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    Posted: May 14 2012 at 09:24
Besides Prog Archives, which isn't bad for any internet interest area..... Wink

Your sites: hard news, soft news + entertainment, hard political, soft political + satirical, you know what I mean.

For hard news my regular stop is Reuters.com. Quite clear cut though they aren't as neutral as they pretend to be. Simple layout, simple articles, simple goals, good coverage, updated quickly and lots of independent reporting and polls.

For soft news and entertainment I consult EPSN.com baseball section, Brain Damage magazine for Pink Floyd News every once in a great while (Prog Archives news threads basically do it for me for music news), for star Trek news and facts I look at the Memory Alpha wiki, though my interest in Star Trek is on the wane of late. For information about Movies = Rotten Tomatoes, and in general for soft (and hard) information about anything Wikipedia every day all the time. I also love AllMusic for music reviews and Robert Christgau's site for infuriating insults about my favorite albums. 

For hard political coverage I go to WSWS.org the World Socialist Web Site. I sometimes consult rival sites to laugh at them derisively. I occasionally visit Rasmussen the conservative polling site, Economic Policy Institute the liberal statistics web site, I don't usually read liberal sites because I already am familiar with their obsessions (Obama, Identity, The Environment...etc.) I read the conservative political opinions much more often, because I think they are more honest (or blatant?). I like conservative sites like Market Watch.com as well. Murdoch's main venture Fox News Is a little too insanely Hearst-like to read, however.

When I want to watch movies or shows its of course Hulu and Netflix (what else is there? I guess I've watched some movies on Amazon).

I listen to music on Rhapsody, which is the ONLY way to listen to music, IMO. Big smile

Interested to hear sites and maybe learn some new ones! 


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I can tell you sites where they take off those bikinis Wink
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Next to this one:
http://www.bartcop.com/
also
http://buzzflash.com/
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Apart from the obvious (PA, BBC news, Facebook etc), quite a big devotee of The Daily Mash

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The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Every Day 
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If I had to divide up my time spent on the internet, it would be:

40%  Reddit (and sites found on reddit)
30%  Facebook
10%  Netflix
5%    Youtube
5%    Gmail
2%    Sweetwater 
3%    Newegg
5%    Other (Progarchives?)

...except a lot of them are always open.

I guess I like Reddit most because I can customize it to my interests.


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Dagbladet, Aftenposten, Athens News, Ekathimerini, Guardian. Wiki and YouTube, of course. Sofa Sound (surely Hammill must write something about Alt soon).
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I wish I was more adventurous on the net, but the majority of my time is spent here on PA, and the rest I go to BBC and/or Sky for news & sport, You Tube for light relief and music, Marillion.com for obvious reasons, my local golf club to book times (Embarrassed), Amazon to buy things, and for random looks at things I use Stumble Upon.
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Every Day 
That's the coolist site ever! He was on Full House, right? Ya know what, I'm gonna parody that site! Hurray for stealing intellectual property!
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Originally posted by smartpatrol smartpatrol wrote:

Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Every Day 
That's the coolist site ever! He was on Full House, right? Ya know what, I'm gonna parody that site! Hurray for stealing intellectual property!
 
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Great idea for a thread!

I must say that the average time I've been on PA in the last few months has increased dramatically.

I'm Youtube addict, admittedly.

In more recent discoveries, if you ever are interested in Bob Drake, then his website is great and has a lot of thought put into it.

I love last.fm. It is my main way to discover new music. 

IGN has some fun stuff.

Gunnerkrigg court is the best web comic I've read on the internet.

And then there's Haaretz.co.il and ynet.co.il for all my news stuff.
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2012 at 13:40
Used to post weird music on Facebook, but I never visit anymore.

PA is my preferred site, although it's a bad place to be, if I'm feeling erotically charged. What? With all the naked man asses around here. 

I also use Politiken, RYM, YouTube, Kultunaut, Mad Magazine, various beat generation web sites as well as Karmamusic.dk.
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Points: 5012 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2012 at 17:12
Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

www.rushisaband.com

Approve This and:
Youtube
Wikipedia
Facebook
Last.FM
Cracked

Just to name a few.
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