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Safest Seat on a Plane: – popularmechanics
PM Investigates How to Survive a Crash

Bill Murray Sings Star Wars – metacafe
Cover Tunes: Someone Elseís Songs – harp
Sonic Youth travels a byway to 1988 – latimes
Interview: Britt Daniel of Spoon – avclub
Bob Mould – If I Can’t Change Your Mind

Fit Young Pitchers See Elbow Repair as Cure-All – nytimes
Dotel and others wait out storm as trade winds blow – kansascity
Byrnesí tenure with Diamondbacks coming to end – eastvalleytribune
Pumped pitchers – chicagotribune
Five Minutes WithÖ Sparky Anderson – baseballlibrary
Who are the 2007 defensive All-Stars (thus far?) – actasports

Executive privilege — Bush’s new twist – sfgate
President insists his authority trumps all in attorney firings

Braun’s extension approved

2006: Black is the Color [download]
2006:

We partied; they died. That was the reality. – jcarroll
…they lied about it because that is their default strategy.

San Quentin’s ‘Bad Boys of Summer‘ – sfgate

Let’s Get Digital 2 – insound
OKX: A tribute to OK, Computer – stereogum

Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less – nytimes

Fabregas eyes captain’s armband – sportinglife
Wenger – We feel at home at Emirates Stadium – arsenal

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Spanish goat cheese caters to your whims – sfgate

The nature-versus-nurture debate – jcarroll
Did I mutter something? Oh dear.

Q & A with Bill James, baseball analyst – dailybulletin
Maddon: Maple Bats ‘Dangerous’ – tbo
Peterson’s triangle helps Mets get a lot out of staff – usatoday
Reports of Lastingsí Flaws Are Greatly Exaggerated – nyobserver
Which division is the best in baseball? – actasports

 The record shop’s last spin – telegraph
 Add Pizza, Beer; Shake Well – nytimes
 Spoon – backstage
 Spoon – Bonnaroo 2007 Interview – thefuturist
 Sharkbite Studios
The High Strung – Wreched Boy

They Might Be Giants
Bastard Wants to Hit Me
With The Dark
 21 Questions with Flansburgh – nymag

Ilana Yahav – Sand Fantasy videos

Boy Blunder – dallasobserver
Baseball’s Most Impressive Records – baseballcrank
The historian of home runs – palmbeachpost
The definitive Rickey Henderson – 100%injuryrate
Yankees opt to give A-Rod an ultimatum – nydailynews
Operations ‘whiz’ DePodesta fits in fine with Padres – signonsandiego
A lot of worthy AL candidates at the half – mlb
First half vastly disappointing for Giants – sfgiants
MLB Midterm Reports : A’s
You’re Outta Here! – slate

Post-punk pantheon – thephoenix
The Day the Music Died – nytimes
About the Album: Spoon’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – emusic

The Darksider – newyorker

A neophyte takes on the science of pitching – sfgate
MLB No-Stars – jkeri
2008 MLB Free Agents – mlbtraderumors
Haren takes low-key road to becoming All-Star starter – usatoday
Five and Fly: Midseason awards – yahooexperts

 Quirk Rock: An Interview with They Might Be Giants – popmatters
 Sly Stone’s Higher Power – vanityfair
Grinderman – Honey Bee (Let’s Fly To Mars) (live)
Grinderman – No Pussy Blues (live)
Dan Sartain – Walk Among the Cobras
Jamelia – Beware of the Dog
Soulsavers – Revival
David Bowie- Starman
White Stripes Secret Show in Transit Bus

Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
&nbsp Providence
&nbsp Teen-Age Riot
&nbsp Candle
&nbsp Silver Rocket

Beckham Arrives to Find a Sport Thriving in Its Own Way – nytimes
(via sportseconomist)

 Wayne Coyne’s Guide to Festival Survival – avclub
 Spoon – The Underdog [vid]
Mooney Suzuki – 99%
Mooney Suzuki – In A Young Man’s Mind
Music For Animals – Redder Cells
Booker T & The MGs – Time is Tight (live 1970)
 Radiohead – “LP7” [dime]

The Best Chip? The First One Out of the Bag – nytimes

Fragments From Steroids! The Musical – mcsweeney’s
‘I’m proof that hope is never lost‘ by Josh Hamilton – espn

Off the diamond, players score great wines

 Houston Street  Rich Aurilia

Jon Daniels, Texas Rangers GM

Not a time-honored campaign trick – jcarroll
Your cheap joke goes here.
&nbsp Blame The Hortatory Subjunctive – tpmmuckraker