If you've ever read a story we've written where some organization touts a piece of research "proving" the overwhelmingly negative effects video games have on youngsters, you've probably heard about the National Institute on Media and the Family . They're infamous for issuing typically low-scoring report cards to the ESRB and other entities in the gaming industry, and for propagating the...
Aaron Miller The Last Waltz - Done LIVE Sunday, November 22nd Club DeVille ( 900 Red River St ) 7pm, $5 with canned food donation for Cap Area Food bank, $10 otherwise [ info ] Martin Scorsese's classic The Last Waltz has been quite the muse for many, many, many a film-minded musician-artist-type person. Ever since this 35mm beauty debuted back in 1978. The universal appeal of this flick is not just...
Lissie ‘Everywhere I Go’ Hailing from a blue-collar town perched on the muddy banks of Mississippi, Lissie seems born to be a beguiling singer-songwriter. She is in possession of the kind of wholesome, flaxen-hair-and-freckles good looks rife in troubadouresses, while her Myspace describes her as a “son-of-a-gun in a sundress”, and details nostalgic, sepia-tinted summers of...
With car parks accounting for up to 10% of land in US cities, measures to make them more environmentally friendly are urgent In the 40 years since Joni Mitchell sang about paving paradise, putting up parking lots remains an American obsession. Scientists estimate that up to 10% of land in US cities is now devoted to car parks, causing environmental damage whether they are used by Humvees or hybrids....
As both the precocious bard and poet laureate of the Laurel Canyon elite, Jackson Browne created a late-'60s/early-'70s repertoire that found him standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the other notables of the day. Alongside peers such as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young...
Amelia Earhart in the air The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, she was a pioneering aviatrix who set many records. She was also an author and a champion of women’s rights. Amelia Earhart in song Joni Mitchell, Amelia, from the album Hejira. Evocative, memorable, timeless. Still sounds as fresh today as [...]
A study by Nokia into the musical tastes of nearly 4,000 twins reveals genetic influences on the music people like varies with genre. Yes, your music taste is genetic. Country music-love is less genetic and comes more from training...
Joni Mitchell wrote that life is a circle game and that “we can’t return, we can only look behind …” But Smartmom has found that you can return when you have an adorable 5-year-old niece who gives you ample opportunities to re-experience many of the pleasures of having a kindergartener without any of the headaches. This comes at just the right time for Smartmom, who feels like...
via www.wpamusic.com Unreal, not kidding! My husband went to hear these guys the other night and now we've been listening 24/7 and believe me when I say that , in the car, and on the computer and on the home...
Here's the playlist for my latest Popsurfing radio show. It airs weekly on WEFT Champaign 90.1 fm on Thursday night/Friday morning from 1 am to 3 am. You can stream it live online at weft.org. PLAYLIST FOR COLORS (airdate: 11-12-2009) 01. The Wellingtons -- "Wonderful World Of Color" 02. Opener -- fall leaves; lipstick color monologue 03. 7 Worlds Collide -- "Too Blue" 04. Joni...
Listen to Patrick Wolf in session on The Quietus here . Patrick performed "The Sun Is Often Out" and a cover of Joni Mitchell's "All I Want"... he also chatted with Quietus Luke in-between the two songs. I have ripped and converted the online audio into mp3 format; and I have also edit the two songs out into individual files, you can enjoy all three mp3s below! In Session on the...
Sat 14 Nov 09, 10.42 All is quiet at the FF HQ today, just a few displays out tonight to complete the Bonfire Night season before we start a round of Christmas Lights switch-ons next week. Between all the surges that make up our year I've been asking our team to name the eight discs they'd take to a desert island. My castaway this week is our site superintendent Turney Logan. Turney has been with Fantastic...
The New York Times reports that Gregory B. Craig, father of the Obama administration’s Guantanamo Bay closure policy, has stepped down as the President’s chief attorney in the White House. While interesting in itself, what caught my eye was this graf: Mr. Craig took considerable criticism for those decisions and for not doing more to build [...]
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