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Here's a piece of advice regarding weekday bar specials: Just because the wings are $.10 each doesn't mean that you should order the maximum allowed per person. Trust me on this one.

BOTI's office is closed tomorrow and Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Enjoy the irony of celebrating work by doing none.

Aural Pleasure

The Bands That Are Good So Listen To Them Already series continues today with Ladytron. They definitely fall into the 'electropop' end of the spectrum, but, as with all music, it's impossible to describe with words. The song that autoplays on their Myspace page should give you a good feeling for the group.
(Media page, Myspace, Allmusic.com summary)

Political Agenda

Keeping track of the current administration's bullshit requires a dry erase board and a slide rule. Thankfully, Mother Jones Magazine has harnessed the power of the tubes and created a nifty application that tracks all of the lies regarding Iraq in the incredibly comprehensive Lie by Lie: Chronicle of a War Foretold: August 1990 to March 2003. I guess they felt that it was so complete that it required not one but two colons in the title.
The government wants you to know how much money you're wasting on coke and smokes

Playing With Balls

Only the NFL would have the audacity to put out a forty-thousand dollar book. Of course if 40 large is a bit out of your price range, they've got the paperback for one-tenth the cost.
Sports Illustrated thinks your favorite football team is going to suck.

Quick Hits

The strangest peopleride the Moscow subway
Remember that Starbuck's infographic from the other day? Here's some more.
Five ways to Max out your wi-fi connection

Fortune
"Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings."
-George F. Will

Published Aug 31 2006, 02:17 PM by Pedro

Filed under: Music, Sports, Politics

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	shigeyoshisan said: im a big ladytron fan. didnt they play around here recently? or are they about to? August 31, 2006 4:23 PM
	Pedro said: They played Metro maybe two months ago. Sadly, it was sold out before I even knew they were coming. August 31, 2006 5:06 PM

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