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cruising through this morning's headlines i've managed to find a few reviews of the concert i caught on wednesday nite. the los angeles time's don heckman accuses the instrumentalists of "dumbing down" the performances. the hollywood reporter's tony gieske compares MMW to "pig vomit" and calls their performance "a hate crime against harmony." daily variety's richard ginell wrote "this was a set of wild--almost out of control-- complex, even majestic, stream-of-consciousness grooves, a back-to-the-future rebellion against the digital age." you make the call.

the highway loss data institute reports that the cadillac escalade has the highest theft claim rate per 1,000 vehicles. my make/model automobile was formerly the #1 amongst car theives so i'm relieved to say the least to see that someone in a higher income bracket with little or no regard for the amount of pollution their inefficient vehicular beheamoth spews into the air can now feel the searing pain of having your ride jacked. and if they had $30,000 worth of audio/video entertainment and chrome dubs, well that's just double bonus.

us news & world report has released their annual ranking of colleges around the nation. it looks like my alama mater is holding strong in the top ten amongst liberal arts schools, the leading producers of SUV-driving entertainment critics in america.