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| Cursor | Collects and summarizes important news that you want to read; links to original sources. |
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| Tuthout | Collects important news; links to original sources,
archives, and duplicates them. |
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| AlterNet | The combination of news and analysis that I wish
TV was like. |
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| Project Censored | Important news that has been censored or forgotten. |
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| Buzzflash | Collects and summarizes important news that you want to read; links to original sources. |
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| Consortium News | Hard-hitting investigative pieces and rants. Now with Extra Bloggy Goodness! |
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| Common Dreams | Collects important news; links to original sources,
archives, and duplicates them. |
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| CounterPunch | Opinionated rants usually heavy on facts. |
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| Paul Krugman |
[NEW BLOG AT: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/]
New York Times economic columnist, makes the 'dismal science' compelling
and understandable. Currently his columns are protected behind NY Times
subscription wall. Sometimes posted at Truthout
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| http://www.pekingduck.org | http://economistsview.typepad.com | http://welcome-to-pottersville.blogspot.com/ | Look for interviews etc. at: http://www.pkarchive.org/ | |
| Greg Palast | Infrequent blog and articles
at http://www.gregpalast.com |
Old-fashioned muckraker, ferrets out solid facts. |
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| Jim Hightower | Old-fashioned populist keeps up on the news in his
own style. |
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| American Prospect | News and analysis from left of center. |
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| Grist Magazine | Collects news and commentary with an environmental
bent. |
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| The Nation | Analysis pieces usually heavy on facts. |
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| Tom Paine | Home for storm-tossed articles too hot for others
to handle. Links to original sources. |
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| ZNet | Hard-hitting opinions and famous authors. |
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| FTCR | Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights: Watchdogging
abuses of electrical, corporate, and political power. |
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| Public Citizen | Founded by Ralph Nader, analyzes and reports on current
issues. |
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| F.A.I.R. | Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, focuses on bias, intimidation, and omission as well as accuracy. |
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| Spinsanity | Spinsianity fought political spin from 2001 through
2004 (archives at http://www.spinsanity.com
); two of its authors continue in the same vein. |
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| CJR | Columbia Journalism Review's media analysis desk. |
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| Media Matters | David Brock, author of Blinded by the Right,
turns on his former masters. |
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| Media Transparency | Cursor's media project tracks the agendas of media
sources. |
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| The Memory Hole | Won't let us forget things that should not be forgotten. |
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| Daily Howler | Exposes bias, apathy, lazy reporting and commentary. |
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| Joey Skaggs | Media prankster for 40 years... If a news story sounds
too preposterous to be true, and the source cited has any names with the
initials "J.S.," better take it with a grain of salt. |
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| Tom Tomorrow | A sharp eye and a sharp beak. |
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| Cunning Realist | A conservative take on Bush's economic policies. |
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| i-Tulip | Extremely contrarian financial analysis. |
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| Poor Man | No news is so dire that you can't make fun of it. |
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| August Pollak | Biting commentary and barely-decipherable cartoons. |
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| Who is IOZ? | Cuts through convention with searing observations. |
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| Ted Rall | Infrequent blog at: http://www.rall.com/rants.html |
Tells it like it is and the Right wants
to roast him for it. Homepage at http://www.uexpress.com/tedrall |
| Joe Bageant | Politically uncorrect southern-fried Liberal. |
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| King of Zembla | Documenting the strange parallel universe that we
live in. |
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| Tom Dispatch | Value-added commentary layered upon other analysis. |
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| Matt Taibbi | Acerbic and hilarious writer has finally found a new
place to hang his hat. |
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| Dennis Perrin | [Formerly "Red State Son"] Not everywhere
in the Deep South is a swamp. |
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| World O' Crap | 99% of Everything, belongs to this website. |
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| Distant Ocean | Waiting for us by the shore. |
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| Orcinus | Supplies the scholarly backup for your worst fears
about the Right. |
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| Sean Gonzalves | Posts most Tuesdays. Gentle yet firm exhortations. |
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| Center for American Progress | Blog at Think Progress: http://www.thinkprogress.org |
Homepage at: http://www.americanprogress.org
; was created by one of my old faves, "Winning
Argument" |
| Campus Progress | http://www.campusprogress.org
; from CAP, one of my all-time
fave essays. |
Fresh ideas, investigations and opinions from young
progressives. |
| Beat the Press | Takes the news media to task, particularly over bad
economic numbers. Check out his book, "The
Conservative Nanny State" |
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| Power of Narrative | A radical exploring the dregs of the collective unconscious. |
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| Open Source Warfare | Sometimes dense theory, but cutting-edge ideas about
the War on Terror. |
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| Mark Simpson | Blog at: http://marksimpson.com/blog |
The gay scene's worst enemy: an intelligent gay critic.
