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Solid Potato Salad !!!
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R.I.P
By · Comments| Rest in Peace: Ali Akbar Khan (well known and respected sarod player and the first man to record an album of Indian classical music in the USA and the first to perform Indian classical music on USA television) Charlie Mariano (alto saxist - from playing with the original beboppers to explorations with Eberhard Weber’s Colours, Supersister and various ‘world music’ players, Charlie never stopped exploring) Bob Bogle (lead guitarist and co-founder of The Ventures) Bob Stearman (drummer for Pocket Orchestra - an excellent although little-known avant/progressive band) |
YouTube - Violent in June 20th rally in Tehran
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[From A Ticket For Marijuana Possession In Cook County? Reduced Pot Penalty Proposed As Budget Woes Deepen]
Iran Updates (VIDEO): Live-Blogging The Uprising
By · Comments:31 PM ET — “I was in the middle of a war.” Another email from a contact in Iran:
You couldn’t imagin what I saw tonight, I walked down many streets(Vali asr, keshavars, amir abad, Fatemi, Shademan, Satarkhan, Khosro), and I was injured by tears gas, but the main thing : The big killer group, called “Basij”, weared our special military service group -”Sepah”- dresses and they were all armed , I saw by myself one of them had only around 15 years old!!!! and he had the shot order! I saw a girl injured by gon shot (in Amir abad St.)! and there weren’t enough ambulances . I walked through Shademan St. they start shooting , a young boy in front of my eyes murdered , and 3 other people were injured , there were also a big fight between people and Basij at Tohid Sq. 7 people was murdered there, I walked from my company to my home , It was taken 4 hours and I couldn’t be able to make a video , cause I was in the middle of war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
R.I. Becomes 3rd State To Allow Marijuana Stores : NPR
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[From R.I. Becomes 3rd State To Allow Marijuana Stores : NPR]
[From WARNING: Hero Worshiping Photos. Zillions Of Them. - PHOTOS Tehran, June 13. (Very pic heavy)]
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Performance commissioned by Kalmar Museum of Art, Sweden. During the inauguration of the new art museum in Kalmar a suspicious individual sneaked around the premises mounting sculptures made of carrots, alarm clocks, red and blue cables, metal wire and tape. On direct orders from the Swedish secret police the performance was stopped since the Culture Minister refused to give her inaugural speech if it were to continue. The speech , as it later turned out, was about how art must be allowed to be free and provocative.
