As far as I can tell, this was filmed, amazing though it may seem, somewhere on our planet.

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They cut. They scraped. The chiseled. Two herniated discs have been un-herniated. Now I get to lay in bed for 4-5 days wearing funny white stockings and catching up on my soaps.

We'll be back on the air next week.

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I've decided to form a new radical political group called The Left Front. It's named after a burner on my stove.

We continue to seek out Blaintastic tracks and found this great one from 1966.

From All Music Guide:
The real way to gain an appreciation for Blaine's Hall-of-Fame-caliber abilities is to hear him as a session man, and not on his occasional recordings as a solo artist. This instrumental album is something of a novelty rather than a serious attempt to build solo credentials. It consists almost entirely of cover versions of well-known rock hits from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, with live "party" noises dubbed on to simulate a concert recording (although it was cut in the studio). Still, it's better than might be expected considering its frivolity, with a bunch of top fellow Hollywood session musicians providing pretty energetic support, particularly in the surf-ish guitars. Producers P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri take the writing credits for "Drums a Go Go," although in fact it's built around the main riff of the Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night." The CD reissue adds three bonus tracks from the 1967 album Have Fun!! Play Drums!!, as well as the 1966 non-LP single "Bang Bang Rhythm."

Want it? Get it here.

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Amazing French turntable quartet.

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One of our favorite Evolution Control Committee pieces.

(Not for sensitive ears)

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A brilliant explanation of copyright law and the idea of fair use.

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Yumm. Surgery!
This graphic shows how it works. First a robot uses lasers to open a gaping hole in my back. Then the cutting and stabbing begins. Machines bleep, people yell things like "stat" and "chem 7" and then the hot nurses get taken hostage by an escaped convict. I've never missed an episode of ER, so contrary to what the surgeon told me, I know it works like this.

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Ok. Thanks to Percy for cursing us with this link. We now can add yet another reason to never sleep again.

In what has to be the absolute stupidest direct e-mail sales pitch ever, Register.com suggests you give your mom her very own url for Mother's Day. Yes, your mom can start her own online business! You can get her started for just $19.99. All she'll need to do is come up with a business model, figure out what to sell, how to sell it, how to fulfill orders, how to market, accounting, taxes, payroll... She'll be rolling in the dough before you can say "I love you, mom!".

I especially like the line "But beware, this gift has been known to produce abundant hugs and kisses!". For most of the civilized world, this gift actually sends the message, "You really screwed my life up and now I'm going to return the favor. I hate you, mom."

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I'm amazed by the number of people in the world that don't understand this simple little fact of life. I've been keeping track, very informally, of what men do between doing their business and walking out of a public restroom. It breaks down something like this:

20% - Wash hands with soap and water
70% - Quick rinse with just water
10% - Nothing. No water. No soap. Radio.

There is no correlation here between post-business habits and anything else. In my work environment, it cuts across organizational/socio-economic boundaries. I've seen highly educated, experienced Vice Presidents do a quick rinse and then go out and shake hands with everyone in the company, smearing their executive germs across the populace. It makes me want to shower after touching door knobs. I keep a 55 gallon drum of Purell under my desk. Is this any different with the fairer sex? Someone chime in here.

I hate to get on a soapbox about this, but if everyone would, uh... (insert soapbox joke here).

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In the past, we've used a lot of Perez Prado and various production music tracks for our background music. This week, we tried something from a guy named Hal Blaine called Psychedelic Percussion. Very trippy and wonderful! Hal was a studio drummer that played on several thousand LP's over the years.

For your listening pleasure, download this really cool album here.

Next week, some different stuff from Hal Blaine.

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