Relevant History (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
Sunday night, as I was putting my son to bed, my hard drive died. We were listening to Dobie Gray's classic "Drift Away" (my children are strangely familiar with classic rock) when my computer suddenly froze. When I tried to...
Busy Gamer News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
This week's Xbox Live Marketplace update is mostly on par with the PlayStation Store, though you will find a few exclusive nuggets if you mine for them: Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus! expansion ($5) Arcade: Assault Heroes 2 ($10) Chessmaster...
Busy Gamer News (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
The PlayStation Store is slim pickin's again this week unless you want to snag the Secret Agent Clank demo for PSP, some more songs for your favorite rock and/or karoake game, or some other small expansions or tidbits. Before you...
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
is Northern Soul! Wigans Ovation, Gloria Jones, Ramsey Lewis, Tammi Terrell, Milly Jackson, Dobie Gray, Bettye Lavette, The Reflections to name but a few... now wheres me Oxford Bags! Im too young to have gone to Wigan Casino as it closed in 1981, but Sheffield Ice Rink on a Sunday morning was as good as it got for me, boy could I dance back then! too bloody fat now... Gary Stapleton http://www.gambianenterprise.com...
Idolator (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
The funky fresh guys rocking the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Aeroplane" are the Baumboys, an a capella group made of Microsoft employees. This clip of them winning first place at the Northwestern Regional Harmony Sweepstakes also includes their rendition of Dobie Gray's "Drift Away" and a comedy number about getting sexed up by a video game addict. "We kind of got the idea that we could, if we...
anonymous (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
Initially, the video for "Home" was intended to be the added content on the enhanced CD portion of my new album Summerland , and also a potential awareness and fundraising tool for charitable organizations. Of course, I eventually was going to post it on YouTube with the album's release. But when the 4000th US soldier died in Iraq, I immediately had to post it as an attempt to make some kind of contribution...
YUTOPIA (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Many months ago, I was passing though the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle and saw that not only was there something called "Jazz at Lincoln Center" but that Dave Brubeck and Ramsey Lewis were playing in one concert. Despite...
the "B" side (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
Just To Satisfy You PART FOUR After closing down American; "...Moman and the band (with the exceptions of Bobby Wood and Gene Chrisman ) moved to Atlanta... 'We built a studio in an industrial park,' remembers Reggie Young , 'but there was nothing going on in Atlanta. we just sat around looking at each other...'" After about six months of this, Chips sold the studio to Ilene Berns (who had relocated...
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Dobie Gray “Sings For “In” Crowders that ‘Go Go’”
Saturday's A Rugby Day (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
Our first official Spotlight! Name: Nina Corda Nickname: Mutti Where You Live Now: Bremen (Germany) Hometown: Bremen Occupation: it-freelancer/hausfrau Education: i'm a prop and am able to read and write, ain't that enough? Years Involved in Rugby: 16 Rugby Team You Play For Currently: union60 rugby bremen Previous Team(s): 1860 bremen Position You Currently Play: No. 1 Other Positions You've Played:...
linkfilter.net - fresh links (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
The Volunteer Jam was the annual Charlie Daniels Band concert first held on October 4, 1974 at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee with band members Barry Barnes (guitar), Taz Digregorio (keyboards), Mark Fitzgerald (bass), Gary Allen (drums) and Freddy Edwards (drums). This was the beginning of a tradition. The 2nd Volunteer Jam was released in the form of a movie. It was billed as...
CMT News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2007
Garth Brooks and Vince Gill got to be Elvis, Peter Frampton assumed the role of Stevie Wonder, and George Jones was ... well ... George Jones, although all would agree that the backing musicians were the real stars Monday night (Nov. 26) in downtown Nashv
linkfilter.net - fresh links (Free subscription) | 11/13/2007
As fans delve deeper and deeper into the music of their favourite acts, it's not that infrequent that one comes across unofficial releases that sound way better than the official ones. Take The Rolling Stones' Acetates for instance. Released from Midnight Beat in 1995, this is a collection of unmixed versions of tracks from Goats Head Soup (1973) and It's Only Rock'n'Roll (1974) plus Save Me and Dobie...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/09/2007
There is a definite "if you build it, they will come" feeling to the party organised every year to celebrate the anniversary of the whiskey-maker Jack Daniel in his hometown of Lynchburg, Tennessee. For a day, the population of the small town in Moore County more or less doubles in size as 200 competition winners, a TV crew and a few media types attend a barbecue on top of a hill above the world-famous...
NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 09/29/2007
In addition to probation, fine, a judge also ordered the singer to undergo an alcohol assessment after an assistant district attorney blamed the "unfortunate and ill-considered conduct" on heavy drinking.
