Rock on the Streets (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fountains Of Wayne guitarist Jody Porter is set to release his debut solo album next month. The album, ‘ Close To The Sun ’, is set for release August 26 and was produced by Porter and Michael Tudor with Strokes producer Gordon Raphael producing one track. In the past Porter has collaborated with artists including Albert Hammond, Jr. and Juliana Hatfield , but this is the first time the guitarist...
The Amateur Economist & Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Great piece on Mark Twain. (pic via Time and Michael Deas) Don't miss the Conklin Pen history, and the Twain Crescent Collection. The Mark of Twain - TIME: "... down to one of the Fountain pens... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/ for full links, other content, and more! ]]
blog.khymos.org (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Picture by Michael Murphy (CC-BY-SA) The soda Fountain (Diet Coke + Mentos) has been around the net for quite a while with some spectacular videos available, and it has even made it into a news paper cartoon. People go crazy about this and the largest number of simultaneous Fountains is steadily increasing. Despite the interest, only [...]
The Cork Board (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
We told you before out the new restaurant and flagship NapaStyle store that Michael Chiarello is working on in Yountville. Over the weekend we were in Yountville getting our mornin’ cup of Joe (a double, non-fat cappuccino from Bouchon Bakery actually) and caffeine in hand, we decided to take a stroll. Being as it was [...]
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Glastonbury poindexter Michael Eavis has said that he won't book a "controversial" act for next year's festival, following Jay-Z's Glastonbury headline slot (which you can see here). So what does this mean? Well, Eavis told BBC News that he would...
NY13 (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
via The Advance ; Michael McMahon's bid for the Congress is to get a boost today when the Democratic City Councilman gets an endorsement from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York) during a campaign rally at 1:45 p.m. on the South Beach Boardwalk by the dolphin Fountain. Maybe more interesting though is that in his endorsement Schumer may have started to lay out McMahon's platform he will run on, something...
Stryker Brigade News (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
(The following is a press release provided by Operation Gratitude. Be sure to follow the link to the photo gallery) In front of 4,000 soldiers of the 4th Stryker Brigade in Ft. Lewis, Washington, Army Corporal (Cpl.) Michael "Shaun" Gallagher...
THINKing (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Maddie Grant tagged me with the Summer Meme, started by The Buzz Bin. So, here goes: SUMMER MEME 4 things you like about summer Thunderstorms Patio wining and dining at Positano, Eez or Corkscrew Early morning kayaking on Mountain Island Lake Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway with the windows down 4 of your favorite vacation destinations Asheville, NC - good restaurants, [...]
A Work in Progress (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
I've been feeling really aimless lately. I am flitting from book to book--not because nothing interests me, but I'm reading so many really good books I can't quite decide which to settle down with and concentrate on. So I don't...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
VISITORS have had no difficulty tapping into the welcome at the new Garston arts “embassy” housed in the old Edwardian school house at the corner of Wellington Street.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
- Specialist Michael Gallagher received keys to an all-new 2008 Jeep(R) Liberty in the 300,000th package from Operation Gratitude while in Iraq - Vehicle includes a special painted mural that pays homage to fallen unit solders - Entire 4th Stryker Brigade returns home to Ft. Lewis, Wash. from extended Iraq deployment FT. LEWIS, Wash., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in front of 4,000 soldiers,...
KOMO - News - Local (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
A soldier from the 4th Stryker Brigade just back from Iraq paid special tribute to the members of his unit who didn't come home Tuesday. Specialist Michael Gallagher turned a huge gift into a fitting memorial to fallen soldiers.
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Pop Levi’s sophomore effort, Never Never Love, is set to drop on September 2. The album was recorded in Quincy Jones’ Westlake studio (where Michael Jackson’s Thriller was recorded). From the press release I received, cos I haven’t heard the album yet: From transitional rockers like “Wannamama” and “Oh God,” Pop spreads his wings, relying on [...]
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Ellen Datlow has posted the table of contents for the upcoming anthology Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 : Introduction by Ellen Datlow About The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America About the Nebula Awards The 2008 Nebula Awards Final Ballot Nebula Award, Best Novelette. "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang Nebula Award, Best Short Story. "Always" by Karen Joy Fowler Where...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008 | Entertainment
Over 12,000 gays and lesbians have been discharged under Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and now the First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of the lawsuit brought by 12 military servicemembers that charged a violation of due process and First Amendment rights. "SLDN applauds the perseverance of the twelve men and women who have brought this case," said Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of Servicemembers...
