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★ ★ ★ ★	It's the End of the World as We Know It Pomplamoose	Solid cover of the REM song, I remember when a Cleveland radio station played this for like 72 hours straight as it changed format - felt kind of apocalyptic. I often poke around and see if Pomplamoose has done any good covers.
★ ★ ★ ★	Nine Inch Nails - Closer But It's Funkytown By Lipps Inc. William Maranci	Ha, such a mashup. In itunes I use the title "Funk You Like an Animal", suggested by a youtube viewer. Random youtube recommendation.
★ ★ ★ ★	Uh Huh Jade Bird	I do dig this delivery of girl rock, or whatever a less sexist descriptor of it is - also the jaded attitude of the lyrics. From Arun's collection.
★ ★ ★ ★	Star Trek Theme w Lyrics Tenacious D	Infamously, Gene Roddenberry penned lyrics to the original Star Trek theme in order to snag some royalties. Cracked mentioned this Tenacious D version.
	Daydream (feat. Alia Farah) M. Ward	Sweet cover of the classic song. Music behind a Stella Artois beer commercial
	Addicted To Bass Puretone	So Very 90s. From my buddy Arun.
★ ★ ★ ★	Cock Block Little Jackie	Whoa, delightfully vulgar lyrics ("My mind says no, my heart says maybe so / And my body says go go go go go / Sorry I can't see straight there is a cock blocking my vision") Random recommendation researching last month's playlist.
	Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule Louis Jordan	Haven't heard enough Louis Jordan since that "Five Guys Named Moe" soundtrack I had. This video which also covers his more famous "Caledonia" has delightfully decorated instruments A list of quotes from John Madden quotes mentioned “Who cares if the horse is blind? Just keep loading the wagon.” Found this trying to find out more about the expression.
	Behave Yourself Booker T. & The M.G.'s	Mellow R+B. Found this video of Steve Cropper talking on the history of Green Onions.
★ ★ ★ ★	It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop Remix) Dead Prez	Great flow. Walk-on music for the Dave Chapelle show. (I also love his African colors "C" logo)
	Signs Five Man Electrical Band	70s crunchy protest-y. Guy at a Whole Foods protest rally suggested we do this one.
	The Diarrhea Song John Roberts, Eugene Mirman, & Bob's Burgers	cover via Bob's Burgers... I envy Gene's sampling keyboard, I used to have one (the "Casio SK-8") Don't know why they don't make them any more. I always wonder about this song, like if started as a "camp song" or if there was another origin.
	If and When I Die The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die	Artsy, existential. Saw a sweat shirt with the name band's name "The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die" at a rally and I had to find out what it was about.
★ ★ ★ ★	Hitch It to the Horse (Bonus Track) The Fantastic Johnny C	Funky! Harper's magazine mentioned a different B-side, "Cool Broadway", got this as another recommendation.

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Oh, these are so good! Reagan Ray isolated the lettering of the artists' names on 100 jazz records. I've always loved this kind of design work.













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Happy German Unity Day! 30 Years Ago West + East Germany were reunited, a highpoint of Western Triumphalism and marking "The End of History" that... lasted about a decade? Maybe?

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On my devblog: I just realized the breakout hit "widgetsmith" offers a version of the "time in words, roughly" time display that I was prototyping a decade ago...

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kirk.is/drawing - my vacation project was a free, minimalist shared whiteboard webapp. (Worked to make sure it was reasonably mobile friendly) Basically if you're on a call and need to express an ideally visually, and both sides have a gadget handy, you can run here and fire up a new board. (Some messaging apps have something similar already built-in, of course, but I still think this might be handy...)