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Not to be confused with Snarf.

Broken Social Scene
Broken Bells
Cee-Lo Green
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Florence and the Machine
Yeasayer [Go play around, they have cool stuff.]
LCD Soundsystem
Tame Impala
The Radio Dept.
Japanese Cartoon
The Morning Benders

Have something gorgeous and calming for your Wednesday. You can do it!
Deer meat? Dear meet? Oh, Dear Meat.
Also: WORDS! and a great song about street harassment. Ladies, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout.

So, unrelated to music, but...

Nora here, been reading a lot about self esteem, images of women in media, etc. lately and was linked to a list much like this which I then appropriated and made my own. Frankly, I think everyone should make them, it's not really something we (well, most of us) take time to think about.

30 Things I LOVE About Myself:
-Very little embarrasses me.
-I love learning.
-I’m competitive like a motherfucker.
-I’m secretly one of the nicest, sweetest people you’ll ever know.
-I show love with my actions.
-I’m not a suck-up.
-Joy is little things: puppies, kittens, cupcakes, popsicles.
-I will always return a wallet.
-I’m fiercely loyal to my friends and my beliefs.
-The carte blanche permission I’ve given to be myself. I have some amazing, crazy stories to tell about the adventures I’ve had!
-My big blue eyes and my big, round cheeks.
-My boobs.
-My live-and-let-live attitude.
-I know how to make myself feel good.
-I am learning how to apologize.
-I can rock a giant hat.
-I stand up for myself — but I’ve also learned when to keep my mouth shut.
-My sense of humor.
-I’ve never seen a baby panda photo that didn’t make me squeal.
-I’m less insecure than ever before in my life. I love what I love and I can admit it.
-I understand baseball and hockey.
-I’m well-read.
-I have firm convictions and passionate beliefs, but I’m also not afraid to say “I don’t know” or “I need to find out more before I have an opinion.”
-I’ll try almost any food or drink once.
-I practice self-care. I used to ignore my ADD and hope it would fix itself on its own. But now I do what I need to do to make sure I’m mentally healthy.
-I don’t say “ummm” or “uhhh” a lot and I don’t end statements with question marks, as if I sound unsure.
-I realize how fabulous I am and don’t put myself down — or if I do, I try to be joking and self-deprecating about it.
-I try hard to have a consciousness about other races, classes, abilities, sexualities and genders. I’m more willing to say, “Well, so-and-so knows more about being a low-income gay black man than I do, so it’s not my place to tell him what to do.”
-I’m not afraid to dork out and admit I like the music that I like. (Clearly!)
-My sex life doesn’t embarrass me or bring me shame.
-I have good manners: I say “please,” “thank you,” and write thank you notes.
-I trust other people and, more importantly, myself.

So, there you go, that's why I think I'm fabulous. Go write your own!

omgnotes?

Here it is, the long awaited return of show notes! If you like the music please seriously consider sending some money the way of these artists, by and large they totally deserve it.
Janelle Monae
Beirut
Sex Bob-omb
The Cat Empire
Blood Red Shoes
Morningwood
Nick Lowe
Ida Maria
Elvis Costello
The Soviettes

An awesome review of the reviews of SP vs. The World. META
J-Beibz=Arcade Fire? Go figure.
Harris Interactive: 63% of Americans think "the U.S. still has a long way to go to reach complete gender quality. 74% of women agree with this, so do 52% of men"

Fabulous Count: 9

Phew!

Well, here's another one.

Show notes to follow tomorrow, right now I've got me some other things to do.

Words

Listen and be merry.

A wild podcast appears!

Have some music and stuff!
The levels are a little wonky, sorry.
Now go watch Pomplamoose, I dare you.

lolwut?

Podcast!

Go find yer own news.

Surprise!

It's a surprise podcast from Nora!

Listen now!

Go Google your own links.

Podcast the Fifth, in which Nick and Nora sign off...

Ghetto podcast goes [here]! (Which is actually just a collection of banter. Deal.)
Here's your weather!
News:
Ms. Palin to oil spill: don't trust foreigners.
FCC moves to protect net neutrality.
The Suns protest AZ's immigration law.

Links:
Franz Ferdinand
Stars
Beck
Cake
Muse
Shiny Toy Guns
Angels & Airwaves
Coldplay
Death Cab for Cutie
The Killers
Ben Folds

IV

Here's your weekly podcast!
(Sorry for the delay, finals and all that.)
News:
Magic 8 Ball movie, wtf?
Man, Pat Bertroche is awesome. (And by awesome, we mean a bigoted asswipe, but wevs.)
Apparently the new AZ law isn't racist. Who knew?
Guttmacher Institute.

Links:
Arcade Fire
!!!
Tilly & the Wall
Kimya Dawson
The Streets
Regina Spektor
The Shins
Yo La Tengo
The Raconteurs
Rilo Kiley
Santigold
Ingrid Michaelson
Panic at the Disco
Goldfrapp

Extra Credit:
Read. Now.
Listen to this while watching this. Happy spring.

III

Here's your podcast!

News:
Tancredo: Go back to Kenya!
Geico fires voice actor for political statement
Obama: Why are you angry about this DADT thing?
Silly wimin and their voting. jklawl

Relevant links:
The White Stripes
The Killers
Gnarls Barkley
Jane's Addiction
Guster
Cake
Silversun Pickups
RHCP
Phoenix
Regina Spektor
The Shins

Podcast the Second

Here you are folks, the second installment of Nick and Nora's Finite Playlist!

Link!

Some News:
Twitter at the LoC
Decline in Maternal Deaths
JPS is retiring!
McCain flip-flops on "maverick"
Relevant Links:
Minus the Bear
The Noisettes
Mika
Joshua Radin
Andrew Bird
I'm From Barcelona
The Bird and the Bee
Phoenix
Atmosphere
Hellogoodbye
Chairlift
Muse
Rachael Yamagata

Extra Credit: Go listen to Elbow. Then watch this.

Much thanks to Kevin over at The Walking Eye for hosting, guidance, and moral support. Go you!

In which a podcast is born.

Here it is kiddies, all three of you.

Podcast!

Download, listen, snark.
[Fair warning: this is the unedited file so there's messy bits at the beginning, since I'm fail. It will be better next week! Actually, it is pretty hilarious to imagine someone clicking the link and being all "WTF is this? I was promised indie!".]

Relevant Links:
[news links not posted for timeliness]
Coheed and Cambria
Manchester Orchestra
The Foo Fighters
The Ting Tings
The Gorillaz
MGMT
Cake
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Beck
The google-fu is strong in this one.

!!!

So, this is a test to see how the layout looks.
Real downloads and stuff coming soon!