Bin Laden / Al Qaeda have claimed all along that unless the US entirely leaves the Middle East, Israel is dissolved, Muslims are released from jails worldwide, and the region accepts sharia law, they will not work for peace or compromise.
Without any of these likely to occur, why would anyone characterize Al Qaeda as "diplomatic" - they've made it very clear that they will not compromise on these basic principles?
Am I to believe they're ready to cross an item off their list? Not bloody likely.
They can't confirm that the tape is him. That's been true for a lot of tapes released by Al Qaeda that purport to be from Osama Bin Laden. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but sometimes I wonder if the man himself might not have died and they're getting impersonators and Tupaq'ing it.
Oh, Lord, why did I click on this post? Reading about other people's mix tapes always makes me feel sad, stabby, or both. Indie rock is private and exclusionary enough in itself; mixtapes made from indie rock, being filtered through one individual's taste and interpretation, are bound to be even more so. I'm familiar with ten of these artists but only five of these songs, and reading this post made me feel both musically inadequate and socially isolated.
Shit, what can I do to regain my feelings of aesthetic superiority? I know! I'll say something snarky and mean-spirited about how at least I had the good taste not to lose my virginity to Interpol. Then I'll ironically add that if I had it to do over again, I'd prefer to do it to Dr. Dre.
Indie rock, this is the mentality you've wrought in several generations of people. I love you, but man, you're bringing me down.
Car is "our song" because of a CD I made for our first road trip together 4 years ago. We had only been dating for about 3 weeks at the time. It's been a bit of a bad day today, so thanks for that. The mere mention of that song always makes me grin ear to ear.
Wow you were way cooler than I freshman year. My mix was Dr. Dre, Brittany, Desitny's Child, Digital Underground ( Freaks of the Industry-holla), and countless others that made me and my friends do body rolls and wave our hands in the air like we just didnt care.
So is this like a feature? Do we get to send Sadie our finest mixtapes that capture a time for us? Where have I been?
We roadtripped to Tennessee and those mixes were awesome. Particularly the one on which every song had to reference Nashville, Memphis or Elvis. It was great!
@AndPreciousLittleofThat: Name me some good rock'n'roll. I'm being totally earnest. Many of those bands do not ever make my playlists, so I'd love to hear what you like.
@Ailanthus-altissima: David Bowie, circa "Hunky Dory." Elvis Costello. The Magnetic Fields. Duran Duran (I am not at all kidding). Joy Division.
I'm trying to think about the things in my iPod that aren't strictly electronic or hip-hop. In all honesty, I've been turned off to a lot of stuff currently in the "guitar, bass, drums and vocals" category.
And, yes, I'll say it: Kelly Clarkson is WAY better than the Arcade Fire.
@AndPreciousLittleofThat: I can definitely agree on the Costello/Joy Division front. I don't listen to enough Kelly Clarkson OR Arcade Fire to really know about that.
@heavymetalpizzaparty: LOL? Dated? god my heart just broke. (for the record, I can't listen to it every day like I used to, but it doesn't seem at all dated to me).
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Without any of these likely to occur, why would anyone characterize Al Qaeda as "diplomatic" - they've made it very clear that they will not compromise on these basic principles?
Am I to believe they're ready to cross an item off their list? Not bloody likely.
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Me, I'm in the love camp, and wish to point out, Garcia Marquez won the Nobel prize for literature for that novel....
Although we agreed on almost every other band known to man, my ex- was deeply imbedded in the other camp. Philistine!
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Shit, what can I do to regain my feelings of aesthetic superiority? I know! I'll say something snarky and mean-spirited about how at least I had the good taste not to lose my virginity to Interpol. Then I'll ironically add that if I had it to do over again, I'd prefer to do it to Dr. Dre.
Indie rock, this is the mentality you've wrought in several generations of people. I love you, but man, you're bringing me down.
I'm going off to listen to David Bowie now.
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We roadtripped to Tennessee and those mixes were awesome. Particularly the one on which every song had to reference Nashville, Memphis or Elvis. It was great!
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The only thing I know about the Beta Band is that John Cusack said he liked them about five years ago. And that was the end of that.
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I'm trying to think about the things in my iPod that aren't strictly electronic or hip-hop. In all honesty, I've been turned off to a lot of stuff currently in the "guitar, bass, drums and vocals" category.
And, yes, I'll say it: Kelly Clarkson is WAY better than the Arcade Fire.
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(still listen to it though...)
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In college, my bff and I listened to Backstreet Boys.
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