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R.I. blues guitarist Thom Enright dies at 59
Photo / Stephen Brigidi thomeneright.com today. Mp3: Watch You When You Go from Thom's 2005 album Intoxicated.Update: Tributes to Thom are accumulating at the Rhode Island Blues Society Facebook group.Another update: Funeral arrangements are in this obituary. Services will...
February 21, 2012 8:46 am
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Maybe rock'n'roll WILL die
"If you want an idea of where pop music has arrived, go straight to the inescapable Ed Sheeran (age 21). The extent to which he draws on hip-hop points up the quarter-century reign of rap culture. Look at his...
February 20, 2012 7:53 am
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Journalism's Clark Kent dies: Anthony Shadid, 43, in Syria
AP Photo/The Washington Post, Julia Ewan Anthony Shadid. The death of NYT foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid (At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies) is a stunning loss. That it should come in the form of an asthma attack to...
February 17, 2012 10:43 am
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Mind candy: Deep thoughts about Ireland, 'Vendetta,' metaphysics
Galwayed: My Debt to Ireland: NYT. A lovely, sprawling tale of return, John J. Sullivan meandering around Ireland (twice) till he gets to write about Synge. He threw a line to the future: V for Vendetta and the rise of...
February 16, 2012 9:26 am
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Duct-tape roses for Valentines
There's probably still time to make at least one. Roses made from wire and colored duct tape. Materials list and step-by-step instructions at Instructables. The author says you can get colored duct tape at "most hardware stores and big box...
February 14, 2012 8:19 am
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'Golden voice' Ted Williams to read Valentine tweets for Kraft / Video
Ted Williams offers to read some of your Valentine tweets for Kraft. "Tweet 140 characters straight from the heart..." Tweets must include the hashtag #VoiceOfLove. "Please review the submission terms before tweeting: http://macandcheese.kraftfoods.com/voiceoflove/terms.html" Ted Williams was holding up a...
February 13, 2012 8:30 am
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Uniiverse: not a social network (Craigslist with references?)
Uniiverse has launched, and it's not a social network. It does use a social layer to link people offering and seeking goods and services and especially experiences, producing something like Craigslist with references. TechCrunch (With Funding In Tow, Uniiverse Launches...
February 8, 2012 3:29 am
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Super Bowl 2012 recipes from newspaper food sections
Patrick Connolly Maine lobster and crab nachos. NYC Chef Patrick Connolly -- brother of Patriots offensive lineman Dan Connolly -- has done New England proud with his Maine lobster and crab nachos. We've scoured the nation's food section Web...
February 3, 2012 9:37 am
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Recipe smackdown: NYC vs. Boston
Ken Oringer makes Carne Asada Tacos We'll be scooping up recipes from the nation's newspaper food sections over the next few days, but The New York Daily News came out early with a recipe smackdown: "Big game food rivalry:...
February 1, 2012 8:50 am
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This long, empty week for football fans has a storied history
For fans, the wait is excruciating, the hype unrelenting. For the players, maintaining an edge must be exhausting, and some over the years, have fallen over it. For the teams' hometown journalists, it's the junket of their lives. In 1974,...
January 31, 2012 7:14 am
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Our favorite Super Bowl recipes
Our family has gathered at my house for every Patriots game since Drew Bledsoe was quarterback. We're hardcore football fans who troll through several courses, nervously nibbling as we root. But the late start of Sunday's Super Bowl -- 6:30...
January 30, 2012 2:38 pm
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3 motorcycle stories: Hells Angels, love, life, death and Harley
Bill Ray/TIME & LIFE Pictures "Buzzard and an old lady on a California freeway, 1965." Hell's Angels on Harleys: From LIFE Magazine, In early 1965, LIFE photographer Bill Ray and writer Joe Bride spent several weeks with a gang...
January 29, 2012 11:30 am
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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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