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Albums that you can always listen to again and again…

My friend Eric posted a great list of albums he is addicted to.

I totally agree with the Beastie Boys’ “Check your heads”, who I saw live, with my dad (…) in 1992 touring to support this album. L7 was the warmup band. Orange County. Irvine Civic Amphetheater, half empty. It was really awesome.

My album list will include:

  • Hole’s “Live Through This”
  • Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic”
  • Any Beck album
  • Interpol’s “Antics”
  • Fu Manchu’s “The action is go”
  • The Cows’ “Orphan’s Tragedy”

I would have put the Jesus and Mary Chain, my all-time favorite band, but I am waiting before I revive the love on waves of nostalgia for when I am like, 36…

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Stories you should care about and never hear of

These are tidbits that the Wall Street Journal reports in its ‘What’s News’ section without giving additional information. Still, the mere mention is more than most news outlets do about these really meaningful stories:

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British Airways: 1 mile flown = 1/4 mile in account

If you flew with British Airways recently, it will be a great idea to check your account to see how many miles you really flew according to the British giant. See, if you did not fly with a full-fare ticket, and people RARELY do, you will get exactly one quarter of the miles you actually flew. You see, to get BA miles you pay FULL fare. If you are even considering flying BA and collecting miles with this evil carrier, note that their miles are good for well, BA flights. Using BA miles is unbelievably difficult because each flight has about 1/4 of a seat available to frequent fliers. And unlike American carriers (read airlines in the 21st century) who have common courtesy to their passengers and offer alternative ways to use the miles, such as hotel stays and car rentals, BA does not offer anything. So you have a zillion miles, and you can pretty much shove them.

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