Memoirville (Free subscription) | yesterday
“How did this shit happen to me? I didn’t ask for any of it. Not that I was complaining, but how many thirteen-year-olds had gotten drunk, smoked pot, and sniffed cocaine in the back of a police car?” Sitting on Raul’s porch on Friday night, I could hear the town start to come alive. Conversations, arguments, [...]
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Duo hit the road in November and December – ticket details
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
THE BEST-known artists' labels for wines and spirits have been produced for Château Mouton Rothschild, the classic French vintage wine. The tradition began with a 1945 bot
Seattle Transit Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The constant rainstorms seem to have really slowed down the accumulation of great pictures in the Flickr Pool: Metro offices closed on Wednesday for another furlough day; Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day and a “reduced” schedule on the day after. Tacoma is including streetcar tracks in the reconstruction of Stadium Way in Tacoma. That would seem to [...]
Seattle Transit Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Stories we didn’t have time to get to or didn’t have anything to say about are below. There are so many that another installment is coming soon: SDOT is planning to “act quickly” on Ballard Light Rail plans, not sure 2 years is enough time; Larry Phillips says a Ballard Sounder station is “is not justified [...]
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A SENIOR AIB manager in Galway has said there is no conflict involved in his being personally active with property companies.
The Pop Cop (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
We've only just got around to thinking about challengers for The Pop Cop's top 10 albums of 2009 list and it's already proving a bit of a headfuck given that there are so many records which have come out this year that we really, really love. We won't spoil the fun by naming all the possible contenders here but it seems certain The Sounds' third album Crossing The Rubicon will feature prominently....
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
LETTERS OF A LOVE BETRAYED *** TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH A WEE HOME FROM HOME **** CARNEGIE HALL, DUNFERMLINE GABRIEL *** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
LETTERS OF A LOVE BETRAYED *** TRAVERSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH A WEE HOME FROM HOME **** CARNEGIE HALL, DUNFERMLINE GABRIEL *** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW
Maghreb Confidential (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The architectural firm Brossy & Associates, headed by Vincent Brossy, has been contracted to monitor work on the Village Helios Kristel vacation project in Oran. (...) [51mots]
FIFA - Latest News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Algerians home and abroad exploded with joy as the final whistle sounded in Khartoum to send the country to its first world finals since 1986.
Memoirville (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In his debut memoir, Long Past Stopping, Oran Canfield, whose father authored the ubiquitous Chicken Soup for the Soul series, unpacks the numerous bizarre stories he collected along his road to recovery from drug addiction.
Seattle Transit Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Via Capitol Hill Seattle, Sound Transit and the City have agreed to accelerate the opening of the First Hill Streetcar from 2016 to 2013. “We are now anticipating a Fall 2013 opening for First Hill Streetcar service,” Ethan Malone of the City’s Department of Transportation told us. Earlier in the year, the City optimistically put forward a [...]
Capitol Hill Seattle (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
First Hill Streetcar Map , originally uploaded by Oran Viriyincy . As we've been reporting all along, the city and Sound Transit have been pushing toward a plan to have the streetcar running between Union Station and Capitol Hill in service shortly after the 2012 apocalypse . The two agencies made Streetcar 2013 official with this announcement released Monday: Seattle, Sound Transit execute agreement...
Sify (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Plans to raise the water level behind China's massive Three Gorges dam to full capacity this month — which would mark the symbolic culmination of the decades-old project — have
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