and the domination continues..

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=79427

Whoa... woulda never believed it, but the theory and accompanying video definitely seems to work.

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Factoid:

33% of Greeks earning wages derive their income from the government.

(Imagine if we looked at that and included percentage of Greeks 'dependent' on government jobs....spouse of workers, etc.)

Retirement age is 55 to 58 in the government sector with full government pension.

The state pension also covers regular retirees from the private sector.

Female radio operators and hairdressers can retire at 50 because their work is classified as 'hazardous.' There is a list of 600 different hazardous jobs that lower the retirement age to 50.

http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/movies/19young.html?ref=arts

Looks good, although I'm no Neil Young fan.

Joanna Newsom is Kate's offspring, right?

Man, "like mother, like daughter," for sure.

I'm thinking it's time for a "Kate Bush Meets Billie Holiday!" LP....

...starring Joanna Newsom and Madeleine Peyroux, respectively.

I'm all in favor of "influences" and stuff, but these new chanteuses are getting downright Henny Youngman-y about the theft.

I hope Kate is at least getting royalties from Joanna's new album.

Not much is funny about politics lately, but this one cracked me up. The number of the Congressional Switchboard is 1-877- SOB-USOB.

I just bought a new Cayin 688R, a KT-88 tube integrated amp (with a tone control, no less).

I'm wondering if anyone has had a chance to compare and contrast the following power tubes (it will use two 6N6s and four 12AX7s in the preamp section):

a) GE NOS 6550
b) EAT KT-88
c) Grant Fidelity Sh. Treasure KT-88