Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
With the help of ARCH Venture Partners, Flagship Ventures, Lilly Ventures and Venrock, San Diego-based Receptos announced today the closing of a two-tranche $25 million Series A financing. Receptos is developing a method that will help researchers clearly see G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). By doing so, drug developers can formulate treatments that hit GPCR targets, which could cut down on the...
Xconomy (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Receptos, a San Diego-based biotech startup formed by a number of Biogen Idec veterans, has nailed down $25 million in venture capital to develop a vivid new way to look at certain protein structures on cells that it hopes will ultimately take a lot of the guesswork out of drug discovery. The cash infusion is coming [...]
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Taylor Swift started what could be an interesting week with her second straight song of the year award at the BMI Country Awards Tuesday, when Kris Kristofferson was honored as an icon.
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
YESTERDAY, Anorak began its campaign to have the X Factor twosome John & Edward Grimes, aka Jedward, record a novelty record and, with luck and a following wind, take it to No.1 in time for Christmas. To give them a clue as to the levels expected to them, we deliver the Top Ten Novelty Records Of All Time...
Blog Well Done (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It was unseasonably warm for Halloween, but that was okay. I was outdoors to help bury a friend. Andy Rupf passed away at the age of 40 and there we were, standing around where his ashes were to be interred: saddened, confused, maybe a little angry, alone even in a crowd. As the preacher raised [...] Related posts: Braised Meatballs with Le Grand Sun-dried Tomato Pesto [caption id="attachment_630"...
Let Me Out of Tennessee (prov) (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Yes its a Pascagoula Day, we travelled along I10 to the grand metropolis of Pascaguoula , the very same town made famous by Ray Stevens in his record, which can be seen on You Tube . This song was the basis for Connie's Skit at her party in 2008, which still makes me laugh. Oh dear, that has set me off looking at a ll those other Ray Stevens videos that are on YouTube: The streak, Bridget the Midget,...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Born: 16 December, 1931, in Waskom, Texas. Died: 7 October, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee, aged 77.SHELBY Singleton was a colourful Nashville record producer and entrepreneur who revived the careers of singers such as RogerMiller and Jerry Lee Lewis and later resurrected the historic Sun Records catalogue.In fact, he was probably best known for his 1969 purchase of Sun Records and the subsequent marketing...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Born: 16 December, 1931, in Waskom, Texas. Died: 7 October, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee, aged 77.SHELBY Singleton was a colourful Nashville record producer and entrepreneur who revived the careers of singers such as RogerMiller and Jerry Lee Lewis and later resurrected the historic Sun Records catalogue.In fact, he was probably best known for his 1969 purchase of Sun Records and the subsequent marketing...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Shelby Singleton, a colorful Nashville record producer and entrepreneur who revived the careers of singers like Roger Miller and Jerry Lee Lewis and who later resurrected the historic Sun Records catalog, died in Nashville on Wednesday. He was 77.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Mr. Singleton was a colorful Nashville record producer and entrepreneur who resurrected the historic Sun Records catalog.
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,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Shelby Singleton, a maverick country music mogul and talent scout who launched the careers of Roger Miller and Ray Stevens before resuscitating the fabled Sun Records label to give new life to recordings by 1950s Sun discoveries including Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, has died. He was 77. Singleton died Wednesday in Nashville following a battle with brain cancer. He had been admitted to St. Thomas...
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.
planet mondo (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Not my carpet or spider - but my hand Throughout October Funky Friday will be seasonally adjusted to Freaky Friday . The tracks and tunes will feature all the usual foot-stomping and leg-shaking shenanigans, but with an added splash of fright-night flavouring until the beckoning bony finger of Halloween finally touches upon us. Think of today's theme as a prelude for the fourth Piley and Mondo podcast(with...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Music producer Shelby Singleton, whose biggest hit was "Harper Valley PTA" in a career that spanned country and rhythm and blues, has died of brain cancer, friend Jerry Kennedy said on Thursday.
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