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The Jam – Going Underground (1980)
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The First 52 Genes Identified
AFP (via Yahoo News) reports on a new study establishing an initial confluence of genes correlated with IQ: Paris (AFP) – Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of 52 genes linked to human intelligence, 40 of which have been identified … Continue reading
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Sweden: What Immigration Problem?
Allowing the influx of millions of immigrants from the third world: what could possibly go wrong? Almost all murders and attempted murders in Sweden using firearms are carried out by people with foreign backgrounds, according to a new study. According … Continue reading
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Pete Townshend – Quadrophenia Demo Tapes (1973)
Townshend’s demo process for Who albums was quite robust. He’d have just about everything arranged, by himself, in demo form by the time the band went to the studio. The Quadrophenia demos were previously only available via bootleg, but have … Continue reading
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The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset (1967)
1967, the Summer of Love. It was 50 years ago. So many great songs were released that year. While this song wasn’t a ‘flower power’ or psych song, per se, it is arguably the single greatest song ever written.
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Another One Down
Political Correctness claims another faculty victim. Paul Griffiths, whose Orwellian run-ins with the school’s administration Rod Dreher has been documenting, has resigned from his position as Warren Chair of Catholic Theology at Duke University Duke University as a result: It’s … Continue reading
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RIP: Chris Cornell
Here he is with Soundgarden, on the eve of his passing, playing 1994’s “Black Hole Sun”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfbGVE8vIs8
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‘Call-Out Culture’ on Campus
JAPCAT installments are now too plentiful to adequately document. In The Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf writes of “The Destructiveness of Call-Out Culture on Campus”, with ‘call-out culture’ being something of a variation on what the Alt-Right experiences as ‘doxxing’. Friedersdorf elicited … Continue reading
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Mick & Keith on Living in Edith Grove
They discuss their early days living in a dirty flat, before they took off.
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