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The Weekend Concert Series: B.B. King & Eric Clapton, Crossroads Music Festival, 2010

Eric Clapton has a long-standing music and personal relationship with B.B. King. In 2010, B.B. came to play at Clapton’s charity concert, the Crossroads Music Festival. This cut is B.B.and Clapton doing the “Thrill is Gone“. The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of YouTube. Originally posted to YouTube by Jovan Stojanovic. All rights reserved by respective …

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THE LAGUNA SECA PREVIEW: RISI COMP'S TEAM ENGINEER GETS YOU READY TO RACE

Risi Competizione has been featuring Rick Mayer’s pre-race commentary for almost a decade now. Rick is the Team Engineer for Risi Comp, and is responsible for setting up the car for the course and the conditions. He has a very unique perspective on the race track, our car and drivers, and the competition, and he …

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The Second Annual Winter Film Festival. Everything's a Nail. Here's Your Hammer.

This film, produced by Kastle, who also make a very nice pair of downhill skis, will take you all over the world with a group of serious, talented pro athletes. The action stretches from The Arlberg in Austria to Antarctica; from Jackson Hole to Verbier to Whistler BC to Mt. Fuji. It’s a travelogue and …

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Conan O'Brien's Darthmouth Commencement Address

Paying Attention:   As long as Commencement Addresses are “top of mind”, might as well bring up another great one, this one by Conan O’Brien at Dartmouth in 2011. Not quite as serious as Steve Jobs but every bit as impactive and quite funny. It’s not short: 20 plus minutes in length, but that’s OK, since …

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Van Morrison Concert Weekend: Ain't Nothing You Can Do (Live)

The Hunt For New Music:  “Ain’t Nothing You Can Do” is one of Van Morrison’s greatest songs and live it’s even better than the recorded version. This song spells out the dilemma that everyone who has ever had and lost a love has been through: that nagging pain when they’re gone that you just can’t …

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Van Morrison Concert Weekend: "Caravan" (live with The Band)

The Hunt For New Music : Van Morrison appearing with The Band in 1979 during the final concert of the seminal documentary, The Last Waltz.The Song is “Caravan” one of his very best and a signature tune. The movie was directed by Martin Scorsese  and if you have not seen it, it is definitely something any music …

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Eric Clapton & Robbie Robertson: Who Do You Love

The Hunt For New Music. Two giants of music, Robbie Robertson, semi-reclusive, alternately dark and light, and Eric Clapton, perhaps the very best guitarist of our era, a shape-shifting musical chameleon who has mastered more musical styles than most have heard, combine for a stirring rendition of “Who Do You Love” performed at Clapton’s Crossroad …

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Here's Looking At You, Kid

  Paying Attention:  Google Glass hit the headlines yet again this week when Google had a one day sale offering the visually polarizing product to the general public.There are those who believe that Google Glass is the forerunner of a whole new generation of “wearable”  computers.  Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe it’s the most intrusive product ever …

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