Monthly Archives: January 2008

MLK Day: The Times Are a-Changin’?
“Here was a great shaggy continent… people by a warlike, cruel and treacherous people still in the Stone Age of culture.” The Pocket History of the United States (the book...
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January 21, 2008

More on the Palace
I meant to put this down as a link at the end of my lengthy YouTube video post yesterday. It was intended for some form of memoir that I dearly...
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January 17, 2008

Flying High
Being a Crystal Palace fan carries with it two certainties: 1) We never win any important trophies. 2) We almost never have a dull season. The first point will certainly...
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January 16, 2008

Good Morning, Here’s The News…
…And it certainly is good. Last week, Mick Jones’ current group, Carbon/Silicon – whose album The Last Post rated in my Top 10 of 2007 – started a Friday residency...
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January 15, 2008

Recent Rhônes: Four from the North
Usually you find me writing (and raving) about wines from the Southern Rhône, but make no mistake: those of the Northern Rhône are among the finest in the world. Unfortunately,...
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January 14, 2008

The Wit and Wisdom of Al Aronowitz
He claimed to have been “blacklisted” out of the journalism business, but Al Aronowitz certainly enjoyed his fame while he was in the midst of it. He’s remembered as the...
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January 11, 2008

The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Top 25
1) Attending the Shandaken Theatrical Society’s annual free festive show in Phoenicia on December 23rd: a comedic song-story Twelve Days of Christmas. Enormous fun for all the family. Thanks to...
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January 9, 2008

And the Winner Is…
If they couldn’t offer the same predictions (see previous post), at least all the weather web sites agreed on the actual temperature today, which according to their data, topped out...
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January 8, 2008