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Entries from April 2007

I Turn My Radio On

April 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Exams are coming up really soon, so today’s edition of Headphones Are Stethoscopes was probably the last show of the semester. Thanks so much for tuning in and putting up with what I’d like to think of as “spring training.” I might try to sneak in some shows this summer, or develop a regular podcast, [...]

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Tags: Movies · Music

Static Off My Chest

April 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Missed the live show? Download an archived mp3 of this week’s installment of “Headphones Are Stethoscopes.”
The antenna was broken this week, so those of you who tuned in using radio frequencies only heard static. It might have sounded as though I was doing an experimental show featuring white noise for 2 hours. Next week: trees [...]

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Tags: Music

God Bless You Mr. Vonnegut, Sleep Well.

April 12th, 2007 · 4 Comments

God Bless You Mr. Vonnegut, Sleep Well.

Originally uploaded by themarkpike.

To be
the eyes
and ears
and conscience
of the Creator of the Universe,
you fool.
(Breakfast of Champions)
The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much [...]

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Tags: Stuff

Bioethics on Air

April 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Thanks for listening to this week’s “Headphones Are Stethoscopes.”
We had a record number of live listeners this week (at least one dozen!). While catching the show live is certainly fun, with the power of superdigital technology you can just enjoy the recording. Pretend it’s live. Exist within a non-linear universe. Break the space-time continuum. Do [...]

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Tags: Music

OurTube

April 9th, 2007 · No Comments

My first piece was published on the National ACS Blog today.
C-SPAN recently asked Nancy Pelosi to remove her bootlegged House Committee hearing footage from her YouTube account. First they came for the Speaker of the House, then they came for LonelyGirl15, then it was videos of people dancing to Chicken Noodle Soup, and then there [...]

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Tags: Law School · Politics · Technology · Washington, DC

Or the Egg

April 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I briefly worked at a bakery in DC prior to attending law school. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you remember it vividly. If you’re new to this blog, browse the archives. I was once interesting. Now I’m a law school student.
Well, Easter makes me remember the story of trying to sell [...]

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Tags: Food