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The cool thing about the placebo effect is that it works even if you know it’s a placebo.

October 21st, 2012 · Uncategorized

 


  The Story of the Iconic Cover Art for Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures – laughingsquid
  Factory Girls: Cultural technology and the making of K-pop. – newyorker
The Decemberists – The Mariner’s Revenge Song
Daryl Hall & Cee Lo Green – I Can’t Go For That
Stevie Wonder 1974 concert

 

  DrB 2005 mix flashback:
  I Couldn’t Help Being Mean   [download]
     [playlist]

 

2010 : The Johnny Cash Project
2003 : Oh, to be a pair of ragged claws

 

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simplification, conquest or collapse

October 19th, 2012 · Uncategorized

 

  • Athletes Perform Better Under Pressure When They Make a Fist With Their Left Hand – theatlantic


    Scenes from A’s memorable season – sfgate
    From prospect to priest: Grant Desme leaves the A’s, becomes a monk and tries to find his peace – yahoo
    The Prisoner of Redemption – grantland
    Comparing 2012’s No-Hitters – baseballanalytics
    How Big-League Bats Are Getting Harder Than Ever – wired


    Soccer’s big takeover – soccernet

    Computing Texas hold ’em – thehub

     

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    Joey’s nervous and the lights are bright

    October 10th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • Let’s have a chat about death
  • Is marriage just a quaint notion? – jcarroll

     

        DrB flashbacks:
      2005 mix:
        Believing is Art : Spoon live 2004-2005   [download]
      2007 mix :
      Epsilon 07-05   [download]
         [playlist]

     


      Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Songwriting for Tormented Souls – time
    Black Market Karma – All That I’ve Made
    Jack White – I’m Shakin’
    Deer Tick/Turbo Fruits – Fight For Your Right
    PJ Harvey – Good Fortune
    The Mountain Goats – Cry for Judas
    Bob Dylan – Duquesne Whistle
    Dom – Living In America
    Mighty Fine – Black Train
    Wayne Coyne & The Saga of The Vibrating Panties
      MikkiSays
      N.A.R.
      nodata

     

    2011 : Do I Do
    2007 : The fascinating transformation of American democracy
    2003 : Tramp Lamps

     

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    …connoisseurs and critics, priests of ritual, sniffers and tasters, discerning scholars scowling thoughtfully…

    September 25th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

      Two new DrBeeper 2012 mixes :

        UPs Not Downs   [download]
    Good and bad fortune

         [playlist]
     

        DOWNs Not Ups   [download]
    High and low spirits

         [playlist]

     


    Twilight Singers – Bonnie Brae
    Middle Brother & Mountain Man – Daydreaming
    Abbott Family – Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
     The La’s – There She Goes
     Califone – Giving Away The Bride
     The Gories – Nitroglycerine
    Best Coast – When I’m With You
     Ben Folds, Nick Hornby, & Pomplamoose – Things You Think
    Bubblegum Lemonade – I’ll never be yours
    The Soft Pack – Answer to Yourself
     Joey Ramone – New York City

      Caught In The Middle of A 3-Way Mix
    Calexico – Algiers Documentary
    Talking Heads – Live in Rome 1980
    King Khan & The Shrines – Full Performance Live on KEXP

      Neil Young Comes Clean – nytimes
      Cover Freak
      A McSweeney’s Books Q&A with David Byrne – mcsweeneys

     

    2008 : The Subprime Primer
    2007 : Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?
    2003 : The charm offensive gets offensive

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    You deserve to be treated with contempt if you let them get away with this.

    September 24th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • How the Tea Party Helped the Big Banks – jrickards   usnews
  • With U.S., European Monetary Easing Announcements, Is China Next?
  • QE3, Deflation and the Money Illusion – rcwhalen   zerohedge
  • There Is Absolutely NO VALUE To High Frequency Trading – mcuban   businessinsider
  • 52 Shades of Greed
  • Fannie Mae paid BofA premium to transfer soured loans-regulator – reuters
  • Silver Smashed to $33.50 As 50% of US Annual Silver Production Dumped on Market in 5 Minutes – silverdoctors
  • When Will Central Bankers and Politicians Learn: Stock Markets Have Nothing to Do With Prosperity on Main Street – mfeierstein   maxkeiser

    Reggie Middleton REALity TV #1: Ben the Liar/QE3/Jobs

     

  • The ‘my God or the highway’ approach – jcarroll
  • Chances of War With Iran Just Went Up – theatlantic

     

    2010 : Music discovery: 1990 & 2010
    2007 : Shock and Awe
    2003 : They Rule
    2002 : Physics Applets

     

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    The only asset with no counterparty risk.

    September 14th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

      New DrBeeper mix : #28 this year…

        N.S.E.W.   [download]
    He went which way?

