This is a remarkable version of this song. It is enlightening to look at the history of “vocalese.”  Vocalese is of a style of singing where people write lyrics to ...
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Jimmy shouted, “Jump!” The flames had shot down the path to the gasoline can in the sailboat cabin. My conscious brain hadn’t caught up with the surge of adrenaline as ...
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This is a speech by the Nobel Prize winning economist, Amartya Sen, about the bad results of austerity programs. He goes into the history and economics of the damage austerity ...
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This is a test of the idea that all handguns have to have a permit, including ones bought at gun shows and from current gun owners. In Connecticut, it lowered ...
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Association Between Connecticut’s Permit-to-Purchase Handgun Law and Homicides Kara E. Rudolph, PhD, MPH, MHS, Elizabeth A. Stuart, PhD, Jon S. Vernick, JD, and Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPHKara E. Rudolph ...
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USA SOCIETYAs South Carolina mulls furling flag, pro-Confederate protests grow (+video)To some on the pro-Confederate side, the flag is a symbol of the South, depicting valor and also representing opposition ...
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This is a cool song, I have two other people doing it, Salut Salon and The Swingle Singers. The bandoneon is a lot like an accordion. Astor Piazzolla is a ...
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I saw Barney Kessel a few times. The first time I saw him he has a local pickup band and so it really just him. Other times I saw him ...
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Of all the sad things for the people who think that the Earth is only about 10,000 years old, the saddest is that they miss stuff like this, seeing back ...
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