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		<title>Taxpayers Oughta Know &#8211; How Much Of Our Defense Budget Is Spent On Dry Ice?</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/12/26/taxpayers-oughta-know-how-much-of-our-defense-budget-is-spent-on-dry-ice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[how much modern art can you take?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hup two three four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Much as I hate to poke fun at the brave men and women who constitute our nation&#8217;s armed forces, Max Impact &#8212; a self-described combination of &#8220;today&#8217;s hip-hop, pop and urban sounds-and everything in between&#8221; &#8212; might be the first entry in a genre I like to call, &#8220;Bands That Can Form The Basis For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Police Are A-OK</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/05/12/some-police-are-a-ok/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, sneering at the cops is pretty easy. But some of &#8216;em are a-ok. Like the kindly NYPD officer who told me in 1992 during eviction proceedings against Matador, &#8220;this might hurt your chances of getting into college&#8221; (keep in mind, I was 27 at the time). Or, for example, Couch Flambeau&#8217;s Jay Tiller.]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Thing Is, Our Corporate Anthem Sounds Almost Exactly Like This</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/04/03/funny-thing-is-our-corporate-anthem-sounds-almost-exactly-like-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/04/03/funny-thing-is-our-corporate-anthem-sounds-almost-exactly-like-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommended reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boing Boing.tv (sorry &#8211; I just took down the embedded clip due to a BMW ad) explores the rich world of corporate anthems. As opposed to, y&#8217;know, fight songs.  I don&#8217;t know what the guy from Jesus Jones is up to at the moment, but surely there&#8217;s a bank /health care provider / state lottery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doesn&#8217;t Anyone Want Southside Johnny&#8217;s Endorsement?</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/12/27/doesnt-anyone-want-southside-johnnys-endorsement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/12/27/doesnt-anyone-want-southside-johnnys-endorsement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times&#8217; Jeremy W. Peters on the Garden State&#8217;s most highly sought after seal-of-approval, that of Jon Bon Jovi. In New Jersey, it is practically a requirement for any high-ranking politician to attend at least one of his shows. And despite his left-leaning political allegiances, Democrats and Republicans alike seek him out as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Anybody Was Wondering&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/12/18/if-anybody-was-wondering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/12/18/if-anybody-was-wondering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[label bizness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=1076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;neither Matador Records nor any of our artists signed off on this particular bit of clumsy attempted co-opting.  But we&#8217;re very pleased to see some of our favorite bands getting involved in setting the record straight and hopeful making future advertorial mavens think twice before pulling a similar stunt.]]></description>
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		<title>A Message To Prince Rogers Nelson</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/11/07/a-message-to-prince-rogers-nelson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/11/07/a-message-to-prince-rogers-nelson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[our favorite sounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go on, sue us.  We used to love you to bits, but in retrospect, the Mary Jane Girls were so much cooler than Vanity 6. ]]></description>
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		<title>Shat In The (Linkin Park&#8217;s) Van!!</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/11/06/shat-in-the-linkin-parks-van/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/11/06/shat-in-the-linkin-parks-van/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Earles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buy Early Get Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friday afternoon's alright for writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[i believe that children are the future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[is everyone having a good time out there?]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[music journalists are people too]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[some people are just uninhibited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[studio tales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[take this job and shove it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Idiot Box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the time machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[without you we're nuthin']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[your phone's off the hook (but I'm not)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No square inch of scenery left to chew, no square inch of Shatner&#8217;s ass to kiss, and no clips of the interview on YouTube yet, but one can enjoy Mike Patton exploring everything that happened in music between The Infectious Grooves and Linkin Park!]]></description>
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		<title>No Need To Pimp This Ride</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/10/29/no-need-to-pimp-this-ride/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/10/29/no-need-to-pimp-this-ride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[carz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who amongst us hasn&#8217;t dreamed of tooling around town in a chariot previously owned by one of history&#8217;s most infamous despots? But enough about Matt Dillon, apparently Pol Pot had something to do with this Mercedes, too.]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Hear Me Now? &#8211; Bell Canada Flunks Punk History Test</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/09/18/can-you-hear-me-now-bell-canada-flunks-punk-history-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/09/18/can-you-hear-me-now-bell-canada-flunks-punk-history-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[We Love Canada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Reuters : Canada&#39;s biggest phone company has apologized after a punk-rock reference to the Holocaust appeared on billboard advertisements for its cellphones. The ads for Bell Canada&#39;s Solo discount service showed a young woman decked out in flashy punk rock attire, with a button that reads &#34;Belsen was a gas&#34; &#8212; the controversial title [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Person To Ask &#8220;Where&#8217;s The Beef?&#8221; Has Their Entire Slash Records Collection Confiscated</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/08/16/first-person-to-ask-wheres-the-beef-has-their-entire-slash-records-collection-confiscated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/08/16/first-person-to-ask-wheres-the-beef-has-their-entire-slash-records-collection-confiscated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the AP&#39;s Larry Neumeister : Violent Femmes Bassist Brian Ritchie sued lead vocalist Gordon Gano (above) on Wednesday, saying he was deprived of credit for some of the group&#39;s songs and a proper accounting of its earnings. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, also accuses Gano of trashing the band&#39;s reputation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling Blind Item Boo-shit</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/08/13/calling-blind-item-boo-shit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/08/13/calling-blind-item-boo-shit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hi-tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fox News&#39; Susan Estrich is fed-the-fuck-up with the Interweb&#39;s &#34;unbridled ugliness&#34;, and in addition to obscene threats she receives daily, &#34; I don&#8217;t even have to read my own mail to be exposed to such garbage. It&#8217;s on plenty of websites as well.&#34;&#160; (thanks.&#160; we&#39;re trying) Curiously, however, Estrich segues from a rant about online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jon Bon Jovi Might Suck&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/07/19/jon-bon-jovi-might-suck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/07/19/jon-bon-jovi-might-suck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;but at least he never sicc&#39;d Web Sheriff on anybody but nobody can accuse him of having an inflated sense of his own self-importance. Not without getting a letter from his lawyer, anyway. From the AP : When it comes to energy drinks, rock star Jon Bon Jovi thinks an East Brunswick man gives coffee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not To Be A Total Cynic Or Anything&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/07/07/not-to-be-a-total-cynic-or-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/07/07/not-to-be-a-total-cynic-or-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 18:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;but what&#39;s the environmental impact of hundreds of thousands of unsold Zunes?]]></description>
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		<title>Surely This Isn&#8217;t Chuck Scarborough&#8217;s Idea Of Free Speech?</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/07/05/surely-this-isnt-chuck-scarboroughs-idea-of-free-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/07/05/surely-this-isnt-chuck-scarboroughs-idea-of-free-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(video link swiped from Boing Boing)]]></description>
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		<title>Rock Biz 101 With Flo &amp; Eddie</title>
		<link>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/04/24/rock-biz-101-with-flo-eddie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2007/04/24/rock-biz-101-with-flo-eddie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[power brokin']]></category>

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