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1. Name

   Posted October 21, 2009 at 8:46 AM

   Thanks, John! We embedded your vid into a blog post about the event.

   Check it out!
   http://www.raisingwomensvoices.net/raisingwomen...

   Raising Women's Voices
2. jvasko

   Posted October 21, 2009 at 2:36 PM

   Thanks Sheila! I referenced your post as a related post in this one. My video got a comment from a Texan against reform. I hope your embed will spark people in favor of it. Great blog you have!
3. Sean

   Posted November 25, 2009 at 9:32 PM

   Very funny, John. Did you also see that CBS showed the offensive kiss this morning but blurred out the faces? I wonder if Adam and Harry Smith had a little fun while Maggie was doing another hard hitting interview.
4. jvasko

   Posted November 25, 2009 at 10:03 PM

   No, I didn't see it. How pathetic. They probably only did it because
   they're the lowest rated morning network.
5. powelldegange

   Posted December 9, 2009 at 1:07 PM

   Boycott the Manchester Grand Hyatt
   Anti worker and anti gay hotel!
   • John

     Posted December 12, 2009 at 2:15 PM

     Trust me, we’ll NEVER stay there again.
6. Dthomas

   Posted December 15, 2009 at 3:52 PM

   Your career is finished, Joe!

   You join Senator Joe McCarthy—as the most despised Senators in History.
7. jvasko

   Posted December 15, 2009 at 3:54 PM

   Thanks @Dthomas. Help spread this around. I want him to be toast in the social media sphere.
8. Troy Peterson

   Posted December 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM

   LOL! That's good…
   Thanks for the holiday card! Happy Hanukkah & Merry Christmas!
9. Vanessa

   Posted December 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM

   love it!!! hope you have a great xmas and happy new year!!!!
10. naasha

    Posted December 21, 2009 at 5:32 PM

    I am on my 5th viewing. I just love it!!! Have fun in Karachi. So sad I won't be there.
11. Tracey

    Posted January 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM

    This is great John, thanks! I'd encourage you to check out:

    Sweet Disposition, Temper Trap
    M79, Vampire Weekend
    Don't Throw Me Away, The Mumlers
    New Theory, Washed Out
    Songs Remind Me of You, Annie

    -T
12. scottspiegel

    Posted January 2, 2010 at 2:35 PM

    Cool list! Fave tracks from albums I've heard so far this year:

    Röyksopp: The Girl and the Robot
    Fever Ray: When I Grow Up
    Animal Collective: My Girls
    Little Boots: Hearts Collide
    Regina Spektor: The Calculation
    La Roux: Bulletproof
    Lily Allen: The Fear
    Howling Bells: Nightingale
    Gossip: Heavy Cross
13. jvasko

    Posted January 2, 2010 at 3:37 PM

    Tracy, thanks for the tips. I will check those out. I love the new
    Vampire Weekend track Cousins. And the Annie LP was on my list. Thanks.
14. jvasko

    Posted January 2, 2010 at 3:40 PM

    Scott, thanks for your recommendations. I'll give those tracks a
    listen. Do you like the whole Animal Collective album? Glad you liked
    Howling Bells.
15. bogdan migulski

    Posted January 2, 2010 at 5:41 PM

    To me, that Bat for Lashes song sounds a LITTLE like Fleetwood Mac's 1982 album, Mirage (the one with “Gypsy” and “Hold Me,”) after the 1:00 mark.
16. Troy Peterson

    Posted January 2, 2010 at 8:34 PM

    Nice List!
    If I were to put my top 10 for 2009, this would be it.
    Some might not be from “2009″, but they were new to me in 2009.

    Glasvegas – Geraldine
    the grizzly bears – two weeks
    snow den – anti-anti
    One Eskimo – Kandi
    Zoe Keating – Sun Will set
    Brett Dennen – San Francisco
    Mat Kearney – All I need
    Gomez – Airstream Driver
    Monsters of Folk – Baby Boomer
17. jvasko

    Posted January 3, 2010 at 4:45 AM

    Troy,

    I love the Glasvegas album and especially Geraldine-the social worker!
    I have to get and listen to Grizzly Bear. It's on everyone's lists.
    Love the One Eskimo track you turned me on to. Mat Kearney I just
    heard recently and I remember his voice sounding like Chris Martin's.
    Haven't hears the new Gomez or Monsters of Folk. I'll check them out.
18. jvasko

