Paying Attention: To get an appreciation of how deep Chuck Berry’s influence went, you just have to look at the royalty of rock&roll and their performances of his music. Here’s a great clip of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band doing the Berry classic “You Never Can Tell”. It starts off as rock&roll classic and …
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Transitions: Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
Paying Attention: “You know, my temperature’s risin’ And the jukebox blowing a fuse My heart’s beatin’ rhythm And my soul keeps on singin’ the blues Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news…” –from Roll Over Beethooven by Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry died on Saturday. He was 90 years old and he was known …
The Nightshift: 23 March 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, It’s Thursday, 23 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. There was a terror attack in London. Four people were killed–including the attacker–and 29 people were hospitalized with injuries. The attacker used a vehicle to run over people on the …
The Nightshift: 22 March 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, It’s Wednesday, 22 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The White House is still reeling from the revelations in Monday’s Russia Hacking/Wiretap hearing. An administration that entered office blasting the press and criticizing the intelligence services is now paying …
The Nightshift: 21 March 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, It’s Tuesday, 21 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. James Comey (FBI) and Admiral Mike Rogers (NSA) made an appearance before Congress yesterday. It did not go well for the White House. The takeaways: there is no evidence that …
The Nightshift: 20 March 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, It’s Monday, 20 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The NCAA March Madness basketball tournament finished it’s first weekend of play. Upsets included Villanova (number 1 overall seed), Duke (No. 2 seed in the East), Virginia, USC, Minnesota. Next weekend, …
The Nightshift: 19 March 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Afternoon, It’s Sunday, 19 March 2017, and this is the Afternoon Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The NCAA March Madness basketball tournament is headed into the final day of its first weekend. Yesterday, Wisconsin upset Number 1 Seed Villanova, Xavier took out Florida State (who …
The Nightshift: 18 March 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Saturday, 18 March 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The NCAA tournament has completed its first round of competition. The second round of competition is today and tomorrow. By the end of the weekend, the 64 teams …
The Nightshift: Scheduling Note
The Nightshift–normally posted early in the morning–will go up in mid-afternoon today to provide time and space for resource posts on the 12 Hours of Sebring and live updates on the NCAA.
SEBRING RESOURCES 2017
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images The internationally famous 12 Hours of Sebring race is today. The flag drops at 10:40AM and runs until 10:40PM, ET. You can see the race on IMSA.tv, Fox Sports GO (app) and from 2:00PM to 11:00PM (ET) on Fox Sports 1. It’s not an easy race to follow. Our …