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News and Notes: Rhino to reissue a decade of New Order
A decade worth of New Order material is being re-released in a series of collector’s edition albums by Rhino on Nov. 11. Double-disc sets will be released of each of the groundbreaking synth-pop band’s first five records — Movement, Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood and Technique. Each release will include the remastered album tracks with […]
News and Notes: Jai Agnish’s new album a free download
New Jersey-based indie artist Jai Agnish has released his third album, Awake When You Dream, as a free digital download. Agnish, who has received critical acclaim for his work as an electro-acoustic pop experimentalist — wanted to see what he could pull off without the machines. Agnish sets out on this 11-song journey with his trusty Gibson J-45 and […]
Us did it
Cross-posted in Grammar Sleuth The Phillies winning the World Series on Wednesday rendered the “Why Can’t Us?” rallying cry useless, but the grammar-abusing fun isn’t over yet. “Us Did It” and “Us Can” designs have already appeared on Cafe Press, but oddly enough there’s still no sign of “Yes Us Can.”
News and Notes: Michael says it ain’t so
Pop-singer Michael Jackson has released a statement calling BS on big brother Jermaine shooting his mouth off about a series of Jackson 5 reunion concerts in 2009, according to the BBC. “My brothers and sisters have my full love and support, and we’ve certainly shared many great experiences, but at this time I have no […]
News and Notes: Another ‘curse’ bites the dust
So long Curse of William Penn, congratulations to the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies. Congrats are also in order for the Tampa Bay Rays. Going worst-to-second is still something to brag about, especially when your $43 million payroll this year was a fifth of what the Yankees paid to not even make the playoffs and […]
Jackson 5 to reunite?
Jermaine Jackson reportedly announced at a recent TV industry function in Australia that the Jackson 5 will be getting back together for a series of concerts in 2009. Though not part of the popular R&B group five of her brothers formed in 1966, Janet Jackson will apparently be joining Michael and the gang for the shows. […]
News and Notes: Dylan Thomas house restored
If poet Dylan Thomas were still alive, he would have turned 94 today. So news of the completed renovation of the Swansea house where he was born and resided for 20 years seems all the more appropriate. Though the picturesque boat house at Laugharne in Carmarthenshire is more often associated with the Welsh poet best known […]
Why can’t us?
Back when the Phillies were last in the World Series, fans borrowed the “Whoomp there it is” slogan from the annoying song of the same name and sang it endlessly. Now, fans are apparently latching on to the grammar-butchering phrase coined by a caller to sports talk radio. I can almost hear the crazed fans in […]