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Samuel Beckett was a fiercely private individual who hoped in vain that his legions of admirers would concentrate their attention on his work and leave his life alone. Not that he had anything to be ashamed about; his life was marked by extraordinary commitment, bravery, and kindness. He simply felt that one function of art …
Author and preacher Steve Wohlberg is advising everyone to avoid the Harry Potter books and movies because of the occult themes within them. From his website, www.avoidharrypotter.com, Wohlberg summarizes his assertions in this way: “In the midst of fun and fantasy, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels make witchcraft appear cool and exciting, especially to teenagers. …
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http://youtu.be/OPmtftURkn8 —–Original Message—– Subject: KOJM Revisited Thought you might find this interesting. Last night heavy rains and storms caused a three hour power outage that stretched from Havre to Malta to Chester to Fort Benton. We broke out the flashlights and I managed to get an old walkman radio to work in an attempt …
Tom- I’m now a cheerleader for Google+ for the simple reason that I think it’s significantly superior to Facebook. I suspect Facebook will survive, much like how broadcast TV has survived cable TV. Then again, look at the massive rise and fall of MySpace. – Matt Crowley *********************************************************** Hi Matt: …
Have I already shared this particular Christgau/Dibbell-penned oddity with you? At any rate, it’s from the May 1975 issue of long-lost U.S. soft porn mag Oui, and I’m betting that Bob & Carola got a pretty paycheck in the mail when all was said and done, those being the days when "slick" print journalism still paid! …
. Spotify is here, and I loathe its arrival. That means I’ll be tempted to see if it is better than my current Rhapsody subscription, or worry that it will put Rhapsody out of business, forcing the issue. And just how much time do I have to figure out how to migrate my 28,000+ Rhapsody track …
I’ve never heard anyone say much of anything bad about the Foo Fighters. I’m not a huge fan, but I admire them for their obvious, genuine love of rock n roll. Fun band to watch. I get tired of hearing about Kurt Cobain, the legend, because to me the usual adulatory sentiments about KC are …
Tom Selleck was offered the Indiana Jones role in Raiders of the Lost Ark. He was unable to take it because of his contract to appear in Magnum P.I. Full story is here. In the same article, the Daily Mail asserts that a Magnum P.I. movie remake is currently in the works and that George …
Perhaps the most un-American thing about Vladimir Nabokov was his unwillingness to play at the jazz of talk show gab—even in this nearly prehistoric example. “Off the cuff” was simply not in his vast vocabulary. Whether the interview was to be published or broadcast, VN insisted on receiving the questions in advance and composing careful …
I don’t know why folk dancing should depress me so, but it does. Perhaps the lingering aftereffects of the emotional damage inflicted at a nyckelharpa festival in Dalarna one endless hot June afternoon in 1976. No 14 year old should be forced to suffer so—though I expect I’ll subject my son to some equivalent trauma. …
“Michael Todd, 30, whose band was the scheduled opening act for tonight’s headliner Soundgarden, is accused of being the robber who held up the Walgreen’s on Pleasant Street in Attleboro just before 1 p.m., according to authorities. Attleboro police say a man wearing black shorts and a blue T-shirt asked to speak to a pharmacist …
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“While the span of the band’s career was relatively short, The Runaways changed the landscape of rock and altered the perception of women making music forever. With The Runaways’ biopic just released last year, who would have imagined that their influence would continue to be topical several decades after their break up? I was around …
Dear Friends: Now THIS is what I call a press release! ["Coloration" of the text all mine] Anyhow, here’s something arty and deliberately unpleasant that couldn’t have existed under Communism, though I’m not entirely sure it’s a "good" thing! LOL Just arrived outta the blue in today’s e-mail. [I must have ordered …
John Lennon was a closet Republican, who felt a little embarrassed by his former radicalism, at the time of his death – according to the tragic Beatles star’s last personal assistant. Full Story is here. But The Nation disputes the article’s claims, here.
This is a little funny because the roles are reversed. She’s nervous and has to be tricked into meeting him. But isn’t she the bigger star? She’s on Youtube every day while he just trots in once a year: