Klein nominates Donny Hathaway’s soulful take on Lennon’s “Jealous Guy’; Todd submits Phish’s version of the Stones’...
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After reviewing the list of nominees, it’s pretty apparent that our submissions skew heavily towards quasi-ironic indie...
JosephFM nominates The Yeah Yeah Yeahs covering Sonic Youth; Sidereal recommends José González singing Massive Attack’s “Teardrop.”...
Yo La Tengo does the Beach Boys’ “Little Honda”:
Aguirre nominates The Scissor Sisters’ disco-infused version of “Comfortably Numb”; via email, Barry passes along Radiohead’s cover...
Jonathan of Canned Goods and Ammunition nominated a pretty amazing cover of “Creep” from the Afghan Whigs:
Commenter db links to Nouvelle Vague’s great Bossa Nova version of “The Guns of Brixton.” I’ll be...
Good stuff from Ross Douthat on crime-fighting and prison policy.
Seu Jorge sings “Life on Mars”:
If by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs...
An epic (and topical) cover of Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA”: More cheesy pop songs should...
Stars’ version of “This Charming Man” should also be in the running:
Faye Wong singing “Dreams” in Cantonese gets my vote:
I hereby declare James Hanley this season’s poet laureate.
More good stuff from New York Magazine on the golden age of television.
Alex Massie channels Frederick Jackson Turner to explain the United States’ attachment to limited government.
Meet the surprisingly sympathetic guy who oversaw the bank bailout.
In the wake of several high profile setbacks, a recent Politico article casts doubt on one of...
Victor Davis Hanson won’t give up the fight: The president apparently does not realize that in Iraq...
