Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros with one of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time:

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George Thorogood and the Destroyers:

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Dusty Springfield:

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To everyone whose donations helped me get that new AC. I’m so grateful for your help, especially since it’s going up to 107 degrees tomorrow, and this new one works so much better than the old one.

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I’m pretty sure this is an Elvin Bishop song, but I can’t find his version. George Thorogood and the Destroyers:

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Nilsson’s rare demo of the song:

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Famous Nashville songwriter Don Henry:

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Well! I hope they’re all sleeping well now…

KENNER, LA. — Long before an eruption of gas turned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig into a fireball, an alarm system designed to alert the crew and prevent combustible gases from reaching potential sources of ignition had been deliberately disabled, the former chief electronics technician on the rig testified Friday.
Michael Williams said he understood that the rig had been operating with the system in “inhibited” mode for a year to prevent false alarms from disturbing the crew.

Williams said the explanation he got was that the leadership of the rig did not want crew members needlessly awakened in the middle of the night.

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Young Luke Russert, he of the hereditary network job who also doesn’t know how he got an internship with Mike Bloomberg, had his moment in the sun today. Oh, the media aunts and uncles were so proud of the little tyke! You know what he did? He took a a brave little slap at Rep. Charlie Rangel – who’s already on his way out the door, due to his ethics violations.

Let me know if you ever see this little twerp ask a question like that of a ranking Republican — but I doubt he ever will.

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You fall behind on bills because you lost your job, and then you can’t get a job because you’ve fallen behind on your bills. Nice!

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