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Three Dog Night - Never Been To Spain
Top 5 eBay Vinyl Record Sales
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Week Ending 03/28/2009
1. 45 - The Beatles “Love Me Do” / “P.S. I Love You” Parlophone UK Demonstration w/ Top Pop! sleeve - $6,667.59 - Start: $7.00 - Bids: 39
2. 45 - The Mark IV “Take This Love / “If You Can’t Tell Me Something Good” […]
Music News & Notes
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Nickelback were the big winners at Canada’s Juno Awards, taking home three trophies including “Group of the Year” and “Album of the Year” for Dark Horse. Toronto’s Kardinal Offishall won the ceremony’s two rap awards and the Stills — who already have three albums under their […]
Wow! The Record Store Day Releases keep coming…
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This is from the official Record Store Day site (http://www.recordstoreday.com) Everyone help support the artists who release their music via this historical music medium!
Here is a complete list of all of the amazing music that some of your favorite artists have created specifically to celebrate Record […]
This Date In Music History- March 29
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Birthdays:
Chad Allan, Guess Who (1943)
Evangelos Papathanassiou- Vangelis (Chariots of Fire 1943)
Terry Jacks- singer, songwriter, (1974 UK & US #1 single “Seasons In The Sun”) (1946)
Bobby Kimball- vocals, Toto (1947)
Patty Donahue- Waitresses (1956)
Perry Farrell- Jane’s Addiction (1959)
M.C. Hammer (1963)
John Popper - Blues Traveler (1967)
They Are Missed:
Pearl Bailey […]
Classic Rock Videos
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THREE DOG NIGHT (Live) - Liar
Rarities now common target at vinyl show
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As vinyl records resurge, rarities become focus of today’s show in Toronto
GREG QUILL
ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST
Record shows used to be gathering places for boomers buying back their past and geeky collectors looking for a priceless score.
But these days, says Akim Boldireff, co-promoter of the Toronto Downtown Record Show, […]
Vinyl In The UK
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Found a couple of great articles about the 45 rpm record and record collecting from the UK and thought I would share them.
Seven inch single’s struggle to stay alive as it celebrates its 60th anniversary
Mar 29 2009 by Tim Lewis, Wales On Sunday
As the seven […]
Classic Rock Videos
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Joy To The World THREE DOG NIGHT
Digital downloads kill music on discs
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CDs head the way of the eight-track while recording companies miss out on revenue
By Gillian Shaw, Vancouver
SunMarch 27, 2009
Music CD sales have dropped by half from their peak a decade ago, but unlike the decline of vinyl records and 8-track tapes, the current shift is bringing […]
10 Cool Albums That Feature Gibson Guitars On Their Covers
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By Russell Hall
Given that Gibson guitars are themselves works of art, it’s hardly surprising that various Gibson instruments have been featured prominently on countless album covers. Below are 10 such albums, each of which should be part of any Gibson fans record collection.
Jeff Beck: Blow By […]
Don’t write off the record shops yet
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I found this feature from the UK interesing:
EVEN in these distressed economic times, few business models would appear more shot to bits than the independent record store.
While many people download music for free on the internet, those willing to pay are switching to online stores like […]
Bill Maher on the American Empire: video link
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Here’s a link to a video of Bill Maher concerning America as empire - yes, removing US troops from Iraq would only be the tip of the iceberg.
Is America “stuck” with an empire? Some elements of our government purposefully built it, but let Mr. Bill tell […]
Buy one, Give one
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Buy one, Give one
As you know with the economy, pet charities are struggling. For the month of April, help us help them. For each pet sticker you purchase, we will send one to a pet charity to add to their event prizes, raffles.
You must enter “BUY […]
The Second Annual Shine Journal Contest
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This is a free poetry contest with a prize of up to 100 dollars and publication in The Shine Journal,a webzine of flash literature and art.
Deadline is April 30th.
For all the details, click here/
American Public Media Launches Poetry Radio Project
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American Public Media and the Poetry Foundation collaborate to bring great poetry and poets to radio
( St. Paul , Minn. & Chicago , Ill. ) March 25, 2009—American Public Media™, creator of distinctive, signature programs for public radio and the Internet, and the Poetry Foundation, publisher of […]
Time for National Poetry Month
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Time for National Poetry Month. Here at PWB we post a link to a new poem by one of our poets each day. If enough poets do not send me links I will link to poems I find enjoyable from the poets on our blogroll.
If you want […]
Second Annual Celebration of Words
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Well its that time of year again. Time for National Poetry Month. Here at PWB we post a link to a new poem by one of our poets each day. If enough poets do not send me links I will link to poems I find enjoyable from […]
Stonegarden . net
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Stonegarden . net publishing is now accepting pre-orders of G Emil Reutter’s latest release titled “Blue Collar Poet” selected poems 1994-2008.
What others say about the poetry of G. Emil Reutter:
“Reutter’s poetry has the keen ability to focus on people in a variety
of situations, and to add […]
Utmost Christian Writers
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Utmost Christian Writers Free April Contest:
Free to enter with a prize of 100 dollars for the winning poem. The poem can be up to forty lines, on any subject. This contest is open to all writers, regardless of religious affliation.
To read the rules click here.
Watch Cendrine Marrouat on You Tube
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One of PWB’s poets shares her poetry on You Tube. Check out Cendrine Marrouat’s latest video by clicking here to watch From Dust to Stars.
MAN IN THE DARK: Paul Auster takes a nap
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Paul Auster desires to be a cross between Don DeLillo and Borges, which is to say that he desires the cool surface of the DeLillo’s beaut fully managed tone and Borges genius for making the inane become suffused with an nether worldly sublimity. It works , at […]
Jericho Brown and James Allen Hall at D.G. Wills Books TONIGHT
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Michael Vass comments on the Obama budget
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Written by Michael Vass
As found on Youtube, M V Consuting, Inc. President Michael Vass takes a moment to break down some of the key points of the Obama Administrations budget in terms any citizen can understand.
How To Write A Twitter Poem
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As National Poetry Month draws nearer, I am planning an experiment that I predict will catch on en masse. I won’t be the first person to do this, but I will be (as far as I know) the first person to codify principles for doing it. […]
