Monthly Archive for July, 2006
Salon has a short but insightful piece (written by a long-time ABC corespondent in Lebanon) about the recent Israeli bombing in Qana. While I don’t disagree that Hezbollah taunted Israeli into this fight, I was struck by one of the “letters to the Editor” (as Salon dubs its comments) that closed: “When 9/11 II happens, remember the destruction of Lebanon and how little anyone did to stop it.”
Hello there…..This is the music pick of the week.
Check out the late great unsung guitarist, Sonny Sharrock. The album is called “Ask The Ages” It features Pharoah Sanders on Sax and Elvin Jones on Drums. You can find it on Rhapsody and Amazon http://tinyurl.com/nwfpe
Indeed, another week of the best part of your life is at hand. Choose to make it count for something for someone, even if that someone is you.
The other night I had some time to myself, so I popped in my Tenacious D DVD and enjoyed the original episodes. I noticed something I never had before, that apparently Kyle and Jack have just 5 strings on their guitars. There’s no top “E” string. Can anyone (Jim, BJ) comment on this? I’ve been told by other guitar players that Keith Richards also has only 5 strings (though I think he leaves off the bottom “E”).
Providence College President, Rev. Shanley:
“From a moral point of view, the idea that if you have the economic resources to take a test prep course and it gives you a competitive advantage over students who can’t take the test — there is something wrong about that,” Father Shanley said. “We were founded to be a school of opportunity for first-generation immigrants and people who otherwise wouldn’t get a college degree, and I feel a moral imperative to stay true to our mission.”
Interesting given that our entire “education” process is dominated by teaching-to-the-test. You can read more about it if you can somehow manage to navigate The World’s Worst Website.
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