Did I ever link "America We Stand As One"??? It appeared on Stereogum a couple months back and I just thought of it again and how mind-blowing it is. In case you're wondering, no, this isn't fake. If you read the other part of the website, you'll see this is a charitable effort masterminded by Hollywood stuntman-cum-Lee-Greenwood-wannabe Dennis Madalone. The scary part is that I could totally see much of American thinking this is really great. Definitely appeals to the 9/11 bumpersticker crowd.

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Kent's Du und Jag Doden isn't as good as their last two albums, but it ain't bad. You can find a bunch of Kent stuff here. Some highlights:

Kent / "FF" [single mix]
This was the first Kent song I ever heard. It's about as poppy, bounce-y and dance-y as they get, and comes from their 2002 release Vapen och Ammunition. There's even some chick backing vocals in French!

Kent / "Palace & Main"
This is the latest single off their new album. It's not quite as infection as "FF" but I really like it. I haven't bothered to figure out the English translation but if you listen closely you hear Michael Caine and Robin Wright Penn mentioned...so I think I'd just be disappointed anyway.

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I generally don't have the patience to watch one-hour tv shows, so I've missed out on the whole "Lost" phenomenon, but I DVRed the first episode which was shown last week and watched it this afternoon. It's pretty cool, but I'm not sure if I can motivate myself to watch 21 more hours of it (not that I don't have time).

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It seems I should have mentioned Tom Vek at some point, but if I haven't he's a buzz-worthy young English guy who plays fast, heavy indie rock. I've linked to "I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes," a remix of which is available for download at Bliss Pop. Nina is a big believer, so I have to give some respect. His debut album We Have Sound hasn't been released stateside yet but hopefully it'll happen soon. Check out some videos here.

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If you like obscure indie hiphop and rock or not, check out Riffcentral. In case you're not smart, these aren't real interviews. But they are fucking funny.

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I haven't been more than casually interested in all the Watergate/Deep Throat stuff, but I found this article very cool--Bob Woodward talking about how he met Mark Felt and the details of how they came to work together.

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ESPN is doing a series on agents in sports which is pretty interesting. Here's something on the friendship between Dontrelle Willis and his agent Matt Sosnick.