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Diebold Releases Election Results

Tags: video of the day, election, comedy

Matt Cowley about about 5 years ago

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Video of the Day 2/27/08: History of punk rock

Tags: Video of the Day

Randy Wynne about about 5 years ago

Jeffrey Lewis performs an outrageous, inpromptu anti-folk history of punk rock

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A cultural critic takes on the Internet

Mitch Perry about over 5 years ago

There's nothing like starting a new form of communications by slamming the very institution.

<>I'm not doing that, but want to alert listeners who didn't get a chance to listen to it, that on the Friday night Evening News we ran the first of a two-pa... read this post


Video of the Day 2/21/08: Armstrong and Kaye

Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

World got you down and you need a pick up? Watch this video over and over. It's 1959, and Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong are scatting and singing "When The Saints Go Marching In".



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No Depression Magazine calls it quits

Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE TO CEASE PUBLISHING AFTER MAY-JUNE ISSUE

No Depression, the bimonthly magazine covering a broad range of American roots music since 1995, will bring to an end its print publication with its 75th issue in May-June 2008

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Video of the Day: 2/19/08: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

The Soul Rebels Brass Band will be playing at this year's Tropical Heatwave. This video features the audio track of their cover of Gil Scott-Heron's classic song, with powerful visual images from Azimuth Films.

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Video of the Day 2/18/08: James Brown & Pavarotti

Tags: Video of the Day

Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

What happens when the King of Soul meets the King of Opera? James Brown and Pavarotti join forces for "It's Man,Man's, Man's World". Unbelievable!

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Video of the Day 2/17/08 : Kate Nash

Tags: Video of the Day

Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

Kate Nash is an English singer-songwriter just starting to get strong airplay on WMNF and other hip US music outlets. This video of her song "Foundation"has been a smash hit in England, attracting several million views.

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NYT on Public Media

Tags: npr

Matt Cowley about over 5 years ago

On the other side of the ledger the audience for public radio has been growing: there are more than 30 million listeners now, compared to just 2 million in 1980.

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Meteor Awards

Tags: awards, music

Matt Cowley about over 5 years ago

Check out the winners of the Irish Music Awards.

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Video of the Day 2/15/08 : Little Republicans

Tags: Video of the Day

Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

Song For Little Republicans

This was just scheduled for inclusion in New York's Int'l Film and Video Festival.

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Video of the Day 2/14/08 ; John Ashcroft

Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

Scary!! John Ashcroft sings "Let the Mighty Eagles Soar"

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Video of the Day 2/13/08: dancing cockatoo

Tags: Video of the day

Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

A cockatoo loves The Backstreet Boys and has learned to dance to their song "Everybody". No animation!

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Video of the Day 2/12/08 : Smoke on the Water

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Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

An exotic oriental ensemble plays Deep Purple's classic. You've never seen anything like it. Here's the crazy video

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Video of the Day : Four year old accordion player

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Randy Wynne about over 5 years ago

Four Year Old rocks "Jambalaya"

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