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How wrong was that prediction?

Excerpt from Yesterday's Tomorrows: past visions of the American future, by Joseph J. Corn and Brian Horrigan; Summit Books (1984), page 83. The actual item is from a 1950 issue of Popular Mechanics.

I hate the word fag....but

Vintage Advertising

I love that Amazon have a product sales chart for the section called:
  "Stuck For Christmas Gift Ideas?"

Tell me, what is this advertising?

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Aberfeldy

Somewhere To Jump From (2010)

1. Claire
2. Somewhere To Jump From
3. Malcolm
4. Mean Ol Misery
5. If I Were A Joiner
6. Turn The Record Over
7. In Denial
8. Lisa-Marie
9. Talk Me Around
10. Wendy
11. Play The Music Loud
12. California, West Lothian

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Aberfeldy are in the new school of scottish indie pop in the vein of Belle & Sebastian. Formed in Edinburgh in 2002 they were signed to Rough Trade to release their first album, Young Forever, in 2004. The follow-up, Do Whatever Turns You On, was released in 2006, their current album (above) is released under Tenement Records.

They're currently on tour in Scotland.

So what do you like about Ireland?

Amid all the talk of bailouts, it’s easy to forget there are parts of Irish life that economics can’t reach. We asked Twitter users to name the things they love about Ireland. Here are 50 of them, in all their unpunctuated glory.
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So bad, it's good!

Sooo funny!

CeeLo

Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer
Never really listened to Cee-Lo until Gnarls Barkley, and his first post-GB album is pretty damn good.

Courtesy of Brian.

Ireland at Night. This was a beautiful night pass over the Emerald Isle ...a little foggy, but otherwise a clear night.
From Astro_Wheels.

The Weepies

The Weepies - Be My Thrill (2010)
1. "Please Speak Well of Me" 2:36
2. "When You Go Away" 2:21
3. "Red Red Rose" 2:51
4. "I Was Made for Sunny Days" 3:14
5. "They're In Love, Where Am I?" 2:23
6. "Add My Effort" 3:12
7. "Be My Thrill" 2:30
8. "Be My Honeypie" 2:10
9. "Hummingbird" 2:45
10. "Hard to Please" 4:12
11. "Not a Lullaby" 2:37
12. "How Do You Get High?" 2:36
13. "Hope Tomorrow" 1:59
14. "Empty Your Hands" 3:09

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In 2006, The Weepies big label debut Say I Am You came out on Nettwerk Records. After an initial hard-scrabble tour in their compact car as a duo, Deb Talan & Steve Tannen’s music appeared in more than a dozen TV shows, as well as several major motion pictures.

Their iTunes sales topped the folk charts in eight countries. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol nominated them for a Short List Music Prize, and Mandy Moore asked them to write with her and sing on her album. They were invited to open for the Indigo Girls and invited onto the Hotel Café Tour; they played the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, the Hurricane Festival in Germany, and T in the Park in Scotland. Their MySpace player hit 2 million plays. JCPenney and Old Navy used their tunes as the theme songs for their major holiday TV campaigns.

Despite the sugar content...

...I want this.