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By timoi in On Another Note
Following the Burnside story, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown passed away Saturday. I hesitate to write too much because I would end up repeating a lot of what I said about the Blues and American genres... you can read about it here...1=6952' ...
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By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand
All of this talk on the Loons blog about prescription drugs inspired me to reflect upon one of my obligatory visits to Nuevo Progreso, Mexico, for affordable medication. Upon venturing across the border, one thing I observed almost instantly was ...
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By cjcastillo in Digital Babble
Did you hear that the Fema chief was relieved of his duties on the Katrina relief work? That got me to thinking about the NBC comedy, The Office. I was a fan of the BBC version, and the American version, ...
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By cjcastillo in Digital Babble
Have you ever been to www.legos.com? Check out the legal info you are shown as soon as you open the page: Now, the company's official web domain is "Lego.com" but Lego purchased the domain "Legos.com" and then put the above ...
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By cjcastillo in Digital Babble
Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast Friday, September 9 at 8/7c Sheryl Crow, The Dixie Chicks, Alicia Keys, Randy Newman, Paul Simon, Rod Stewart and Neil Young are among the performers initially scheduled to appear on ...
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R.L. Burnside (November 21,1926- September 1,2005)
By timoi in On Another Note
A few weeks back, I mentioned my love for The Blues... and when prompted to mention some of my favorite living artists... one of them I mentioned was R.L. Burnside. So while surfing the net and looking at various blogs, ...
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By cjcastillo in Digital Babble
I'm sure many have read this already, check it out: From Snopes.com Disaster Foretold Claim: A National Geographic article foretold the flood that devastated New Orleans. Status: True. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2005] It was a broiling August afternoon ...
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Photographer Gives Bands A New Look...
By timoi in On Another Note
If you were to look through the eyes of Alicia Caballero, you would see so much more than just a bunch of unruly kids. You would see the state of music as it is today. In VFW halls, rented clubs, ...
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By cjcastillo in Digital Babble
Apple announced their new lineup of all things tech today. It was a big presentation as always, I read that even Al Gore was there. (Wonder if he thinks he invented the iPod.) Anyhow, among things that were revealed include ...
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Indie Music Does Thrive On The Net...
By timoi in On Another Note
Sick of buying a CD because you hear one good song, and then discover that the rest of the album stinks? Yeah so am I, that was a big problem in the late 90's and early part of the 00's. ...