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Exploding Head Reviews, near the end of October 2009

Walking is Still Honest: A Place to Bury Strangers – Exploding Head (2009) “Overall, this is pretty good, but I find that it’s better background music when I’m in the mood for something a bit challenging and abstract. It is being a bit overhyped, but I’ve given it a fair amount of time, and it […]

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Retirement in uncertain times

We can’t predict the future, so we’re always in uncertain times. We can try to plan for the future though. Here’s a section from the NY Times Business section about doing just that. Business News – Retirement – The New York Times retirement special section of the ny times (tags: retirement nytimes)

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Reviews and Interviews, A Place to Bury Strangers 2009-10-22

Google Translate interview for a Hungarian site (tags: aptbs oliver interview hungary) QRO Magazine – Concert Reviews » A Place To Bury Strangers “APTBS showcased that noise can in fact be crafted in such a way that melodies and pop undertones still shine through, which is why this band is able to make it work.” […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers on the road, October 2009

A few links garnered from APTBS Exploding Head North American Tour STRANGER TRAVEL APTBS travel blog (tags: aptbs) A Place to Bury Strangers – a set on Flickr pictures from One0Eyed Jack’s in New Orleans, October 2009 A Place to Bury Strangers: “Instrumental” (Live at Waterloo Records) (Video) “Oliver Ackerman has extracted himself from his […]

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links for 2009-10-20

PL People pictures of inventors of various programming langugaes (tags: history languages image photo images photos Gallery programming-languages) The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | A Place To Bury Strangers: Oliver Ackermann And Death By Audio “”You know, it’s really important to have the excitement to do anything you do. If you want […]

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Dinner Tonight: Lisa’s Lazy Pot Roast

Dinner tonight was pot roast using the recipe known throughout the Web as Lisa’s Lazy Pot Roast. The recipe is very easy,and the result, if you cook the meat slowly, is very satisfying. Super good on a chilly night. It seems that the recipe is published in The Complete Meat Cookbook You can also read […]

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Band of the Day at mog, more reviews of APTBS, 2009-10-19

A Place To Bury Strangers | SleepWalKing “The real potential of the band it’s shown on the Joy Divisionesque “Missing You”, a hot boiling magma blob where the right producer (Brian Eno?) would be able to shape out the most epic and universal piece of music of ever.” (tags: aptbs) A Place to Bury Strangers […]

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More reviews of Exploding Head, 2009-10-16

The reviews keep on coming in with the majority being very positive. A Place to Bury Strangers spikes its lethal shoegaze with sharp hooks | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com Oliver Ackermann has what could best be described as a dry sense of humour. In fact, the singer and guitarist for Brooklyn-based noise-rockers A Place to […]

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CyberTwin, Cool uses for a USB flash drive, the perfect boiled egg, and a recipe for braised butternut squash!

Getting ready for classes often brings some fun surprises. MyCyberTwin is one of them. It’s a site where you can set up an AI that will converse with a visitor. It also includes ways to train the AI so it has standard responses for certain types of statements or situations. MyCyberTwin – Chat to ernest […]

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Reviews of Exploding Head Mid from 2009-10-13 or thereabouts

Review / A Place To Bury Strangers – Exploding Head / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound “Ultimately, throughout its ten pieces, Exploding Head is a much more diverse collection than A Place To Bury Strangers, and far outweighs the shoegaze revivalist criticisms their detractors have labelled them with. What’s more, A Place To […]

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