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Street Furniture Design: Contesting Modernism in Post-War Britain

Eleanor Herring

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Eleanor Herring's unique study of street furniture in post-war Britain considers how objects which...

The Central Fells: Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells Book 3 (Lake District & Cumbria)

Alfred Wainwright and Chris Jesty

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The Central Fells of the Lake District include treasures such as the ever-popular Langdale Pikes,...

The Kerbal Player's Guide: The Easiest Way to Launch a Space Program

Paris Buttfield-Addison, Tim Nugent, Jon Manning and Alasdair Allan

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Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a critically acclaimed, bestselling space flight simulator game. It's...

The Stranger

Harlan Coben

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The Stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking lot, or at the grocery store....

CHILLFILTR (46 KP) rated Cool City by Cary Brothers in Music

Jul 11, 2019

My old buddy Matty D used to play bass for him; Cary's been around for a while. This is how I heard this song at first: Oh really, that's the whole chorus? I mean he gives so little to start out; this whole song is a crescendo, coming from the arrangement, the production, how the chorus keeps getting slightly longer - and then you realize it's all been a set-up for the bridge.

Cary Brothers is quintessential Los Angeles. He's talking about cigarettes and easy parking, he looks good but not too good; the tie is not done. But the production is as good as it gets, and the voice is California all day long.

“I got her number
but she was so smart
I’m feeling stupid
at least it’s a start”
— Cary Brothers

This is a snapshot, a production relic, a grab-and-go musical fast-food. And it is delicious. Cool City indeed.