Homepage at http://www.marksimpson.com/index.html |
| Kung Fu Monkey | Stand-up Comedian (I dunno if he blogs standing up). |
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| Driftglass | Crude invective against all the right people. |
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| James Fallows | Refined political commentary. |
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| Rick Perlstein | Re-incarnation of Thomas Paine? |
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| The Oil Drum | Another disaster we all know is coming: Peak Oil. |
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| The Hip Shark | Watch them pearly teeth! |
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| Stirling Newberry | Economic writer prognosticates politically. |
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| The Housing Bubble | We all know it's coming. Monitor the progress of this
pending economic disaster here. |
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| Scoobie Davis | Hollywood party-crasher and political surfer. |
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| This Century Sucks | A skewed view of current events. |
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| Skippy the Bush Kangaroo | Dogged reporter hops along. |
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| Informed Comment | Juan Cole, mideast expert. |
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| Shrillblog | What part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Krug'man R'lyeh
wgah'nagl fhtagn," do you not understand? |
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| Left I on the News | More focus with one eye than many people have with
both. |
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| Hullabaloo | Vowing not to go quietly. |
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| Punk-ass Blog | Follow my punk ass to the Internet! |
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| Norbizness | Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness. |
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| Stop Me Before I Vote Again | Democrats need to be Deconstructed
in order to determine if there's still any kind of beating heart inside
all that campaign finance, or not. |
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| Joe Stauber | Toxic Sludge is Good for You!. |
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| Philip Slater | Wrote some of my favorite
sociological books. Can't believe he's still plugging away. |
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| Rockridge Institute | Prof. George Lakoff de-mystifies modern American politics.
If you wonder why The Other Side does something, here's why. Let's talk
"framing". |
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| BrickBurner Blog | Environmentalism with an Attitude. |
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| Matthew Gross (Deride and Conquer) | He put blogging
on the map for Howard Dean, now turns his keen eye elsewhere. |
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| Shakespeare's Sister | Smooth synthesis of a team of outraged liberals. |
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| Calling All Wingnuts | Documents biased talk-radio hosts and calls them out
on it. |
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| Ruminate This! | Has a knack for highlighting news stories and pairing
them with opportunities for action. |
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| Seeing the Forest | Rarely misses a detail. |
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| Echidine of the Snakes | Another Cassandra-like prophetess. |
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| Noam Chomsky | Spinsanity once said: he phrases everything in the
most inflammatory way possible, but he's sure got his facts straight.
Homepage at: http://www.chomsky.info |
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| Ralph Nader | Saving lives since 1965. |
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| F.P.I.F. | Foreign Policy In Focus: expert commentary on hotspots
around the world. |
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| Sam Smith | Democracy's mechanic and fix-it man. |
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| Doug Ireland | Gay but not narrow. |
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| Punk Voter | Musicians and Democrats intersect. |
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| Sully Watch | The Backlash from the Fifth Column. |
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RISING STARS: I haven't followed these
for very long, but I am going to start. |
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| Jonathan Swift | Satire in the classical vein. |
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| Feridad: The Warrior Liberal | Another blog with invective against all the right
people. |
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| Next American Revolution | Solid ideas and a specific plan for change. |
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| Scott Ritter's Blog | Wrong on the Age of Consent; Right on Iraq. |
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| Monday Morning Memo | Philosophical Ruminations and Random
Quotes. |
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| Bold Print (Sam G.-F.) | Actions speak louder than bumper
stickers. Formerly had a blog at http://www.boldprint.net |
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| Journal of American Politics | Homes in on cutting-edge views. |
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PERSONAL JOURNALS: Most of these people
post political commentary, but not every day. |
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| Makana's Blog | Hawaiian slack-key guitarist, amusing philosophical
and sometimes political blog. |
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| David Gerrold | Beloved and best-selling sci-fi author. |
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| Wil Wheaton | No longer a child actor; fun writing. |
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| Karel | Former KFI radio host with a unique gay perspective. |
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| Moby | The oft-quotable journal of a pop DJ. |
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ON PROBATION: Haven't seen anything
new here for a long time, but I'll miss them if they're actually gone. |
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POLITICAL NEWS BOARDS: Sprawling Internet
communities with tons of commentary. Usually too unfocused for me to read
every day. |
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| Talking Points Memo | Josh Marshall, a plugged-in Democrat on Capitol Hill. |
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| Arianna Huffington | Her journey to the Dark Side is now complete, but
her new online news agency publishes a variety of viewpoints (some good,
some stupid). Arianna's own columns may be found here. |
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| Atrios | Sprawling forum for political commentary. |
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THIRD-STRINGERS: No offense, but I
check these guys when I'm really bored with everyone else. |
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LATE LAMENTED (or maybe just temporarily
on hiatus): |
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GENERALLY SUBVERSIVE
-- You can learn to live quite comfortably under a tinfoil
hat. |
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| Processed World | The Original "Dark Underbelly of the Information Age"! One of the few magazines that has published my own writing. |
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| Adbusters | Don't fall for the hype! Culture jamming and deprogramming,
on demand. Used to have a great page on de-Corporatization which is partially
reproduced here. |
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| Information Clearning House | First on the scene to confirm your conspiracy theories. |
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| Coast to Coast AM Dreamtime | Art Bell's former show. Take a walk on the wild side...
