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28 Jul 2009 22:01

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Music: ShortFormBand: You should know ukulele-strumming Skye Zentz

Skye Zentz

  • Whoa, what is this?

    In our continuing effort to try new things, here’s our latest: Band coverage! This time, a good friend of ours, Skye Zentz puts down her ukulele and throws us some love! Want to see your band here? E-mail us or bug us on Twitter!

    Listen to her

    Q1: In 15 words or less, describe your sound: Tropical entree smothered in bluesy overtones on picnic blanket next to Joni Mitchell’s dulcimer.

    Q2: Name three influences that inspire you, with three words each on why they’re awesome:
    Chris Merritt: Brilliant Melodic Bodywash
    Ani DiFranco: Feminine Guts Galore
    Rufus Wainwright Second generation folky

    Q3: What’s a recent song you’ve been digging? Write ten words explaining why:
    Beyonce – “Ego”: It plays with your head. Love those early Motown nods.

    Q4: In 140 characters or less, how do you use social networking to get the word out: I do what I can with what little digital prowess I have. In short, I connect.
    Tweet tweet, ya’al.
    From myspace to your face.

    Q5: In 15 words or less, what’s next for you? Bowling Alley Tour (Praying!), Nursing home and library gigs (Seriously.), Jello Slip-n-slide? source

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28 Jul 2009 20:51

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U.S.: Yo Obama: Bud Light sucks. Use this microbrew instead.

  • We’re reaching out quietly… We’re trying to network our way in. We’d love to be the beer at this event.
  • Harpoon Brewery co-founder Dan Kenary • On the company’s desire to use back-door channels to convince the powers that be to use his beer during the anticipated photo-op meeting between the president, Henry Louis Gates and James Crowley, the cop who arrested the Harvard scholar. The other two guys have a little taste – Gates will be reppin’ Red Stripe and Crowley has been known to dig Blue Moon, but President Obama for some reason insists on drinking Budweiser. Dude. We know you can do better. • source
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28 Jul 2009 20:42

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U.S.: The feds use a little stimulus cash to boost up police

  • $1 billion more to put more cops on the streets; no word on donuts source
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28 Jul 2009 20:22

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World: China has crazy greenhouse gas stats up the yin-yang

Britain emits a lot of greenhouse gas but, according to Greenpeace, China’s *three* biggest power firms emit even more. That is FREAKY. source
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28 Jul 2009 19:51

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Sports: Armstrong and Contador confirm that the hate doesn’t stop in Paris

  • My relationship with Armstrong
    is nil. He’s a great champion, and he had a great race in this Tour, but it’s something else on a personal level, where I’ve never had a great admiration for him, and I never will.
  • 2009 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador • On how he feels about his teammate, seven-time winner Lance Armstrong. But wait, it gets better. Armstrong responded on his Twitter, saying, “if I were him I’d drop this drivel and start thanking his team. Without them, he doesn’t win.” Oh SNAP!  • source
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28 Jul 2009 19:32

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Sports: Michael Phelps lost today. No, not his bong, a race!

  • 200m freestyle is Michael Phelps’ specialty. He lost the race in Rome today to German Paul Biedermann. We’ve never heard of him either
  • four years since his last major individual loss. It’s being (partially) blamed on the high-tech, super-slick swimsuit the German donned source
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28 Jul 2009 19:07

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World: Need more proof Iran felt the effects of #iranelection, guys?

  • 140 prisoners freed. 140 characters in a tweet. Coincidence? source
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28 Jul 2009 18:09

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Biz: You mean our alt-weekly might die? Screw it, we’re writing about sex

  • Tomorrow, the fate of our alt-weekly’s ownership may finally be decided, again. While Creative Loafing brass are hugging it out in Atlanta bankruptcy court, CP staff will be busy proving that we still deserve our paychecks. We’re spending the whole day writing about #^%#ing.
  • Washington City Paper blogger Amanda Hess • Describing her paper’s chosen way of dealing with the impending possible demise of her paper’s parent company, which is going to be in bankruptcy court tomorrow. WCP has been doing this a bit lately, including a notably frank Marion Barry cover a few weeks back. (Note: Link is NSFW.) • source
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28 Jul 2009 13:11

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U.S.: Senate panel Democrats give Sotomayor 13 big thumbs up

  • 13 votes endorsing the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sotomayor, 12 from Democrats
  • six votes against Sotomayor’s nomination, all from Republican committee members source
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28 Jul 2009 12:36

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World: Hamid Karzai’s peeps say one thing, the Taliban another

  • The government is pleased A mouthpiece for Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai said a ceasefire has been negotiated in northwestern Badghis province for the election. It’s a first, and they’re calling it a model for maintaining the peace across the country. Score!
  • The Taliban is coy Afghan journos talked with a local militant, and he confirmed it all. The catch: one of the Taliban’s main spokesmen, Yousuf Ahmadi, vehemently denied the truce, saying, “With the government, we have no ceasefire.” That’s awkward.
  • The election is happeningThis leaves us with an election that is still happening August 20 and may or may not involve some sort of deal with the Taliban. Maybe. If it did, that would be sweet. If not, then some polling stations might be havin’ some major issues. source
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