

The neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions. -- Thomas Szasz

The avalanche has begun... It is too late for the pebbles to vote.-- Ambassador Kosh

The spin cycle has begun... It is too late for the socks to vote.-- rodent@thinkthink.com

In conclusion: this is a really bad idea quite well implemented and presented. -- comment from anonymous reviewer

Musicians you may not have heard of (but might want to listen to):

• Richard Thompson
"My heart was beating like a song by the Clash -- it was writing checks that my body couldn't cash..."
• Los Lobos
• Ani DiFranco, most under-rated guitar player today.
• Neil Young
• Most post-war Chicago blues found on the Chess label: Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, Etta James.
• Taj Mahal: I'd start with "The Real Thing" (1971) if you can find it in a used record store, or maybe "Mo' Roots", although the more recent (and more easily obtained) "Phantom Blues" (1996) and "Dancing The Blues" (1993) are very good.
• Booker T. and the MG's: one of the best backup bands of all time, and the quintessential Memphis sound.
• The late, lamented Scruffy the Cat, and not only because they covered Hip Hug-Her when they played live.
• Keb' Mo'
: his first album was great roots blues, like Taj Mahal at his bluesiest. His second sounded more like a Bonnie Raitt album (not that there's anything wrong with that), but not the same, unfortunately.
• Michelle Shocked: most of her albums are available at cut-out prices; I'd start with "Captain Swing", or maybe "Short Sharp Shocked", but "Arkansas Traveller" is not to be missed
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• Rickie Lee Jones
• John Hiatt: His "Bring The Family" album uses the same line-up as the later "Little Village" project (Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner), which is not as compelling.

Fun Stuff

• Cthulhu for President: why vote for the lesser of two evils?
• Delivery date distribution.
• The Dangling String
• Hypertext Movie Database
• Unified Computer Science Tech Report Index
• Characterization of Organic Illumination Systems

• Lyrics to ``Louie Louie''
• That's like hypnotizing chickens
• "Almost any salad can be turned into fake Gado Gado by covering it with peanut butter and lemon juice."
• "The health center wrote out my pulse in scientific notation."
• BSDI FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD
• Unabomber Haiku
• The Annals of Improbable Research
• Rampant violations of copyright laws.
• The Tristero Corporation
• shows
• mr. spherical sloth

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