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 How to Rob a Bank $14.98 It's a shame that this CD will probably not be on most critics' best-of-the-year lists of 2009, simply because Willy Porter has (unjustifiably) flown under the radar for over a decade and counting. Porter's closest brush with mainstream recognition was in 1995, when the breakup song "Angry Words" met with some reception on adult alternative radio stations. Since then, Willy Porter has produced a series of low-key acoustic albums exhibiting his virtuosic guitar skills, tuneful melodicism and unique, thoughtful lyrics. Content to maintain a cult following, Willy tours small venues with his acoustic guitar in tow, offering even more stripped-down versions of his album material (I have seen a number of these performances and highly recommend them). This album is yet another in a series of great releases, but to these ears is even more compelling than its immediate predecessor, Available Light. This one features a broadened sound palette (courtesy of guest musicians on strings and electric instruments) and a somewhat more diverse selection of songs. The title track is one of the best political folk tunes this side of Woody Guthrie, and makes me laugh and shake my head at the same time. "Learning The Language" feels like an updated, more holistic take on the message of "Angry Words" (Willy is now learning the language of letting go). "Hard Place" is a unique wartime tale that addresses the plight of militar servicemen and -women with sympathy and understanding. "Colored Lights" and "Wide Open Mind" sound like great road songs. Each song stands on its own yet together they contribute to a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. This is very highly recommended music and is one of my favorites so far this year. By all means give it a listen, and I suspect that pretty soon you'll be hooked. It might not be receiving the accolades that other flavor-of-the-year indie releases might be right now, but a work of this depth and creativity very much ought to.  Loophole: Or How to Rob a Bank $11.95 how do you crack a safe in an unrobbable bank? If you are Mike Daniels, ambitious professional thief and master safe-cracker, you plan for months in minute detail. You hire three hard bitten colleagues whose work you respect. And you find yourself Stephen Booker, out-of-work architect and civil engineer, whose comfortable suburban life is coming apart. You pick his brain, get him involved, wear down his moral resistance, and hire him. Then you enter the London sewer and bore from within. The safe has a time lock, and you have a weekend in which to dig a tunnel under the vault and blast it open. If you throw the alarm, half the police force will be on your tail. The timing must be split second. Nerves are stretched. One of your men is claustrophobic. There is constant danger of lethal gas. A rainstorm can wipe you out. But if you pull it off, the prize is several million pounds and pride in having done the biggest, more daring; and ingenous job in history. If you pull it off, that is...  The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry $35.00 Mr. Black is an amazing and truthful man in a time of untrufulness. I first saw him on Democracy Now! then Grit TV as a guest simplifying this mess. We are all affected by the banking debacle. I've been laid off since January 5,2009. I worked for HarmanBecker Autosystems 22yrs. Goldman Sachs was a potential investor until something happened. I don't know what. Thank You Mr. Black. P.S. I took a $5000 loan from Citi Bank my intrest is 28%. I am paying it off. I have a WaMu / Chase credit card. It started at 18% intrest, it is 28% Intrest now. I pay my bills I do not cry. You cry...you cry alone. Peace |
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