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4 decades later, Freedom Rider Returns to Miss. 

blackisbeautiful:

“What brought me to the movement was, basically, you could see the inequalities in life and the contradictions”
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holysoul:

xmattiusx:

O.V. Wright - Are You Going Where I’m Coming From

Went into work. Thank goodness for Peet’s.
Went into work. Thank goodness for Peet’s.

taking off for the weekend

I admire the steely fortitude.

abbyjean:

tumblrarity be damned!
QUANTIFYING EMBARRASSMENT:
Recently, the researchers at Last.fm published a list of the ‘most unwanted scrobbles‘.  This is a list of  tracks that were most frequently deleted by the Last.fm community from their scrobbles in the last month.

Collecting all the artists from the pages we can build a list of artists that have frequently had their scrobbles deleted:

Lady GaGa
Britney Spears
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Paramore
Coldplay
Taylor Swift
Beyoncé
Avril Lavigne
Marc Seales, composer. New Stories. Ernie Watts, saxophone
Alexander Rybak
Black Eyed Peas
Kings of Leon
Muse
My Chemical Romance
Linkin Park
Korn
Miley Cyrus
Jason Mraz
Metro Station
Leona Lewis
Green Day
Evanescence
Amy Whinehouse
Oasis
Nelly Furtado

The Coolness Index «  Music Machinery

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Blossom Dearie sings “Surry With the Fringe on Top” (via ohbutyes)

Classic Blossom Dearie. Wish the audio were in better shape.

Grammar Rock Adjective (via wkreps)

That’s Blossom Dearie doing the vocals.

artistspaid:
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DYKCTV: “GALACTUS” on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

If you live in the Boston area, this will have special resonance.

Organization Pays Addicted Women to Undergo Permanent Sterilization 

abbyjean:

SIGH.
(via holysoul)
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ags:

Beirut - Postcards from Italy

whatthevandalstook:

totally irreverent [and somewhat irrelevant], but i think david byrne matches his outfits with his hair.

or he’s going to get baptised???

caseydonahue:

Weird Al - Another One Rides The Bus
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vruz:

Captain Beefheart, Abba Zaba

—via clothedinsky:lovehaight

song before song before song blues  
babbette baboon abba zabba zoom
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