P. Viktor (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Dido – Safe Trip Home (4.5/5)Dido is one of those artists often unfairly ridiculed. Although thought of as slightly depressing, musically lightweight, artistically lowbrow, even vocally irritating, there is no disputing the fact that the woman knows how to shift...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... is on the cover of the British singer/songwriter's first studio album in five years, Safe Trip Home.The album was inspired by the considerable ground that Dido, 36, has covered on the planet as a touring musician since 1999's No Angel. That multiplatinum debut established her as one of the most prominent artists of the Lilith Fair era. Dido spent much of the following decade accumulating...
Kaizenlog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Amazon.com (Amazon.co.uk Review) Safe Trip Home, the third album from singer-songwriter Dido, sees the chanteuse cook up a slightly different ambience than on previous albums No Angel (1999) and Life for Rent (2003). Though her signature elements remain in place–the limited, slightly cracked falsetto; the dreamy, comforting trip-hop vibe–there seems to be an extra density [...]...
News & Observer (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
For the next two months, the Madonna and Child painting owned by the N.C. Museum of Art will hang in a Viennese museum, not far from where it adorned the office of the Nazi governor of Vienna.
M I S C E L L A N E O U S (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... Headlines Pinoys in Bangkok proceed to Chiang Mai for trip home MANILA, Philippines - The 427 Filipinos who were booked for a special flight after being stuck for nearly a week in the midst of massive protests in Bangkok proceeded to Chiang Mai province in Thailand before dawn Monday where they will take a Philippine Airlines flight that will finally take them home. Full Story:...
The Doc Searls Weblog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Got some nice shots of San Francisco and Marin on Sunday, as we flew off to Chicago on the first leg of the trip home from Thanksgiving in California. Actually, my kid shot most of them, since he had the window seat. Shot some other stuff too, which I’ll put up later. Mount Tamalpias (better known [...]
The Oregon Economics Blog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Note: I am back in the Oregon after a long trip home from Brazil. Much now to catch up on, but will try and keep the blogging active as much as possible because there is so much to talk about. Please be patient. The New York Time's website this morning has a lead story with a fascinating headline: " Ford Says It Can Get By if Rivals Survive " Huh? Isn't being having bigger market share...
Jersey #9: Kentucky's Journey (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday and is back on track, working off the extra lbs earned from all the delicious food. As for me, I took a trip home (I hadn't been back in nearly a year!), saw the fam, went to my friend JD's baby shower, and reunited with some people I hadn't seen in a very long time. As you can see, Thanksgiving time is also holiday photo time at the McCoy...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Space shuttle Endeavour, diverted to land at Edwards Air Force Base for landing Sunday because of bad weather at Kennedy Space Center, will catch a piggy-back ride on a 747 airplane home to Cape Canaveral, possibly at the weekend. NASA...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
ALTERNATE-SIDE PARKING is IN EFFECT this week. Most roads, crossings and all transit hubs packed after 1 p.m. for return trips home Sunday! Gridlock alert day Wednesday for tree lighting at Rockefeller Center! Turn restrictions along Fifth Ave. in effect Monday through New Year's Day.
A Catholic Mom climbing the Pillars (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... Thanksgiving, reeling from our family gatherings, charity work, large meals, and return trips home, we resume our regularly scheduled tasks for a few weeks until December. The first week of Advent arrives and we dress our front doors with purple or royal blue ribboned wreaths, get the Advent candles out, and begin the process of preparing/waiting/embracing life for the next few weeks.As...
2strokebuzz (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... been blocking a hallway inside my office for weeks now. But what fun is that? I decided to ride it home in the 34° sleet today instead. After bolting on the license plate, mirrors, and windscreen and checking the fluids and cables and such, I wheeled the bike out the freight elevator and hit the electric start. Apparently it wasn’t happy I’d ignored it so long, and didn’t want to idle even...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Legend tells of five farmers who went adventuring in the wilds of Acadia. They spend nearly a year in the wilderness before longing for home during le Temps des Fetes, the French-Canadian equivalent of the Twelve Days of Christmas. One of the explorers rashly promises his soul to the devil in exchange for a trip home, which is immediately effected in a flying canoe. The fate of...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station for the two-day trip home Friday but was delayed by space trash.NASA said the astronauts were told to delay by several hours a maneuver to steer completely away from the station in order to avoid orbiting debris from an old Russian satellite.Mission Control in Houston called it a precautionary measure. Departure was postponed...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
HOUSTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station for the two-day trip home Friday but was delayed by space trash. NASA said the astronauts were told to delay by several hours a maneuver to steer completely away from the station in order to avoid orbiting debris from an old Russian satellite. Mission Control in Houston called it a precautionary...
