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prevents hasty exits and rage-fueled walkouts

April 9th, 2013 · Uncategorized

 

  The first two DrBeeper samplers of 2013:

    Lambda1   [download]

     [playlist]

 
    Lambda2   [download]

     [playlist]

 

 

  DrBeeper 2007 sampler flashback :

    Epsilon07-1   [download]
     [playlist]

 

2012 : 150 Years of US Fiat
2007 : Was He the Eggman?
2004 : But here’s the thing

 

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our treatment of our most vulnerable citizens is a measure of our dignity as a society

April 8th, 2013 · Uncategorized

 

  • State-Wrecked: The Corruption of Capitalism in America – dstockman   nytimes
  • Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame of Three Strikes Laws – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • Drug Offenses, Not Violent Crime, Filling Up Federal Prisons – ibtimes
  • U.N. rights chief calls for closure of Guantanamo prison
  • As It Spied on Occupy Wall Street, Department of Homeland Security Fixated on Media Coverage – wallstreetonparade
  • Wikileaks Was Just a Preview: We’re Headed for an Even Bigger Showdown Over Secrets – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • Corporations, pro-business nonprofits foot bill for judicial seminars – publicintegrity
  • Marx’s Revenge: How Class Struggle Is Shaping the World – time
  • Secrecy for Sale: Inside the Global Offshore Money Maze – icij
     

  • BP accused of rewriting environmental record on Wikipedia – cnet
  • The Deepwater Horizon disaster: Spills and bills – economist

     

    2005 : Confessions of an EBay opium addict
    2004 : Secrets and Lies Becoming Commonplace

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    a cardboard cutout crossed with an Etch A Sketch

    April 4th, 2013 · Uncategorized

     

  • Mad About the Cost of TV? Blame Sports – theatlantic

    The Screwball Economics of Major League Baseball – miaminewtimes
    The rise and fall of A-Rod – jposnanski   nbcsports
    Depth, Platoons, and Versatility: (yet another) New “Moneyball” – athleticsnation

    What Are the Falcons Worth to Atlanta? – thesportseconomist

        DrB 2005 mix flashbacks:
         Monochrome 1: Black   [download]
         Monochrome 1: Red   [download]

     

    2007 : An extremely successful con job
    2005 : Church of Stretching

     

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    It ain’t working take a whiz on the world, entire nation drinking from a dirty cup

    April 3rd, 2013 · Uncategorized


      Ghost Beach Band Debates Piracy on Times Square Billboard – nytimes
    The Joy Formidable – Wolf’s Law (Full Album)
    MC5 – Rambling Rose
    Guards – Ready To Go
    Woodkid – Run Boy Run
    Kate Nash – Under-Estimate the Girl
    The Bees – Chicken Payback

     

        DrB 2007 mix flashback:
     
       Recorded Live: 2006   [download]

     

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    blinkered groupthink, deception, self-dealing, fraud, smugness, and self-delusion

    April 2nd, 2013 · Uncategorized

     

  • Dyslexia Workarounds: Creativity Without a Lot of Reading – wsj
  • What a Vasectomy is Really Like – bestof craigslist
    Mystery of Prince Rupert’s Drop at 130,000 fps – SmarterEveryDay
    Will 3D Printing Change the World? – PBSoffbook

     

    2010 : LaundroMatinee : Those Darlins
    2003 : The Laws of the Internet

     

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    The overwhelming, driving bias of the US media is subservience to power, whoever happens to be wielding it.

    March 25th, 2013 · Uncategorized

     

  • 9 Out Of 10 Americans Are Completely Wrong About This Mind-Blowing Fact – upworthy
  • The benefits of increased productivity over the last 35 years have not gone to the middle class [chart] – stateofworkingamerica
  • Before Greed: Americans Didn’t Always Yearn for Riches – bostonreview
  • An Embarrassment of Riches: Literature and the Ethics of Wealth in the Gilded Age – bostonreview
    Why you should care about currency wars

  • JP Morgan Wins Biggest Payout Of All Creditors In MF Global Fiasco – silvervigilante
  • Rigging the I.P.O. Game – jnocera   nytimes
  • Where banks really make money on IPOs – fsalmon   reuters

  • Big Businesses Offer Revolving Door Rewards – POGO

     

    2009 : Dear A.I.G., I Quit!
    2005 : Called because of weirness
    2003 : Who lied to whom?

