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Seriously sexy this portable radio comes from Crosley, the manufactures of hopefully my next turntable. They make the fantastic retro reproductions.

This radio was inspired by vintage luggage and based on 1930s design, it sports a richly detailed full-range speaker, sturdy wood cabinet dressed in classic tweed vinyl, AM/FM/Aux Input select switch at the back, and an adapter that allows you to conveniently select between wall power and batteries. With all that how coudl you not indulge?

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Truth be told I didn't want to like it. And dammit I really didn't want to post about another reggae-influenced artist. But here I am again, talking exceptions to the rule. You got me; I liked this album enough to swallow my musical pride. However I’m convinced that New Wave is the alkaloid neutralizing my acidic bias.

Santogold travels between Souxie to M.I.A. to even the Pixies, and although she's all over the place, it’s every spot I like to go. The album is great because it’s not the same direction every song but small trips to well loved places.

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When the creator of Garfield Minus Garfield removes all the characters except Jon from a Garfield comic strip, certain truths about the human condition are revealed. Jon spends his time dealing with loneliness and boredom (and perhaps a few personality disorders) instead of reacting to Garfield's lackadaisical bullying. It's pretty entertaining, and it allows me to enjoy Jim Davis's work in a way that I haven't since I was 8. Would this techinique work for all comics? Hard to say, but I'd wager that if you removed Cathy from her eponymous comic, the world would be a better place.

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Attendees of the Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco were treated to a performance by Mucca Pazza, a parti-colored marching band from Chicago complete with horns, drums and majorettes. And speaker helmets, you know, for the electric guitar.

Mucca Pazza means "mad cow" in Italian, and the band does play and march with all the fervor and chaos of a fevered heifer in the final throes of her prion trip. But the music is invigorating and danceable and a whole lot of fun. Before they head back to the midwest, they have two more shows in San Francisco:
Thurs, July 17, 8:30 PM - Rickshaw Stop
Sat, July 19, 3:00 PM - Tour de Fat Golden Gate Park

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Many years ago, when I was good, my sister would let me listen to her record/8 track player. It had the hugest headphones ever. Which made it perfect for listening to Disco Duck.

Finally, some truly huge headphones that are iPhone compatible and bright red. Because although at the gym or on the go tiny ear buds are best, you can not beat a dark room with your favorite songs surrounding your ears.

Complete with soft ear padding and light brown leather headband. As well as a slim call button and in-line microphone, it’s perfect for making calls in style. It also includes standard and iPhone compatible 3.5mm and 1.4" adapters for use with multiple devices.

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Punk supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is on the verge of releasing of their seventh full-length album. Due on July 8, 2008 and entitled "Have Another Ball!," the album features mostly unreleased material originally recorded for their first album, a collection of pop songs from the 60's and 70's.

The Gimme Gimmes is composed of members of prominent San Francisco Bay Area punk bands NOFX, Lagwagon, Swingin' Utters, and No Use for a Name (and one guy from the Foo Fighters) and release thematically coherent albums of cover songs.  In addition to songs from the 60's and 70's, previous collections have focused on genres such as contemporary R&B and classic country and western music.

If you're looking for energetic pop-punk but can't be bothered to learn the words to new songs, check into the Gimme Gimmes.  They'll be playing two little-publicized shows at Thee Parkside in San Francisco on August 9 and 10, 2008.

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Sometimes the silliest things ring truest for me, particularly on the Internet. A site featuring photos of cats and semi-literate captions hinting at an entire cultural universe of inside jokes can bring me to tears of laughter. Similarly, an online game in which a polar bear wallops a penguin as far as possible to score points kept me entertained for a good hour and a half one rainy afternoon. There is no end to the hilarity scattered across the Internet if you know where to look. One such treasure trove is weebls-stuff.com, the home of (among many, many others) Magical Trevor.


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Fame possesses a certain element of magic: the transformation of a normal person into a larger-than-life figure whose reputation often takes on a life of its own is mysterious, inexplicable, and often unpredictable. This glamour is only paper-thin, however. It’s quite easy to be impressed by an singer surrounded by blazing lights and pounding music, but photographer Matthias Willi’s work shows us musicians immediately after their performance; sweaty, disheveled and intensely real.


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Anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that I’m a pretty big fan of the Internet. Besides the obvious communication medium, shopping, and rich landscape of information, an element I truly appreciate on the Internet is the webcomic. By shrewdly shifting venue from print media to online, artists and writers can reach an enormous and self-selected audience of fans without the hassle of fighting for space in a newspaper or magazine. While I’ve been lucky enough to stumble across several excellent webcomics during my online adventures, one of the best is Questionable Content, by Jeph Jacques.


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