but you won't be able to dismiss him easily. |
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| Billboard Liberation Front | Enforcing truth in advertising since 1977 ! |
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| Disinformation | What if everything you knew was wrong? Unfortunately
it's a serious possibility. |
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| Public Cost of Private Corporations | A Must-Read! The private economy would go belly-up
the minute we forced corporations to pay the costs they shirk onto the
public. Formerly at http://www.stakeholderalliance.org/corpcost.html |
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| Liberalism Resurgent | Never let anyone tell you that liberals can't define
their terms or agenda. |
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| Political Amazon | Feisty female lambastes Republicans and complacent
Democrats alike. |
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| Peace Quotes | If you want pithy, sound-bite quotes, this is a good
place. And isn't it disturbing that peace has now become subversive? |
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| This Modern World | Posted Tuesdays at Noon E.T.; witty and not afraid to delve into details. |
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| Ted Rall | Sharp, informed, and violent. |
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| Troubletown | Usually very current and issue-oriented. |
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| Campus Progress Cartoons | Often a better source for recent "Get Your War
On" and other favorites such as "Slowpoke". |
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| Get Your War On ! | Unbelievably hiliarious trash talk about current events
(link leads to an archive page; find the current strip once you get
there). |
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| Derf -- The City | At his funniest with "True Stories" and
"White Middle-Class Suburban Man". |
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| No Exit | Sharp eye and pulls no punches. Two different comics
at one great site! |
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| Too Much Coffee Man! (TMCM) | Comic that gives you the jitters. |
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| Tom the Dancing Bug | Usually a surreal take on today's events. Also has
a blog. |
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| Xoverboard | Cutting-edge political commentary, if occasionally
hard to decipher. |
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| ZNet Cartoons | Showcases up-and-coming political comics. |
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| Citizens for Tax Justice | Analyzes tax proposals and government spending both from private citizens' point of view, as well as corporations. They tend to offer their analysis to Democrat/liberal causes, but have a reputation for being careful and accurate. |
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| People for the American Way | Watchdog group focuses on governmental power and checks-and-balances,
particularly watching the Judiciary. |
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| Supreme Court | Various tools for keeping track of the Supreme Court. |
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| Thomas Locator | Find the text of bills, voting records, and more.