     

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    When people say it’s not about sex, it’s about sex. When people say it’s not about money, it’s about money.

    March 22nd, 2013 · Uncategorized


    Clinic – Seamless Boogie Woogie BBC 10pm (rpt) II
    Dominique Pruitt – He’s Got It Bad
    Nobunny – Blow Dumb (live FFF)
    BackSeat Jukebox w/ Deer Tick – The Bump
    Allah Las – Tell Me (What’s On Your Mind)
    SSM – Deja Vu
    Shannon and the Clams – Sleep Talk
    Fletcher C. Johnson – Happy Birthday
    FIDLAR – No Waves
    Nobunny – Blow Dumb
    Reignwolf – Live on KEXP
    Bad Cop – Wet Lips
    Old Man Markley – Do Me Like You Do
    FIDLAR – Max Can’t Surf II: The Zuk Trip
    Stan Ridgway – Drive She Said
    The Flakes – Back to School
    Husker Du – Live in San Francisco 1985   Pt1   Pt2   Pt3
      Diamond Rugs – Hungover And Horny – roxwel

     

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    my face is all bloodshot and there’s a stain on my shirt

    March 10th, 2013 · Uncategorized

     

      A quick, unglamorous DrBeeper mix, inspired by SXSW

        A Burger Hotel Saturday   [download]
    When the schedule hits your eye…

         [playlist]

     

    2008 : Yes, MSG, the Secret Behind the Savor
    2003 : Just War — or a Just War?

     

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    One of the things art is particularly good at is parsing our relationship to History

    March 6th, 2013 · Uncategorized


      Bluenote: Timeline
      Could Independent Music Giant Amoeba Be Facing a Copyright Lawsuit Nightmare? – villagevoice
    Foxygen – We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic [full album]
    Big Tits – Ex-Repeater
    Cash & Kristoffersen — Sunday Morning Coming Down
    The Korgis – Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime
    Jim White – A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes
    Warm Soda – Busy Lizzy
    Black Moth Super Rainbow – Windshield Smasher
    Strawberry Whiplash – In The Blink Of An Eye
    The Flaming Lips – Sunship Balloons
    Kate Nash – Girl Gang [Cocaine by Fidlar cover]
    Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash – If I Were A Carpenter
    Dirty Ghosts – Katana Rock
    Yeo Inhyeok – I Wish [a capella cover]
    Pot Shop Macklemore Thrift Shop Parody
      Guadalupe Plata – Los conciertos de Radio 3 [30m vdieo]
      Guadalupe Plata – Milana
      Guadalupe Plata – Rata

     

    2012 : Let’s Start Paying College Athletes

     

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    bobbing there like a meat slinky dangling over a bottom step.

    March 5th, 2013 · Uncategorized

     

  • Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • How Bankers Help Drug Traffickers and Terrorists – nytimes
  • How Colombian drug traffickers used HSBC to launder money – reuters
  • No Mortgage Lenders in Jail, but a Borrower Lands There – nytimes
  • Former Icelandic bank executives jailed for fraud – independent

  • Why It’s Smart to Be Reckless on Wall Street – scientificamerican
  • Secrets and Lies of the Bailout – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • Did JPM’s CIO Intentionally Start The Margin Call Avalanche That Crushed Lehman? – zerohedge
  • The Real—and Simple—Equation That Killed Wall Street – scientificamerican
  • What’s Inside America’s Banks? – theatlantic
  • Overdue Student Loans Reach ‘Unsustainable’ 15%: Fair Isaac – americanbanker
  • No End in Sight for Global “Currency Wars” – 321gold
  • Jamie Dimon Dong-Slaps Inquisitive Analyst in Hilarious Exchange – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • Yes, Virginia, the Rich Continue to Get Richer: the Top 1% Got 121% of Income Gains Since 2009 – nakedcapitalism
  • Risks and Rewards: Deutsche Bank Returns to Commodities Speculation – spiegel
  • Angelo Mozilo, Former Countrywide CEO, Claims He Doesn’t Know What ‘Verified Income’ Is – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • IMF States Entire Derivatives Market is a WMD Time Bomb – silverdoctors
  • America in 2012, as Told in Charts – opinionator   nytimes

     

     

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