The Offside Rules (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Y'all mess with Lethal Bizzle? He's kinda nice in that Dizzee Rascal/Akala/Wiley U.K. Hip Hop-Grime way. If you have the inclination check out the video for his re-rub of The Clash's cover of Eddie Grant's "Police on my Back" . And if you have the time see what he has to say about how he met footie star/ film producer / publisher /cornrow enthusiast Rio Ferdinand.
Blabbeando (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
[8:41] Second song of the night? Eddie Grant's " Electric Avenue ". Those of us on the bloggers' team were asked weeks ago for input on which songs the band should sing tonight. The Awesomes are a well-known 80's music cover band here in Portland. The song I submitted? The Thompson Twins' " Lies ". [8:15 pm] Room is filling up. The band's first song of the night: The...
Digital Daily - All Things Digital (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... modesty, the App Store’s numbers were parading through Time Square in an orange jumpsuit singing Eddie Grant’s “Electric Avenue”. The two-year-old store’s epic popularity has pushed its already out-sized download numbers past the two billion mark . Not to be outdone with unprecedented flash, Google (GOOG) violated its own non-rule late in the week and ran a semi-ad on the Google homepage...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
... MLB players who were killed in World War I. The others were: Bun Troy‚ Larry Chappell‚ Eddie Grant‚ and Ralph Sharman. 1927 - Former Yankees minor 1B Vic Power was born (1927-2005). Before 1951 AL Season, Vic was purchased by the Yankees from Drummondville (Provincial). Vic went to Syracuse to play in the Yankees organization in 1951. The year after that he was with...
