Fall is a good time to cut down diseased and dying trees so I was not surprised when Tony Bledsoe told me he saw a diseased ash tree being cut down at Pitt’s campus. When he mentioned the location, I remembered seeing a tree there that looked like this one dying of emerald ash borer [...]
Or, rather, don’t be fooled into thinking that “self-publishing” and “vanity press” mean the same thing. Recently, we reported on “lies told by the self-publishing industry”. Here is some more advice on the same subject: Fledgling co-author Sharon Lee posted to her LiveJournal yesterday a warning that those considering self-publishing should take to heart....
Fat Families is an imminent new six-part series that sees "straight-talking fat-loss expert" Steve Miller moving in with some rotund relatives. Like a new Gillian McKeith (we didn't need the old one, but there you go) he'll use a range...
Poor newspaper circulations in the United States are even worse than the latest figures suggest because of changes to the way in which Audit Bureau of Circulations counts electronic subscribers. Until this year, newspapers that sold print/digital subscriptions in a single package could only count them once. Under new rules from April onwards, individuals who got the bundled subscription deals could...
Anti-Nanny-State Free-Market Advocates Silent on South Dakota's Continued War on Small Family Farms Friends in the dairy industry let me know about a South Dakota Department of Agriculture proposal to effectively ban raw milk sales. Small dairy operators could still get permits to sell their product directly to local buyers, but the proposed rules would require small operations to buy the same costly...
Anyone else been turned on by this? It's taken me forever to get around to ripping compilation albums for the i-Thingy and this morning I dusted down this album of 'Protest, Sorrow, Hobos, Folk and Blues' compiled by Jon Savage in 2005. God it's good. Everything released in 1970, hence some truly great stoner/mellow classics. I was familiar with some of the songs (Free's Mouthful of Grass, Rod Stewart's...
I'm really thinking, with it being November 18th and all, that I should change the perpetual calendar that hangs in my kitchen so it reflects the current month. I'd hate for December to arrive without my getting to enjoy a few days of a November calendar. That's how life in this house is, though, lately. Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future... ( Steve Miller 's words, not mine.)...
In 'The Last Song', rebellious teenager Veronica Miller is sent to spend the summer with her estranged father in a quiet Southern beach town, where she will find her first love.
Fledgling, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, is a fun return to their Liaden universe, the first half of a bildungsroman for a character who has been the subject of Liaden fan curiosity for the longest time. That being said, it also makes a good jumping-on point for people new to the Liaden universe. [...]
Time keeps on slipping, all right, but it was into the past on Sunday at the UCF Arena. The Steve Miller Band and opening act George Thorogood and the Destroyers delivered a generous, enthusiastic performance for the classic-rock faithful that...
Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra discusses artistic philosophy and the need poorly made music as a contrast to good music. (via Ignantwitted) The masses of the people think the music industry is like a get rich scheme now. Having a beat machine and rhyming is like the new jump shop or the new 40 yard dash. That’s [...] Related posts: Rhymefest & Mark Ronson – Man In The Mirror (Dedication to...
Having made the decision to give the Miley Cyrus a miss this week, Mr Young and myself found it increasingly difficult to “bring the funny”. Maybe Miley brings out that side of us. So here is what we offer you dear reader. A funtastic look into the progress of three of York’s top celebrities; YUSU [...]
(Ongoing archive--comments/suggestions are appreciated) Apodaca, Greg. "Digital Retouching Portfolio." (Archival Website: No Date) Bakhtin, Mikhail. The Dialogical Imagination. ed. and trans. C. Emerson and M. Holquist. Austin: University of Texas P, 1981. ---. Speech Genres and Other Late Essays. Trans. V.W. McGee. Austin: U of Texas P, 1986. Bauer, Martin W., Nick Allum and Steve Miller....
Yeah, so I;m fairy much hung over, and I think I might have broken my finger last night, but today's sample is defintiely helping deal with that. For today, we've got the Tribe's "Check the Rhime," which is simply one of the single best beats from the '90s period. Just look at the sample list below - how the fuck are there that many different samples used in this? Not to mention this isn't...
Two competing concerts vie for attention tonight: Steve Miller at DPAC, Alejandro Escovedo and Lambchop double-bill at Duke. Also this weekend: a Save-the-Bronto celebration at Rock Quarry Trail, DPS' magnet schools and middle/high schools options fair, a performance by the Bellan Contemporary Dance Theatre, learn the history of Parrish Street, and lots more in Bull City events. Visit http://www.bullcityrising.com...
PHILADELPHIA – All those meetings on the mound called by catcher Jorge Posada and the New York Yankees are giving Major League Baseball pause, too. Posada and pals visited pitcher CC Sabathia eight times — in a single inning — on Sunday night, grinding Game 4 of the World Series to a standstill. Agitated Phillies fans booed each trip. MLB vice president of umpiring Mike Port said frequent mound meetings...
PHILADELPHIA – All those meetings on the mound called by catcher Jorge Posada and the New York Yankees are giving Major League Baseball pause, too. Posada and pals visited pitcher CC Sabathia eight times — in a single inning — on Sunday night, grinding Game 4 of the World Series to a standstill. Agitated Phillies fans booed each trip. MLB vice president of umpiring Mike Port said frequent mound meetings...
New Video Trailor Fr Rocking Band 2 Wii Games Rock Band 2 retains the hard-rocking gameplay that made last year’s Rock Band such a hit, but turns up the features and online play to be even better. Gameplay is mostly the same as other versions of...