The Rhetorical Situation, Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans, 2009

Yesterday, Jacob and I shared a few tips on how to cook the Thanksgiving bird, delivered an engineer's recipe for green bean casserole, and read a couple of PSAs ourselves for the first time. But more importantly, we played just a few of the bands we're deeply thankful for, artists who continue to influence the music we love today. Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Sonic Youth, The Magnetic Fields, Pavement.

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Be careful out there today. Is it a coincidence that we call the first day of the Great Depression and the day of consumption after Thanksgiving black? In 2007, 137 million people participated in the Black Friday shopping rush, about 6 million more than the number of people who participated in the 2008 presidential election, which had the largest turnout in United States history.

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The Rhetorical Situation, Nov. 26, 2009

Travis Margoni's Podcast

The stuffing:

Neil Young, "Helpless," from The Last Waltz
Jerry Garcia, "Dire Wolf," from the Oregon State Prision
The Velvet Underground, "Rock and Roll"
Elvis Costello, "Less Than Zero"
The Rolling Stones, "Sweet Virginia"
Sonic Youth, "Teen Age Riot"
Violent Femmes, "Please Do Not Go"
The Magnetic Fields, "I don't want to get over you"
Radiohead, "Just"
Pavement, "Blue Hawaiian"
Arcade Fire, "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"
Ray Charles, "What I say"