AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Today’s tunes come from a guy you may not be familiar with, but it’s someone who’s been a part of our Christmases for at least the last decade. In 1996, Seattle guitarist Michael Powers released a Christmas album called “Frosty the Bluesman.” It’s billed as “holiday favorites from a bluesman’s perspective,” but there’s more to it [...]
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Young Baltimore/Wham City artist Mark Charles Brown does the video for Growing’s pulsating “Innit.” I’m pretty sure lots of athletes (Shaq?) and colors are involved. [ Rhizome ]
GamoTorrentDD (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
76.2 MB | Jazz/Blues | MP3 | 320 Kbps VBR 01.BB King - Christmas Celebration 02.Charles Brown - Santa's Blues 03.Randy Greer & Ignasi Erraza Trio - Wrap Yourself In A Christmas Package 04.Emilie-Claire Barlow Santa Baby 05.Ray Charles - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 06.Ramsey Lewis Trio - Here Comes Santa Claus 07.Dukes Of Dixieland Feat. Luther Kent - Merry Christmas Baby 08.Topsy Chapman & Lars...
Scott Wolf inside USC (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
DaJohn Harris is back at defensive tackle, which leaves Anthony McCoy and Rhett Ellison as the only healthy tight ends today. Charles Brown, Butch Lewis and Jordan Cameron are all emergency backups at the spot. Blake Ayles (bruised knee) hopes...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Putumayo Livens Up the Holiday Season with New Jazz and Blues Christmas Collection Featuring Ray Charles, B.B. King, Ramsey Lewis, Charles Brown and Other Exceptional Artists Putumayo delivers the perfect package of soulful jazz and blues to liven up the holiday season. A Jazz and Blues Christmas, which will be released on October 14th, offers a memorable array of classic holiday songs by jazz and...
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
A very interesting situation at the intersection of property law (finding) and inheritance law was recently reported in Joe Milicia, Cash found in Ohio house's walls becomes nightmare, Yahoo! News, Nov. 8, 2008 and AP, Ohio court splits cash found...
Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Four of the eight Republican-held House seats that were undecided late last night now have a clear winner: Republicans will hold on to retiring Rep. Deborah Pryce's seat in OH-15, with Republican Steve Stivers leading Democrat Mary Kilroy by five...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Historian Sheila Reynolds stands in front of the Woody Hill School, in Exeter, a one-room schoolhouse similar to the one Mercy would have attended.The Providence Journal / Bob BreidenbachWe come to Exeter on this late-October afternoon to remember Mercy Brown, less for what she became in death than for what she was in life. Mercy, whose name would prove cruelly ironic, died on Jan. 17, 1892, at the...
icWales (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
A FORMER councillor defrauded his 82-year-old mother and stole from his own son in a £275,000 campaign of dishonesty and deceit.
Scott Wolf inside USC (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
Tailback Joe McKnight did not practice and wore a boot on his foot because his toe hurts. It could be turf toe but he is getting an x-ray tomorrow. He said he hurt his toe on his last carry against...
breath of life (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
"Motherless Child" is the quintessential black folk song.
Electric Spec Editor Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Boy am I mad! I've been trying to get my picture into Locus for years, but who did I see in the latest issue? Electric Spec editor Betsy Dornbusch! It's a picture from Worldcon with her standing next to Carol Berg and Brenda Carre. Okay, I admit she looks fab, but I was really hoping they'd publish the pic of me hanging from the chandelier and dipping my ears in the chocolate fondue. Or maybe the
Political Animal (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Passports Most of Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric just made me alternately laugh and wince. One bit, however, really bothered me: "I'm not one of those who maybe came from a background of, you know, kids who perhaps graduate...
Obsidian Wings (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
by hilzoy Most of Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric just made me alternately laugh and wince. One bit, however, really bothered me. When she was asked why she had only recently gotten a passport, she said: "I'm not one...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Charles Brown, 34, a city sewer inspector, spends his days crawling in and out of Philadelphia's plumbing.
