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Beats hell out of me. They're located here in Ann Arbor, but aside from Erlewine, I'm not sure if any of the reviewers ever sets foot inside their office.

Damn that looks good. Never been to that place. Ethiopian, I assume?

I think I'm going to drop that class.

Yeah, I don't think I'll be reading any of those reviews.

Happy Birthday, etc.!

I love "Laughing."

Some of my favorite stupid hippie shit.

Mine's on the way.

I rely way too much on the search function. I searched on "Bayou" on each page and nothing came up, so...

It uses a rather arbitrary methodology, so I'm not real bothered by my not-so-eclectic result.

Gary Graff is an interesting guy ... I hear him on the radio pretty often. He's exactly the kind of guy I'd expect to be able to write a Wilco article without mentioning addiction or Krautrock.

61/100

From Salon.com's "War Room" blog, 5/11/07 Benchmarks and consequences Sometimes, it's hard to keep up: George W. Bush, Jan. 10, 2007: In a speech to the nation, the president declares: "A successful strategy for Iraq goes beyond military operations. Ordinary Iraqi citizens must see that military operations are accompanied by visible improvements in their neighborhoods and communities. So America will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks it has announced." George W. Bush, Jan. 13, 2007: "America will hold the Iraqi government to benchmarks it has announced. . . . These are strong

Didn't he acknowledge that he'd probably taken steroids, but claim that he was unaware what the substances were? I don't believe for a second that he was unaware. True, nothing's been definitively proven yet, but the physical evidence alone is pretty damning. Honestly, I keep hoping for an indictment and suspension to come down before he catches Aaron. I won't mind when someone breaks that record -- I just don't want it to be Bonds.

Just trying to help.

There once was a shithole named Lancaster Where the Amish prevent driving faster Though the folks aren't so hot At least they're not twats Like those fucking Limerick bastards

Melissa and I like to shout out our own secret ingredients just before the "chairman" reveals it. Ours tend to be things like "spite!" or "despair!" ...or sometimes more along the lines of "nougat!"

Steely Dan - everything up through Aja (I don't much care for Gaucho).

Belay that request.

So, I never heard ... is Torii Hunter off the hook for that champagne dealie, or is that still pending?

No, she's annoying because of the way she writes. Because she's annoying.

Yup, I'll have to give this a listen when I get a chance. I too lost interest after Life is Sweet, though apparently she's put out some pretty decent stuff since then. That first Lone Justice album is one that I still break out every couple of months.