         [playlist]

     


      Caught In The Middle of A 3-Way Mix
      “We F**king Destroyed That Stage We Were Playing On”: Bob Mould On Reclaiming His Throne– gq
      The Algorithmic Copyright Cops: Streaming Video’s Robotic Overlords – wired
      Review: David Byrne’s How Music Works – boingboing
    Trombone Shorty – Do To Me
    Tosca – Chocolate Elvis
    Tosca – Chocolate Elvis (Rockers HiFi vocal version)
    Thievery Corporation – Take My Soul
    Kid Loco – The Passenger
    They Might Be Giants – Older

     

      DrB 2006 sampler flashback:
      Delta Dyo   [download]
         [playlist]

     

    2008 : Flying the Unfriendly Skies
    2006 : Welcome Aboard Veritas Airlines
    2001 : The Four Symbols

     

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    If you have one foot in the past and one in the future, then you’re pissing on the present.

    September 13th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • Raising Successful Children – nytimes
  • 13 things that do not make sense – newscientist
  • Email stress test: Experiment unplugs workers for 5 days – latimes
  • Information Is Beautiful Awards
  • Beloit College – Mindset List 2016
  • OMG Space
  • Junky (1953) – Read By William S. Burroughs – ubu

     

      DrB 2005 mix flashback:
      The Kills live ’04/’05:
      One Eye in the Sun, One in the Night       [download]

     

      DrB 2011 sampler flashbacks:
      Seven Iota   [download]
         [playlist]
     
      Eight Iota   [download]
         [playlist]
     
      Nine Iota   [download]
         [playlist]

     

    2005 : I Wish
    2002 : Bliss Fine Art

     

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    It’s only class warfare when poor people do it.

    September 12th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • One Race, Every Medalist Ever – nytimes

  • NCAA: Posturing and Power-Grabbing – thesportseconomist
  • Supply and Demand 1, Gary Bettman 0 – thesportseconomist

      The (Subjective) Art Of Keeping Score – baseball-prose
      GifCap, Eric Chavez: “Hey. Hey. Hey! Ooooh…” – chadmoriyama

      Cal vs. Nevada Post-Mortem Analysis – californiagoldenblogs
      Cal’s Two-Back Read-Option–A Play Analysis – californiagoldenblogs
      Rewinding the Southern Utah game – bearinsider

     

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    an epidemic of overplaying, oversinging, oversouling and overproduction

    September 7th, 2012 · Uncategorized


      Perversion of Intent – davidbyrne
      Fresh & Onlys proudly represent S.F. – sfgate

    Black Market Karma – Adrone
    Young Fresh Fellows – Lamp Industries
    Young Fresh Fellows – Suck Machine Crater
    Bob Mould – The Descent (live)
    Calexico – Splitter
    The Silver Factory – The World May Bring Us Down
    Two Gallants – My Love Won’t Wait (live)
    The Vertigo Swirl – Welcome to My Carnival

     

    2011 : North Dakota’s Economic “Miracle”

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    …dystopia is already around us, if only we were awake enough to see it.

    September 5th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • How big is 50.7 million uninsured? – washingtonpost
  • The Surprising Truths About Income Inequality in America – gq
  • The ‘Voter Fraud’ Myth Debunked – rollingstone
  • Bailout: An insider’s look at Washington’s dirty laundry – usatoday
  • Are Big Banks Criminal Enterprises? – ritholtz
  • Banks falsify credit card lawsuits in 90 percent of cases? – rt
  • How bank-rate rigging hits the real world – marketplace
  • Assange or Corzine? – maxkeiser
  • How to lose 75% of shareholders money while making over 100 Million….
  • For Unpaid College Loans, Feds Dock Social Security – smartmoney
     

  • Debt Forgiveness Would Revive the Economy – James Rickards   usnews
  • Derivatives Should Be Banned From Financial Markets
  • Why Big Banks Are Above the Law
  • The Internet, Obama’s Stimulus, and When Government Spending Works
  • How China Is Driving Federal Reserve Policy
  • Repeal of Glass-Steagall Caused the Financial Crisis
     

  • The Rot Runs Deep 1: The Federal Reserve Is a Parasitic Wealth Transfer Machine – oftwominds
  • The Rot Runs Deep 2: Don’t Call Out My Scam and I Won’t Call Out Yours
  • The Rot Runs Deep 3: The Capture of the Professional Class
     

  • Goldman Non-Prosecution: AG Eric Holder Has No Balls – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital
     

  • 41 Years After The Death Of The Gold Standard, A Look At “How We Ended Up In This Economic Purgatory” – zerohedge
  • Jamie Dimon Just Admitted To The World That JPM’s Assets Are Overvalued By $150 Billion – dailybail
  • Economic Warfare: Iran Signals Currency Devaluation – infowars
  • French Minister: ‘ObamaCare’ Not European Style – wsj
  • Chart of the Day: US Federal Spending by President – creditwritedowns
  • Chris Hayes on the Twilight of the Elites and the End of Meritocracy – rollingstone
     
    What the Economic Crisis Really Means – and what we can do about it

     

      DrB 2004 sampler flashback:
      2004:K   [download]
         [playlist]
     
      DrB 2011 sampler flashback:
      Four Iota   [download]
         [playlist]
     

     

    2008 : For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving
    2007 : Tater toss

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