Big Music Will Surrender, But Not Until At Least 2011 Posted using ShareThis ***************************** recorded music will largely be little more than marketing collateral, meaning that the Internet services being sued today for copyright infringement will be embraced in the future as ways to get the word out on hot new music. These services pay […]
Bozeman Explosion
#bozexplod thoughts: disaster recovery plans, real-time information gaps, scope can trump scale
T for Texas
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEIBmGZxAhg] Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933) was one of the first “stars” of country music. Often known as the Singing Brakeman, Rodgers set the standard for future generations: Jimmie Rodgers’s first Blue Yodel, which became known as “Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) ”, was recorded on 30 November 1927 in the Trinity Baptist Church at […]
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When You Say Nothing At All
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsjZWlRVvo] Happy Valentine’s Day
Alison and Robert Sand the Grammys
Last year I was Grumpy about the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. I can’t be grumpy this year. My gal Alison Krauss cleaned up. Producer T-Bone Burnett worked his magic on her duet album with Robert Plant, Raising Sand [ Rounder]. Record of the Year Album of the Year Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals Best Country […]
Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was one of my first heroes. Growing up in the rural Midwest, he was a man of my people. As a young conservative, he was the founding father of the Republican Party. As an American, he was the man my ancestors fought for—the man who saved the Union. Get the books, and read and study […]
MPR Valentine
A Valentine’s poem for the Minnesota man by Peter Smith, Minnesota Public Radio A Minnesota Valentine How do I love thee? Let me count the ways In Minnesota this time of year, practicality pays. I love thee for thy calories converted to heat, In the night, bun to bun, under the sheets. Never mind lingerie. […]
Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan
Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it’s not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work—work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. If we look […]