See also: http://www.citizen.org/congress/voting/ |
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| Guidestar | Subscription service, but even their free tools can
help you figure out who's really behind a nonprofit or advocacy
group. |
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| Center for Public Integrity | Specializes in campaign finances, and money influences
on government: e.g., oil and telecom. |
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Band Name |
Homepage |
Genre |
Concert Schedule / Notes |
| 3against1 | Punk / Metal | San Diego;
http://www.3against1.com/shows.html
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| Fryday Band | Folk Rock / Reggae | San Diego;
http://www.thefrydayband.com/calendar |
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| Stroke 9 | Alternative Rock | San Francisco & USA;
tour is a gadget on their MySpace page -- http://www.myspace.com/stroke9 |
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| The Evergreens (formerly Urban Evergreen) | Alternative Rock | San Diego;
http://www.theevergreens.net/tour.html
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| Curtis Peoples | Classic Rock | San Diego;
http://www.curtispeoples.com/shows.html
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| Evan Brau | Classic Rock / Alternative/Reggae | Los Angeles;
http://www.evanbrau.com/shows.html |
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| T-Minus-1 | Punk / Metal | San Francisco;
http://snow.he.net/~tm1/shows.html |
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| The Big Provider | Funk / Rock | San Diego;
see myspace for schedule and downloads |
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| Happy Chichester | Eclectic Rock | Ohio & USA;
http://www.howlinmaggie.net/gigs.htm |
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| Kelar's Black Drop (offshoot of Brian Katz and the Poppys) | Acoustic / Eclectic Rock | San Diego;
see homepage for schedule |
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| Planting Seeds | Hip Hop / Reggae | ||
| Scott E. Moore | Folk Rock / Blues / Jazz | New Jersey;
http://www.scottemoore.com/tour.html |
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| Bedhead Blond | Alternative / Pop | San Diego
(long hiatus);
http://www.bedheadblonde.com/shows/shows_2.html |
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| The Big Spank | Punk / Ska | Albuquerque;
http://www.thebigspank.com/dates.php |
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| D-Numbers [members of Ray Charles Ives] | Trance/Eclectic | Santa Fe, NM; see also http://www.rcimusic.com/
- http://www.rcimusic.com/shows.htm |
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| 34 Below | Classic Rock | San Diego;
http://www.34below.com/dublin/tour.htm |
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| Expresso (a.k.a. Expresso Tres) | Latin Rock | Queretaro, Mexico |
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| Justin James | Classic Acoustic Rock | Featuring members
of The Fryday Band. |
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| Before Today | Punk | San Diego;
http://www.myspace.com/beforetodaystudiolife |
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| Underminded | Punk | San Diego & USA;
see homepage for tour |
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| Jake | Alternative Rock | San Diego;
http://www.jakelive.com/shows.shtml |
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| Evil Jake | Classic Rock | New York;
not currently touring |
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| Pearl Jam | http://www.tenclub.net
(fan club) |
Alternative Rock | San Diego & World;
http://www.tenclub.net/tour |
| Slightly Stoopid | Punk / Reggae | San Diego & USA;
http://www.slightlystoopid.com/tour_shell.shtml |
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| Pepper | Punk / Reggae | San Diego, Hawaii & World;
http://www.pepperlive.com/tourdates.php |
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| Remy Zero | Alternative Rock | Atlanta, GA; The group broke up
but members are embarking on solo projects. |
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| Pachooka | Alternative Funk / Reggae | Australia;
check their label's homepage for gigs |
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| Casey Turner / Liquid Image | Punk and Surf Punk ; acoustic rock | San Diego & CA;
see MySpace for gigs |
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| Liquid Blue | World Beat | San Diego & World
; touring Europe |
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| Clyde's Ride | Funky Rock | San Diego
(long hiatus); http://www.clydesride.com/gigs.html |
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| Prince Myshkins | Political Satire | WA State;
http://www.princemyshkins.com/gigs.html |
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| B-Side Players | Salsa/Reggae | San Diego;
http://www.bsideplayers.com/tour/index.htm |
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| Man... Or Astro-Man? | Surf Rock | Outer Space;
apparently
inactive |
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| Bahman Sarram | Violin (many genres) | San Diego;
http://www.bviolin.com/bviolin/projects.htm |
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| Makana | Hawaiian Slack Key | ||
| Pinback | Alternative Rock | San Diego;
http://www.pinback.com/page7.html |
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| Golden Bough | Traditional Celtic | Oakland & World;
hiatus?? |
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MUSIC-RELATED LINKS -- Venue
schedules, record labels, online groups, etc. |
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Name |
Homepage |
Type |
Location / Notes |
| Blind Melons and Winston's | Venue schedule[s] |
San Diego, CA ; favors local rock and reggae. |
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| Warehouse 21 | Venue schedule |
Santa Fe, NM ; favors local punk and performance
art / spoken word. |
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| Gnosis 2000 | Online group |
Database of obscure music. |
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| Your Taste In Music Quiz | Online quiz |
Sorry to inflict a quiz on you, but it's an amusing
analysis of your music spectrum. |
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MUSIC-RAIDING SITES -- How do
you think I accumulated 10,000 MP3's? Sources for free and (nominally)
legal MP3's for download. |
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Name |
Homepage |
Type |
Location / Notes |
| Tonspion | "Music Spy": Blog of Links |
German site -- knowledge of German helps. But offers
MP3 downloads sorted by category of music. |
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| Bootleg Browser | Blog of links |
Numerous links to free, legal MP3s, sorted by band
name. |
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| In-Sound | Blog of links |
Reviews and links to local/obscure bands and their
MP3s. |
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| MP3-4-U | Blog of links |
Reviews and links to local/obscure bands and their
MP3s. |
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| Audio-File at Salon | Blog of links |
Reviews bands and links to MP3s in a variety of
genres. You know the deal about Salon, though, you gotta pay or watch
an ad before you get to the column. |
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| BrickBurner Music Blog | Blog of Links |
Occasionally posts cool, free,
and legal MP3s. |
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| Columbia Music Lab | Research project |
You can sign up to receive free MP3s in the mail.
