The NYT, on one interesting revelation that emerges during a “disorienting” first year for locals attending American University in Cairo.  This is sorta the plagiarism-as-cultural-category baseline I neglected to mention the other day when I was being bloggy about the Joke Thief Guy.  Particularly the first sentence of the third paragraph:
Egypt, like much of the [...]

Swap out some nouns and Mad Libs this mug, 2010-style:
“Wanna be the big teen in hardcore circles?  Get some other dillheads together, call yourselves Antagonistic Decline or Vicious Tendencies or Unrepentant Youth or some such thing, copy every lick from the Dischord collection and write songs about military intervention, whether you know anything about it [...]

I so badly wish that I could remember who first sent me the link to the “Looking for the Magic” video. I’d love nothing more than to shake his hand and give him credit every time I play this song with friends and talk about magic (this happens a lot). I’d [...]

Second mix from the first quarter. A handful of bangers.  First mix is back here.  Third should be here anytime.

Mix 2: “However Do You Need Me” | 192k | 45:58 | 63.3mb

RJD2 “Let There Be Horns” (RJ’s Electrical Connections) According to my ledger, this guy’s got two (2) all-time instrumental soul jams–”1976” and “Good [...]