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Entries from December 2002

Joe Strummer dies at 50

December 23rd, 2002 · 1 Comment

Punk icon Joe Strummer has died of a heart attack. For all your Joe Strummer/Clash linking needs, visit stonefishspine.

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from pink to redneck

December 9th, 2002 · 6 Comments

Luther Wright and the Wrongs are a Canadian band who’ve re-recorded Pink Floyd’s The Wall as a collection of country/bluegrass tunes.
It’s not a joke. I know it seems an odd pairing, but it does work. Sample the mp3s on their music page. I’m not gonna say this is earth-shattering stuff [ed.—Or that these are the [...]

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Mass hysteria as snowstorm grips northeast

December 5th, 2002 · 3 Comments

Ok, well no, not really. But everyone keeps saying to use more descriptive titles that catch the readers attention, so I’m trying it out.
We do already have 6+ inches of snow, with more expected. There’s not much you can do in weather like this until it stops. The plows seemed to have botched this storm, [...]

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a question of semantics

December 2nd, 2002 · No Comments

While the overall discussion is populated by far more knowledgeable persons than myself, I’m going to poke my nose into it anyway.
The discussion revolves around issues with current syndication formats (see also: content distribution services); namely RSS and RDF.
Since I can’t say that I fully grokked all the nonsense about what brought everyone to this [...]

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