This is a research project devoted to the question, "Why is some
music more popular than others?" |
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| Pearl Jam fans | Alternative Rock |
Various online sources for Pearl Jam music and video. |
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| Sublime Archive | Online archive |
AMAZING! More concert downloads
than you could listen to in a lifetime, for Sublime-related bands: Long
Beach Dub All Stars, Long Beach Short Bus, Slightly Stoopid, Pepper,
and more! Brad's dead, but his music is immortal. |
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| No Remorse | Record label |
Broad range of music, plenty of sample MP3s. |
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| Insurgence.net | Record label |
Numerous sample punk MP3s. |
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| Protest Records | Record label |
Rock and protest MP3s. |
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| Free4All | Record label |
Compilation collection with plenty of free MP3s
and links. |
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| JTMP | Record label |
Justice Through Music: political compilation collection
with plenty of free MP3s and music videos. |
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| Pandamonium Records | Record label |
Cairns, Australia -- I was impressed by their band
"Pachooka". |
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NOTE: Tribute
Page Available! Pete Hixson has archived his entire musical history
including many great MP3s. If you like hard rock, raid
his collection ! !
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SURF and OCEAN SCIENCE -- To help
me chase waves. |
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| CDIP | Coastal and offshore wave data, forecasts, tides, for most of California. |
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| Surfline Pacific Beach Cam | One of my favorite surf breaks, gateway to other cams
and forecasts. |
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| Surfing San Diego Cams | Various surf cams. |
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| Scripps Pier Cam | Good insight to Blacks and upper LJ Cove. |
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| Surfshot.com | Great overview of surfing in San Diego including daily
forecasts, surfing events, organizations, and individual surfers. |
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| Boardz.com Northern Calif. Surf Forecast | Comprehensive surf & tide info for Northern California. |
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| Weather.com San Diego | Jump straight to local SD beach weather. |
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| Wanna Surf | Helps you find out information about surf spots in
places you've never been to. Yet. |
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| Wilbur Kookmeyer | My surfing hero! This guy can't surf any better than
me, but he never ever gives up trying. |
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| MapQuest Driving Directions | Skip straight to the directions page. |
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| SDCommute | Helps you get around San Diego with no car. |
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| Southern California Transit Page | Helpful when trying to figure out how to get halfway
across California without a car. Also has Northern California links. |
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| LA Metro Transit | Helps you figure out how to get around LA with no
car. A difficult goal. |
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| California Transit Links | Helps you link-up across multiple cities and counties. |
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| CHP Accident Page (SD) | Avoid highway pile-ups! Find other cities from this
page. |
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| Wohlmut Enterprises | My family's consulting enterprise offering a combined 100 years of professional experience in various fields. |
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| Horizon Arts | Importing Mexican handcrafts, delicacies, and replicas
of Mayan and other artifacts. |
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| Wohlmut Media Services | My uncle's multimedia studios -- shoot your informational
video here. |
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| Kyle's Quantum Beer Theory | My brother's documentation of pub crawling and high-end
beers. |
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| Colyn Wohlmut | My sister works at Stanford and teaches Escrima,
a Filippino martial art. |
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FRIENDS' WEB PAGES
-- These people are not actually related to me, but deserve props nonetheless.
NOTE -- these are basically one-man personal pages.
If you're my friend, but you run a broader business concern, such as
Coast Law Group,
see my "Business" section. |
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| Valiant | Local enterprise staffed by my friends Peter Bouvier and Peter Collison. Major product is an adhesive but also takes on various tech products. An "idea" company. |
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| Peter Bouvier | Personal webpage of my friend Peter Bouvier. |
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| Frank Higgins | My friend Frank specializes in computer manuals (has written some "Dummies" books), and business reports & communication. Mac-friendly. |
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| Janet Periat | Hilarious comedy writer, sign up for her weekly
updates. I can't seem to find her published magazine column on the Net
anymore. |
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| b.d. katz | Software engineer and musician -- his music site,
however, is inactive. |
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| Tim Crone | Completing his Ph.D. in hydrodynamics of porosity. |
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| Rob Kent | International diplomats and travellers,
Rob and Rasa Siminkas Kent.
