A Man With A Ph.D. (Free subscription) | yesterday
by szlea Slow breathing may soothe pain [Via Reuters Health eLine] NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The simple practice of slow breathing may help people deal with the physical and emotional reactions to moderate pain, a small study suggests. [More] One of the best things learned when I took karate in college was using slow breathing to [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
Even if the name the Alan Parsons Project put the emphasis on the Beatles and Pink Floyd engineer, it was very much a partnership between Parsons, the producer, and Eric Woolfson, the songwriter, lyricist, occasional singer and manager. Blurring the lines between progressive and soft rock, the Alan Parsons Project captured the imagination of music fans the world over with high-concept albums inspired...
kellogg bloggin' (Free subscription) | 01/24/2010
InlandEmpireGirl is participating in the NaBloPoMo (blogging every day for a month). January's theme is "best". That's why my last sibling assignment post had to do with a best book, and this next assignment also came from IEG's NaBloPoMo: Name a "Best Song for Stirring Up Memories of Another Time." InlandEmpireGirl got her Rocky groove on, here , and as soon as Silver Valley Girl...
The War on Guns (Free subscription) | 01/13/2010
I am the eye in the sky Looking at you, I can read your mind I am the maker of rules Dealing with fools, I can cheat you blind And I don't need to see any more to know that I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind (looking at you) I can read your mind* And naturally, the " Only Ones " try to hide what they're doing, up to and including...
Heretical Ideas Blog (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
A brilliant tune by the Alan Parsons Project.
Hammer Of The Blogs (Free subscription) | 12/19/2009
For Peggy Noonan, this little jeremiad almost qualifies as a head-fake or a rope-a-dope. After some mild pseudo-populist clucking about how the economy's travails have deflated 'murkin's natural optimism and begun turning them against Obama (for, you know, essentially continuing Bush's economic and financial policies without missing a beat), she abruptly scoops up a couple armloads of hay from the...
Liberal Common Sense (Free subscription) | 12/13/2009
I realize the title may make some of you think of the Alan Parsons Project song, Time but there's a deeper purpose to this post. A friend called me tonight because her best friend died. I'd been avoiding thinking of death since the anniversary of my father's death was last week. That date is embedded in my heart and soul, yet now it seems few remember so it's something I share alone. Which is
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Songwriter and co-founder of rock band the Alan Parsons Project Eric Woolfson, who has died from cancer aged 64, was that unusual phenomenon: a hugely successful rock musician who managed to remain almost anonymous. He combined his skills as a songwriter and vocalist with Alan Parsons's production expertise to create the Alan Parsons Project, insisting on keeping his own name out of the spotlight....
PoliBlog (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Via the BBC: Musician Eric Woolfson dies aged 64. Woolfson partnered with Alan Parsons to co-write ten albums as the Alan Parsons Project from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. If you know an APP song, it’s Sirius, the instrumental piece used by the Chicago Bulls (and many other sports team) as the background to introduce [...]
Radio Dupree (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
The Telegraph obituary here . ericwoolfsonmusic.com
voluntaryXchange (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
In the 70’s, Wolfson was the song writer and lyricist behind a new kind of rock band: one that focused on composition and production, not on the musicians and live performances. It was very much like classical music: kind of...
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
It’s the holiday season, so I’m taking a holiday. Here are five things to check out after you check out of here: This year and every year, you’ll hear Bruce Springsteen’s “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” until you can’t stand it anymore. If you’d like to hear Springsteen take on some other holiday tunes, click [...]
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
The New York Times : Eric Woolfson, a founder and the principal songwriter and vocalist of the Alan Parsons Project, a British group that existed only in the studio and that took its ambitious, sophisticated progressive rock to the pop charts, died on Wednesday in London. He was 64. The cause was cancer, said his daughter Sally Seddon. Mr. Woolfson, a songwriter and keyboardist, met Alan Parsons in...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
After collaborating with the likes of Ryan Adams, Okkervil River’s Will Sheff and Tom Waits’ backing band for The Fall, Norah Jones has recruited an even more impressive roster to remix some of her new songs. Check out the Beastie Boys remix of “That’s What I Said” at RCRD LBL, Santigold’s rendition of “Chasing Pirates” [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Mr. Woolfson was a founder and the principal songwriter and vocalist of the Alan Parsons Project, a British group that took its ambitious, sophisticated progressive rock to the pop charts.
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