Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Neil Young's documentary on CSNY's 2006 Freedom of Speech tour is less a concert film than a series of vignettes on the State of The Nation from the perspective of a balding millionaire in his 60s.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Times Co reported lower quarterly profit and revenue on Wednesday as newspaper advertising revenue fell nearly 12 percent.
Opera Today (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
For the opera of average length, a decent highlights disc can feature as much as half the score.
cold fury (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
…would have to be this: It’s about as much fun being a newspaper publisher as an airline president these days, so Arthur Ochs “Pinch” Sulzberger, Jr. of the New York Times deserves our sympathy. Last quarter’s earnings were dreadful. Earnings per share from continuing operations were down almost 75% from the previous quarter as newspaper advertising [...]
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Paul Siebel was the first song I uploaded and it somehow reminded me it had been a while since I'd posted Phil Ochs. MP3 File
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
For a full list of community events, and to submit your event, go online to tulsaworld.com/calendar THURSDAY Woody Guthrie festival Every year, musicians and fans gather in Okemah to celebrate American (and Oklahoma) music legend Woody Guthrie.
Lone Star Times (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
“Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy…. If something intolerable simply cannot be changed, driven away or shot, they will not only tolerate it but take pride in it as well.” – Florence King. I posted a quote from a short note by Thomas Lifson at the American Thinker in Open Comments yesterday. It is further [...]
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Newspaper and Magazine Origins Let's take a look at the early days of some popular newspapers and magazines. We'll save the humble origins of mental_floss for another time.
Vh1 Blog (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Although Will Smith now spends his time hanging with A-list pals like Tom Cruise and David Beckham, he certainly hasn’t forgotten that it was his role on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air that got him his start. The Fresh Prince himself, in fact, reunited with DJ Jazzy Jeff for a special performance at the [...]
Fungible Convictions (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
I’m planning on writing a long post to (re)describe the major events of the past year—a way to commemorate and close the book on the year starting last July 16th. And also, if all goes well, to celebrate going off my very last med, Keppra, which I take for “seizure-like” somethingerother that showed up on [...]
Philadelphia Will Do (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Down the shore: Ocean City is planning on voting to make the beach open 24/7, and (get this) everyone is pretty psyched about it. The cops say they already patrol the beach 24 hours a day, and the state...
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Will the Associated Press let tech companies buy it up, perhaps in tandem with the more progressive of the big media outfits like the New York Times and the Washington Post? Or is it a power thing—an RIAAish urge to control content in the most obnoxious ways? Is the AP less interested in the [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
SAN FRANCISCO & BERLIN - mental images®, a global leader in rendering software and visualization tools for animators, visual effects artists and professionals who create high quality imagery, today announced they have appointed Randy Ochs as Vice President o
MacUser (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Many Mac users, including myself are very happy with the long-awaited arrival of Firefox 3. It's fast, it's sexy...what's not to like? Well, some iWeb...
Rajan Rishyakaran (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
So I saw this book in MPH while in Johor Bahru City Square (I must be the only person during the Great Singapore Sale that goes to Malaysia for shopping): Not Quite What I was Planning: Six Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure. Some choice memoirs: “Middle of seven made me me” - Susan Sinnot “Followed [...]