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| Rasa Siminkas Kent | ||
| Drubskin | Punk, erotic artist living in San Diego.WARNING,
Adult Content. No, I mean seriously.
Drub also blogs over at http://www.trustysidekicks.com |
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| George Cuddy | High-school buddy now involved
in the Irish Freedom movement. Also posts
sports commentary over at
http://rockthecrossbar.blogspot.com |
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| M. Gaston Cedillo Campos | Friend, neighbor, and co-worker
of mine here in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. Completing a Ph.D.
in logistical systems theory, and speaks many languages! |
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| Adam Grenier | Bug this fellow Peace Corps Volunteer to update
his blog sometime before we all die of old age! |
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| Ray Blakney | Fellow Volunteer in the Peace
Corps Mexico program, about to begin working in San Cristobal.
Helps maintain lots of photos
of this year's batch
of PC-Mexico volunteers. |
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| Itai Zohar | Fellow Volunteer in the Peace
Corps Mexico program, lots of photos of the beautiful city of Queretaro. |
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| Kyle Turk | ||
| Yale Jones | Fellow Volunteer in the Peace
Corps Mexico program in Saltillo -- private blog, needs signup. |
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| Flex Maslan | Artist and musician fron Czechoslovakia and Santa
Fe, NM. See also his groups "029"
and "Team Ganja"
on MySpace.com |
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| Ziggr | Geoff Zichterman, computer programmer. |
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| Jett Boy | Comic artist in Santa Fe, NM. |
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| Dan McSweeney | High-school friend, photographer by trade, displays
shots of his newborn son Jonathan. |
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| Steve Elmore | Old friend offers business consulting services. |
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| Jeff Staiman | Journal of a world traveller a couple years ago;
he's been too busy to update it lately. Also instrumental in the Mark
Bingham fund. |
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| Eddy Millis | Martial arts sensei and veteran of the UFC and all
that cool bruisin' stuff. |
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| John Wareham | Professor of Communications Technology, currently
teaching in Barcelona, Spain. |
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| David Germino | Also hasn't been updated in awhile... family website
of my old friends David and Heidi Germino. |
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| Doug Schwarm | Civil Engineer and geotechnical expert, operating
from some very desirable terrain. |
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| Mike Klam | Runs San Diego poetry and spoken-word art events. |
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| Pete Hixson | Former lead vocal and guitar of many great San-Francisco-Area
bands; raid his MP3 collection ! ! |
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| Brian Siebert | Frequent contributor to The Surfrider
Foundation, expert in promotions. |
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| Kevin Roche | Another contributor to The Surfrider
Foundation, switches from surf photographer to wedding photographer
with ease. |
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| DTS Sports | A simple page of pre- and post- "endo"
ski pictures from my friends Nick M. and Dino V. |
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Note:
I include these links because I'm seriously considering working for
the Peace Corps, hopefully in Mexico, and I wanted to have these links
handy in case I'm away from my home computer. |
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| Babel Fish Translation | Good for other languages besides Spanish and English. |
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| Clickable Maps of Mexico | Because I can never keep straight the names of the Mexican states. |
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| Peace Corps in Mexico | Describes the program and the region. |
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| Peace Corps Recruitment | Describes the job and who to contact. |
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| Peace Corps Online | Unofficial message board and news articles. |
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| Astronomy Pic of the Day | Every day, a different Interstellar Object, plus commentary by an astronomer. How cool is that? |
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| Union of Concerned Scientists | Socially responsible scientists in all fields. |
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| Federation of American Scientists | Focuses mainly on military and nuclear-weapons issues. |
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| Rocky Mountain Institute | Specializes in energy
efficiency and how to make it profitable;
puts out comprehensive reports. |
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| Marshall Brain | Science blogger, has written an interesting novel
too. |
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| The Great Geek Manual | Computer assistance lifesaver! |
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| Mad Scientists' Network | Good place to hunt down an obscure specialist and
ask a question. |
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| The Why Files | Science oddities and trivia, and FAQs. |
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| Science Daily | Online magazine with the latest studies and articles. |
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| NOVA | The science-oriented PBS show. |
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| Powers of Ten | Examines the scale of the universe in powers of 10.
