Arlo Guthrie

Music Review: Arlo Guthrie - The Best Of Arlo Guthrie

Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010

You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant, except Alice.

The ins and outs of the Google Book Settlement

FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010

The families of John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie have decided to opt in to the revised Google Book Search settlement. Gail Steinbeck, who initially opposed the settlement and Arlo Guthrie, said they would not bring a separate lawsuit against Google. Ms. Steinbeck is the wife of the late John Steinbeck’s son, Thomas, also a novelist. [...]

Songs About Food

Serious Eats: Talk (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010

I was thinking about songs that reference food or restaurants, and I was just wondering what food related songs are your favorites? Here are some that come to mind: Animal Crackers - Shirley Temple Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie The...

Movie piracy: crime and punishment, in one lousy upload

Opinion L.A. (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010

Here in Hollywood, we know what a costly, kick-in-the-bottom line crime movie piracy is. Sony Pictures just announced that it's laying off 450 people -- about 6.5% of its global workforce -- in part because of the ravages of movie piracy. All that being said, I still couldn't get my head around another news story du jour: an Irvine man pleading guilty to a federal felony for pirating a movie before...

Crazy for Willie: Willie Nelson performs to sold-out show at Peace Center in Greenville (10/18/2000)

stillisstillmoving.com (Free subscription) | 01/31/2010

Photo: Tanya Ackerman Greenville News by Donna Isbell Walker Willie Nelson tossed aside his black cowboy hat early on in Wednesday night’s show at the Peace center, but he must have stashed it nearby because he kept pulling out songs form somewhere. Still gong strong after more than two hours on stage, Nelson gave the impression that he just [...]

Essential reading of the new filings on the Google Book Settlement

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 01/30/2010

Resource Shelf pointed me to this great roundup of the most interesting filings on the Settlement. It is from Professor James Grimmelmann’s (New York Law School) site The Laboratorium The Creative Commons licensed article is reproduced here in full: Here are some of my picks for the most interesting filings to come in yesterday. This [...]

• GBS: Essential Readings for Settlement Junkies - The Laboratorium

Despite Changes, Many Still Oppose Google Books Deal

Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010

From the Article: But version 2.0 of the Google Books Settlement has failed to placate many of the critics who opposed the original agreement. With a Thursday deadline looming, several parties rushed to file a new round of objections to the settlement, which requires court approval. The article goes on to mention (and link to the full [...]

City Of New Orleans

RootZoo Sports (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010

"I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans. I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done."---Arlo Guthrie/"City of New Orleans"

Arlo Guthrie show benefits arson victims

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 01/24/2010

Folk singer Arlo Guthrie has headlined a sold-out concert that raised more than $10,000 for the victims of series of arson fires in western Massachusetts.

• Guthrie show benefits western Mass. fire victims - Seattle Times
• Guthrie show benefits western Mass. fire victims - Miami Herald
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New Fad in Dirt Art

ZYZZYVASPEAKS (Free subscription) | 01/22/2010

Attention: Collectors of my early journalism — For reasons I do not understand, I have been informed by Google that a copy of a special 1970 issue of Playboy is being offered on eBay which contains my article "Theater of the Nude," starting bid: $49.99 Also on eBay, a copy of the 11/2/68 Saturday Evening Post with Bob Dylan on the cover [be sure to enlarge it] and my groundbreaking...

GBS: The Steinbeck Letter

The Laboratorium (Free subscription) | 01/22/2010

A little birdie sent me the text of the letter Gail Steinbeck sent announcing her decision to opt into the settlement: Dear Andrew and my faithful Author friends, This email is to inform you that Thomas Steinbeck on his own...

GBS: Steinbeck and Guthrie Familes Now in Favor

The Laboratorium (Free subscription) | 01/22/2010

Big news: the Steinbeck and Guthrie families are going to opt in to the amended settlement. The Steinbecks were the lead party in winning the four-month delay and Arlo Guthrie was the lead objector in one of the major author-side...

The Failure of Government Interventionism–Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

Pronk Palisades (Free subscription) | 01/20/2010

Pete Seeger: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? “… The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years [...]

Bring In the Lawyers

Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 01/19/2010

Tea party activists in Florida file lawsuit against other tea party activists over who has the right to use the name "Tea Party." Gotta love this quote that one of the plaintiffs gave TPMmuckraker: We have a very successful movement,...

• What's In A Name? Tea Partiers Sue Rivals Over Movement Moniker - TPMmuckraker

Gibson Guitars Clearance

Guitar Gear News (Free subscription) | 01/17/2010

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