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Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 12/21/2008
I’ve been trying to track down a piece I heard years ago and think I’m getting warm. It was a boogie piano trio, recorded live in concert. They did a version of Swannee River. Right, so, by playing around on the net I’ve come to the conclusion that this was in fact Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis and [...]
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BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Pete Johnson CDs He began his musical career in 1922 as a drummer in Kansas City, Missouri. From 1926 to 1938 he worked as a pianist, often accompanying singer Joe Turner. In 1938 he and Turner appeared in the Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall. This concert started a boogie-woogie craze, and Turner and two other performers at the concert, Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons, worked together...
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Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
News Transcripts document all DoD news briefings and significant interviews.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of Hardwick, Vt., are betting on farming to make it the town that was saved by food.
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Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
ARTICLE: Boeing sees industrial base worry if programs stall, By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters, Sep 15, 2008 ARTICLE: Quest is on for UAVs that stay up for years, By Jim Hodges, Air Force Times, Sep 16, 2008 If not for 9/11,...
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Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
ARTICLE: Navy aborts new line of ships, By Jen DeGregorio, New Orleans Times-Picayune, August 12, 2008 Go with the cheaper and known and nix the newer and more expensive. A sign of the Leviathan feeling the SysAdmin squeeze. (Thanks: Pete...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Pete Johnson, owner of Pete's Greens, already extends his vegetable farm's summer bounty by using cold storage.
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The Smudge of Ashen Fluff (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
...a mighty fine one, by Memphis Slim. Memphis Slim - Dedication to Pete Johnson (mp3) ...and here's another touching dedication. Lead Belly - Big Fat Woman (mp3) Both from Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways .
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Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
ARTICLE: Sen. Collins: Navy scrapping stealth destroyer, By DAVID SHARP, AP, July 23, 2008 ARTICLE: 'Boeing to Buy Insitu In Unmanned-Vehicle Push,' By August Cole, Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2008 The few-and-the-absurdly-expensive (Leviathan) yielding to the many-and-the-cheaper(-and increasingly-unmanned)....
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Former Cincinnati Bengals fullback Pete Johnson has been sentenced to 60 hours of community service and three years of probation for writing a bad check to a car dealer.
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Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
ARTICLE: U.S. Weapons Package for Taiwan Stalls as China Tensions Ease, By Ting-I Tsai, Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2008 The trifecta on a week that's tracking nicely with my notion that the Pentagon's 3 "big war" scenarios are all...
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The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Filed under: Bengals , AFC North , NFL Police Blotter , Cincinnati We all know about the Bengals recent woes involving the police blotter. Well, one of their better players from the past decides to get in on the action. Former Cincinnati Bengal great, Pete Johnson, was found guilty for writing a bad check to buy a pickup truck. He was acquitted of another charge for grand theft auto. Johnson, 53,...
