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Gmail - Pop! Goes the Culture - 2/6http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=02ec4e8a3f&view=pt&searc...1 of 152/6/09 10:49 AM
Kim Powers <kpowers11@gmail.com>
Pop! Goes the Culture - 2/6
Kim Powers <kpowers11@gmail.com>Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:49 AM
To: Kim Powers <kpowers11@gmail.com>Jazzercisers:(Cowboy hat optional, but bandanna is a must)Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Popsssssss and welcome back to another edition of Pop! Goes the Culture - a timefor friends to gather, have a few laughs, then go their separate ways...until next time, of course.Today we are going to talk about karma. For some reason, it's a word and a topic that has come up acouple of times in the past couple of weeks relating to everything from politics to Michael Phelps.However, I think karma gets easily confused with irony, which gets easily confused with unfortunatecoincidence, because they all involve a reaction to an action. To help sort these terms out, let's take alook at things that have happened the past week.Action: I came very close to hitting someone with my car in my parking garage. And I'm not talkingabout he was near the side of my car. No, he had to actively jump out of the way becauseIwasntreallypayingattentionandquitepossiblywassingingnakedeyeatthetopofmylungs.The unfortunate coincidence: I just so happen to run into this guy, who I had previously never seenbefore, at least four times that day - in the kitchen, in the mailroom, etc.
 
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The irony: While out for lunch that day, I almost got hit by a car that didn't see me in the crosswalk. Iwas flustered, so I didn't get to check and see if it was the guy I almost hit (because then that wouldhave taken it into the karma category).The karma: While walking down the hall, my right leg decided to stop working and I did an utter andcomplete faceplant...right in front of someone important (well, I'm assuming he was important becausehe was wearing a tie) and he just kept on walking (similar to how I just kept on driving because I'mawkward and didn't know what to do.)The moral of the story? Always be aware of your surroundings...and don't wear platform flip flops tothe office. Oh, and don't hit people with your car.Now that my rights and wrongs are balanced, let's get started, shall we?
Music:Mixtape Link:http://www.mediafire.com/?nmnymumn5sm
 
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(Margaret wants to tell you a story about a little boy who wasn't ready to grow up...um also, I think Istumbled upon some "adult" Peter Pan images while googling)1) Venice is Sinkinghttp://www.myspace.com/veniceissinkingI really want to go to Athens, GA. Not only does the city produce some great bands, but I feelexperiencing the area would just add another layer to the complex sounds that float in the air. Andthat concludes the wax poetic version of the evening.Anywho, I'm a sucker for chamber pop, and this band brings the chamber and it brings the pop.Catchy soundscapes drenched in rich brass, if these guys are sinking, I'm going down with them.Okay, now that really concludes the wax poetic version of the evening.2) Benjy Ferreehttp://www.myspace.com/benjyferreeImagine a guy that sounds slightly like Jack White, likes his gin and 70s rock, and is obessed with achild actor who played Peter Pan in 1953? Well, no need to imagine friends - this guy really exists andhis name is Benjy Ferree.I am loving this album - a ride from the top to the bottom. It's almost a bit eerie at the level of research/obsession Ferree has for Bobby Discroll, probably one of the earliest examples of a child star flaming out and unable to handled the transition to adult life and the "real world". And Ferre just hasthis unexplainable ominous tenor to his voice...one turn it's luring you into the golden world, and thenext it's telling you to suck it up and deal with it.
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