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Twenty Great Songs The Grammys Missed

February 5th, 2006 · No Comments · Music... Shall All Your Cares Beguile

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune noted “Twenty great songs from 2005 that the Grammys missed” in this order:

1. “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People,” the Legendary K.O.
2. “When God Made Me,” Neil Young
3. “When the President Talks to God,” Bright Eyes
4. “Come Save Us,” Warlocks
5. “Devil in My Car,” New Black
6. “The Good [...]

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Betty Friedan

February 5th, 2006 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

Well, she’s gone. I never read “The Feminine Mystique” for some reason; maybe it was considered “old hat” or something when I was taking Women’s Studies classes.
I had a personal encounter with her several years after college: I was drunk, silly, and sitting next to her in First Class on a flight home from [...]

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