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About Jason

Jason R. Koepke is Founder and Data Strategist at GNT LLC, a risk-analysis and data strategy firm that provides analytical and technical services to the public and private sectors. His work and research has been featured in the academic, financial, and technical industries.

Album Reviews

1—->3—>5
Terrible—>Fantastic

5
Basinski, William – Shortwave Music

4
Cooder, Ry – Boomer’s Story
Cooder, Ry – End of Violence, The
Cooder, Ry – Into The Purple Valley
Empire, Alec – Ride, The
Empire, Alec – Sue-cide
Morgenstern, Barbara, Stefan Schneider, and Paul Wirkus – September Collective
Tapes ‘n’ Tapes – Walk It Off
Thievery Corporation – Outernational Sound, The
Thievery Corporation – Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi
Wilson, Abram – Ride Ferris Wheel to the Modern Day Delta

3
Andy C – Nightlife 04
V/A – Armageddon Sampler
Booker T & the MGs – Hip Hug Her
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Bringing It All Back Home
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Methodrone
Brian Jonestown Massacre – My Bloody Underground
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Peel Sessions, 1998, The
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Strung Out In Heaven
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Take It From The Man!
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Tepid Peppermint Wonderland
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Thank God for Mental Illness
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Their Satanic Majesties Second Request
Cooder, Ry – Chavez Ravine
Cooder, Ry – Get Rhythm
Cooder, Ry – Paradise And Lunch
Cooder, Ry – Slide Area, The
DeVotchKa – A Mad & Faithful Telling
Empire, Alec – No Safety Pin Sex EP
Matmos – Civil War, Th
PMX DJs- Dark Deadly Dubs
Schnauss, Ulrich- A Strangely Isolated Place
Schnauss, Ulrich- Goodbye
Thievery Corporation – Babylon Rewound
Thievery Corporation – DJ Kicks
Thievery Corporation – Versions
Von Sudenfed – Tromatic Reflexxions
Winehouse, Amy – Frank

2
V/A – 3 The Hard Way EP
9th Wonder and Buckshot – Formula, The
V/A – Air EP
V/A – Ambient Lounge, Volume 04
Brian Jonestown Massacre – And This Is Our Music
Cooder, Ry – Blue City
Cooder, Ry – Bop Till You Drop
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Bravery Reptition and Noise
Empire, Alec – Yobot 12′
Juno Reactor – Gods and Monsters
Booker T & the MGs – McLemore Avenue
Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot
Moby – Last Night
REM – Accelerate
Seiji – DJ Tools
Soulja Boy -Soulja Boy Tel Em
Weezer – Red Album
Williams, Saul -Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust, The

1
V/A – Acid House Reborn 2003
Howling Bells, The – Howling Bells, The
Booker T & the MGs – In The Christmas Spirit
Panic at the Disco -Pretty Odd
Trabant – Emotional

The Worst The Economist Argument Ever

Most bastions of good journalism have taken a terrible fall during the past ten years, especially The Economist. But the fall has never been so well illustrated with this quote from one of the Home Truths leader in the May 10, 2008 issue of The Economist that argues Congress should bail out “homeowners” who face mortgage problems:

…there is a case for government intervention to avoid unnecessary foreclosures. Evicting a homeowner and selling his property takes months, during which vandalism and legal fees can destroy a large part of the home’s value–and drag down the price of the neighbours’ homes as well.

Vandalism and legal fees? Did someone forget to edit this article? Or maybe they just forgot to think before writing.

Equally disturbing is the use of “homeowners”? Are we so blind we miss the problem of calling individuals who can’t pay their mortgages “homeowners”?