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- Potato madness has gripped at least one man (Anchorage Daily News)
Palmer potato guru Bill Campbell is a guy with a head stuffed with potato science, potato trivia and potato tales, a guy who can and does talk potatoes longer than most people can listen, a guy with the personal motto, Cogito Ergo Spud. “I think, therefore I yam.â€Â
- Smashing Pumpkins - OpEdNews.com
The Smashing Pumpkins band has morphed into something too guitar laden. Too much noise, that overpowers the soft-hurt tattling of singer-writer Bill Corgan. I love songs like Tonight, Tonight and 1979. But in concert they - like almost all SP work ...
- Kay Ryan, outsider with sly style, named poet laureate (International Herald Tribune)
A reserved writer who has been compared to Emily Dickinson, Ryan has been chosen to succeed Charles Simic as the nation's 16th poet laureate
- First justice. Next, truth. Only then is reconciliation possible - Guardian Unlimited
Let's admit it, Radovan Karadzic is different. He looks different to all of them – the stocky, greasy politicians, the pudgy unshaved generals, the foxy-eyed common criminals or taxi drivers-turned secret policemen we associate with the Balkans ...
- A stranger's stolen kiss: The lothario who cut me adrift and the ... - Daily Mail
Daily MailA stranger's stolen kiss: The lothario who cut me adrift and the ...Daily Mail, UK - 1 hour agoA friend once told me there were three ways to achieve this: shopping, poetry and sex. 'And you, my dear,' she said with disapproval, 'prefer to spend your ...
- Dorival Caymmi: Leading figure in Brazilian song (Independent)
In February 1939 a young, unknown singer-songwriter got the most fabulous break of his life by recording a duet of his swinging samba "O Que É Que A Bahiana Tem?" ("What is it about Bahian Women?") with Brazil's biggest ever vocal star. The song became one of Carmen Miranda's signature pieces just before she took Hollywood by storm, and launched Dorival Caymmi as a leading figure in Brazilian ...
- Patti Smith: Dream of Life - Filmcritic.com
Patti Smith: Dream of LifeFilmcritic.com - 27 minutes agoIts raw intensity of uncharted punk, the incantatory ritual poetry of her lyrics, and Smith's lone wolf, damning presence reminiscent of mid-'60s Dylan all ...
- Assets that can't be bought - Guardian Unlimited
Service user Bee Harries uses part of her personal budget for a care worker to join her on a pottery course. Photograph: Don McPhee "Our life doesn't have to be about going from one drop-in centre to another," says Bee Harries, a patient at the South ...
- Letter: Solzhenitsyn leaves great legacy behind (Appeal-Democrat)
The passing of a great writer and the creative thinker in Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn (Dec. 11, 1918, through Aug. 3, 2008) gives opportunity to appreciate and try to put in perspective his contributions. Solzhenitsyn was a personal hero in our family.
- Doctor on a musical journey - Citizen Matters
Citizen MattersDoctor on a musical journeyCitizen Matters, India - 4 hours agoAnanya Sahitya: Promotes literary meets like discussions, poetry reading, seminars etc. Ananya Nritya: Promotes Indian classical dance through concerts, ...
- Panama Red hosts free open mic - Vallejo Times-Herald
Poetry by the Bay will bring Khe Note back to Vallejo for a free performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Panama Red Coffee Company inside the Vallejo Ferry Building, 289 Mare Island Way. Hosted by Profet of ProfeticLyrics, an open mic spoken word ...
- Michael Jackson Records Album of Robert Burns Poetry (TheCelebrityCafe.com)
Oftentimes, I think it would be beneficial for TheCelebrityCafe.com to have pictures, and then I remember that we often write about Michael Jackson.
- Aberystwyth student wins National Eisteddfod crown - Daily Post
Aberystwyth student wins National Eisteddfod crownDaily Post, UK - 2 hours agoHe learned the strict metre poetry at school in Carmarthen with his friend, Eurig Salisbury, who has also won major awards at the Urdd National Eisteddfod. ...
- Children's Corner: Teaming up to give kids a special tour of the ... - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Pittsburgh Post GazetteChildren's Corner: Teaming up to give kids a special tour of the ...Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 17 minutes agoBarrett determined that the book would be arranged chronologically, and would include both fiction and nonfiction -- essays, poetry, short stories -- as ...
- Marilu Hrabak - Barron News Shield
Marilu HrabakBarron News Shield, WI - 8 hours agoAmong her hobbies, she very much liked to read, write poetry and stories and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. Surviving are a daughter, ...
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