BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Blues star Long John Baldry dies Damn. One of the few legends of rock and roll I’ve actually seen perform live, and he’s gone and left us. “Long” John Baldry enjoyed some popularity in the U.S. because one particular song got airplay in the late 70’s and early 80’s on college and album-oriented rock FM stations. I first heard him on the Eugene AOR station, KZEL. Yeah, in the mid 70’s and early 80’s, so sue me, I’m caught in fit of boomerstalgia. Anyway, in those days, ‘ZEL was a wild-eyed ex-hippie of…
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Several killed in Egyptian blasts Shit, here we go again… apparently the entire world is heading into “flap mode.” This has just happened, so there’s very little information as yet. The Sharm el Sheikh/Naama Bay is a popular resort destination. One local described the blast in the Old Market area, saying “I saw the fire in the sky.” I wonder if this has anything to do with the anti-terrorism fatwa issued by British Islamic leaders? Probably not.
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Here’s a drug bust story with a twist: sekrit tunnel built between Canada and the US, pretty much under surveillance by US and Canadian authorities almost from the beginning of construction, with sekrit cameras and microphones placed during a “sneak and peek” inside the US endpoint, an abandoned house. Hundreds of pounds of “B.C. Bud” seized when the smugglers were pretty much under the eye of authorities the whole time other than when they were underground. Look for this to show up on an episode of “The Wire” soon, except with no dipshit locals in flannel shirts. All of the…
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My problems don’t amount to much compared to yesterday’s events. But yesterday was a right crappy day. “Thursdays. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.” Lunch was crap. I went out to Burger King, waited a really long time in the drive through, waited some more, finally ordered my Whopper Value Meal (with Iced Tea), waited some more to pay for it, got to the food window and was handed a suspiciously light bag. Drove back to the office to listen to the radio in the car, and discovered that I had some kind of chicken tenders meal, with…