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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
“There’s noise and then there is love and then there
are soldiers in Balkan nations staring across old city plazas,
gripping their guns like orchestra batons, astounded that the
limits of their fire power stops with marching orders that tell
them to direct traffic the best they can manage…”
Deke dropped the […]
MICHAEL JACKSON
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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
My girl friend and I listened to Thriller at least three times a day , it seems, while we were in graduate school, and it suffices to say that I don’t care to hear the album too soon or too often. Not that I’m tired of the […]
Postmodernism in a default position?
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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
The accurate statement about Modernists, in general, is that theirs wasn’t a search for the single, unifying meaning, the single, capital ‘Truth’, but rather that human beings have a capacity of breaking old habits and developing new ways of seeing the world outside their skins. There is […]
John Barth
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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
The Night Sea Journey from John Barth’s collection Lost in the Funhouse, is a strange little allegory that plays empty when inspected. As Bill mentioned earlier, the Heritage that’s supposed to be passed on , in this instance, is only a grab bag of superstition, speculation and […]
Dragon Year
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
“What is your sign?” My kinship is: with boats
that race to scarlet drums, their oars like legs
on water-centipedes; with kites afloat
above forbidden cities; pearls or eggs
encysting essence; rulers of the flood;
warden of temples and pavilions;
source of a pigment that resembles blood
which painters use, and call vermilion.
The […]
Seeking Sponsors for APS Stamp Talk Radio Show
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Ken Martin, interim executive director for the American Philatelic Society, posts June 22 on the Virtual Stamp Club Web site, “Today APS was notified by WS Radio that the StampTalk show will be reduced in frequency to once a month for July and August and if […]
Soaking the Unsoakable
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
Going through some old American Philatelist magazines, I came across an interesting letter to the editor.
The writer lamented about how recent U.S. commemoratives were almost impossible to soak off in any sort of respectable condition and offered an alternative.
It’s called Bestine.
According to the company’s Web site, […]
Michael Jackson on Stamps
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The stamp collecting world mourns the passing of pop icon and music legend, Michael Jackson.
Jackson, 50, died yesterday of cardiac arrest at his home in West Los Angeles.
Jackson has appeared on the stamps of many countries around the world and was a popular topical subject.
In her […]
Picture Gallery
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[?]Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Belgium, 15 February 1951
The 20c from the Belgian Lion definitive set. The only value to be printed in recess, with all the other values printed in letterpress.
Printed in recess, engraved by L. Janssons.
Classic Jackson 5 Video
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Jackson Five - ABC
Sunshine Songs- part two
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written by Robert Benson
We have explored some ‘rain’ songs in a recent four-part article series in celebration of spring and now that summer is upon us, let’s explore some popular ‘sunshine’ songs and the history behind them in this second part of the two part article […]
New Music/Album Cover Art
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
New Paramore Release Set
Paramore has revealed that their brand new album “Brand New Eyes” will be released on September 29th. The group worked with American Idiot producer Rob Cavallo on the new disc.
“We made a record that is exactly what we set out to make,” Hayley […]
Britain’s Annual Classic Rock Awards
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Britain’s Classic Rock Magazine has announced the nominees in the first six categories of the Fifth Annual Classic Rock Awards. Readers are able to vote on these artists and recordings that were released between August of 2008 and June of 2009.
The awards will be presented in […]
Lisa Marie Presley on Michael Jackson
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
I cannnot imagine the pain she is in and only wish that good things happen to her. She expresses here sadness about Michael’s death:
“Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general.
“I can’t recall the exact subject matter but he may […]
Michael Jackson Vinyl
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
As we have all watched the Michael Jackson death aftermath on TV or via the Internet, one thing is happening, there has been a rush to buy his music. I took a quick look at eBay and the prices are about double what you would normally […]
This Date In Music History-June 27
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Birthdays:Leigh Nash - Sixpence None The Richer (1976)
Margo Timmins - Cowboy Junkies (1961)
Lisa Germano - singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1958) Has worked with John Mellencamp, Simple Minds, David Bowie, Neil Finn, Sheryl Crow, and others.
Gilson Lavis – Squeeze (1951)
Bruce Johnson - Beach Boys (1944)
They Are Missed:
Born in […]
We Have Lost A Legend- Michael Jackson Dead
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Written By Robert Benson
Some say there will never be another one like him. In the early 1980’s, he was the dominant figure in pop music and a global pop icon since childhood. Michael Joseph Jackson died on June 25, 2009, reportedly from a cardiac arrest. Jackson […]
New Vinyl Record Articles
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‘Music Man Murray’ trades in records for acting career
Murray Gershenz, with a collection of 400,000 records and a shop on Exposition Boulevard in L.A., is looking to sell so he can focus on auditions and shoots.
Murray Gershenz knows he’s setting something of a record by giving […]
Audiophile Audition Review
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
I want to thank John over at http://www.audaud.com/index.php for the exclusive rights to reprint this great review!
AUDIOPHILE AUDITION focuses on recordings of interest to audiophiles and collectors, with an accent on surround sound for music, and on all hi-res disc formats. Over 100SACD, DVD Video/Audio and […]
Album Cover Art
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Shadows Fall Reveal Album Details, Cover Art
SHADOWS FALL has announced “Retribution” as the title of their fifth full-length album, which is set for a September 15 street date. The album, a follow-up to 2007’s critically acclaimed “Threads of Life,” will be released on the band’s own […]
Sunshine Songs
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
article by Robert Benson
We have explored some ‘rain’ songs in a recent four-part article series in celebration of spring and now that summer is upon us, let’s explore some popular ‘sunshine’ songs and the history behind them in this two part article series.
Bill Withers released the […]
Classic Rock Videos
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
The Pretenders - Middle of the Road
Madonna Tops Money List
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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
The Material Girl is at it again. Madonna has perennially been a big moneymaker in the world of music, earning between $40 and $50 million per year, but she certainly outdid herself in the period of June 2008 to June 2009 as she brings home enough […]
Rock-n-Roll-Action-Figures.com is Giving Away Free Music Action Figures, Free Designer Toys & Free Music Memorabilia
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[?]Submitted by Rock-n-Roll-Action-Figures Blog
OK, we’ll be honest. We’re not above bribing you to help us out with our new facebook and twitter pages. We just launched our company Facebook and Twitter pages and we would love to hear what you have to say about action figures, music memorabilia, rock n roll […]
Obama: The Historic Journey-Young Reader’s Edition
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
I was thrilled to be asked to review the New York Times book Obama: The Historic Journey: Young Reader’s Edition . This wonderful book combines beautiful photographs and in-depth coverage of Obama’s voyage from “a skinny kid with a funny name” to the 44th President […]
