By NATHAN HALVERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Hundreds of people attended a memorial service Sunday in Sonoma for harmonica legend Norton Buffalo. The all-day service began with traditional African dancers making their way down the aisle of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, where Buffalo’s family and close friends gathered to remember the father, husband and harmonica virtuoso. The rhythmically charged...
... and the Politics of War , the subtitle of General (ret'd) Rick Hillier's memoir , A Soldier First: I recently finished it (almost a page turner, great help from Chris Wattie ). But I rather wish the former CDS had written three distinct books: - Soldiers, politicians and bureaucrats--and Canadians (what the memoirs are really focused on) - The future roles, configuration and equipment requirements...
Here are the truths: "A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on." - Proverb "Whoever talks about it the most owns it." - Public relations truism Before I get to my question, I'd like to quote from Rick Hillier's book "A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats, and the Politics of War:" The Canadian Forces, with Foreign Affairs, were concerned about...
Wolfgang’s Vault is the name that entrepreneur Bill Sagan gave Bill Graham’s immense archives of rock memorabilia after he purchased them. Graham, who died in 1991, was a rock promoter and responsible for the Fillmore auditoriums. Wolfgang’s Vault has been streaming these shows for quite a while. (See Larry’s review of the Wolfgang’s Vault iPhone app.) [...] Related posts:...
Wolfgang’s Vault expanded their operations over the past few years from selling the contents of Bill Graham’s vault to offering streams and downloads of live music from many genres. Music fans have benefited greatly from the expansion as we can now stream for free - or download at a reasonable price - thousands of concerts that were otherwise unavailable in any form. [Thelonious Monk at...
Wolfgang Grajonca that is, who is better-known to us old hippies as Bill Graham, the late impressario of the Fillmores East and West and the man who brought the music to a thousand purple-hazed nights of our misspent youths. Graham taped and saved everything and you can stream hundreds of full concerts free (downloading [...]
A Date with Lady Gaga? Free dating site PlentyofFish.com partners with Iconic recording artist to give away a "date of a lifetime" to two singles for each concert during "The Monster Ball" tour Vancouver, British Columbia - November 9, 2009 - PlentyofFish.com, the largest free dating website in the world with more than 17 million members, has partnered with pop star Lady Gaga to...
A Date with Lady Gaga? Free dating site PlentyofFish.com partners with Iconic recording artist to give away a "date of a lifetime" to two singles for each concert during "The Monster Ball" tour Vancouver, British Columbia - November 9, 2009 - PlentyofFish.com, the largest free dating website in the world with more than 17 million members, has partnered with pop star Lady Gaga to...
If the public option plan is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote because I believe the debt can break America.... Joe Lieberman The video below is Joe Lieberman stating clearly that if the public option is part of the senate bill, he will join Republicans and filibuster the bill. Bob Graham, in speaking with "Face the Nation" has declared...
Lindsey Graham is talking like a Republican for once. He says: (CBS) Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the health care bill passed last night by the House of Representatives is "dead on arrival to the Senate." Graham argued that the House bill was "written for liberals, by liberals. "Just look at how it passed; it passed 220 to 215. It passed by two votes. You had [39] Democrats...
Long ago in a land not so mythical or far away as some would have you believe, certain corporate types over the age of 30 were intent on “engineering” a ‘music scene’ in San Francisco. It came to pass of an evening (in the vicinity of a stage) that a dispute concerning professional practices was resolved when one Bill Graham said to one Frank Zappa, “You’ll never...
In The Hill, Senator Lindsey Gram (R-SC) talks about the sort of climate bill he'd support: "I firmly believe that if you had offshore drilling provisions, you would get more votes because people would see energy independence being achieved, and they would tolerate an emission control bill," Graham said. "You don't have to believe in climate change to vote for the bill I'm talking about....
Each month, HT Contributor Ben Wiser will take a closer look at notable performances of Dark Star. If you have any favorite Stars you would like him to cover, send the date over to darkstarstories@yahoo.com Last month I touched on the great Halloween night Dark Star from the Oakland Coliseum Arena back in 1991. That was the night Ken Kesey showed up and delivered his eulogy to Bill Graham. He recited...
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