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News and Notes: The Weepies to make TV debut
Already familiar to TV audiences with their music, Deb Talan and Steve Tannen of The Weepies will play themselves in an episode of ABC’s “Dirty Sexy Money,” this Wednesday, according to an e-mail the group sent to their fans. While their songs have been used in shows like “One Tree Hill,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “How I […]
Project Bueller to re-enact parade
Remember the parade scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Ever dreamed of taking part in a re-enactment with tens of thousands of people breaking out into a Beatles sing-a-long? Well, you might want to plan to go to New York City on Oct. 31 for Project Bueller’s re-enactment of the popular ’80s movie’s parade scene […]
News and Notes: Soldiers of Conscience making PBS debut
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DRVPB65zH8&hl=en&fs=1] A documentary (see excerpted clip above) that explores the inner moral and spiritual struggles of soldiers in wartime makes its national debut tonight on PBS at 9 p.m. eastern time. From the plot synopsis on PBS’s Point of View Web site: Soldiers of Conscience is a dramatic window on the dilemma of individual U.S. […]
News and Notes: Blog Action Day focuses on poverty
We didn’t get the memo in time to prepare any writings or commentary, but plenty of folks have done their part to raise awareness about global poverty for Blog Action Day today. Check it out at www.blogactionday.org and get to work making a difference in the world.
Green Letter Christians
While I’m pretty sure the Bible deals almost exclusively with abortion, same-sex marriage, gun rights, the death penalty and pre-emptive war, a new Bible has been released that draws attention to the Holy scriptures’ environmental and, dare I say, tree-hugging bent. While I’m not typically a fan of “green” products replacing already produced products that […]
News and Notes: Cash spoken word track released
Johnny Cash’s “I Am The Nation,” a previously unreleased spoken word track included in the Johnny Cash’s America documentary releasing on Oct. 28, has been made available for streaming. Click the links below to check it out. Johnny Cash ‘I Am The Nation’ (Quick Time, Streaming, 91k, Audio) Johnny Cash ‘I Am The Nation’ (Windows […]
News and Notes: Morrison to perform ‘Astral Weeks’
Van Morrison is the latest to jump on the live-performance-of-a-classic-album bandwagon that already includes the likes of Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma, Built to Spill and others. According to Billboard, Morrison will be performing his 1968 masterpiece Astral Weeks in its entirety during concerts on Nov. 7 and 8 in Los Angeles. Joining him will […]
News and Notes: Friday Night Lights relit
Friday Night Lights, one of the few bright spots on TV the past two years, is back. That’s the good news. The bad news is if you don’t have DirecTV you’re going to have to wait until after the Super Bowl to watch it. Confused? Join the club. In an effort to appease those truckloads […]