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Rodney Graham by Kim Gordon

May 8, 2009 – 10:26 am

http://www.bombsite.com/issues/89/articles/2670

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“Tusk” performed by Fleetwood Mac & The USC Marching Band in Dodgers Stadium

May 2, 2009 – 6:38 pm
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The Making of Radiohead’s 2009 Grammy Performance with The USC Marching Band

April 29, 2009 – 10:38 am
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“A Game Of Political Karaoke” from NPR.org

April 28, 2009 – 10:06 am

“Most karaoke bars feature Love Shack or Love Train. This week in Denver it’s all about political karaoke. Can you raise a (bar) crowd like Sen. Obama or “re-speak” victory as well as John McCain did in New Hampshire?” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94019624

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Susan Boyle performs “I Dreamed A Dream” on Britain’s Got Talent

April 27, 2009 – 10:03 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcQ9A-5noM “Embedding disabled by request” see also: Paul Potts performing “Nessun Dorma” on Britain’s Got Talent

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“Miyamoto Struggles to Sell Inscrutable Wii Music Game”

November 3, 2008 – 6:18 pm

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/10/miyamoto-wii-mu.html

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Another Protest Song: Karaoke With A Message

October 1, 2008 – 10:33 am

“Angel Nevarez + Valerie Tevere’s Another Protest Song is a three-part project unfolding online, in NYC parks, and at the Democracy in America Convergence Center at Park Avenue Armory. Anotherprotestsong.org invites artists, songwriters, and musicians to create, upload, listen to, and eventually perform new songs of protest as part of a growing audio archive of [...]

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Brian Wilson’s first time surfing, 1976

June 19, 2008 – 2:02 pm
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John McCain performs “Bomb Iran,” 2007

June 18, 2008 – 1:37 pm
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WFMU’s Beware of the Blog

January 23, 2008 – 2:36 am

“[WFMU is] an independent freeform station broadcasting at 91.1 fm in New York, at 90.1 fm in the Hudson Valley, and with gobs and gobs of online offerings.” http://blog.wfmu.org/

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