April 2009
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Listen “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’,”...
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Yanks vs. Limeys
From “Coalition of the Differing,” by Patrick Cooke (Smithsonian Magazine, June 2003): The Americans and the British have not always seen eye to eye—neither in war nor wardrobe. In fact, during World War II the U.S. and British commands had such a terrible time communicating with one another that in 1943 they commissioned anthropologist Margaret Mead to determine why. The Americans...
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Listen “(You’re) Safe in Your Sleep (From...
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Listen “Georgia on My Mind,” The Band. Live...
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Listen On repeat: “Cheerleader,” Grizzly...
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“No one should be designing record covers after the age of 30.”
– Peter Saville, March 12, 2009 @ D&AD President’s Lecture, London. 23: 24: 26 (h/t ZBS): 27: For post-30, see here; left column, everything under Whitechapel. Case closed.
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Listen “The Rumor,” The Band (1970)
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Listen “Lovesick Blues,” Hank Williams...
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Selections from “The Goop Directory of Juvenile Offenders Famous for their Misdeeds and Serving as a Salutary Example for all Virtuous Children” by Galett Burgess (1913). Throwing things away: Stealing sweets: Cheating at play:
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