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Bottom-up journalism from the pros: News, tech and culture by Sheila Lennon
Mp3s: Bob Dylan and Etta James, Providence, 1986
BOB DYLAN AND ETTA JAMES Providence 1986 Live at the Marriott Hotel, Providence, RI; July 10, 1986. Very good to excellent soundboard. This is an after-hours jam session with Bob Dylan and Etta James and her band. The Bob...
January 24, 2012 1:18 am
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Napoleonland theme park proposed near Paris would refight Waterloo daily
French plan 'Napoleonland' theme park which will stage daily reenactments of Battles of Waterloo and Trafalgar, reports the U.K. Daily Mail. The Battle of Waterloo, which put an end to Napoleon's rule in France, is expected to be recreated on...
January 22, 2012 11:44 am
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Internet blackout today to warn off Web censors
This is what happens when you make the Internet mad. Web Strike Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wikipedia Blackout: An #altwiki Band-Aid Electronic Frontier Foundation Statement by (former) Sen. Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of...
January 18, 2012 9:40 am
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R.I.'s school prayer banner: United we stand, divided we can be nasty
Robbie Robertson, "When The Night Was Young""...The sign reads, "God bless America, guns and ammo" / I'm not sure that's what it means." Judge Ronald R. Lagueux's 40-page decision that ordered the removal of the school prayer banner in...
January 13, 2012 8:54 am
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R.I. Music Hall of Fame launches with homes in Pawtucket and online
The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame Board of Directors are, front row from left, Don "D.C." Culp, Rich Lupo, Josh Cournoyer, James Toomey, Consuelo Sherba, Mary Ann Rossoni. Back row from left, Jonathan Flynn, Russell Gusetti, David Goldstein,...
January 11, 2012 11:03 am
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Photos from the Patriots locker room Tuesday
Journal photographer Bob Breidenbach was at Gillette Stadium today for Patriots practice and time in the locker room as the teams readies for Saturday night's playoff game with the Denver Broncos. Coaches Bill Belichick, left, and Josh McDaniels. Defensive back...
January 10, 2012 7:48 pm
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Jazz clarinet made bowl game's national anthem memorable
Dr. Michael White National Anthem Sugar Bowl 2012 - YouTube Jazz clarinetist Michael White adds a funky reality layer to the emoting of cabaret singer and former Mad Men actor Bryan Batt, whose voice was fortunately up to the...
January 9, 2012 1:34 am
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Steve Jobs action figure: Part Barbie, part saint, 3 pairs of hands
In Icons photo $99.99 Steve Jobs doll. Maybe it's the piercing gaze or the saintlike poses of this 12-inch doll, but this Steve Jobs action figure ($99.99 plus shipping) from DID Corp. has definitely creeped out more than one...
January 6, 2012 8:08 am
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It's Twelfth Night -- there's a cake for that
Twelfth Night is a festival in some branches of Christianity marking the coming of the Epiphany and concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas. -- Wikipedia Colonial Williamsburg photo "Rich Cake" for a Twelfth-Night Celebration, from a 1747 recipe. Cakes for...
January 5, 2012 10:06 am
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Fertile Underground grocery opens full-time, celebrates with party Friday
Fertile Underground, the West End grocery that raised seed money on Kickstarter, is now open seven days a week at 1577 Westminster St. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday thru Saturday and 8 a.m to 3 p.m. on...
January 4, 2012 4:14 pm
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Musician Youssou N'Dour to run for presidency of Senegal
Senegalese music star N'Dour to run for president - Reuters NYT: Singer Responds to 'Patriotic Duty' to Enter Senegal's Presidential Race. His universal name recognition in Senegal is tempered by his lack of both formal education and hiphop cred....
January 4, 2012 10:32 am
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Trophy art: Fiesta Bowl takes the cake
This is about 2/3 of the Fiesta Bowl trophy, but winning Oklahoma State players were just passing around the very top -- the 18K gold football with 2,400 diamonds -- after they beat Stanford Monday night. From the Fiesta Bowl...
January 4, 2012 1:06 am
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Links in the new year's air: Art, bran muffins, pink stuff and the Large Hadron Collider
A Rickshaw Workshop by S. M. Samsu, 2005 · 103942 paintings -- about half of the U.K.'s national collection -- are now online at the BBC, with the rest expected by the end of this year. As the painting...
January 1, 2012 10:29 pm
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Rival monks battle with brooms in Bethlehem church
AP / Bernat ArmangueArmenian and Greek Orthodox clergymen scuffle, attacking each other with brooms inside the Church of Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Wednesday. Click image for...
December 29, 2011 10:17 am
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Real life: Woman hits puck long and straight to win new pickup
Brenda Hewitt, 59, who works at a diner in her hometown of Massena, N.Y., needed a new truck. Earlier this month, she won a new Ford F-150 pickup with a perfect hockey shot -- she slid a puck into...
December 28, 2011 11:46 am
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Christmas jazz, and an open fire
For Christmas and for always, peace to us all. I've set this video to loop indefinitely. Start it, then click the bottom right corner on the bottom frame to display it full-screen. The title will go away. Mesmerizing. The flugelhorn...
December 25, 2011 3:44 am
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'The Night Before Christmas,' the 1933 Disney cartoon
The Night before Christmas Walt Disney - YouTube Merry Christmas to you....
December 24, 2011 2:29 am
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Free mp3s: 11 Springsteen Christmas tracks -- and the season's best story
If you're looking for some alt-Christmas tracks, here are 11 from Bruce Springsteen: Santa Boss Is Coming To Town: To paraphrase Charles Dickens, who certainly new a thing or two about the Yuletide Season, Bruce Springsteen is a man who...
December 16, 2011 12:57 am
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Mad links: Higgs Boson, dying like a doc, dolphin lingo, imagination
'Significant progress' made in search for God particle: CERN announcement ignites storm of excitement among physicists. There's an announcement planned for Tuesday. There's a rumor... How Doctors Die It's Not Like the Rest of Us, But It Should Be. Serius...
December 8, 2011 7:46 pm
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Video, transcript of Obama's speech on the middle class in Osawatomie, Kan.
Primary sources: The transcript, from the White House:...
December 7, 2011 9:13 am
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