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March 1, 2009 - March 7, 2009 Archives


Gordon Lightfoot to play Twin Rivers July 31; Ken Lyon & Tombstone at Bovi's tonight

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Ticket sales opened this morning: Gordon Lightfoot Twin River Events Center Lincoln, RI Fri, Jul 31, 2009 08:00 PM US $25.50 - US $35.50 Gordon Lightfoot, now a legend at 70 (Wikipedia), was the soundtrack to many a mellow......

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Urban Sketchers

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Update, 10:15 a.m. Saturday This is the unimproved version. I started this post last night in one tab, got this far, and saved it unpublished. After dinner I added more and published it. This morning, I managed to save this......

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John Lennon, home demos; Beck/Clapton last month; Clematis on stamps; monasteries

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Pure links. JOHN LENNON: At Home All the songs were demos Lennon was preparing for his comeback album, Double Fantasy. In Yoko Ono's authorised The John Lennon Anthology, are the rest of the demos on disc 4, labelled "Dakota" after......

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Flower (slide)show; Early Stones, Beatles photos found; new Neko Case; Fine-raising at Patrick's

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

This slideshow at the National Garden Bureau has me mesmerized. Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend, and visions of summertime dance in my head. John Lennon backstage. Beatles and Rolling Stones photographs, 1964-'66. 21 photos in a slideshow at......

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Contest: What's the stupidest biz model for newspapers? Jon Stewart tweaks Twitter

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Vin Crosbie's latest MRI of news orgs on Feb. 20, Wasting Ink, Beating a Dead Horse, hosts an interesting conversation about newspapers, news orgs' Web sites and revenue in comments that deserves a wider airing. But since then, he notes......

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Coast Guard video: 1 rescued, 3 missing in Fla. waters, including 2 NFL players

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Much later, March 17: http://media.tbo.com/pdf/031609mbreport.pdf">the full Coast Guard report provided to The Associated Press Monday under a Freedom of Information Act request. (pdf) and more details from TBO at this link. Update: The Coast Guard called off the search for......

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GeekNouveau: the Google Me business card

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Google Me Business Card By NYC designer Ji Lee. I thought it was sensible, but it has hidden meanings in the rat race, it seems. Dave Gustafson at unpressable buttons writes, ...what this card is really about is flaunting......

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Toy blocks that think; Venice from the air; Red Sox report on Twitter

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends,......

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Sunday's women: Miz K-Doe's New Orleans funeral, poet Lerman's stories, Lucinda's house, one more

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Gray day, ahead of snow, but February is over. It's March, Women's History Month. Let's kick it up with three feisty ladies -- and bid farewell to one of them. . Antoinetre straightened out Ernie K-Doe (pronounced KAY-doe) and, after......

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