An Island Life (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
When it comes to romantic music, it’s hard to beat Michael Buble’s soulful sound. He has a way of taking classic songs and making them his own by putting his own little spin on them. His popularity is evident by the fact that his latest CD release “Crazy Love” debuted at the #1 position on [...]
Bumpshack (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
The soundtrack to Michael Jackson’s This Is It movie is the #1 album on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart beating out the return of Creed (Full Circle). Other newcomers breaking into the Top 10 this week included Rod Stewart with Soulbook, Trans Siberian Orchestra with Night Castle, and Sting with If On A Winter’s Night. Here is a [...]
Capitol Hill Seattle (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I sat down and talked with Michael Wells this morning about the closure of his bookstore, the future of the publishing industry, and the changes he's seen in Capitol Hill in his 20 years with Bailey Coy. Connection to Capitol Hill Michael explains why Bailey Coy couldn't have existed in any other neighborhood, and how being on Capitol Hill effected Bailey Coy. Changes in the publishing...
Time (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Box Office Weekend: Michael Jackson's posthumous concert flick leads the weekend's takings, but still performs well below hyped expectations
The Daily Dust (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last year’s contestants JLS push judge Cheryl Cole as they land at the top of the charts. After a two week run at number one, X-Factor judge Cheryl Cole has been removed from the number one spot in the singles charts by JLS. Their new single, “Everybody in Love” not only sees them top [...]
Montgomery Maxton (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tonight after dinner at Bon Vie in Columbus, Nathan and I checked out Michael Jackson's This Is It film. Oh my god, oh my god.-This would have been this best concert performance the world has yet to see. With Michael's creative and musical genius, and modern technology coming together with the world's best dancers, what is seen in the film is amazing, but what would've been seen in person...
First Offenders (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... there is some crazy, elaborate stuff here. Margaret Atwood's advice cracked me up and I loved Michael Ondaatje's refusal to acknowledge writer's block. And I'm not critiquing anything these folks do as part of their process - anything a writer needs to do to get the words to the page the way they want them is what they should do. I just think, for me, that doing some of those things or creating...
Information Wants To Be Free (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... contributing to the web entirely until Reed is in kindergarten. There was a big part of me that loved Library 101 (for those of you who don’t know, this is a video produced by Michael Porter and David Lee King — with a group of essays from others in the profession — designed to encourage people to keep up with new technologies). I love Michael and David’s enthusiasm...
Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Oh, Michael Lohan. I want to kick you in the face. He just has no idea how to be a parent. Especially to an adult. Parenting is tough with kids, but when your children are grown (but still acting like kids) it can add a lot of challenges. You can’t [...]
More Than Meets the Mogwai (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... STAR (Jane Campion, 2009) UK/AUSTRALIA/FRANCE CAIRO TIME (Ruba Nadda, 2009) CANADA CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (Michael Moore, 2009) USA CROPSY (Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman, 2009) USA GOGOL BORDELLO: NON-STOP (Margarita Jimeno, 2008) USA LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (F. Gary Gray, 2009) USA NFB Presents Get Animated PANDORUM (Christian Alvart, 2009) USA Place: 13 Essays, 13 Filmmakers, 1...
Climate Progress (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and energy team interns Jaren Love and Michael McGovern. This is a Wonk Room repost . Senate Republicans are demanding lengthy economic analyses of progressive clean energy policy, despite having spent careers voting for and against major energy legislation without such delay. This week the Republican members of...
the afternoon of extravagant delight (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Hello blue people! Today I have a very specific thing to tell you (since when am I specific? I'm always so random!): I WATCHED THIS IS IT ♥ . It was so beautiful! I loved it. I love Michael Jackson, so it is pretty obvious that I loved the movie as well. It showed MJ in a perfect condition; the way he sang and danced was just superb, and aftear each song he didn't even look tired! The...
New Jersey Poets and Poetry (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Thursday, November 5. Reception/Reading: Bordighera Annual Poetry Prize Awards; Carla Panciera, 2009 winner reads from her winning ms. No Day, No Dusk, No Love, Michael La Sorsa Steffen, 2008 winner, reads from Heart Murmur. Daniela Gioseffi & Alfredo DePalchi host with Anthony J. Tamburri 6:30pm. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd St. 17th Fl. Manhattan. Free Admission....
