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Obama is a town in Japan
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We Built This City: How A US Presidential Election Inspired A Japanese Town's Rebranding Campaign [Obama Is Beautiful World]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — I left the TV on last night and awoke to one of those "ain't life wacky?" reports from CNN's Jeanne Moos, who is always interviewing a parachuting dog or talking hamburger or some such. I may or may not have had something to drink last night, so the whole report was like awaking from a fever dream. Cutting through my Cabo Wabo-fueled haze like those evil fishermen from The Fog was the insidious, yippy song in the clip above, which I've been yelping to my poor cat all morning. The Japanese city of Obama—it means "Little Beach"—has been rooting for an Obama victory all year ...

Faves of The Frow Show, 2008
WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Jesse Jarnow, host of The Frow Show, presents: My 10 faves of 2008 in no particular order: - "Money," Apollo Sunshine, from We Shall Noise Upon (Headless Heroes). "Imagine"re-imagined for the meltdown. (youtube link) "Wonder what I'd do if everyone forgot what money was," they sing, getting their Simon & Garfunkel on. "With all that's happened, will we still play guitars?" they ask. Yes! And harmonize! - One Bit Music, Tristan Perich (Canteloupe). The New York composer is all ...