[4/19/2012 – On his website, the family of Levon Helm has announced, “Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul.”] A proud native of Arkansas, Levon Helm put the American, not to forget …
“It Makes No Difference” – The Band. Love + respect to the great Levon Helm. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys1pBhz5c9A
Today is April 17th, which means it’s tax day in the good ol’ USA . Last year on tax day I stood outside at a Bank of America branch chanting, “Pay Your Taxes.” This year the Occupy Movement held a huge event starting in downtown Seattle’s Westlake Center Square and marching to the downtown Wells …
When it comes to music festivals, there’s nothing like a little audience participation. To stoke the fires for the 12th annual Summer Meltdown Festival in Darrington, Wash., organizers have taken grassroots involvement to the next level. Featuring fans proclaiming “I Meltdown!” in a variety of ways, an e-commercial for the August 10-12 extravaganza debuts today …
What an astonishingly bleak life, artistically at any rate, must one have lead to be a full-fledged adult workin’ at L’ETRANGER and without the first clue about blues, jazz, or the very existence of the 20th Century Avant-Garde! Or even about wordplay or bizarro humor. And to be so utterly hostile & uncurious (as opposed …
The five herbs I could not live without are chives, sage, anise hyssop, french tarragon and fennel. All five are easy to grow as long as you have a sunny garden patch. Herb gardens not only provide loveliness to the eye, but also add deliciousness to your food without adding salt. In addition, many have …
I recently heard Ted N.C. Wilson on 3ABN talking about the The Great Controversy Project and it inspired me to pass along these links concerning The Great Controversy, which is free online, in text form: http://www.whiteestate.org/books/gc/gc.asp And as an audiobook: http://www.greatcontroversyonline.com/ Also, here is an article about three women whose lives were changed by Ellen …
This is the most important clip I’ve ever passed along. Please watch. This is the best evidence I’ve ever seen which tends to suggest that music fans are doing something important when they choose and organize the music of their lives.
Here’s Remembering Mike Wallace at CBS.com and here’s a nice photo gallery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvvkrMWcno
One of East Portland Blog’s readers noticed the educational mission of East Portland Blog, which is a serious one, and sent us this announcement. Thank you, Jenna, and good luck with your fundraiser: Hello East Portland Blog team, I was reading your blog and noticed while you have a wide variety of subjects that you …
Psalm 23 from ocbibleteacher on GodTube.
Antigone Rising, or AR as they are known to fans, has long been known for its “grass roots” touring. They shed this reputation recently when they were chosen by the US State Department to be Arts Envoys in Israel from February 18-28, 2012. They brought to Israel and the West Bank the hope of good …
Legendary bluegrass banjo player, Earl Scruggs, died Wednesday at age 88 in a Nashville hospital. According to his sons, Scruggs died of natural causes. He was the last of the bluegrass pioneers. Scruggs’ influence on not only bluegrass and country but all of modern music is extraordinary. He pioneered three-finger, “Scruggs style” picking, an innovation …
On Saturday March 24, I had the opportunity to attend a sneak preview of the new Julia Roberts movie, Mirror Mirror. My recommendation is don’t pay full price or wait until it comes out on DVD. Although the scenery and costumes were outstanding, it suffered from a weak plot. The characters were reedy thin and …
“I revere Duke Ellington, but I didn’t want this to be a reverent album,” Joe Jackson says of The Duke, his new tribute to American jazz giant Ellington. True to Jackson’s word, The Duke is a decidedly unconventional salute to Ellington, demonstrating the timeless brilliance of his classic compositions while showcasing Jackson’s sublime skills as …
AWESOME Gospel Choir Flash Mob! Lovely Day Christian Version from untilweflyaway on GodTube.
Full story is here or here. Thanks to James Bresnahan.
I realize this is anecdotal at best, but as much as I want to like CF bulbs, I’ve found that in addition to the extra cost, the time they take to “warm up”, the sickly, gradually-degrading light they produce, and the fact that they don’t work with dimmers, they have consistently died FASTER than their …
A Facebook friend recently posted a saying ,”No Jesus, No Peace. Know Jesus, Know Peace.” John 14:27. As often happens on FB, there was the usual detractors saying things like, “Knowing how Christians are, I’d rather have no peace.” Two things dawned on me as I looked at the saying. The first is a challenge …
Thanks to Randy Rendfeld for this very funny link.
I remembered this ad vividly, but had no recollection that it was for Alka Seltzer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQhwNtY3N2k “You ate it, Ralph…”
Randy Rendfeld sent in this photo of guttercropping, a simple and easy way to increase the area available for growing things in an urban setting. Says Randy, “I should note that isn’t my photo. My friend Linda T. found it on the Net. Here is another page showing something similar: http://ballardfresh.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/gutter-lettuce/“:
http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=FCJ2CMNU
That sounds positively infernal, Jay, but I’m glad persons, beasts and buildings have thus far been spared! And I certainly agree with you about the climatic insanity of The Hi-Line. With Havre’s record temps ranging from 117 above down to 52 below zero, I think we’ve got a spread that’s unmatchable, at 169 degrees! Nowhere …