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The Devil You Know

Stream o’ consciousness…

In me, Me, ME! on December 10, 2008

14 entries for December 10th:

	5:03am	Change happens
	12:12pm	Op-Ed Columnist – While Detroit Slept – NYTimes.com
	12:53pm	A question about Highland Park lights and carriage rides: Square Pegs
	1:24pm	Happy 60th Birthday, Universal Declaration of Human Rights!: Square Pegs
	2:38pm	Layoffs in the Era of Twitter
	3:02pm	Song of the moment: Son Volt’s “Exurbia”
	3:05pm	Year-End Digital Media Review: Kutcher, Huffington Talk SAG, Online Video And Saving Journalism
	3:15pm	Signs of the times, sprinkled with irony
	3:20pm	End of affiliate model in 10 years?
	3:37pm	If that ain’t country
	4:15pm	Playboy Goes Local Via Blackbook
	6:12pm	Scrobbled 93 songs on Last.fm. (Show Details) ## Motown ## – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Baby, Baby Don’t Cry (Ziggy Marley) – When The Lights Gone Out AC/DC – Hells Bells Alejandro Escovedo – Across the River Bar-Kays – Theme From Hell’s Angels Ben Harper – Waiting For You Billie Holiday – Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)? Billie Holiday – You Can’t Lose A Broken Heart (With Louis Armstrong) Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay Brian Wilson – Midnight’s Another Day Brian Wilson – Shortnin’ Bread Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome Chris Robinson – She’s on Her Way Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Midnight Special Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions – Gypsy Woman Dean Martin – Houston Dean Martin – I’ll Always Love You (Day After Day) Dolly Parton – Rockin Years Edwin Holt – Somebody’s Gettin’ It Elliott Smith – Let’s Get Lost Elvis Presley – I Just Can’t help Believin’ Fleetwood Mac – I’m So Afraid Golden Smog – Keys Grateful Dead – Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad Hank III – H8 Line Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Bistro Herb Alpert & TJ Brass – Acapulco 1922 Isaac Hayes – Do Your Thing Jack Ingram – Feel Like I’m Falling in Love Jackson Browne – Somebody’s Baby James Brown – Bring It Up Jane’s Addiction – Mountain Song Jayson Bales – X Street Jerry Reed – Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Joe Henry – Short Man’s Room John Hiatt & Ry Cooder – Skingame2 Julius Daniel – 99 Year Blues Koçani Orkestar – L’Orient Est Rouge Mando Saenz – When I Come Around Miles Davis – Godchild Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Love to Burn Neil Young – The Needle and the Damage Done Nina Simone – You Better Know It Old 97’s – Just Like California Old 97’s – Timebomb Paul McCartney – Nod Your Head Paul Whiteman – Whispering Pink Floyd – Remember a Day Pink Floyd – Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk R.E.M. – Be Mine R.E.M. – Stumble [*] Ray Charles – You Are So Beautiful Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Angels Robert Earl Keen – My Home Ain’t In The Hall Of Fame Shibboleth – Experiment in Error Shuggie Otis – I Can Stand To See You Die Social Distortion – Reach for the Sky Son House – Levee Camp Moan [Alternate Take] Son Volt – Exurbia Son Volt – Underground Dream Sonny Rollins – Scoops Southern Culture on the Skids – Monkey See Monkey Do Spandau Ballet – True Spinal Tap – Big Bottom The Band – Evangeline The Band – Like A Rolling Stone (With Bob Dylan) The Band – When I Paint My Masterpiece The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Black Crowes – Movin’ On Down The Line The Black Crowes – Tied Up and Swallowed The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Mary Please The Cars – The Cars Complete Greatest Hits The Lemonheads – My Hero, Zero – Lemonheads The Magnetic Fields – Yeah! Oh, Yeah! The Smithereens – The Last Good Time The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There The V-Roys – Around You The Velvelettes – Needle in a Haystack The Velvet Underground – 12 – Ocean (Outtake) The Waco Brothers – Fire Down Below The Yardbirds – BBC Session 1963-1968 – 15 The Train Kept’ a Rollin’ Todd Snider – Turn It Up Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Jammin’ Me Tribal Nation – Gina Trout Fishing in America – Not Fade Away U2 – Van Diemen’s Land U2 – Zoo Station Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne Uncle Tupelo – Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Wilco – I’m the Man Who Loves You Wilco – Summer Teeth Williw Nelson & The Offenders – Id Rather You Didnt Love Me ZZ Top – Pearl Necklace
	9:48pm	LP blogging
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