Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Actress Christina Applegate is 38. Actress Kathryn Crosby is 76. Singer Percy Sledge is 69. Singer Bob Lind is 65. Actor-game show host Ben Stein is 65. Actor John Larroquette is 62. Singer Amy Grant is 49. Singer Mark Lanegan (Queens of the Stone Age and Screaming Trees) is 45. Singer Tim Armstrong of Rancid is [...]
BigCityLib Strikes Back (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
You might have seen the clip above on the news over the past couple of days. It shows the President of the Maldives and his cabinet holding a special session 20 feet under the Indian Ocean. They are attempting to highlight the threat of global warming, and the resultant increase in sea levels, to this low-lying island nation: PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: If world temperatures rise over 1.5 degrees, we...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
On this week's show! Q-Tip, the rapper, the legend, the bloke who might just be making his breakfast throughout the interview! The head honcho of A Tribe Called Quest talks to Paul MacInnes about the state of hip-hop and his long-lost 2002 classic Kamaal the Abstract, which has finally seen the light of day this month. Our second guest is Ramona Gonzalez, aka Nite Jewel, whose woozy electropop is...
Aardvarchaeology (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
This past Sunday the Department of Archaeology at the University of Lund organised a public debate about creationism and archaeology. One of the invited speakers was Young Earth creationist Mats Molén, who should not in my opinion have been lent academic credibility in that manner. Universities should teach students about pseudoscience and why it is not science, but they should not let pseudoscientists...
Sci-Ence! Justice Leak! (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
For those of you who are uninterested in my increasingly recondite ramblings on comics, continuity, canon, quantum physics and Doctor Who, here's some music... Incidentally, I lose track of what I have and haven't included in these, but I hope there's always enough new stuff to keep people interested... Come To The ...
Visions Of Pat (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
Here is a great video of John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett,it might help you understand my story! Otway and barrett In the summer of 75 i became quite pally with this geezer who i met in Peterborough.I liked him because he slept in shop doorways and he still read the Beano although he was about 25 years old.He came from Aylesbury and one night over a few pints in the Bull Hotel in Peterborough he told...
SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 04/29/2009
Twelve new artists are today announced for this year's End of the Road Festival (11 – 13 September) confirming, among others, the country-noir of Neko Case and the return of French folk-rock duo Herman Dune. The full list of new confirmations, in alphabetical order, is: Bob Lind David Thomas Broughton Darren Hayman Dirty Projectors First Aid Kit Herman Dune Iain Archer The Leisure Society Neko...
Boring Like A Drill (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
At last, Magic 693 1278 has posted its final tally of the 500 Best Songs of All Time , as voted for by Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2006, You . The complete list can be downloaded in a convenient Microsoft Excel workbook. Before doing so, take a little test and see if you can correctly rank the following ten songs on the list, from highest to lowest: Bob Lind, "Elusive Butterfly" Sue...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 09/19/2007
Finally, there is a Carmen McRae web site. It's creators call it a tribute site....
Tom McMahon (Free subscription) | 08/28/2007
Bob Lind: From The Bright Elusive Butterfly Of Love To Writer For The Weekly World News You might wake up some mornin'To the sound of something moving past your window in the windAnd if you're quick enough to riseYou'll catch...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 08/27/2007
I was contemplating the unplanned obsolescence factor built into pop music stardom. Some artists are lucky enough to score enough hits, or a big enough single hit, to be able to fashion a lifelong career touring on past glories or...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 08/24/2007
Weekly World News comes to an end after 28 years.
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 06/11/2007
A US folk-rock legend is to make a surprise visit to Exeter tomorrow. Bob Lind, arguably one of the most influential and most covered American singer- songwriters of the 1960s, will play a one-off gig at Exeter Phoenix. The move comes ...
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