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Iraqi Poetry Now Is About Death and Separation
Mass Marriage: Couples at a reception hosted by a businessman promotingIraqi reconciliation. Khalid Mohammed/APIRAQ: The Love Stories Are GoneBy Ali al-Fadhily* / June 14, 2008 BAGHDAD — As statistics go, at least 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of … Continue reading
Bob Dylan Endorses Obama; Discusses Upcoming Art Show
Bob Dylan says Barack Obama is ‘changin’ AmericaBy Alan Jackson and David Byers See entire Times Online interview with Bob Dylan, about his upcoming London art show and much more, at end of this article. His 1964 track ‘The Times … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Arts, Bob Dylan, Music, Obama, Popular Culture, Presidential Campaign, Rock 'n Roll
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Red Headed Stranger Turns 75
Part of Willie Nelson’s appeal has been the lack of certainty about his life, including the exact date of his birth. Some sources say it is April 28, some say it’s April 30. Photo by Bill Olive / Houston ChronicleFriends … Continue reading
Albert Hofman, Who Took Hundreds of Trips, 1906-2008
Dr. Hofmann, date unknown, with a chemical model of LSD.Photo by Novartis, Getty ImagesAlbert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102By Craig S. Smith / April 30, 2008 PARIS — Albert Hofmann, the mystical Swiss chemist who gave the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Deaths, Drugs, People, Popular Culture, Science
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Books : Tangled Up in Dylan
Suze Rotolo, the musician’s first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s.By Stephanie Zacharek / April 26, 2008 Face it: The art — … Continue reading
Baghdad Disneyland : That’s The Ticket…
Disneyland comes to Baghdad with multi-million pound entertainment parkBy Sonia Verma / April 24, 2008 Llewellyn Werner admits he is facing obstacles most amusement park developers never have to deal with – insurgent attacks and looting. When you are building … Continue reading
The Boss Throws His Bandanna in the Ring : Endorses Obama
Bruce in Dallas, April 13, 2008.Senator Obama is head and shoulders above the rest.By Bruce Springsteen / April 16, 2008 LIke most of you, I’ve been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where … Continue reading
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Singin’ on Sunday – Laura Veirs
I think we need to bring back a more structured musical aspect of TRB since that was such an enormous part of the print Rag, so I intend to do my best to post a tune of some sort every … Continue reading
This Just In : Charlton Heston’s Gun Taken From His Cold, Dead Hands
The Onion.Thanks to telebob / The Rag Blog
An Emmy For O’Reilly : Please Say It Isn’t So…
Protesting an O’Reilly EmmyApril 11, 2008 Bill O’Reilly is set to receive a local Emmy award in Boston next month. But he won’t, if a former fellow tabloid talker gets his way. According to the Boston Herald, Barry Nolan says … Continue reading
This Band Didn’t Start Off in Stadiums, You Know
“When You Can’t Afford the Electricity, Baby, You Go Acoustic.”: The Stones Meet the PressBy Phyllis Pollack New York, New York The press conference with the Rolling Stones and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, held to promote the upcoming theatrical … Continue reading
April Fool’s Anniversary : Death of Death Rock Innovator
Rozz Williams on a Christian Death poster (Image: Wikipedia)April Fool’s Day is the date of death of one Rozz Williams, born Roger Alan Painter, regarded by many as the inventor of death rock. In his most (in)famous band/incarnation, “Christian Death”, … Continue reading
