Even though his voice is deeper and huskier, the vocals (and the music) shine like the morning sun on Brian Wilson’s new album. It makes me feel good just like the Good Vibrations of the Beach Boys in the sixties.
‘That Lucky Old Sun’ just sounds like the Brian Wilson we all know and [...]
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Death Valley
Death Valley, California - It is little wonder that the 20 mule team borax outfits of the late 1800's became world famous. They hauled 46,000 pounds of borax and their own water and hay over the arduous 165 mile, ten day trip to Mojave via Wingate Pass. The unbelievably long string of mules were controlled by a 125 foot check line that was connected with the lead animals. (Postcard copyright Ferris H. Scott, Santa Ana, CA 1960's) Twenty Mule Team - The first mules used on the wagons built by J
VA-Standards Jazz Edition Vol 1 : Vocals (2007)
VA-Standards Jazz Edition Vol 1 : Vocals (2007) 0 votos Tracks: 01 Madeleine Peyroux - Dance Me To The End Of Love 02 Diane Schuur - Besame Mucho 03 Thomas Quasthoff/Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Smile 04 Kevin Mahogany - Teach Me Tonight 05 Sarah Vaughan - My Old Flame 06 Shirley Horn - Close Enough For Love 07 Nina Simone - Ne Me Quitte Pas 08 Carmen McRae - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life 09 Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass - My Old Flame 10 Billie Holiday
About the Wild - 11-18-08
A preview of the Wild. Record: 10-4-1 Leading Scorer: Mikko Koivu (right with goaltender Niklas Backstrom), 15 points (2 goals, 13 assists). Last Game: 3-2 home shootout win against the Blue Jackets Saturday. Last Game against the Penguins: 4-2 home loss. Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists. Wild Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Owen Nolan. He has 36 points (15 goals, 21 assists) in 32 career games against the Penguins. Ex-Penguins: Mike Ramsey, assistant coach. Usele
Black Leaders Including Jesse Jackson & Farrakhan Meet in Big Easy This Week
Unfortunately, Barack Obama's win did not put the race baiters out of business.Black leaders including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan will meet this week in New Orleans to push for more "change" in local communities. The conference will focus on issues like education reform and fair wages.Farrakhan will give the closing speech on Sunday.KATC and Free Republic reported:To Marc Lamont Hill, the election of Barack Obama proves black America can reach a goal once considered unattain
Update: The New top 10 net neutrality influencers
As promised, here is the new list of movers and shakers in the debate about network neutrality, an update from our previous rankings released earlier this summer. (In college football terms, the earlier was the preseason poll, while this one is near the end of the BCS process.) Since we are still waiting for names to be named following the Presidential election victory by Sen. Barack Obama, we’re sure this list will be updated again soon. But for now, here’s your new list, including a new numer
Journo Parties Dominate Weekend
There were loads of journo-gatherings this weekend. Here's who you may have seen at... ...Ana Marie Cox/Chris Lehmann's house: Frank Rich Sr., George Pelecanos, Robert Draper, Jill Zuckman, Hans Nichols, Jason Linkins, Liz Mair, Tom Frank, Wendy Edelberg, Tracy Sefl, Darius Tandon. ...Tammy Haddad's house: Jeremy Bird, Greta Van Sustern, John Coale, Lynne Wasserman, Michael Powell, Dahlia Neiss, Adam Caldwell, Ginny Hunt, Betsy Fischer, Hilary Rosen. ...Christine Delargy's (CBS) happy hour
The Fundamentals
Shira Springer of The Boston Globe: “With an assist from technology, Magic Johnson stopped by a downtown office building on Friday for a Cisco TelePrescence event where he talked about basketball and business ventures. When asked whether Paul Pierce was the best player in the NBA right now, Johnson praised the Celtics forward but sided with the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant. ‘Paul would like to think he’s better than Kobe,’ said Johnson with a hearty laugh. ‘But Kobe Bryant is the best closer in the gam
The departed - Darryl Sydor - 11-17-08
(For those of you new to the format, we "eulogize" former Penguins players once their time on earth in the black and gold, or the light blue and dark blue, comes to an end. Today, we remember the late great Darryl Sydor. We didn't do this for the likes of Kris Beech because well... he's Kris Beech.) Darryl Sydor came to Pittsburgh as a valuable missing part and he left as a serviceable spare part. It would be a stretch to say Sydor fulfilled the expectations of him when he arrived here in t
Free Autograph Signings - Week of 11/17/08
I am writing this one on Saturday night, because I know tomorrow and Monday will be quite hectic for me. I heard the Tony Gwynn signing this weekend went real well. So I am very happy to hear about that. I wish that there were more hockey fans that read this update as there were several over the weekend I wish I knew someone going to them. Anyhow, here are this week’s signings. Baseball 11/21/08 Al Bumbry - 5pm - 8pm - Timonium Fairgrounds, Timonium, Maryland Joe Inglett - TBA - I-X Center,
Update: The New Top 10 Net Neutrality Influencers
As promised, here is the new list of movers and shakers in the debate about network neutrality, an update from our previous rankings released earlier this summer. (In college football terms, the earlier was the preseason poll, while this one is near the end of the BCS process.) Since we are still waiting for names to be named following the Presidential election victory by Sen. Barack Obama, we’re sure this list will be updated again soon. But for now, here’s your new list, including a new numer
Unrest in the ACC
Saturday, Nov 15: Football Clemson 31, Duke 7 NC State 21, Wake Forest 17 Maryland 17, North Carolina 15 Boston College 27, Florida State 17 RALEIGH, N.C. - Russell Wilson accounted for all three NC State (4-6, 2-4 ACC) touchdowns as the Wolfpack held off Wake Forest (6-4, 4-3 ACC) 21-17 on a rainy and windy Saturday afternoon at Carter-Finley Stadium. Marshall Williams led the way for Wake Forest, making a career-high seven catches on a career-high 116 yards. Williams also made the sec
Prosecutor in search of justice based upon truth
Scott Horton writes of an amazingf prosecutor, one who has made it a priority to investigate prior convictions and free the innocent. If only there were more prosecutors like him, rather than the “get a conviction at costs” sort… In Praise of a Prosecutor By Scott Horton What makes a bad prosecutor? It’s simple: Does the prosecutor’s longing for the public limelight, his aspirations for public office, come to overwhelm his dedication to justice, to simply doing the right thing? It’s said tha
Pregame: Rangers vs Bruins — They can’t keep this up, right?
