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links for 2007-04-20

• Jump On It - Scissors For Lefty - Pandora Internet Radio
  "An unintelligible vocal delivery," as heaven's music wonks at Pandora tagged it, and RIGHT THEY ARE. Productive screaming. If this guy had braces they'd be just so much used wire, man.
  (tags: scissorsforlefty unintelligiblevocaldelivery pandora)

Black Fungus

Black Fungus
Originally uploaded by WhitA.

The rain here has been spectacular. We've had more than 7 inches of rain since April 1; usually that's closer to 2 inches. The fungus is out, but it's been so chilly still that I haven't seen amphibians or anything like that. The vernal pools are awash and I hope the little nymphs are deep under the leaves.

This was at Moore State Park, and I have to say it is a top-drawer fungus. A fungus of distinction!

links for 2007-04-18

• "Cormac McCarthy And Ornette Coleman Bracket an Eclectic Field" By Bob Thompson
  Lawrence Wright has won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,' a book he yesterday called 'the most important thing I'll ever do in my life.'
  (tags: read)
• Leah Siegel
  Nice rich vocal bravery.
  (tags: allsongsconsidered leahsiegel folkpop music)
• Year Zero
  YEAR ZERO Nine Inch Nails Forty-one-year-old Trent Reznor could now bench-press the scrawny punk who sang 'Head Like a Hole' in 1989. But on 'Year Zero,' the Nine Inch Nails' mastermind rekindles some of his youthful spark. Hindered by a downward spiral
  (tags: nineinchnails reznor music)

Hearing Things

The spring peepers were calling tonight at Broad Meadow Brook.

links for 2007-04-07

• Five early 80s albums that are better than you probably remember
  Candy-O, yes. The rest I think are HA HA HA HA. But what do I know? Sales on half.com are definitely spiking, I betcha.
  (tags: candyo thecars music 1980s 5ives)