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Best Site Ever: Stairway to Poetry

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Jul 23, 2010

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Our good pal Delancey Leathers has stumbled across the Three Golden Secrets to Blogging: 1. Hilarious/compelling concept 2. Concept is infinitely repeatable 3. Content is easy to produce. I came up with these rules off the top of my head, but I still think they’re valid. Interesting that The Contrarian doesn’t quite hit the mark. Delancey’s new site, Stairway [...]

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Late Night With The Contrarian

Posted by Neil Cleary on Wed, Apr 21, 2010

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What my posts might look like if The Contrarian were a late-night talk show.

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My Favorite Cliche: Songs About Ghosts

Posted by Chris Parizo on Mon, Apr 19, 2010

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Today, I spoke with one of my favorite students about ghosts and their relationship to humanity. We talked about how the concept of a spirit world is shared by all cultures and has a place within societal/religious traditions and edicts regardless of place or time. My student brought up a really good point. She suggested [...]

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Peter Sellers Does The Beatles

Posted by Neil Cleary on Sun, Dec 6, 2009

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If you find yourself unspeakably tickled at this, I like you. Apparently Sellers was, as he did a bunch more. h/t to Brendan Calling

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Behind the Lyrics, Vol. 2

Posted by Wes on Fri, Aug 7, 2009

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The late Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt was always known for writing clear, straightforward lyrics that don’t leave you wondering what it is he’s trying to say. In the midst of the late sixties/early seventies, it wasn’t easy to find singers who told you just what it was they had on their minds. That said, [...]

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