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Bits and Pieces: News Roundup

In the interest of giving credit where it's due: Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV1) led the Nevada Congressional delegation in the most recently released League of Conservation Voters report on the 2nd session of the 110th Congress with a 92% rating for 2008. Her 2007 rating is listed at 75%, and she has a laudable lifetime rating of 85%. One might reasonably assume that incoming Representative Dina Titus (D-NV3) will have a better rating than the 54% earned by outgoing Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV3). It'

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Signed Eagles Guitars On Sale For Conservation

A limited number of Takamine acoustic guitars, hand-signed by the Eagles, are being made available for charity. The guitars – signed by Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, and Timothy B. Schmidt – will benefit the Walden Woods Project, a nonprofit group headquartered near Boston. The organization is leading the fight to preserve historic Walden Woods—the birthplace of the American conservation movement and the setting for Henry David Thoreau’s famous writings on the environment and social refor

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Random List: Best Solo-Career Songs by Eagles Members

Here are a few of the more notable songs released by members of the Eagles during their various solo careers. I’m ordering them from best to worst. Agree? Disagree? Don’t give a shit? Life’s Been Good - Joe Walsh Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh Dirty Laundry - Don Henley Boys of Summer - Don Henley Smuggler’s Blues - Glenn Frey The End of the Innocence - Don Henley You Belong to the City - Glenn Frey

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Classic Rock Briefs For November 24, 2008

Joe Walsh Comfortable With Eagles Pecking Order Joe Walsh certainly seems to have mellowed with age. The guy that sang about trashing hotel rooms is now 60, and according to Walsh himself, has sobered up and discovered sleep. Walsh readily accepts that the Eagles fly in whatever direction that Don Henley and Glenn Frey decide, and reports [...]

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Hockey's Past, In Pictures

I've long been fascinated with old issues of LIFE Magazine. I came across a few when I was ten years old and couldn't stop reading them; the photos and ads held some sort of vintage magic for me. And that hasn't changed; the only difference now is that I have more issues in my collection. So imagine my excitement in finding out that the LIFE photo archives are now available on Google. From the website: Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to

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Scorpio 2008 - Intense Self-Reliant Water Spirits

by Robert Wilkinson November accents the water sign Scorpio, where we transcend the forms we’ve glimpsed up to now and move deeper into the experience of people and activities. We can concentrate power by purifying ourselves of obsolete or stagnant feelings, and going deeper into our mystery to regenerate what we need to get from here to where we're going. It’s definitely the heart of Autumn, with its focus on harvesting that which is pleasing, socializing and connecting while seeing the end

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All Puns Intended With Jesse Hughes

I can’t think of a band that would be more fun to rock with than the Eagles Of Death Metal. They’re like vikings on ecstasy, fiercely devoted to the cause (rocking your shit) with tongue planted firmly in cheek all the while, and a mandate of fun across the board. Constructed by Jesse “The Devil” Hughes and Queens Of the Stone Age Papa Grande Josh Homme deep under the influence of a lifelong friendship and rock comradery, the Eagles have three albums of bluesy white-boy sex rock under their bel

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Good Listening: Hall and Oates - Acoustic Power (1991)

Hall and Oates - Starting All Over Again (live on Aussie TV in 1991) Hall and Oates acoustic. I know you like the sound of that. So here’s the deal - Daryl Hall and John Oates went back to their roots in 1991 with the release of their album Change of Season, and had the idea to do an acoustic tour, cleverly titled “Acoustic Power” to promote it. With a nine piece band, they might have been cheating a bit to call the shows “acoustic,” but they were certainly stripped down, in comparison to

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Friday (Now & Then)

My mom's from New Zealand. Growing up in Black Rock - my neighborhood on the northwest side of Buffalo - this was a fact that was more fun for my friends than it was for me. That's because her accent sounds distinctly weird - kinda high-pitched and lilting, sorta like Julia Child, but with a weird half-American twist born out of spending a couple decades in Buffalo. Anyways, I took heat for it, believe me - especially when she would stick her head out the window of our house and yell for me to

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DMX - Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood (December 22, 1998)

Okay, seriously, what the fuck is with that album cover? Was Earl Simmons embarrassed at the prom just before his photo shoot?I'll be honest: I have absolutely no clue how I ended up with a copy of DMX's second album, Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood, in my crates. (Apparently I had a lot of disposable income ten years ago. Ahhh, to be young again.) I've never considered myself to be an actual fan of DMX: with the exception of a handful of tracks from his debut, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, I

