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Bob Dylan Is The Man!: Whether you’ve gone through a Dylan phase or not, we hop you dig this collection of our favorites (acoustic and electric). 1. Song To Woody - Bob Dylan 2. Blowin’ In The Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan 4. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right - Bob Dylan 5. The Times They Are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan 6. My Back Pages - Bob Dylan 7. It Ain’t Me Babe - Bob Dylan 8. It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan 9. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan 10. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan 11. Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan 12. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - Bob Dylan 13. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan 14. All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan 15. Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan 16. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You - Bob Dylan 17. The Man In Me - Bob Dylan 18. If Not For You - Bob Dylan 19. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan 20. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere - Bob Dylan 21. Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan 22. If You See Her, Say Hello - (alternate version) - Bob Dylan 23. Hurricane - Bob Dylan 24. Like A Rolling Stone (Live Version) - Bob Dylan 25. I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan

Bono asked Condoleezza Rice for her top ten list for the issue of The Independent that he guest-edited. I couldn’t resist making a playlist.

As promised, Google has released its Picasa photo management software for Linux. Yay, Google!

The Fray’s Picks to Click: From Josh Rouse to Brandy Carlile, singer-songwriters rule the Fray’s playlist. 1. Sleepsinging - The Damnwells 2. Fine Line - Paul McCartney 3. Wordless Chorus - My Morning Jacket 4. Political Scientist - Ryan Adams 5. Love Vibration - Josh Rouse 6. Ain’t No Easy Way - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 7. Muzzle Of Bees - Wilco 8. You Might See Him - David Mead 9. Son Of Sam - Elliott Smith 10. What Can I Say - Brandi Carlile 11. Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers 12. Forever My Friend - Ray Lamontagne 13. Delicate (Live In Dublin) - Damien Rice 14. Annasthesia - Nathan Johnson & The Cinematic Underground

Leonard Cohen was on Fresh Air yesterday. Among other things, he talks about his five-year stint at a Zen monastery during which his manager stole most of his money.

YouTube has the 7 minute testimony that Fred Rogers gave to a Senate commitee in 1969 to help secure funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It’s touching and compelling.

Rapper M.I.A. has been denied entry to the US to work on her new album. This presumably has something to do with her father being in a Sri Lankan rebel group.

Gomez’s Mix Tape: 1. The Inner Workings of Gomez - Gomez 2. About ‘How We Operate’ - Gomez 3. ‘See The World’ - Gomez 4. See the World - Gomez 5. ‘How We Operate’ - Gomez 6. How We Operate - Gomez 7. ‘Girlshapedlovedrug’ - Gomez 8. Girlshapedlovedrug - Gomez 9. ‘Hamoa Beach’ - Gomez 10. Hamoa Beach - Gomez 11. Playing covers - Gomez 12. Getting Better - Gomez 13. Talking Heads - ‘Road To Nowhere’ - Gomez 14. Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads 15. Bob Dylan -’It Ain’t Me Babe - Visions of Johanna’ - Gomez 16. It Ain’t Me Babe - Bob Dylan 17. Tom Waits - ‘Step Right Up’ - Gomez 18. Step Right Up - Tom Waits

Novell has launched a new Linux driver process aimed at solving the problems I was trying to figure out earlier.

These drivers are then linked to a specific Linux kernel version via kABI (Kernel Application Binary Interface) metadata. This linkage enables the system to know what driver version works with the current kernel version. Since the kABI is a moving target, Novell will track it and inform hardware vendors, as needed, when they need to update a driver for an upcoming change to the kABI…

In its FAQ, the Linux distributor states, “The best place for partners to develop kernel drivers is upstream in the kernel.org source tree, where kernel driver code benefits from thorough review and community involvement. Novell promotes having all Linux device drivers be a part of the official kernel.org source tree. However, we recognize that some drivers are not there yet or have been integrated only after a kernel release has happened. For this case, we offer a way to get a supportable and certifiable driver anyway using the Driver Process described here.”

Good stuff, I hope the other distros adopt it.

A study found that watching The Daily Show might be causing low youth voter turnouts because viewers have a more cynical opinion of candidates and the political system. Ah, now I get it. Young people aren’t avoiding the polls because the candidates are low quality and the system is corrupt, they’re avoiding the polls because The Daily Show keeps pointing out that the candidates are low quality and the system is corrupt.

Dig This! Winners (May): In this recurring feature, we present you with tracks by some of our favorite rising acts. 1. She Can Stop Traffic - The Television Personalities 2. The First Song - Band Of Horses 3. Fraud In The 80’s - Mates of State 4. Song With A Mission - The Sounds 5. Lightning Blue Eyes - Secret Machines 6. Ex-Girlfriend Club - The Television Personalities 7. The Funeral - Band Of Horses 8. Like U Crazy - Mates of State 9. Queen Of Apology - The Sounds 10. Alone, Jealous And Stoned - Secret Machines

The album of last week was Jolie Holland’s Springtime Can Kill You.

Mother’s Day Mix 2006: Celebrate your mother, motherhood, maternal instincts and mom’s who still rock. 1. Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon 2. Lady Madonna - Fats Domino 3. Mama - Electric Light Orchestra 4. Mother Stands For Comfort - Kate Bush 5. Ooh! Mother - Unicorn 6. Calling My Children Home - Emmylou Harris 7. Mama Didn’t Lie - Jan Bradley 8. Brooklyn Roads - Neil Diamond 9. I’m A Woman - Peggy Lee 10. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains Of Wayne 11. Breakfast In Bed - Dusty Springfield 12. Mother, The Queen of My Heart - Lonesome Standard Time 13. Angel From Montgomery - John Prine 14. Don’t Step On Mother’s Roses - Johnny Cash 15. Mother And Child Reunion - Paul Simon

Pet Sounds Turns 40!: Everyone’s favorite Beach Boys album turns 40 this year. Here’s a reminder why Pet Sounds still intrigues. 1. Wouldn’t It Be Nice - The Beach Boys 2. You Still Believe In Me - The Beach Boys 3. That’s Not Me - The Beach Boys 4. Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) - The Beach Boys 5. I’m Waiting For The Day - The Beach Boys 6. Let’s Go Away For Awhile - The Beach Boys 7. Sloop John B - The Beach Boys 8. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys 9. I Know There’s An Answer - The Beach Boys 10. Here Today - The Beach Boys 11. I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times - The Beach Boys 12. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 13. Caroline, No - The Beach Boys 14. Hang On To Your Ego - The Beach Boys

This summer Warner Bros. will begin selling movie and television downloads distributed via BitTorrent. Unfortunately, the files will likely be DRM-encumbered and therefore useless to me.