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You probably didn’t realize you needed a Thai cover of “Your Cheatin’ Heart” from the 1960s in your life, but you do.
You probably also didn't realize you needed a Moroccan cover of Free's "All Right Now" from 1971 in your life, but you do.
You probably also didn't realize you needed a 1979 cosmic jazz fusion album from Turkmenistan in your life, but you do. This moment at 4:50 is especially fantastic...but the whole thing is mind blowing.
I discovered all of these gems thanks to the good folks at @Radiooooo_com. It's my preferred method of escaping the sh*tstorm that is the US in 2019.
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This was written in 2010. Note the bemused surprise that Glenn Beck was bringing back the good old charge that Democrats were "socialists" and his followers were eating it up. And also the author's prescient dismay that the GOP was cosigning Beck's conspiracy theory BS.
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