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Lately I've been feeling a lot like this Liz Lemon quote from last week's brilliant new episode of 30 Rock. Except, there's no comic relief and I don't get to meet Oprah. Not even a fake Oprah.

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Tim Myers - A Beautiful World"It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America."-President-Elect Barack

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Portland's Oh Darling [pictured] may have the cutesy name and the cutesy dresses (seriously, CUTE!) but don't let the darling little details fool you. These cutey-pies came to rock.Oh Darling - Waking Up On A TrainYou can grab Oh Darling's new CD, Nice Nice, on iTunes and CD Baby.

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"14,000 Things to be Happy About," by Troubled Hubble:Well, I couldn't think of 14,000 things, but here are a few items that have recently brought me joy:1. It's Halloweeeeen!2. 30 Rock is back! And very funny!3. There's news about the upcoming Metric album!!!!!3. 4 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!4. Chris Otepka, the guy who sang the song featured in the video above, is hard at work on an album with

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A fellow who calls himself Logarhythmik has assembled a spiffy mashup of The Cool Kids' Bake Sale CD to help raise money for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.The Cool Kids - A Party (Logarhythmix)You can donate monies or you can just download the mixtape, it's tres fun. But whatever you do, be sure to get yourself to the polls on Election day. Download The Bank Sale MixtapeBarack Obama's

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Ladyhawke's Pip Brown will be taking your questions as NME's new resident advice columnist aka "Agony Aunt." You can email her your queries about inattentive boyfriends with pedicures that look better than yours until her tour ends.I didn't know that there was a video for "Dusk Till Dawn" until now. I'm not late, I'm right on time for Halloween:I'm actually getting some costume ideas for next

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Gawker suggests some music for your listening pleasure while our economy takes a nosedive into the new Great Depression. Their "Depression Playlist" is satisfactory (Bowie's "Always Crashing in the Same Car" is a fitting inclusion), but I think the commenters hit the mark even better, with songs by Jimi, Sam Cooke, and Gillian Welch that very may well have been about our addiction to consumerism/

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Meet Linda Riss and Burt Pugach. In the 1950s, Linda began having an affair with the much older and married Pugach when she was 21 years old. When she tried to leave him for another man, Burt harassed Linda for six months before hiring two men to throw lye in her face. Linda was left permanently disfigured and nearly blinded from the attack. After Burt served a 14 year prison sentence, Linda

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Portland band The Dead Trees [not pictured, but their awesome album cover art is], recently came off tour with Albert Hammond Jr.'s band. The Dead Trees - ShelterAfter listening to this song, the pair strike me as a perfect fit for a tour. Their respective harder-edged takes on Americana would complement one another nicely. Those most have been some pretty darn cool shows. Because haven't we all

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I was chatting with a college friend on Monday. The subject settled on work eventually. She didn't have much to say about her job. I didn't have much to say about school. We fill our days with static, it seems.And then a guy named Nick Principe who records under the moniker LittleBear emailed me about a new EP that he recorded in upstate New York, and about how afterwards he went where the music

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On the way to lunch today, I had the misfortune of hearing that new Britney Spears song. Um, does it irk anyone else that it sounds like a sad "Boyz" knock-off? No one? Okay, maybe it's just me:

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In honor of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist's opening weekend, NYMag.com had a brills slide show up yesterday about the top ten One Crazy Night Movies. You know, there's usually an angsty brooding protagonist who harbors an unrequited love for a clueless interest, along with a conflict of seismic proportions -- and all of the above meets a happy or at least satisfactory end resolved in a neat

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I raced home to catch the end of Runway. I was all thinking, that Kenley, she is so going to get hers for being such a meanie. Well, she did... but then she kind of didn't.And then I thought, of course she wouldn't, because isn't that how it is? P.S. - I didn't think the dress she made was that bad?P.S.S. - Another Runway run-off, ooooh snap.

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The Happy Hollows - TambourineI think I like the riffs in this song the most, from an LA band called The Happy Hollows[pictured]. They're very Doolittle-esque.And such awesomeness was inspired by a "Billy Corgan video"...My gums hurt.

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I asked my dentist last week if I could wait until winter break to get my wisdom teeth removed and he practically screamed at me. "These should have been taken out five years ago!" he shouted.So, tomorrow they're being removed. These little pearls of wisdom have been there all along, and I absolutely had no clue. It's kind of funny when I think about it that way.India.Arie - Strength, Courage,

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It's not "Neo-Soul," it's "New Soul." "New Soul" is the subject of the new Fader F2 issue that features the lovely Jazmine Sullivan [pictured], Keziah Jones, Plantlife both in the magazine and on a ridiculously good accompanying podcast. Download the "New Soul" mixtapeIt's so good, it's ridiculous. And it's going to be my studying soundtrack.Download the new "New Soul" F2 issue

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I try not to do comparisons much, but singer Anthony Rochester's witty mellow pop rock really reminds me of Kings of Convenience. It really does. Which is good, because that new record the Kings were rumored to be working on, seems to not have been worked on so much. So, Anthony, it's nice to have you around:See Anthony play various instruments and sing "I Love You, Baby"Hear Anthony sing about

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To be quite honest, I am not a big fan of the Weezy F. Baby.And yetI've loved "A Milli" since the very first time I heard it. There's something very badass and genius about screaming, "MUTHAFUCKA, I'M ILL." Try it. It can even be a good self-affirmation. The fact that Brooklyn songbird Shae Fiol [pictured] has made a mashup to the tune makes me love it even more.Shae Fiol - Catch a Milli (K. Life

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[picture from the NYSE, NYTimes]To lighten the air a bit from all the doom and gloom, the White House had a rather entertaining press briefing about Wall Street's hot mess today. Or, painful, depends on how you look at it. [via Radar]

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I could use something fun and weird and light. Because driving through this wrecked city and waiting an hour for gas isn't so fun. But TV on the Radio's video for the song, "Golden Age" is super fun. The dancing police officers trip me out. And I didn't know that was Kyp singing...: Also, Michelle Obama just wrote a new BlogHer blog post about her husband's plans for gender wage equity. Check it.

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I wasn't really planning on seeing The Family That Preys just yet, even without the impending cataclysmic hurricane coming our way. But I may reconsider, since it does have two of my favorites, Sanaa Lathan and Alfre Woodard. Woodard talked to Premiere Magazine about the film and being a working actress in today's Hollywood, as well as about her support of Obama:You've been very active in the

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The Strokes - Automatic StopI kind of re-discovered Room on Fire this week. Wasn't this a great album?

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I attended this awesome lecture at school today presented by an attorney with the National Day Laborer Organization. This might sound strange, but I think that it was the first time I really got excited about becoming a lawyer. Whoever talks smack about community organizing truly has never had a clue. The revolution will not be televised."Never doubt that a small group of individuals can change

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Fujiya & Miyagi's [pictured] new album, Lightbulbs, comes out really soon. Tomorrow soon actually. Here's the second single off of the record, "Sore Thumb." It's no "Collarbone," but I dig.Fujiya and Miyagi - Sore Thumb (Windows Stream)or(Quicktime Stream)

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I read an article last year about how Portland is an "Indie-Rock Mecca," where folks like Stephen Malkmus and Sleater Kinney members are like, next door neighbors! I remember wondering at the time just what it was about the Oregon trail that lends itself to rocking out. Listening to Portland-based System and Station [pictured] has renewed my interest in this phenomenon. Maybe there's something in

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