Country Joe and the Fish: The "Fish" Cheer  @ YouTube I may be pushing the limits that define “conversation”, but here goes...

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Ellis Paul : Conversation with a Ghost Ellis Paul : Conversation with a Ghost [ purchase ] With Halloween approaching, I’ll o...

[ purchase ] In this season of speeches and debates, I find myself thinking about verbal communication. Words can clarify or obscure, wi...

Lloyd Cole : Chelsea Hotel [Purchase] Leonard Cohen says he now regrets linking his affair with Janis Joplin to this song. "The...

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R.E.M. : First We Take Manhattan [ purchase Warnes’ version ] [ purchase R.E.M. version, on a Cohen tribute album ] When I was you...

    Schonwald: Who by Fire [ download  @ SoundCloud for free ] Your moderator, Darius, and I appear to have similar tastes: ...

The Duhks : Everybody Knows [ purchase ] Does everybody really know? One thing for certain is that The Duhks kick butt with this L...

[ purchase album ] Being the moderator of Star Maker Machine is an honor, but it can sometimes put me in an odd position. Leonard Cohe...

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[ purchase ] This week’s theme is an experiment. We will be presenting songs in a variety of formats, and I mean that both in terms of...

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