Bakersfield Sound TV performer Cliff Crofford dies
Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
By ROBERT PRICE Californian columnist
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Pickin' & Grinnin' Week Ten
Blogging The Boys (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
More photos » by Nam Y. Huh - AP I'm bullish on 'Da Bears this week! Oh, wait!. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Browse more photos » We snooze, we lose. Thursday's 49ers - Bears was so compelling none of us were moved to think, even for a second, "dang, I need to pick that game." And so, that exemplary and obvious 'Niners win (rolls eyes) slips though our collective fingers. On we go: Games...
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Come it ran dumb axe of cents less kine, Ness
Balls and Walnuts (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I’ve learned that Bakersfield is famous for three things: Buck Owens Korn, and this nonsense. This ran dumb axe of kine Ness bullshit is the brainchild of this guy. Now I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, Walnut, how can you possibly find fault in a man who only wants to promote altruism? And before yesterday, I would have [...]
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Daily Digest for 12 November 2009
Argie-Bargie (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Depressed Enke feared losing second daughter, says widow http://bit.ly/4K3Us [geneclark45] Shared 9 links. Madison from Monona Follows Up On Disabilities And Owning One’s Disorder. He Shoots, He Scores … in 2 Seconds Vance convicted in Pressly murder Honda’s Rodney Dangerfield of Alt-Fuel Cars Arena Wins M.L.S. Coaching Honor Date Night [...]
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Hey Wait a Minute... Isn't this "Torture"?
Villainous Company (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Scaring little children? Last Saturday, the President hosted several hundred military families for trick or treating. Also invited were children of White House staff and about 2000 children from eleven D.C. area elementary schools. In a press release published at their website, key Obama ally Code Pink – a group co-founded by one of Obama’s top funders Jodie Evans, announced they were...
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Thursday: John Fogerty's Travelin' Band Hits LA
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Photo from the artist's Myspace page. Henry Rollins once reminded us about John Fogerty, “The man was born in Berkeley, California - there’s not a bayou within two thousand miles!” But despite a lack of physical proximity, Fogerty absorbed a feel for the American heartland through records, and the songs he wrote at the end of the sixties have only added to its mythology. Creedence...
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Classic Recording Studios: Decca Records Studio
WNEW: Where Rock Lives (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Launched on West 57th Street in NYC as both the headquarters and studio for Decca's US arm, the studio later moved to Park Avenue and operated well into the 70s. When Decca installed the first 16 track recorder in their...
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Walking-around music: MP3s on my phone, sorted by artist
enrevanche (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Aimee Mann Andrew Bird Ani DiFranco Art Tatum Avett Brothers The Beatles Bettye Lavette Big Joe Turner Big Star Bill Evans Bill Hicks Bill Monroe Bill Withers Billy Bragg Biz Markie Bo Diddley Bob Dylan Bobby Timmons Booker T Jones, with or without MG's British Sea Power Bruce Springsteen Buck Owens Bud Powell The Carter Family Charles Mingus Charlie Parker Chet Atkins Chet Baker Chic Coleman Hawkins...
Explore : Art Tatum, Big Joe Turner, Bill Evans, Bill Monroe, Bill Withers, Billy Bragg, Blues, Bob Dylan, Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Chet Atkins, Chet Baker, Coleman Hawkins, Country, David Byrne, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Eddie Harris, Electric Light Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Eminem, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, Eurythmics, Everything But the Girl, Flatt and Scruggs, Grant Green, Hank Williams, Howlin' Wolf, Ike and Tina Turner, Iris DeMent, Irma Thomas, James Brown, James Brown, James Taylor, Jay-Z, Jazz, Jeff Buckley, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmy Smith, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson, John Coltrane, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Lenny Bruce, Les McCann, Lester Young, Little Richard, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Louis Armstrong, Lou Reed, Marshall Crenshaw, Marvin Gaye, Merle Haggard, Miles Davis, Mos Def, Muddy Waters, Music, Neil Young, Nina Simone, NLL, Otis Rush, OutKast, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Patsy Cline, Paul Desmond, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Pete Seeger, Pete Townshend, Pink Floyd, Prince, Radiohead, Randy Newman, Ray Charles, Richard Pryor, Richard Thompson, Rickie Lee Jones, Robyn Hitchcock, Ruth Brown, Sam Cooke, Scott Evans (sc), Soul, Sports, The Beatles, The Carter Family, The Pretenders, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, TV
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Dixie Bee-Liner's 'Susanville' A Trip for the Listener
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Dixie Bee-Liners' second full-length work, Susanville, is available today. The concept album peers into the cars and trucks in America's cities and towns, bringing to life 19 breathtaking musical moments along America's interstates and byways. The band employs its signature blend of hooks and harmonies, exploring themes such as escape, adventure, memory, and regret. ...
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Soundtrack to dementia
EdCone.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Doug H has to go and mention Pure Prairie league in this thread beneath my recent Buck Owens post, and now I'll have Amie stuck in my head all day. I still know all the words. I'll still know all...
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Michael Steele: "Republican Renaissance" | Dana Milbank: "the crow was flying"
The Cutting Edge (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I received this e-mail last night from Michael Steele, the titular head of the GOP... From the tone of that e-mail, I didn't think Mr. Steele had quite gotten the message RE: NY23 and our annoyance for initial GOP support for RINO super-loser Scozzafava (who had funneled $1M to Dede then got royally screwed when she endorsed the eventual Democrat winner, Buck Owens) so I searched for some nice
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Nov. 3 local college roundup: CSUB tip-off dinner raises $40,000 in scholarship funds
Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The second annual CSUB men's basketball tip-off dinner grossed more than $40,000 to help provide scholarships for former players to complete their degrees. Approximately 250 people attended the dinner, which was held at the Buck Owens Crystal Palace.
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Obama threw his political capital and weight to Corzine. Will he run away from that now?
The Cutting Edge (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Obama..."We will not lose this election if all of you are as committed as you were last year," he said. "So I want everybody in this auditorium to make a pledge that in these next 48 hours, you will work just as hard for Jon as you worked for me."A poor choice, Democrats, Obama. Corzine is routinely hated by New Jerseyans. Obama spent Sunday stumping for Jon Corzine; there is worry...
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Rock Legend Chuck Berry, Top-Notch Short Story Writer
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The original Chuck Berry version of “Memphis, Tennessee” isn't as well known as some others—by Johnny Rivers, say, or Buck Owens. But the real star is the tune, first released in 1959, which Verlyn Klinkenborg suspects is the “best short story in the form of a song lyric.” It...
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Editorial Notebook: Memphis
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Chuck Berry’s “Memphis, Tennessee” has been haunting me — the metrical precision of the lyrics, its emotional realism and, of course, the revelation in the penultimate line.