    Posted January 3, 2010 at 4:47 AM

    Thanks Bogdan, I'll check that point out. Loved that Fleeteood Mac
    album.
19. xbora

    Posted January 3, 2010 at 8:24 AM

    Nice list John, listening right now on Lala. A few overlaps with the list I made; Muse , La Roux, Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Fever Ray. I sent you my list too (Gigsby on Lala). Wishing you much great music in 2010!
20. jvasko

    Posted January 3, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    Bora,

    Already got through half of your list on LaLa. I loved the Fuck
    Buttons track, Temper Trap, and Maps. Love that album. Will send you a
    note when finished. Thanks for the comment.
21. Vanessa

    Posted January 5, 2010 at 11:09 AM

    Great list–John!

    just wanted to say i love the Bat for Lashes song—she reminds me a little of Tori Amos, and actually, i hear an instrumental riff in the song that is straight out of Tori's song “Caught a light sneeze”. But she blows Adele out of the woods!
22. jvasko

    Posted January 5, 2010 at 11:13 AM

    Funny! Thanks.
23. Scott Spiegel

    Posted January 28, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    Great pictures! Good to see Thrity's doing well!
24. jvasko

    Posted January 28, 2010 at 4:26 PM

    Thanks Scott. Glad you enjoyed them. The Dubai ones will be posted
    separately.
25. Dustin

    Posted January 30, 2010 at 12:51 PM

    Wow, how cool to see the other side of the family! I'm glad to hear everyone was so hospitable. How was the tea over there?

    Dustin
26. jvasko

    Posted January 30, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    It was delicious as was all the food and drink.
27. diane

    Posted January 31, 2010 at 4:10 AM

    Amazing photos, John!
28. jvasko

    Posted January 31, 2010 at 4:18 AM

    Thanks Diane. I spent a lot of time on them. Glad you enjoyed them.
29. patty

    Posted February 6, 2010 at 1:55 PM

    I loved the Old Dubai , New Dubai video with the music; you are so clever that someone out there in this vast network marketing arena should definitely hire you to promote their company with videos with that excellent selection of music-very entertaining. May I just say that the real estate video was quite clever too. New type of exposure to Fran and the like. patty
30. jvasko

    Posted February 6, 2010 at 2:23 PM

    Thanks Patty. I appreciate it. The real estate one was a test!
31. Diane

    Posted February 18, 2010 at 6:35 PM

    I recently got a $50 gift card to iTunes so I've been using your postings to guide me to new music and get out of my same old music rut. Your “best of” list has been particularly helpful. Many thanks!
32. jvasko

    Posted February 18, 2010 at 6:47 PM

    That just made my day! And here I thought no one was paying attention!
    Thanks Diane.
33. jvasko

    Posted February 18, 2010 at 6:48 PM

    My top albums for 2009 will be out soon too.
34. Diane

    Posted February 19, 2010 at 7:30 AM

    I am definitely paying attention!! If it weren't for you, how else would I know about this music. Honestly, I'd probably only heard of two of the artists before reading your posts. Radio out here sucks, I don't go to clubs, I'm in musical hell with only WPLR that plays nothing but the same old Aerosmith, Led Zep, etc. And it's guaranteed that if they announce that a Clash song will be coming up, it will be Rock the Casbah. Makes me want to scream. Would it kill them to just once play Magnificent Seven???
35. jvasko

    Posted February 19, 2010 at 7:49 AM

    Diane, Radio is pathetic almost everywhere I think – except in those small
    college towns where they have college radio. I totally agree with you. There
    are so many other great Clash songs. If someone from another country were
    visiting here and driving around with the radio on, they would think we were
    still in the 70's or 80's (unless of course they were listening to the
    oldies channel!)

    Also, I highly recommend http://www.kcrw.com/. You can listen over the
    Internet to their Eclectic 24. They have links for the playlists and also
    have a lot of in studio performances. It's been a favorite of mine since I
    lived in CA and I'm so glad I can access it here via the Internet. You can
    also look at the DJ's picks under the music tab.

    I will definitely send you a copy of my Top Albums compilation for 2009 as
    soon as I'm finished.
36. Sean

    Posted March 7, 2010 at 9:05 AM

    I hope you remember that kid's face. I'm pretty sure you'll run into him in Chelsea in about 5 years
37. jvasko

    Posted March 7, 2010 at 10:44 AM

    That's right Sean!