Month: February 2011
Here’s the video description on Youtube: “Ross Barron, a soccer player from Pineville High School in Louisiana scores the goal of a lifetime! Ross has down syndrome and has been the heart and soul of the Pineville soccer team for the past couple years. This was Ross’ last game as a player for Pineville when …
Behold Radiohead’s new video for Lotus Flower from The King of Limbs. And here’s a review of The King of Limbs.
“Although Dido has sold over 28 million records worldwide, I have never received a single telephone call from any record company or artist because of my involvement on those albums. In contrast, Talk Talk’s ‘Spirit of Eden,’ which was seen as a failure at the time of its release, has steadily brought me work for …
This is trending big in Portland today:
Is this young lady the next Charise Pempengco? .
Say what you like, but I think Kurt and Sam do a better job with the same song: Kurt and Sam – Hold it Against Me .
Adele was one of a small glut of female singers that came out of nowhere to huge acclaim since around 2008 (see also Duffy). BRIT (performing arts) school, posted demos on youtube, millions of hits on the internet, next thing she is the BRIT Awards (not the same as the school) Critics Choice, then chart …
Matt Taibbi’s excellent reporting on the ongoing financial crisis continues, here: Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? – Financial crooks brought down the world’s economy — but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them, by Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone).
According to Lady Gaga, she was three days and three nights in the belly of the egg. “I was in there for about 72 hours, and it was a very creative experience, and it was time for me to prepare and really think about the meaning of [“Born This Way”] and get prepared for the …
Just received this lovely keyboard work from Steve Gans yesterday. I would like to call it An American in Portland, and use it as the theme, or one of the themes, of East Portland Blog. And so it shall be, says I, at least here among the electrons of East Portland Blog. But, closer to …