It’s President’s Day and I am proud of my President again. Mr. Obama, I know the deck is stacked against you, so, be strong and guide us to greatness again. I believe in you.

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GET LOST IN THIS ONE: A nice Flickr set that makes you want to get in the rig and get way lost.

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BACK IN MINNEAPOLIS, A BAND MAKES MUSIC: The Evening Rig has a new MP3 ready for digital download, and, if I lived back there, I’d actually leave the house to see them. That says a lot. Good work, Mr. Miller! Come to Portland, and soon.

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TO TRACK 7-13 VOLTS: Found this one on the Quality Vintage Flickr stream, and thought I’d link it. Here you go.

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FROM BACK HOME: Here’s what it looks like in Scio Township, Michigan, some time ago.

This shot was sent in by Peter Baker out in Ann Arbor, Mich. Home of the Stooges and MC5. Here’s a set of his called, “Quiet” and it got my mind in the right place this morning. Thanks, buddy. Great stuff.

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WELL FRANKLY, WE DISAGREE: Remember that “A Fine Saturday Junkin’” Flickr batch from last weekend? One of the places we hit was this four acre “sale” in Battle Ground, Wash. 20 miles north. Well, this guy ain’t having it. Figures, Dale found this one.

“Wast of time,” my ass. You gotta get dirty to find the cool shit. That’s just all there is to it.