Really cool! And you can purchase it as a screensaver. |
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| Hubble Space Telescope | Spectacular pictures. |
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| NASA Earth from Space | Spectacular pictures. |
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| JPL Solar System Simulator | Helpful if you plan on travelling there. |
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| JPL Video Archives | Spectacular pictures. |
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| Sandia Asteroid Impact | Virtual modelling of a comet impact in the Atlantic. |
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| Eartrh Impact Effects | Still more ways to destroy the Earth! |
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| Astronomy Videos | Informational videos from Hubble scientists. |
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| Virtual Trips to Black Holes | What would the sky look like from the surface of a
Neutron Star? |
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| The Exploratorium | A really cool museum in San Francisco. |
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| Monterey Bay Aquarium | A really cool aquarium in Monterey. |
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| Di-Hydrogen Monoxide Research Page | A focus on this highly dangerous substance. |
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| The Ig-Nobel Prize | I bet you didn't know that science could even do this! |
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| Wacky Patent of the Month | Let's just say a lot of these devices are more theoretical
than practical. |
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| Real Climate | Clearinghouse and discussion board that exposes the fallacies of Global Warming 'Skeptics'. Heavy on data, reports, and numbers. |
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| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- original
source of much global warming data. |
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| Union of Concerned Scientists | Skip to their Global Warming page. |
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| New Scientist | Latest articles as well as basic materials. |
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| Deltoid | Fights back against propaganda masquerading as science. |
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| Exxon Secrets | You always knew that Global Warming 'Skeptics' were
funded by oil companies; now you can prove it. |
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| View of Global Warming | It's hard to argue with this collection of images
and studies documenting Global Warming from around the world. |
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CHARITIES -- Well worth your donations.
Look 'em up and participate. |
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| Surfrider Foundation -- San Diego Chapter | My favorite charity -- the local group who is on the beach picking up trash. Lobbies for clean water and public beach access; fights polluters; aids surfers in numerous ways. |
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| Coupla Surfrider links for my own private use: Surfrider Junk Mail Filtering, sign in with (k@sfsd and n99). SF-SD Exec Committee BB is apparently inactive. | ||
| Surfrider Foundation (National) | The national headquarters of the local charity above.
Lobbies for clean water and public beach access. |
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| Surfrider Blog | "The Shaping Room" -- even the surfers are
blogging now (waterproof computers, I guess). |
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| Mark Bingham Fund | Memorial fund on behalf of a Sept. 11th hero provides
scholarship assistance. |
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| Global Education Partnership | Provides business training for inner-city American
youth; proceeds fund education in Third World countries. |
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| Global Exchange | Medea Benjamin's group; focuses on fair trade with
Third World countries by promoting indigenous handcrafts. |
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| The Onion | News Satire so far-out that it's often mistaken for reality. |
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| Despair dot com | De-Motivational posters and trinkets! |
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| Big Huge Labs | Create your own De-Motivational poster! |
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| Betty Bowers | God Told Me To Hate You! |
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| Earth Destruction Advisory Board | Check the rest of his website for interesting advice
on time travel and related subjects (and fiction). |
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| Nude Stick Figures | Pornography that's safe for the office. |
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| Brains for Zombies | Everything I needed to know, I learned from KILLING
SMART PEOPLE AND EATING THEIR BRAAAIIIINNSSS!! |
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| We Want Your Soul | Go ahead, sell your soul, you're not really using
it anyway. |
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| Total Obscurity | Clearinghouse of humor and satire. |
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| Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics | Not actually a satire but merciless nonetheless! |
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| the Whitehouse.org | The White House, stripped of pretensions. |
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| Election Consultants | Happy Voting! |
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| MonkeyMail | Have a monkey deliver your (non-private) message. |
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| Inexplicable Object | The Inexplicable Object of the Week (hilarious, but
archive only, no longer active) |
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| Gone and Forgotten | Brings embarassingly dated comic books up from the
dustbin and back into the light of day. |
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| Homestarrunner | Everybody! Everybody! |
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| The Week in Sex | A Newspaper devoted to everybody's favorite undiscussed
topic. |
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| News of the Weird | We're drifting into tabloid territory here. |
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| Weekly World News Online | Definitely into tabloid territory. Check out the space
alien's political endorsements. |
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| The Dismal Science | Economists' Jokes. |
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| SPOON! Tick Headquarters | Everyone's favorite big blue arachnid crimefighter! |
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| The Ultimate Tick Fan Page | More about everyone's favorite big blue arachnid crimefighter! |
