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Well, if you’re travelin’ in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.

So if you’re travelin’ in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.
~ Bob Dylan

I love this hypnotic cover tune by Secret Machines from their EP The Road Leads Where It’s Led. Secret Machines is a three piece group from Dallas. This is their funky website. “the latest link in the loose-knit chain that connects Pink Floyd, Neu, Can, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, La Dusseldorf, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Band, My Bloody Valentine, and Spiritualized.”

Hear them live in concert from Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club just 10 days ago.

“Sufjan Stevens was found in a milk crate on the doorstep of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, in Detroit, MI, on Canada Day, July 1, 1975. He was wrapped in cellophane, and tagged on the wrist with the mysterious note: “I love you.” Mr. and Mrs. Stevens had three other children: Jo-Jo, Zukey-Dukey, and Jam-Jam. Mrs. Stevens crocheted afghans for the flea market. Mr. Stevens was the custodian at the hospital. They had very little money, but very big hearts. They decided to keep the baby (using the milk crate to hold their National Geographics). They named him Sufjan Stevens, after Abu Sufjan Muhammad, the great Armenian Sufi warrior who slew ten thousand dragons to save the Fairy Princess. Despite his despondent looks, Sufjan was a good kid. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens did the best they could. They fed him carrots, they read him parts of the Bhagavad Gita, they combed his hair, they sang songs and tap-danced in the living room. Things were looking good!”

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens has a totally unique and ambitious goal - to explore all 50 states of the USA and produce a full length CD about each one, inspired by the places and people he meets and the stories they tell. I have to admit, when Nathan first told me about this guy a few months ago, I had this idea in my head that Sufjan wanted to do this as a bit of a fun joke, purely to see if he could do it, because it seemed so ridiculously impossible. But tonight I listened to some of his tracks for the first time. They are hauntingly soulful and so much care has been taken into writing and composing each piece. Yet at the same time the songs just flow so naturally and easily, like he could write them in his sleep. He is so talented, I wouldn’t be surprised if he does.

He has already released two -

Greetings from Michigan, The Great Lakes State

(buy it here)

• Take a listen to Romulus (RealAudio - from NPR All Songs Considered, The Best Songs of 2003)
• and listen to All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! or Forever Hold Your Peace! (RealAudi0 - courtesy NPR’s All Songs Considered)

Come on Feel The Illinoise

(buy it here)

• Take a listen to a bone chilling tune about the serial killer John Wayne Gacy Jr. (RealAudio - courtesy NPR’s All Songs Considered)

As a brief departure from this project, he released a new album -

Seven Swans

(buy it here)

• Take a listen to Sister (RealAudio - courtesy NPR’s All Songs Considered)

If you like what you heard there, there’s more! more…

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This is the world class good time band that you’ve all been waiting for. So tune up and hitch out with this wildly exciting new rock band from the U.S. states!

Here’s the free song Shirt from their website.

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Love’s Executioner

Set in San Francisco, its a tale of obsessive love based on a real case study, by american psychotherapist Dr Irvin Yalom.

The new XBox is going to be much more than a tool to play Halo 9. It’s going to (finally) integrate all of your media resources (including phone). The little silver box won’t just blur the line between PC and TV, but essentially turn the line into a big circle, with everything inside…

“Xbox 360 has Extender capability built in, giving users an effortless link between all the combined features - games, videoconferences, phone calls, a music library, photos, and all the high-definition video programming stored on Media Center’s DVR.”

And, for those of you who might still just like to use your Xbox to play video games…

“Xbox 360 will introduce gamers to a world where they can create and maintain a persistent, evolving online persona regardless of which game they’re playing. A user profile, maintained at a Microsoft data center, will follow you around and track your progress from game to game. That way, if you’re a Halo 3 ace, you won’t get thrown into a multiplayer Splinter Cell session with a bunch of newbies.”

Read the Wired article.

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BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play

“When her first love arrives in the country, Lisette Andre struggles to put the past behind her. The story is inspired by the true stories of the Diego Garcian community, who were removed from their island in the Indian Ocean in the 1970s.”

Researching the play involved working closely with the community of Diego Garcians in Sussex, and also living for several weeks among the community in Mauritius. The script integrates English, French and Creole languages and uses drama, original music and interview footage. Produced by NiceMedia.

The Balance of the Sexes
Why do women in war time and Presidents of the United States have more sons than daughters? Scientists are looking to animals to provide us with answers.

Dr Valerie Grant at the University of Auckland thinks that female dominance in personality is the crucial factor. She has found that more dominant women are more likely to have sons and that less dominant women are more likely to have daughters. Andrew Luck-Baker attempts to untangle the mysteries of sex ratios and discovers which part of our biology, environment and maybe even personality plays a part in deciding the sex of offspring.

Listen to the show