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So Deep Throat was W. Mark Felt, the number two spook at the FBI at the time. I always kind of hoped it was Pat Buchanan.

25 Classic Cuts From 25 Great Live Albums: It isn’t easy capturing the energy of a great live show — here’s 25 tunes that do. 1. Lonely Town, Lonely Street – Bill Withers 2. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash 3. The Magic Bus – The Who 4. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band 5. Polk Salad Annie – Elvis Presley 6. The ‘In’ Crowd – Ramsey Lewis 7. Life During Wartime – Talking Heads 8. It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 9. Surrender – Cheap Trick 10. Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue – (live) – Duke Ellington 11. Solitary Man – Neil Diamond 12. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye 13. Stray Cat Blues – The Rolling Stones 14. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan/The Band 15. The Monkey Thing – Rahsaan Roland Kirk 16. Little Richard Medley: Tutti-Frutti / The Girl Can’t Help It / Long Tall Sally / Jenny Jenny – Delaney & Bonnie 17. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home – Sammy Davis, Jr 18. Jailbreak – Thin Lizzy 19. I’ll Go Crazy – James Brown 20. Looks Like Rain – Grateful Dead 21. Baby, What You Want Me To Do? – Etta James 22. Breaking glass – David Bowie 23. Lake Marie – John Prine 24. My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) – Neil Young & Crazy Horse 25. Gloria – Van Morrison

I missed the album of the week last week so I’ve got two for you today: Gorillaz’ Demon Days and Kaiser Chiefs’ Employment.

New Scientist has an excellent article about how to promote brain health and power through diet and exercise (mental and physical).

I should mention the new BitTorrent search engine launched by BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen. It’s the nicest and fastest BitTorrent search engine out there. I think this can only mean that Bram wants to get sued, but thinks he can win.

Excite and Jotspot founder Joe Kraus has an interesting post about how the long tail applies to software and how Jotspot fits into that vision. Short version: Jotspot is a platform for building custom applications and therefore services a large portion of the long tail.

Nokia released their Linux-based mini-tablet device. The interface is based on GNOME technologies. If only this thing had a hard drive it would be cooler than the LifeDrive.

Andrew Rasiej is running a tech-savvy campaign for Public Advocate of New York City. This is the guy who started the effort to get Bruce Springsteen to perform at an anti-Bush, anti-war concert at Giants Stadium and lead to the Vote for Change tour. He’s limiting campaign donations to $100, plans to work to provide low-cost, high-speed Internet access to every New Yorker, and now he has a video blog.

Ones to Watch (May 2005): In this recurring feature, we present you with 10 tracks by some of our favorite rising acts. 1. Bigtime – The Soundtrack Of Our Lives 2. Sleepwalking – The Raveonettes 3. Mushaboom – Feist 4. Ships – The Weight 5. Play The Hits – Hal 6. Walking Dead – Z-trip 7. The Point Of No Return – Immortal Technique 8. Never Ever – Shout Out Louds 9. I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Chiefs 10. Lovercall – Danko Jones

The Village Voice has a funny essay about the author’s tour through different levels of vegetarianism.

My own private Idaho potato went like this: When I was a teenager a renowned South African acupuncturist moved in next door to my parents. He and his wife (who pronounces lime like lamb, thus leading to the infamous pie recipe debacle) are still the hippest couple my parents know and single-handedly responsible for introducing them to Whole Foods and the Fugees. One day I told the acupuncturist I wanted to be a vegetarian. I wish I could remember why I wanted to stop eating meat, but this was high school and I also wish I could remember my motivation for drinking Zima and wearing flannel in public.

A vote on the “nuclear option” is impending, make sure you sign MoveOn PAC’s petition.

Update: A last-minute compromise has averted any vote for now. The down side of this is that three of Bush’s most onerous nominees will likely be confirmed.

McDonald’s will pay $10 million to 24 Hindu and vegetarian groups after falsely describing its french fries, which contained a beef additive, as vegetarian. I last posted about this two years ago, I guess they’ve been wrangling over the money ever since.

Steve Garfield has a neat videblog tour of one of my favorite local places, Jamaica Pond. I also love the adjoining Olmsted Park. Both parks were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park in New York.

As noted earlier, the broadcast flag was struck down in the courts. Now the MPAA has re-introduced it as a bill in Congress. Be sure to contact your representative and express your opposition.

In Orbison’s Orbit: Rhapsody welcomes a plethora of records by the Texas-born singer-songwriter and his Orby Records. 1. Oh Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison 2. You Got It – Roy Orbison 3. Only The Lonely – Roy Orbison 4. Go,Go,Go (Down The Line) – Roy Orbison 5. Running Scared – Roy Orbison 6. Ooby Dooby – Roy Orbison 7. Ride Away – Roy Orbison 8. Girl Like Mine – Roy Orbison 9. In Dreams – Roy Orbison 10. Sweet Dreams – Roy Orbison 11. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) – Roy Orbison 12. Penny Arcade – Roy Orbison 13. Blue Rain (Coming Down) – Roy Orbison 14. Blue Bayou – Roy Orbison 15. It’s Over – Roy Orbison