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The Eagles Are Famous American Rock Band

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California during the early 1970s.With five number-one singles and six number-one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful recording artists of the decade. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 and Hotel California, ranked among the ten best-selling albums according to the Recording Industry Association of America. The best-selling studio album Hotel California is rated as t

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 33

This week you get another extended post so we can finish up the letter F nice and clean. Without further ado, I give you the final batch of artists whose names begin with the sixth letter of the alphabet and who reached the ass end of the Billboard Hot 100 in the ’80s. Fortune “Stacy” — 1985, #80 (download) Fortune is an AOR band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. They released their debut self-titled record in ‘78, had a track called “Airwaves” on the Last American Virgin soundtrack in ‘82, t

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Expanded reissue of Warren Zevon’s major label debut in stores today

Warren Zevon’s classic 1976 self-titled major label debut gets an upgrade with a deluxe edition that hits stores and digital download today. The brand new two CD version of Warren Zevon, Zevon’s classic Asylum Records debut produced by friend Jackson Browne, is fattened up with a second disc that is loaded to the brim with alternate versions, solo piano demos, and even a live track from a radio session recorded for Cleveland’s WMMS. The solo piano demos are a highlight, particularly the vers

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liveblogging excerpts ... reliving our impromptu community from a lifetime ago (day before yesterday)

There's a reason why Election Day and Halloween are so close together:   They're both frightening.   Election "sousveillance" is the word of the day:   Look for irregularities, excessively long lines, and other efforts to suppress the vote.  Vigilance is the price of liberty, or words to that effect, as Jefferson said. (He didn't say the "words to that effect" part.) ... And as that creepy white-haired guy with the funny accent says in the last 'Halloween' movie ... Happy Election Day.  

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liveblogging excerpts ... reliving our impromptu community from a lifetime ago (day before yesterday)

  1:56     RJ Eskow:  There's a reason why Election Day and Halloween are so close together:   They're both frightening.   Election "sousveillance" is the word of the day:   Look for irregularities, excessively long lines, and other efforts to suppress the vote.   Vigilance is the price of liberty, or words to that effect, as Jefferson said.   (He didn't say the "words to that effect" part.)   Pundits still give McCain a 1 in 5 chance.   Gamblers give him a 1 in 7 chance.   Neither are g

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November 6th

Mike Nichols is 77 today. Nichols has been nominated for four best director Oscars, winning for “The Graduate.” Sally Field is 62. Field has won two best actress Oscars (because the Academy really likes her); one for “Norma Rae” and the other for “Places in the Heart.” Glenn Frey of The Eagles is 60. Blues singer Rory Block is 59. So is jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. California’s first lady, Maria Shriver, is 53. Ethan Hawke is 38. Hawke has been nominated for two Oscars, one for supporti

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Glenn Frey (actor, 1948)

Glenn Frey (born November 6, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as one of the founding members of rock and roll band, Eagles. Growing ...

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On this day in History - Nov. 6

#fullpost{display:inline;}0355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II raises his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him of the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls. 1231 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan dies (b. 1196).1391 - Edmund de Mortimer was born (d. 1425). 5th Earl of March, English politician.1406 - Pope Innocent VII dies. 1430 - Henrique VI is crowned.1479 - Joanna of Castile was born (d. 1555). Queen of Philip I of Castile.1492 - Antoine Busnois dies. French composer.1494 - Su

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VA - Hit Parade '86 (1986)

Alguns sucessos que foram destaque em 1986 estão de volta aqui no blog, com: Simple Minds, The Smiths, Huey Lewis & The News, Century, Sting, Wham!, Diana Ross e vários outros.▼ Hit Parade '86 (CD, 1986)01. Wham! - I'm Your Man02. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)03. Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free04. The Cars - Tonight She Comes05. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side06. Robin Gibb - Like A Fool07. Dollie De Luxe - Queen Of The Night-Satisfaction08. General Public

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1988 Countdown: #100-76 Roundup

Back in 1988, I videotaped the MTV year-end top-100 countdown. Earlier this year, I unearthed the tapes and started watching them for the first time in two decades. I’ve been gradually working my way through the countdown, dissecting every single clip (and the commercial breaks too). Half a year later, we’re now two and a half hours into the countdown, or 25% of the way through. I’ve seen videos both wonderful and vomitous, more of Kevin Seal than I ever expected to in this century, and five

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