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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Old School R&B - And the List Goes On...

Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, James Brown, Teddy Pendergrass, Barry White, Billy Preston, Isaac Hayes, Mary Wells, Freda Payne, Eddie Kendricks, Billy Paul,  George Benson, Sister Sledge, Rose Royce, Harold Melvin and the BlueNotes, Sly and the Family Stone, Isley Brothers, Tower of Power, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Four Tops, Temptations, Stylistics, Delphonics, Dramatics, Moments,  O'Jays,  Spinners, Whispers, Intruders,  Impressions, War, Tower of Power, Parliament, Stevie Wonder, Heatwave, Commodores, Earth-Wind-and-Fire,  Brothers Johnson, TSOP (Gamble and Huff), Jackson Five, Blackbirds, Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler,  Lou Rawls, Barbara Mason, Average White Band, Archie Bell and the Drells, Patti LaBelle, MFSB, Rufus (featuring Chaka Khan), Peaches and Herb, Ray, Goodman and Brown, GQ,  Dazz Band, Brick, Teena Marie...



Time Capsule - Record Heat

Record 100+ temperature recorded in several states...wildfires blaze in Colorado...wild storms knock out power to millions in the midwest and mid-atlantic states...Northern Florida is dealing with the aftermath of storms that dropped 20+ inches of rain...

Friday, June 29, 2012

John Roberts - Mystery Man


Well - it looks like John Roberts has recently made a name for himself writing the majority (5-4) decision in the case upholding President Obama's healthcare law (the "Affordable Care Act" I think is its official name). I'm trying to find out more about this youthful Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The only book I know of that contains some brief biographical tidbits, is called The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin. Based on the title alone, and from what I've read, there's bound to be some hidden drama and intrigue surrounding this guy. Let's hope...

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Paul Simon - Songwriter


What is America's favorite Paul Simon song? Any nominations? So much to choose from: "Sounds of Silence," "I am a Rock," "Kathy's Song," "Richard Cory," "April She Will Come," "Leaves that are Green,"  "A Most Peculiar Man," "Somewhere They Can't Find Me," "Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall," "The Dangling Conversation," "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her," "Patterns,  "A Poem Written on the Underground Wall," "The 59th Street Bridge Song," "Homeward Bound," "America," "Old Friends," "Fakin' It," "Mrs. Robinson," "Hazy Shade of Winter," "At the Zoo," "The Boxer," "Baby Driver," "The Only Living Boy in New York," "Keep the Customer Satisfied,"  "Mother and Child Reunion," "Loves Me Like a Rock," "Kodachrome," "My Little Town," "Hearts and Bones," "The Boy in the Bubble," "Graceland," "Born at the Right Time," "The Obvious Child," "The Afterlife" - The hits just keep on coming...

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Alice Munro - On Stories

“A story is not like a road to follow … it's more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling where you like and discovering how the room and corridors relate to each other, how the world outside is altered by being viewed from these windows. And you, the visitor, the reader, are altered as well by being in this enclosed space, whether it is ample and easy or full of crooked turns, or sparsely or opulently furnished. You can go back again and again, and the house, the story, always contains more than you saw the last time. It also has a sturdy sense of itself of being built out of its own necessity, not just to shelter or beguile you.” ― Alice Munro



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