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HAPPY 4th OF JULY:

Violent Femmes “American Music” from Add It Up

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers “American Girl” from s/t

Elliott Smith “Independence Day” from XO

Bruce Springsteen “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” (live)
from Winterland, San Francisco 1978-12-15

Neko Case “Star Witness”
from Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

Hjaltalín “Goodbye July / Margt Ad Ugga”
from Sleepdrunk Seasons

Wilco “Ashes of American Flags”
from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

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At just about noon I heard a loud pop outside from my 10th floor office. After more pops I leaned out and saw this flaming spectacle on Montgomery St & Post @ Market in San Francisco.

Stay tuned …

UPDATE: Here’s video from the 15th floor of my building (just five floors up from where I snapped these crappy iPhone pics)

See the video from Andy Reitz »

AFTERMATH: See the rest »

Epically epic. Click and drag to see the charges go boom all around you. Then look up as Texas Stadium comes crashing down.  See it big (via BoingBoing)

BONUS: STEVE JOBS GOES BOOM