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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:42:21 -0800

By the Arno River
Arno River scull, originally uploaded by Tom Watson. Humanism clangs against the cold armor of authoritarianism in Salman...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:23:14 -0700

On the Cold Tarmac of History
Four years ago, I castigated the Bush Administration on this blog for what seemed a public lack of regret over the mounting war...
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:09:29 -0700

Broad Street to Broadway
Jimmy Rollins is wrong. The Phillies won't beat the Yankees in five games, in what promises to be a fascinating Jersey...
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:59:47 -0700

Crazy Like A Fox
There are fans of President Obama who insist that every move made by the Administration has eight-thousand levels of...
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:02:06 -0700

Crazy Like A Fox
There are fans of President Obama who insist that every move made by the Administration has eight-thousand levels of...
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:47:59 -0700

Si Mi Sangre Piden, Mi Sangre les Doy
Here's a great Los Lobos cover from the early 80s of the traditional Mexican revolutionary ballad Carabina .30-.30:
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:46:24 -0700

Si Mi Sangre Piden, Mi Sangre les Doy
Here's a great Los Lobos cover from the early 80s of the traditional Mexican revolutionary ballad Carabina .30-.30: (...)
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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:00:26 -0700

Let the Wild Rumpus Start
There is nothing like a preemie Nobel Peace Prize to set the polity ablaze. I'm sure Barack Obama smelled the political smoke...
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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:27:32 -0700

Let the Wild Rumpus Start
There is nothing like a preemie Nobel Peace Prize to set the polity ablaze. I'm sure Barack Obama smelled the political smoke...
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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:13:11 -0700

Tongues Talk Fire and Eyes Cry Rivers
Richard and Linda Thompson, circa 1975, and the evocative (and ironic, for them) Heart Needs A Home.
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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:10:28 -0700

Tongues Talk Fire and Eyes Cry Rivers
Richard and Linda Thompson, circa 1975, and the evocative (and ironic, for them) Heart Needs A Home. (...)
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Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:55:04 -0700

Like a Waring Blender
Here's a clip from a rather famous Warren Zevon show at the old Capitol Theater in Passaic, New Jersey back in 1982 - a double...
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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:17:25 -0700

Redeemed Through Pain
For a bridge and tunnel kid in 1980 New York...check that...for a Catholic bridge and tunnel kid in 1980 New York, Jim...
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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:36:05 -0700

And the Moon Rose Over an Open Field
Here's David Bowie opening the incredible Concert for New York in October, 2001 with one of my favorite Paul Simon songs. One...
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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:01:01 -0700

Labor Daze
The last time Americans celebrated this long holiday weekend - first convened in 1882 to publicly applaud "the strength and...
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Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:25:47 -0700

What's Wrong with You ... You Stupid Child?
I've always been a total sucker for Squeezing Out Sparks, the hook-filled 1979 release from Graham Parker and the Rumour. It...
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Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:23:30 -0700

What's Wrong with You ... You Stupid Child?
I've always been a total sucker for Squeezing Out Sparks, the hook-filled 1979 release from Graham Parker and the Rumour. It...
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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:50:01 -0700

Poor Man Lookin' Through Painted Glass
At least George W. Bush knows from dignity. Tucked snugly into Presidential Row at Our Lady of Perpetual Hope Basilica in...
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:18:45 -0700

Offshore and Offline: The Real Shark Week
Looe Key waters near the reef, originally uploaded by Tom Watson. In Post Captain, the second of Patrick O'Brian's twenty...
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Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:32:32 -0700

Offshore and Offline: Dodging the Poisonwood Trees
Big Munson Island trees and brush, originally uploaded by Tom Watson. During our short week on Big Munson Island, the time we...
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Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:05:30 -0700

Offshore and Offline: In the Path of the Cormorant
In 1832 when he was 47 years old, the naturalist and painter John James Audubon visited the Florida Keys in search of new...
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Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:49:04 -0700

Offshore and Offline: On the Out Island
In the dark, our crew of six bobbed like stray lobster pot markers in a five-foot swell a half mile off the shore of the...
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Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:17:32 -0700

Off the Grid
This is my final post hereabouts for the next ten days. Early Wednesday morning, I'm heading out for a true adventure off the...
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Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:17:32 -0700

Off the Grid
This is my final post hereabouts for the next ten days. Early Wednesday morning, I'm heading out for a true adventure off the...
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Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:11:00 -0700

Where No One Asks Any Questions
The Bruce Springsteen shows from 1978 at the Capitol Theater in Passaic have made the rounds as the among the best live...
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