IOL (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
A British mercenary jailed for plotting against the government of Equatorial Guinea claims that South Africa tacitly supported the failed 2004 coup in the oil-rich West African nation.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Prabhavati Devi, wife of CPI(Maoist) leader Arvind Kumar, has accused the police of harassing her family members.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
A DISTRICT Court jury has found a father and son not guilty of plotting the murder of the son's wife.
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
- Since I might be about the only person posting here today, what with everyone else having lives and all, I wish I had something of note to report. But pseudo-Gov. Tim Pawlenty isn't cooperating; he's doing the holiday thing, too. - Interesting Hubbard News (KSTP) would even mention issues with TPaw's travel schedule.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A DISTRICT Court jury has retired to consider its verdict of a father and son accused of plotting the murder of the son's wife.
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
See the full interview here I started playing in the mid 1970's. I was born in East Chicago, Indiana, in 1962. When I was six or so my family moved to Davenport, Iowa. That's where I grew up, mostly. None of the other kids at school were into what I was; you may remember this was the era of disco and heavy metal, nobody I knew was really into blues or folk music. I was always fascinated by acoustic...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
RENÉE C. BYER rbyer@sacbee.com Instructor Kelly Ward uses resistance bands to increase the strength of participants in a fall prevention class at the Samuel C. Pannell Meadowview Community Center. The class focuses on helping older people avoid falls and the resulting injuries. They can tell you exactly when it happened. "July the Fourth," said Carrin Barnes, 62, who lives in south...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Today I went to see "It Might Get Loud" - a film about guitarists JP, The Edge and Jack White talking about and playing guitars guitars guitars. It contained several memorable moments for me - three especially 1. Jimmy Page walking in to Headley Grange and describing how Bonzo's roadie had set up the drums in the foyer and they sounded so good there with all the reverb etc so that's where...
4488: A Ridge Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I’ll be out for the rest of the week, so in honor of the coming holiday, I’d like to offer a spontaneous list entitled “Things I’m Thankful For …” The twin loves of my life: my astonishingly wonderful missus Amy, and my magical, beautific daughter Clara Bay Our parents Our collective friends and relations The 1991 Monte Bello The music [...]
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
This quote fromts his website - pretty impressive "This is one of those names that should be uttered only in hushed tones. Not only was he taught by the peerless guitar picker the Rev Gary Davis, but Mann has played with Son House, Bukka White and John Fahey and has studied jazz under the great Lennie Tristano. In between he has also managed to cut some dazzling music...don't miss a chance to...
Beard (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
With the skies above Glasgow weeping, Beard Radio brings you sunshine and joy . And it seems to have worked, cos the morning after we woke up to a beautiful autumn day. Holger Czukay - Cool In The Pool; Movies (EMI) Ducktails - Let's Rock The Beach; Landscape (No Not Fun) Todd Rundgren - International Feel/Never Never Land; A Wizard A True Star (Bearsville) Mercury Rev - Empire State (Son House In...
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The team at House Industries is in the holiday spirit with a nativity wood block set of Alexander Girard designs. The blocks are an homage based on an illustration Girard did that now hangs in his son's house. More info here. Image copyright House Ind.
Hemmings Auto Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Life got you down? Itching to travel? Tired of seeing your neighbor scratching his butt when you leave the house every morning? What you need, son, is a house on wheels. Yes, sell that boring ol’ house on a foundation and put your money into mobility, maybe something like a 1938 Curtiss Aerocar, towed by [...]
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Hat tip to Subrosa. An 80-year-old Dundee woman locked herself out of her flat. Nothing unusual, some of us have done that more than once I should think. Margaret Andrews of Moncur Crescent had gone shopping on Strathmartine Road (less than a ten minute walk) and was on her way home when she discovered her keys were missing. When a community nurse arrived for a scheduled visit she told Mrs Andrews...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Wikipedia Ian Siegal (born Ian Berry in 1971) is a British blues singer and guitarist, whose style reflects the more rootsy side of the genre, drawing on influences such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Son House, Junior Kimbrough and Tom Waits.
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