Singing About Economics

I'm Rob, one of the founders/editors/bloggers at SportsAlcohol.com. This is a compendium of things I like, mostly comics and whatnot.

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Das Racist - You Oughta Know (Live in Sydney) | Moshcam

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To me, upstate NY legend Nick Brignola is the best Baritone Saxophonist of all time. I could never play improvisational jazz to the level where I could just gig, and I’m no sax prodigy, but I identify so much with what he’s saying. Great interview

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David Bowie - “Queen Bitch”

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Daveed Diggs - Fresh From The Hood

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You guys make the best song lists. the Mountain Goats have shockingly few lists for a band with such a large output. Will you guys do a Mountain Goats song list? It'd make my day the day you hypothetically put it out.

That is a great compliment and a great suggestion! Most of us are big Mountain Goats fans, but to do a Mountain Goats list you have to be truly obsessive to keep up with John Darnielle’s output. We might have enough knowledge, but we never go into these things half-cocked. 

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I Made A Podcast So It Can't Be That Hard

I Made A Podcast So It Can’t Be That Hard

As previously mentioned, I gave a talk on podcasts at Sharatoga Tech Talks. If you are interested, my full slides are below. To view in full resolution, go to this link.

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I’m very proud of the talk I gave last night. Please check out my sides and relive the glory

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJJTmMWdlg0)

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Captain America knows what’s good.

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STAY WOKE

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This is the Captain America we need in 2017.

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Let’s hear Cap’s entire speech:

“Listen to me– all of you out there! You were told by this man– your hero– that America is the greatest country in the world! He told you that Americans were the greatest people– that America could be refined like silver, could have the impurities hammered out of it, and shine more brightly! He went on about how precious America was – how you needed to make sure it remained great! And he told you anything was justified to preserve that great treasure, that pearl of great price that is America!

“Well, I say America is nothing! Without its ideals– its commitment to the freedom of all men, America is a piece of trash! A nation is nothing! A flag is a piece of cloth! I fought Adolf Hitler not because America was great, but because it was fragile! I knew that liberty could be snuffed out here as in Nazi Germany! As a people, we were no different than them! When I returned, I saw that you nearly did turn American into nothing! And the only reason you’re not less then nothing– is that it’s still possible for you to bring freedom back to America!”

–Captain America, “What If (Captain America Were Not Revived Until Today)?” Volume 1 #44 (Peter Gillis, writer), April 1984 

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Official Canon Rouge One Timeline

To prep you for Rogue One, the @SportsAlcohol team put together the status of Star Wars’ most popular characters when the new movie starts

I have my cheat sheet for how #RogueOne fits into the general Star Wars timeline ready for tonight! pic.twitter.com/36y00W9JRE

— Mar to Go (@mar_to_go) December 15, 2016

Inspired by @mar_to_go I got some notes together to prime myself for where characters are as #RogueOne begins pic.twitter.com/sL0vwveGtJ

— jesse (@rockmarooned) December 15, 2016

@rockmarooned @mar_to_go Addendum (found in garbage???) #RogueOne pic.twitter.com/94FVcWwtOi

— Mar to Go (@mar_to_go) December 15, 2016

@mar_to_go @rockmarooned pic.twitter.com/H7om4zFq1g

— Nathaniel Wharton (@NWharton) December 15, 2016

@NWharton @mar_to_go @rockmarooned pic.twitter.com/Jat73Ejwnu

— Rob K (@roberthenryk) December 15, 2016

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Really helpful guide from @sportsalcohol 

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Cruel dog.

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This season of powers is great, really reminds me of the comic now. Question on episode 8: was the record store a location or a creation of the crew?

it is a real place.  in atlanta. very cool people there.  the least LA thing we did on the show but the place is just too cool.

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Thanks to @brianmichaelbendis for answering my question

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PADAWAN IN TRAINING

I’m always amazed at how Richard Isanove is able to elevate any piece of black and white art. But this piece will forever bring a smile to my face because he was kind enough to hire my daughter Carlie to do the initial color flats for him. 

These are the kinds of things that only mean something to a father but I’m selfishly posting it regardless. While she has many interests outside of art and I don’t know where life will take her, I will always look back at her signature inside mine and know that the force is strong with this one. 

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The New Yorker

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TRACK MARKS: What the Hell, You Weirdos Are All Too Good For "Creep," by Radiohead?

TRACK MARKS: What the Hell, You Weirdos Are All Too Good For “Creep,” by Radiohead?

I used to have a long-ish commute. As expected, sometimes traffic would snarl to a halt. On one particularly backed-up day, I looked up and realized I had no idea where I was. Even though I was overly familiar with every inch of scenery on my way to and from work, having driven the same route every day, I never really had the chance to stop and look closely at some of the things I was passing.

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