Madville Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Anti-Nanny-State Free-Market Advocates Silent on South Dakota's Continued War on Small Family Farms Friends in the dairy industry let me know about a South Dakota Department of Agriculture proposal to effectively ban raw milk sales. Small dairy operators could still get permits to sell their product directly to local buyers, but the proposed rules would require small operations to buy the same costly...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Anyone else been turned on by this? It's taken me forever to get around to ripping compilation albums for the i-Thingy and this morning I dusted down this album of 'Protest, Sorrow, Hobos, Folk and Blues' compiled by Jon Savage in 2005. God it's good. Everything released in 1970, hence some truly great stoner/mellow classics. I was familiar with some of the songs (Free's Mouthful of Grass, Rod Stewart's...
Suburban Scrawl (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I'm really thinking, with it being November 18th and all, that I should change the perpetual calendar that hangs in my kitchen so it reflects the current month. I'd hate for December to arrive without my getting to enjoy a few days of a November calendar. That's how life in this house is, though, lately. Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future... ( Steve Miller 's words, not mine.)...
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In 'The Last Song', rebellious teenager Veronica Miller is sent to spend the summer with her estranged father in a quiet Southern beach town, where she will find her first love.
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Fledgling, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, is a fun return to their Liaden universe, the first half of a bildungsroman for a character who has been the subject of Liaden fan curiosity for the longest time. That being said, it also makes a good jumping-on point for people new to the Liaden universe. [...]
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Time keeps on slipping, all right, but it was into the past on Sunday at the UCF Arena. The Steve Miller Band and opening act George Thorogood and the Destroyers delivered a generous, enthusiastic performance for the classic-rock faithful that...
Crate Kings (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra discusses artistic philosophy and the need poorly made music as a contrast to good music. (via Ignantwitted) The masses of the people think the music industry is like a get rich scheme now. Having a beat machine and rhyming is like the new jump shop or the new 40 yard dash. That’s [...] Related posts: Rhymefest & Mark Ronson – Man In The Mirror (Dedication to...
Nouse.co.uk (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Having made the decision to give the Miley Cyrus a miss this week, Mr Young and myself found it increasingly difficult to “bring the funny”. Maybe Miley brings out that side of us. So here is what we offer you dear reader. A funtastic look into the progress of three of York’s top celebrities; YUSU [...]
Dialogic (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
(Ongoing archive--comments/suggestions are appreciated) Apodaca, Greg. "Digital Retouching Portfolio." (Archival Website: No Date) Bakhtin, Mikhail. The Dialogical Imagination. ed. and trans. C. Emerson and M. Holquist. Austin: University of Texas P, 1981. ---. Speech Genres and Other Late Essays. Trans. V.W. McGee. Austin: U of Texas P, 1986. Bauer, Martin W., Nick Allum and Steve Miller....
The Message Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Yeah, so I;m fairy much hung over, and I think I might have broken my finger last night, but today's sample is defintiely helping deal with that. For today, we've got the Tribe's "Check the Rhime," which is simply one of the single best beats from the '90s period. Just look at the sample list below - how the fuck are there that many different samples used in this? Not to mention this isn't...
Bull City Rising (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Two competing concerts vie for attention tonight: Steve Miller at DPAC, Alejandro Escovedo and Lambchop double-bill at Duke. Also this weekend: a Save-the-Bronto celebration at Rock Quarry Trail, DPS' magnet schools and middle/high schools options fair, a performance by the Bellan Contemporary Dance Theatre, learn the history of Parrish Street, and lots more in Bull City events. Visit http://www.bullcityrising.com...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Marketplace has an awesome piece up on the issue of corporate debt and how it's becoming a bigger problem every year, especially with the issues in the high risk, leverage loan market. Steve Miller, an analyst for Standard & Poors who tracks corporate debt, does an excellent job of summing up the problems with corporations and leveraged debt: Marketplace: In the mortgage market, you have the prime...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Topol out, Fierstein in for 'Fiddler' Harvey Fierstein has replaced an ailing Chaim Topol in the North American tour of "Fiddler on the Roof," coming to SHN's Best of Broadway series in January. Topol, who's played the role of Tevye the milkman in the popular...
DealBreaker (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Update : Fuck the below and headline above: CNBC reports that Bob has sent a memo to employees promising he'll never leave them. Obviously it goes without saying that we sincerely hope Bobby B's threat to walk out of AIG and never come back was just that. Hopefully the board will coax him down from the ledge and Ken Feinberg, understanding that no one else has the panache to get the job, will lift...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
AIG is already prepared for a potential Benmosche departure, and has been for some time already. The firm has four former CEOs sitting on its board, who were added just back in June. Any of them could be a potential leader, according to Deal Journal . Douglas Steenland - former Northwest Airlines CEO Robert "Steve" Miller - former Delphi CEO Arthur Martinez - former Sears CEO Harvey Golub...
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