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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Good Night Irene- Leadbelly (The Weavers had a hit with it and sparked the folk revival in the 50's)
Little Red Rooster- Howlin' Wolf (EVRY rock band in the sixties played this song. I think it was a requirement.)
Bo Diddley- Bo Diddley (Where would rock and Roll be without this shave and a haircut jam? It's R&R's Salt Peanuts)
Dark Star- The Grateful Dead (the LSD culture wouldn't have been the same without this aural companion. Not to mention the influence this type of music had on bands like Sonic Youth some years later. Seriously, Lee Renaldo cites the dead as important in developing the noise rock/no wave sound)
Flashlight- Parlament/Funkadelic (Hello?)
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