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| Trusty Sidekicks | Commentary and links on comic books. |
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| Dribble Glass | Endless font of slightly amusing stuff. Their altered
billboards, in particular. |
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| Automatic Flattery Machine | In case you were feeling down or with low self-esteem
today. |
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| The Zoom Quilt | An infinite loop of cool graphics. |
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| Soda Play | A weird wiry form of pseudo-life that you can design and change. |
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| Brunching Shuttlecokcs | No longer active but a nice compendium of amusing
articles. |
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| The Cyborger | Turn your name into a complete cyborg acronym! |
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| Bubble Wrap | The ultimate virtual time-waster. |
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| Chaos Gallery | Cool images from the science of chaos. |
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| Church Sign Generator | Make up your own Word of God just like real priests
do! |
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| Continental Drift Cam | Saves you the trouble of measuring it yourself (be
sure to click on "Slow-Motion Mode") |
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| Star Trek Character Quiz | Includes TOS as well as TNG! |
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| Don's Boss Page | Handy to have this one up when your boss walks into
your cubicle. |
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| I Should Be Working | Another page designed to subtly waste your company's
time. |
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| My Japanese Name | My Japanese name is 川添
Kawazoe (riverside) 一 真 Kazuma (one reality). |
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| Zen Stories | Collection of Zen tales and koans. |
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I
still play Dungeons & Dragons sometimes... I'm trying to keep hip
to the latest electronic aids to help play the game. |
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| Code Monkey Publishing | Created a crucial program for computer-assisted roleplaying. |
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| Open Gaming Foundation | Open-source rules let fans self-publish legally. |
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Knights
of the Dinner Table |
Unique D&D comic about the players rather
than the made-up characters. |
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Order
of the Stick |
Very humorous comic about a group of D&D adventurers
-- if you are familiar with the latest rule revisions. (Often makes jokes
about silly rules...) |
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| Starships Compared By Scale | Tangentially related to sci-fi gaming: this site displays
numerous fictional starships (including anime, TV, and gaming) compared
by size. |
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| Wizards DOT COMmunuity Boards | Questions and topics in gaming forums. |
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| D&D Character Quiz | What D&D character are you? Quiz includes race,
class, alignment. |
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| Wohlmut Enterprises | My family's consulting enterprise offering a combined 100 years of professional experience in various fields. |
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| Horizon Arts | Importing Mexican handcrafts, delicacies, and replicas
of Mayan and other artifacts. |
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| Wohlmut Media Services | My uncle's multimedia studios -- shoot your informational
video here. |
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| Valiant | Local enterprise staffed by my friends Peter Bouvier and Peter Collison. Major product is an adhesive but also takes on various tech products. An "idea" company. |
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| Coast Law Group | Their motto is "We Sue Polluters". |
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| Frank Higgins | My friend Frank specializes in computer manuals (has written some "Dummies" books), and business reports & communication. Mac-friendly. |
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| b.d. katz | Software engineer and musician -- his music site,
however, is inactive. |
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| Doug Schwarm | Civil Engineer and geotechnical expert, operating
from some very desirable terrain. |
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| Pete McAniff | Old friend offers investment
consulting and occasionally exotic import services. |
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| Brian Siebert | Frequent contributor to The Surfrider
Foundation, expert in promotions. |
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| Kevin Roche | Another contributor to The Surfrider
Foundation, switches from surf photographer to wedding photographer
with ease. |
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| Steve Elmore | Old friend offers business consulting services. |
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| NOAA Benchmarks | Coastal benchmarks useful for determining elevations and sea levels. Previous tidal epoch here. |
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| NOAA Tides and other services | Helps calculate tides and sea levels. |
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Shore Protection
Manual |
Army Corps of Engineers puts many useful formulas
about waves, sand, beaches, ocean, and protection structures, in the public
domain. |
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| Soil Treatment Matrix | Compares and contrasts methods of cleaning up contaminated soil and water. |
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| California -- Lookup Civil Engineers | Check if your Civil, Geotech, or Surveyor is licensed. |
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| California -- Lookup other licenses | In case I need to look up architects, auto mechanics, etc. |
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| So. Cal Seismic Network | When the ground shakes, here are the details. |
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| Township Graphical Locator | Useful for locating UTM Zones, County boundaries, maps, etc. |
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| Bank of Apartheid | No comments. For my use. | |
| SFCU | No comments. For my use. | |
| PayPal | No comments. For my use. | |
| Aloha Surf | I get a couple pennies if you buy some of these shirts and crap with my artwork on them. |
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For my personal use: Affinity Webmail. Alternate Affinity.
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