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ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Six years ago today with a simple stroke of a pen U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft diminished our constitutional protections as he signed into existence new guidelines governing domestic spying by law enforcement. The result was that he and subsequent Attorneys General have been able to send G-men to "investigate" Americans who don’t agree with President Bush. Fortunately, Rep. Robert C. "Bobby"...
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WFMU's recent playlists from Music (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Playlist from Music to Spazz By with Dave the Spazz on WFMU, from May 15, 2008
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Explore : Artists, Birmingham, Blues, Country, Ernie K-Doe, James Brown, Jazz, Johnny Copeland, Keely Smith, Music, Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Pop, Roger Miller, Sir Mack Rice, Solomon Burke, Soul, The Vogues, Tony Orlando, Wynn Stewart
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Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
If you love the Motown sound, this 3 DVD set is for you! 100 classic videos featuring just about every Motown artist known to man. Motown may not be as popular now as it once was, but for many years it was the ‘de facto’ standard for music, to record on the vaunted label was a [...]
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Explore : Artists, Brenda Holloway, Bristol, Chuck Jackson, Edwin Starr, Folk and Folk-Rock, Kim Weston, Martha and the Vandellas, Mary Wells, Music, Paul Simon, Reality Shows, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, The Elgins, The Marvelettes, The Supremes, The Velvelettes
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
ACLU Mourns Marvin Johnson Johnson was a courageous supporter of the First Amendment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 21, 2008 CONTACT: Liz Rose (202) 675-2312 or media@dcaclu.org Washington, DC - The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed its deep sorrow over the death of First Amendment Counsel Marvin Johnson, who passed away last night after a long battle with complications from diabetes. Before...
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The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
To complete the series, here are the top scoring singles in my personal top tens for the years 1960 and 1961. Not all classics I admit, but there are some great 45s nonetheless: 1960 1. Wonderful world - Sam Cooke 2. I just go for you - Jimmy Jones 3. Only the lonely - Roy Orbison 4. You gotta move two mountains - Marv Johnson 5. Alley oop - Hollywood Argylls 6. Learning the game - Buddy Holly 7. Perfidia...
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Explore : Artists, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, Chris Kenner, Connie Francis, Country, Del Shannon, Eddie Cochran, Entertainment, Floyd Cramer, Johnny Burnette, Johnny Tillotson, Music, Neil Sedaka, Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Pop, Rock and Roll, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, The Miracles
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The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 11/28/2007
The Woodies favourite 45s list got me thinking about my favourite singles of all time. Hindsight being what it is, there are many records that I love now but either didn't notice or didn't like sufficiently at the time. But fortunately I have my personal top ten from 1960 to 1965 as a guide to what I liked as a teenager. Some of my favourites then look a little weak today, but most of my top 20 over...
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Explore : Artists, Benny Spellman, Del Shannon, Entertainment, Family, Johnny Burnette, Music, Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Pop, Rock and Roll, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, Teen, The Chiffons, The Crystals
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VH1 (Free subscription) | 10/15/2007
Jefferson Airplane singer and new mom Signe Anderson makes her last appearance with the band at San Francisco's Fillmore before quitting the group to have a baby. She's replaced the next day by new singer Grace Slick.Grace Slick Jefferson Airplane
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/25/2007
Columbia University's welcome of Iran's president may be a national focus this week, but the school is hardly a stranger to...
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Explore : Artists, Columbia University, Entertainment, Freedom of Speech, Immigration, Iran, Issues, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Music, Politics, Rhythm and Blues, US
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Complete Free Press Newswire (Free subscription) | 09/18/2007
Criticism is mostly being directed at the FCC for making bleeping necessary at the Emmy Awards. The FCC's inability to adequately define indecency is blamed for censoring celebrities' words on three separate occasions during the ceremony.
