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The Avett Brothers

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NPR is streaming an exclusive first listen to The Avett Brothers' new album, I and Love and You, to be released next Tuesday, September 29th. Every song. In full. Enjoy.

Political Commentary

So, Nick, Greg, Monica, and I saw THE BOSS this past weekend in Tampa. Once again, it was a great show. We had made a list of 28 songs (the average number he typically plays) that we wanted to hear. He played a large number of those and closed with Thunder Road, so we left happy. Monica and I also pulled out some Dancing in the Dark moves that would have even made Courteney Cox jealous. I then returned to Blackshear (my hometown) and was surprised to hear so many people up in arms about Obama's health care speech. I don't believe I've ever seen so many Christians filled with so much hate following a speech about compassion and unity. So, in light of the show and the current political atmosphere in this country, I thought I would post two of my favorite political commentators together on one stage.

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And a song that I love from Ben Sollee. He played this one at the Abigail Washburn and Sparrow Quartet show I went to.

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AA for those with Guilty Pleasures

Kimberly, you should never be ashamed of anything you like. Chuck Klosterman has helped others to learn that lesson and hopefully he can help you too:

In and of itself, the phrase "guilty pleasure" seems like a reasonable way to describe certain activities. For example, it is pleasurable to snort cocaine in public restrooms, and it always makes you feel guilty; as such, lavatory cocaine fits perfectly into this category. Drinking more than five glasses of gin before (or during) work generally qualifies as a guilty pleasure. So does having sex with people you barely know, having sex with people you actively hate, and/or having sex with people you barely know but whom your girlfriend used to live with during college (and will now consequently hate). These are all guilty pleasures in a technical sense. However, almost no one who uses the term "guilty pleasure" is referring to activities like these. People who use this term are usually talking about why they like Joan of Arcadia, or the music of Nelly, or Patrick Swayze's Road House. This troubles me for two reasons: Labeling things like Patrick Swayze movies a guilty pleasure implies that a) people should feel bad for liking things they sincerely enjoy, and b) if these same people were not somehow coerced into watching Road House every time it's on TBS, they'd probably be reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

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I'm turning up some Air Supply in your honor and I'm turning it up all the way. I will then listen to Put It In Your Mouth by Akinyele seven times in a row, after that I will put on some Zwan and Nellie Furtado's Loose at the same time.