• Bill Bennett – Gambler

    Why am I not surprised by this?r Listen ⇢

  • Smithsonian Exhibit Gets Cold Shoulder

    This does’t surprise me either…r r A photo exhibit showing untouched wilderness in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge opened Friday at the Smithsonian Institution–but not exactly as earlier planned. r r Instead of the prime exhibit space slated off the spacious, main-floor rotunda of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural… Listen ⇢

  • The Old Man of the Mountain

    It was with great sadness that I heard about the collapse of The Old Man of the Mountain in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. I lived in NH from in 1979 to 1984 and I have never lived in a place that took more pride and it’s identity as a unique… Listen ⇢

  • Segregation is still alive

    When I talk to my kids about issues like racism, I try to explain that it’s still very much alive despite how to world appears to look from the perspective of a child living it the liberal college town of Ann Arbor, MI.r r Articles like this one regarding a… Listen ⇢

  • Future of Music Coalition

    Those of you who are concerned about issues of corportate media control of the music industry will be well served by checking out the Future of Music Coalitionr r From their manifesto:r “No longer will corporate media and big money frame the terms of the discussion as we draw together… Listen ⇢

  • Yo Jaxn

    I was driving home for lunch today when the car in front of me just sat there even though the light had turned green. There were two choices, to honk, or the better choice – to yell YO JACKSON aloud in my car. I chose the latter. in fact I… Listen ⇢

  • Nina Simone

    The great Nina Simone passed away yesterday at the age of 70.r r One of the great voices of American music, Ms. Simone not only was a amazing performer, but she was also one of the musical voices of the civil rights movement. Nina was called the “High Priestess of… Listen ⇢

  • Cool font tool

    This cool web based tool will display all the fonts in your system and will allow you to display any text you want in any font. Listen ⇢

  • Freedy Johnston -Live at 33 1/3

    Listening to the brilliant live studio recording Live at 33 1/3 by the wonderful and sadly underappreciated Freedy Johnston makes me wish I could pull strings at radio stations so that more people would know Freedy’s music. My friend Marv Foley turned me on to Live at 33 1/3, which… Listen ⇢

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