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IRC First Blog to Publish the Original, Unedited Saddam Cell Phone Video Execution Hours Before YouTube and Cable News

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The authentic original, unedited cell phone video of Saddam's hanging - from start to end! Three Iraqis arrested were not responsible for making the video available on the Internet

Update, Jan. 4, 2007: IRC was the first blog on the Internet to post the original, unedited cell phone video of Saddam Hussein's hanging that you won't see on TV news or YouTube. Since three people have been arrested in Iraq concerning the video, we have received many media calls. Our answer: No Comment!

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2009 Bands To Watch

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8/4/09 - Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle - Havana Winter
8/4/09 - Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper
8/4/09 - Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next
8/4/09 - Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque
8/25/09 - Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
9/8/09 - Múm - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know
9/8/09 - Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner
9/8/09 - The Clean - Mister Pop
9/8/09 - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
9/15/09 - The Dodos - Time To Die
9/22/09 - Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time
9/22/09 - David Gray - Draw The Line
9/22/09 - The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
9/24/09 - Editors - In This Light And On This Evening
10/06/09 - The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath
10/6/09 - Mission of Burma - The Sound The Speed Of Light

Best 2009 Indie Releases

Favorite 2009 indie albums in no particular order; strongly recommend each one for your music collection.

Fanfarlo - Reservior
Foreign Born - Person To Person
Passion Pit - Manners
Iron & Wine - Around The Well
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Conor Oberst & The Mustic Valley Band - Outer South
Deer Tick - Born On Flag Day
The Antlers - Hospice
Bishop Allen - Grrr
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
The Dodos - Time To Die
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
M. Ward - Hold Time
Ben Kweller - Changing Horses
The Acorn - Heron Act
AC Newman - Get Guilty
Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Beirut - March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
The Most Serene Republic - And The Ever Expanding Universe
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
Sing Fin Bous - Clangour
Vica Voce - Rose City
Pomegranates - Everyone, Come Outside!
Dananananaykroyd - Hey Everyone
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Akron/Family - Set Em Wild, Set Em Free
Lemon Sun - Run With the Faithless
Eels - Hombre Lobo
The Mary Onettes - Dare EP
Odawas - The Blue Depths
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
White Rabbits - It's Frightening
Loney Dear - Dear John
The Lonely Forest - We Sing The Body Electric
The Uglysuit - self-titled debut
Handsome Furs - Face Control
Vampire Hands - Me & You Cherry Red/Cuz It's a Beach Funeral

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Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (9.5)

Andrew Bird - Noble Best (8.0)

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