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My name is Matt.

This is a place for me to say silly things that would get me funny looks in person.

I have two weekly radio shows.
One for music.
One for silly talk.

Aug
11th

Tue

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Debate Over Plastic Bags Heats Up In Seattle

Source: www.npr.org

In an effort to reduce plastic and paper waste, Seattle’s city council imposed a 20-cent-per-bag charge last year. But the American Chemistry Council helped fund a petition drive that forced the issue to a city-wide ballot that is coming up on Aug. 18.

Ahh, the American Chemistry Council. The newest addition to Matt’s Almanac of Bastardry.

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Jul
21st

Tue

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listening to "fatalist palmistry - Why"

Had this in my head for the past few hours. Fatalist Palmistry by Why? Great song.

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Jul
20th

Mon

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Adam Yauch has cancer, Beastie Boys shows canceled

Source: www.avclub.com

In a video announcement at the group’s website, Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch announced that he was recently diagnosed with cancer of a salivary gland and lymph node. The prognosis seems positive—he …

Hope he makes a full recovery. MCA is one of my musical heroes.

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Jul
16th

Thu

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Make Up- Born on the Floor

Source: www.youtube.com

Ian Svenonius led 90’s band with this fantastic 45 from 1999….

You should all be dancing right now. Or at least toe-tapping a little. Can’t believe it’s been ten years since this came out.

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Jul
14th

Tue

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Pittsburgh’s Morse Code Message Gets Jumbled

Source: www.npr.org

Every night since March 1929, a bright, red beacon has flashed on the Pittsburgh skyline. In Morse code, the beacon spells the city’s name. But graduate student Tom Stepleton noticed over the Fourth of July that it spelled “Pitetsbkrrh” instead. And a week later, it changed again.

Well, that does it. Ames needs a beacon. And hopefully, I can finally live in a town named “Tpebtsaurgh.”

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Jul
10th

Fri

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Index of /mix/OneTrainMayHideAnother

Source: cli.gs

New mix for a friend and shared with all ya’lls. “One Train May Hide Another.” Some TV on the Radio, Elvis Costello, The Knife, Beastie Boys, Yo La Tengo, Neutral Milk Hotel, Tom Tom Club and more. Dig it up!

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Jul
8th

Wed

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Watch the latest Music Video by Letters To Cleo from Wholesale Meats and Fish | See Awake Online | V

Source: www.vh1.com

Vist VH1.com VSPOT to view Awake Online, the latest Music Video from Letters To Cleo from -

Forgot about this song completely until I heard “Here and Now” at the Ikea in Brooklyn. Was waiting for the Ikea Fairy to bring the Ikea ferry back from Manhattan and heard the best 90’s mix of all time. So, here I rediscover a song I really…

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Bang feat. M.I.A. - AOL Video

Source: video.aol.com

Bang feat. M.I.A. Video on AOL Video - Bang feat. M.I.A.

Don’t dance too hard and drop your laptop.

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Jul
7th

Tue

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Allied Media Conference | Allied Media Conference

Source: www.alliedmediaconfe…

Rest up, because you will barely have time to sleep during AMC weekend. We’ve got incredible nighttime events going on every night from Wednesday to Sunday. Click on the links below for more info:

This looks super fun and informative. The scholarship level attendance fee is $30 and a crash pad is $15 for the entire conference. So, $45 to learn about creative uses of media?

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The Pre-Taped Call-in Show from Mr. Show from Greatest Comedy Sketches

Source: www.funnyordie.com

In a hysterically unsettling portrayal of barely controlled frustration, David Cross hosts an absurd pre-taped call-in show (on his own show, Mr. Show), and can’t understand why his listeners can’t grasp the concept.

Probably the silliest premise for a sketch of all time, and very funny.

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Jun
29th

Mon

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the pixies - u mass

Source: www.youtube.com

In the sleepy west of the woody east is a valley full, full o’ pioneer we’re not just kids, to say the least we got ideas to us that’s dear like capitalist, like communist like lots of things you’ve heard …

Neena, this is the song I mentioned at Smash that reminds me of Grinnell. No offense, Grinnellians.

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Jun
28th

Sun

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Matthew Dear “Don and Sherri”

Source: www.youtube.com

From the album Asa Breed on the Ghostly International label, this video premiered on MTV2’s subterranean, 10.22.08. Directors Judy Welfare and Jeremy Hollister capture much of the song’s fervent busyness by using a special 5 camera rig splayed out in a semi-circle and attached to the bed of a truck…

One day, I may have to make a 10 hour mix of my favorite electronic dance punk pop songs. But until…

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io9 - Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Source: io9.com

Critical consensus on Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is overwhelmingly negative. But the critics are wrong. Michael Bay used a squillion dollars and a hundred supercomputers’ worth of CG for a brilliant art movie about the illusory nature of plot.

Perhaps the best movie review ever, and I haven’t even seen the movie:
“If you’re drowning in an Olympic…

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Source: www.poets.org

(sign at a railroad crossing in Kenya) In a poem, one line may hide another line, As at a crossing, one train may hide another train. That is, if you are waiting to cross The tracks, wait to do it for one moment at Least after the first train is…

Perhaps my favorite poem from my favorite poet, and it’s beautiful to hear him read it aloud.

We define the world and ourselves by the others, and balance the boundaries….

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Jun
27th

Sat

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This Is Fake D.I.Y.

Source: www.youtube.com

Music video for “This Is Fake D.I.Y.” by bis.

Raygun! Raygun! We got a raygun!

This is fake D.I.Y.

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