I rarely, rarely listen to the radio of an evening anymore, but for reasons that’ll become evident in the next post, I’m listening to WBEZ tonight. At the moment, the show that’s on is called Sound Opinions. The two hosts discuss rock music and pop and usually have guests on where they talk about music, play a few songs, and give a lot of in depth background on today’s best new and veteran artists. Tonight’s program is about the genre of “Rock En Espanol,” and the guest was mentioning various bands, including one from Argentina that he thought was one…
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I know that the gen on Bad Wolf is out there on the web – we’re hooked on the new incarnation of Doctor Who these days, and we’ve been managing to avoid spoilage up til now. There are some things I do know, and so I’m not happy to see the end of Series One, but then on the other hand, the previews for the 2nd part of the series final. Oh, and I loves me some old-school Evil Adversaries. All the hints throughout this season seem to be about to bear fruit. Shiny, menacing, electrically charged fruit.
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I can’t decide if this is a crazy idea, or yet another Kirk Maneuver; just crazy enough to work: The Seattle Times: Horses can help disabled kids JERUSALEM — The captain who dared to “boldly go where no man has gone before” has targeted a new destination: William Shatner believes he can contribute to Middle East peace by helping disabled children through horseback riding. The former “Star Trek” actor was in Israel on Monday to promote “therapeutic riding.” He hopes to raise $10 million for nearly 30 riding programs in the country. Shatner said that placing injured people on horseback…
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From One Utah � Blog Archive � Police Aren’t Perfect Police aren’t perfect, but this cop comes close to winning the ingenuity award. A driver did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman behind him went ballistic, pounding on her horn and screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to drive through the intersection with him. Still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her…
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NPR : Verdi’s Requiem Revived as WWII Tribute I heard my friend Debbie singing on the radio the other morning… she’s one of the musicians that performed this piece! When she told me about the project I was so thrilled for her, because she’s had some amazing performance opportunities with the Washington Chorus, and this one just gave me chills when she told me about it. According to the NPR story we heard Monday morning, they performed Verdi’s Requiem (AKA, the Defiant Requiem) on Sunday in the Terezin concentration camp (she tells me the performance space had been an old…
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Dog has his day despite tragedy | Chicago Tribune HONOLULU — Duane “Dog” Chapman, star of A&E’s reality show “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” has married his longtime sidekick, Beth Smith. The sunset ceremony on the Big Island took place Saturday, a day after the death of Chapman’s daughter. Barbara Katy Chapman, 23, was killed in a car accident near her home of Fairbanks, Alaska. Okay, first of all, that’s pretty sad. Trainwreck though their lives may be, losing a child on is bad enough, I have to confess that I occasionally watch “Dog The Bounty Hunter.” I know all about…
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Next must-read book: How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok by Glenn Greenwald How Would a Patriot Act? is one man’s story of being galvanized into action to defend America’s founding principles, and a reasoned argument for what must be done. Greenwald’s penetrating words should inspire a nation to defend the Constitution from a president who secretly bestowed upon himself the powers of a monarch. If we are to remain a constitutional republic, Greenwald writes, we cannot abide radical theories of executive power, which are transforming the very core of our national character, and…
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Someone helpfully made Steven Colbert’s roast (or hilarious incineration) of President Bush available on YouTube. YouTube – Colbert Roasts Bush 1-3 UPDATE: But then it was eventually removed from YouTube at C-SPAN’s request. However, it’s now popped up on Google Video – apparently with C-SPAN’s permission. You can watch it here. I’m about to settle down and watch it. Did not fail to notice the President’s body language and “screw you guys, I’d like to go home and go to bed, but Laura won’t let me” expression as Colbert was called to the podium. LATER: Yes, that was pretty amusing,…
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Neil Young’s latest, much anticipated album went “live” on this website yesterday. The music is streaming for free, but not for download, so it’s not quite “free.” But you can listen, and the lyrics are sort of available – you click on the song title to see them stream across the screen ticker-style (and if you click the license plate to see the title list and get to where the ticker scrolls, the music cuts off). It sounds pretty rough – reportedly, it was written, recorded, and marketed in a hurry. There’s a lot of feedback – and I bet…