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Jury Duty Exhibit C: Wolf Parade vs. Handsome Furs

This past week, my 9 month old nephew, Spencer (you may remeber him from such posts as this one ), finally learned to crawl. It came with no tears, lots of baby grunting, and a certain aversion to actually mastering that fundamental formula of motion. You see, Spencer kept trying to walk before he learned to crawl, which is not too different, metaphorically speaking, to most of the human race. It seems that we are an impatient species, and we can waste our time mastering one skill before moving onto another. I sometimes wonder what it would [...]
Artist:Handsome Furs
Title:All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
Link Text:Handsome Furs All We Want Baby, Is Everything
File Name:05 All We Want, Baby, Is Everything.mp3
Artist:Wolf Parade
Title:Call It A Ritual
Link Text:Wolf Parade Call It A Ritual
File Name:02 Call It A Ritual.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Location: Welland, Ontario, Canada
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