“Hey, guys, aren’t the Devils a weird team without Brodeur?” (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) The Rangers are at Madison Square Garden tonight to take on the Boston Bruins. The puck drops at 7 p.m., and the game can be seen locally on MSG. It seems things are catching up on the Rangers lately. They’ve only won two games in their last five games. Strangely they scored five goals in each of those two games too. Yet despite the Rangers having trouble winning games lately, they’re still 12-5-2
YA Connection Week of November 8-14, 2008
The YA Connection is a collaborative column collected by Kristi (The Story Siren) and Steph (Reviewer X). In it can be found links from around the YA blogosphere, including, but not limited to, contests links, author blog links, review links, and miscellaneous news pertaining to the age group. Also, Kristi and Steph hold weekly contests accompanying the column, as well as a book and author spotlight. If you're a blogger, author or publicist looking to have your links added, please email Kristi
How Brian Wilson wound up recording in a former Chicago rocker's bedroom
Scott Bennett was British Invasion-inspired rocker on the Chicago music scene before his major-label debut got scuttled amid industry in-fighting, his band broke up, and he took off for Los Angeles. Eventually he became a member of Brian Wilson’s band,...
About the Sabres - 11-15-08
A preview of the Sabres. Record: 9-4-3 Leading Scorer: Thomas Vanek, 15 points (12 goals, 3 assists). Last Game: 6-1 home loss to the Blue Jackets last night. Last Game against the Penguins: 7-3 road loss, March 12. Chris Minard scored his first NHL goal. Sabres Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: Jochen Hecht. We have no actualy reason for picking him. We just like his name. Ex-Penguins: Patrick Lalime. Useless Sabres Trivia: Miroslav Satan is one of three one-time Penguins pl
Paw Prints - UConn Huskies (6-3, 2-2) @ Syracuse Orange (2-6, 1-3) Preview
This week: The UConn Huskies look to help their bowl chances out with another win as they head to Syracuse to take on the Orange Saturday night at the Carrier Dome. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 PM. Here are the rosters for the Huskies and the Orange. The Line/Prediction: According to Yahoo! Sports Odds, the Huskies are favored by 10 points. The over/under is 47.5 points. My prediction is UConn 31 Syracuse 17 Tickets: As of the time of this post, there are still tickets available for th
Complete free agent list
(Click on the Frankie picture on the right to see a slide show of the top 25 free agents in baseball) It’s time to shop. Thursday was the final day for eligible players to file for free agency. Today is the first day for those free agents to start negotiating with multiple teams. Here is the complete list of players on the market: Arizona Diamondbacks (7) Clark, Tony (1B); Cruz, Juan (RP); Dunn, Adam (OF); Eckstein, David (SS); Hudson, Orlando (2B); Johnson, Randy (SP); Lyon, Brandon (RP)
The iPhone Almost Ran… Linux?!
IBM’s lawyers, that is). What’s been turned up? The iPhone’s software is overseen by Scott Forstall (Senior Vice President, iPhone Software), and, at a technical level, Bertrand Serlet (Senior Vice President, Software Engineering). There is no such division between hardware and software with the traditional (pre-Touch) iPods. The story I’ve heard is that at the outset of Apple’s iPhone initiative, there was a heated debate within Apple as to what OS should be used. Forstall and Serlet pushed f
Interviews and profiles
There have been a couple of interviews and profiles that have been posted lately. The Daily Interview has interviewed Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett (see parts 1, 2 and 3) and The Hippo has profiled top cartoonists living in New Hampshire which includes: magazine gag cartoonist Mike Lynch, Six Chix cartoonist Stephanie Piro, Atomic Robo comic book co-creator Scott Wegener, R.F.D. creator Mike Marland and Preteena creator Allison Barrows
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