WAAY - WAAY News and Home (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Associated Press - November 3, 2009 11:44 PM ET CHATOM, Ala. (AP) - Early returns show Democrat Elaine Beech has been elected to the House District 65 seat vacated by Marc Keahey.
tabloid baby (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
In what must rank among the greatest tragedies in the history of rock 'n' roll music, Liam Gallagher confirms today that Oasis, the great rock 'n' roll band of all time, is offically broken up, over, history and "no longer."The singer whose erratic and threatening behaviour reportedly led to a guitar-bashing brawl with his guitarist-bandleader brother Noel, the cancellation of a concert,...
tabloid baby (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
This announcement on Garth Brooks' website has revived speculation that he's heading to Steve Wynn's Encore on the Strip.
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
You heard about the legend of Jesse James, John Henry just to mention some names. But there’s a truck driving legend in the south today, a man called Bandit from Atlanta G.A.. -Jerry Reed Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! I hate to do this one. Destroys my physiological state to do this one. No, it doesn’t [...] Added by: joshqpublic Viewed: 0 time(s) Tags/Keywords: derek jeter...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
The Tennessean Mr. Singleton was a renegade producer, record executive, song-hunter and promoter who helped fuse country and R&B music in the 1960s and who perpetuated the Sun Records label since 1969. He had been battling brain cancer…. Mr. Singleton produced Jeannie C. Riley’s “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” a No. 1 country hit that became one of the biggest independent records...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Music News: Veteran label exec cut hits for country artists -- Veteran Nashville label exec and producer Shelby Singleton died Wednesday from brain cancer. He was 77.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Legends including DOLLY PARTON, MERLE HAGGARD and KENNY ROGERS were honoured at a star-studded country music ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday night (22Sep09).
The Countess (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
I'm in a goofy music mood. First, it was bluegrass. Then, it was "I'm The Scatman" and "Frenzy". Now, I'm back to "Hee Haw". One of my commenters reminded me of "Where Oh Where Are You Tonight..." and I had...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
One of our favorite urban myths/conspiracy theories is that of Smokey And The Bandit III and the role Jackie Gleason played in it. The plot is as disorganized as a South Korean Parliament fight, but Sheriff Justice essentially bets his badge (at his retirement party, for some reason) against his ability to transport a fish. To make things even more confusing, Jerry Reed decides to transition from...
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
Go away. Will you please leave? Go. Scram. Get. Move along. Why are you standing there? Ah, I see, you came here for something, and you won't go without it. And that something is of great value to you? How much? Heh, as if I would break my vow of poverty for the likes of an interloper. Well, then, what do you expect me to do? A reading. I can do this, if you promise me the greatest reward you can offer...
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 31/08/2009
The trend of pop stars hosting TV variety shows didn’t really start with Sonny and Cher, but theirs was the first to become a Top-10 Nielsen hit. The duo’s 1971 summer replacement series, which took over the time slot of The Ed Sullivan Show after it left the air, was so successful that it led [...]
Biblical Christianity (Free subscription) | 17/08/2009
Thanks to JTW for the tip!
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 16/08/2009
As some regular followers of my posts know, I often slap together a podcast here in Vancouver for CITR-FM consisting of various audio bric-a-brac. The station also does an annual "show swap" in which programmer's take over another programmer's show,...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Jerry Reed was a pioneer in terms of crossovers, though you'd probably never see him driving around in the Dodge Journey. As a country musician he had a popular rock/country/cajun crossover with "Amos Moses." The crossover he's most famous for, though, is from country singer to actor in the trio of Smokey And The Bandit films. Musicians had been making movies for generations but few country...
The Cook Shack--Gab & Grub (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Turn yur SOUND ON and UP and enjoy!! Now Sir...this here ain't old Jerry, but fer all you mother-truckers out there, here be CONVOY!!
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