29
Jul
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Obama courts the ladies of 'The View' As President Obama fights the lowest approval ratings of his career took a dramatic step to increase his popularity Thursday Q visiting ABC's "The View." In a taped segment broadcast Wednesday and Thursday, the President entertained questions everything from the war in Afghanistan to the problems of the wrath of Mel Gibson. He discussed with the [... ]
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Rules for Radicals
$8.50
The father of modern community organization, Saul Alinsky taught a generation of activists and politicians how to effectively construct social change. In Rules for Radicals, Alinsky writes with passion and intelligence, carefully outlining âthe difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.â Indispensable since its first publication in 1971, this book continues…
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
$10.87
The life and times of Abraham Lincoln have been analyzed and dissected in countless books. Do we need another Lincoln biography? In Team of Rivals, esteemed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin proves that we do. Though she can’t help but cover some familiar territory, her perspective is focused enough to offer fresh insights into Lincoln’s leadership style and his deep understanding of human behavior a…
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Jailbreak Toys Barack Obama Action Figure. 6
$7.00
Like countless others out there, we’ve been inspired by the meteoric rise of Barack Obama and his campaign. In a time when America so desperately needed a hero, along came a man to show us a brand new vision of what America and the world could be in the 21st century. In many ways, Obama is the closest thing we’ve ever seen to a superhero… someone who has literally inspired millions of people sim…
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20
Mar
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John Waters Collection #3: Pink Flamingos/ Female Trouble
$29.98
Pink Flamingos This is the movie that made John Waters famous, and quite possibly the film that made bad taste cool. Yes, Virginia, a large transvestite actually eats dog feces as a kind of dizzying denouement to this frequently illogical and intentionally disgusting movie, but by the time that happens, you’re already numb… and you’ve possibly laughed to the point of losing bladder control. The …
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Putumayo Presents: Rumba, Mambo, Cha-Cha-Chá
$11.98
Putumayo can usually be counted on to make some unlikely choices when they assemble a world music compilation. A Celtic compilation from Putumayo, for example, might have some artists from Africa and other places that are far from Scotland and Ireland; a reggae compilation from Putumayo probably isn’t going to focus exclusively on major reggae stars from Jamaica. And Putumayo Presents: Rumba, Mambo, Cha-Cha-Chá is an Afro-Cuban compilation that has its share of artists who aren’t from Cuba, Puerto Rico, New York City, or Miami (which are the places one typically associates with salsa and Afro-Cuban music). Most of the selections on this 2011 release are 21st century recordings that recall the Afro-Cuban music of the ’40s and ’50s; in other words, they are a throwback to a pre-Fania Records era of Afro-Cuban music. Some of the tracks, however, are experimental; “Esperanza” by Scotland’s Salsa Celtica blends salsa and Celtic music, while “E.L.S.” by Belgium’s Internationals is an instrumental that combines salsa and ska. Many of the other artists, in contrast, faithfully emulate the Afro-Cuban music of the ’40s and ’50s, including Cuba’s J. Joaquín Oliveros on “Me Lo Dijo Adela” (which favors an old-school charanga sound), Orquesta la Moderna Tradición’s “Mi Chachachá,” and Chicago-based bandleader Angel Meléndez’s performance of Louiguy’s “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White,” aka “Cereza Rosa,” “Cerisier Rose et Pommier Blanc,” or “Gummy Mambo” (which salseros associate with the Pérez Prado hit mambo version from 1955). But if a recording on this 42-minute CD has a sound that is classically Afro-Cuban, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the artist lives in a place that is anywhere near the Americas. Tres Muchachos & Compañeros, for example, are from Russia, although their recording of “Pa’ Mantener Tradición” is straight-up Afro-Cuban. For the most part, Rumba, Mambo, Cha-Cha-Chá doesn’t push the envelope to the degree that other Putumayo compilations have pushed the envelope; the main idea is artists from different parts of the globe celebrating the son, mambo, guajira, and cha-cha of yesterday, not trying to point Afro-Cuban music in any new directions. Nonetheless, there are some interesting surprises here and there. And even the tracks that aren’t overly adventurous (which is the majority of them) are still enjoyable. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi
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Cha Cha Cha
$16.98
Originally Release ‘60. 90 Re-issue of Detroit singer Della Reese, released at the height of the “Cha-Cha-Cha” craze, features catchy, 12 foot-tapping tracks, including three written by the legendary Cole Porter.
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