Country Rules Everything Around Me

Why Country Rules the Airwaves, 'Hey, At Least We're Not The Mafia', Getting Out Of Jail Free, And Other News, VIDEO: Israeli Students Built A Rube Goldberg Machine Of Biblical Proportions To Celebrate Passover, Six Seconds That Shaped 1,500 Songs, The FBI Would Like Us All To Unencrypt Our Phones The Daily Digg Monday, March 30, 2015 IT'S THEIR COUNTRY, WE'RE JUST LIVING IN IT Why Country Rules the Airwaves wired.com It wasn't inevitable that country music would thrive in the globalized world of perpetual Facebook updates, a world whose frenetic pace can be felt in electronica, or whose nouveau riche aspirations are extolled in hip-hop. But here we are. WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY 'Hey, At Least We're Not The Mafia' medium.com Payday lenders have a horrifying — yet effective  — approach to lobbying. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Getting Out Of Jail Free, And Other News digg.com The inmates ran the asylum, the modern cowboy spoke, and the government shackled our llamas. PUTTING MATZO TO GOOD USE VIDEO: Israeli Students Built A Rube Goldberg Machine Of Biblical Proportions To Celebrate Passover digg.com What better way to commemorate the Passover then by recreating the story in a giant Rube Goldberg machine? Don't worry, the Plague of Blood and Plague of Frogs don't seem to be real. THE UR-SAMPLE Six Seconds That Shaped 1,500 Songs bbc.com "Amen, Brother" was a little-known B-side released in 1969. Barely noticed at the time, its drum solo has been hugely influential, appearing in different forms in more than 1,500 other songs — but the band behind it never made any money from it. PLEASE AND THANK YOU The FBI Would Like Us All To Unencrypt Our Phones gizmodo.com When Apple decided to encrypt its iPhones by default, the move was hailed as a major step forward for security. Except, of course, by the FBI, which is now saying that such encryption should be outlawed. For the safety of Americans, of course. Get more stories on Digg.com → GHOST STORIES A hooded penitent from"La Borriquita" brotherhood takes part during a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Spain, Sunday, March 29, 2015. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. Credit: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014