Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Thursday, 19 October 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. The Islamic State has lost its caliphate with the fall of Raqqa to U.S. backed forces. It’s hard to be a nation-state (that exports terrorism) and not just a bunch of thuggish terrorists …
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The Poetry of Rock: Before The Deluge
Jackson Brown has been one our finest songwriters since the seventies. He has a very unique voice and writes exceptional lyrics–it can’t hurt that, at one time, he, along with John David Souther and Glenn Frey and Don Henley (Eagles) all lived in the same apartment complex in Los Angeles. His best work–at least …
The Nightshift: 18 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, 18 October 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. The U.K. is struggling with precisely how and when to exit the European Union. There is some thinking that maybe it was all a very bad idea that needs a lot more consideration. …
The Nightshift: 17 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 17 October 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his post in Afghanistan as a protest against the conditions present at that time during the war, has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior. He could be …
The Nightshift: 16 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Monday, 16 October 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. A truck bomb in the capital city of Somalia has killed over 300 people. Somalia continues to be a predominantly outlaw state where internal strife is a daily fact of life. The Weinstein …
The Hunt For New Music: Marvin Gaye, 1983, "What's Going On?"
The Hunt for New Music: Marvin Gaye singing “What’s Going On”. The song is one of the classics of all time and the meaning and lyrics have never been more appropriate than today. It’s posted here today not just because of the music (which is great) but Marvin’s intro to it and his comments on …
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The Nightshift: 15 October 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Sunday, 15 October 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift. Fires continue to engulf certain parts of Northern California. The most recent estimate is that the fires are between 1-10% contained–that’s not a good number and it comes as the very brave firefighters are nearing total exhaustion. …
The Nightshift: 14 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Saturday, 14 October 2017, and this is the Morning Edition of Nightshift. The California wildfires continue. Some progress has been made but the weekend forecast is for higher winds. So far, thirty-five people have died. News reports note that Tesla has fired hundreds of workers after …
The Hunt For New Music: Lovd Ones w/ Leilani Wolfgramm "Sail Away"
Hawaiian Progressive You never know where you’re going to find the next piece of really good music. It’s a hunt, an adventure, and you can turn a corner or click a link or open an email and you’ll find something new and inspiring that fits the time and the mood. And, if it’s really nice, …
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The Nightshift: 13 October 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning, it’s Friday 13 October 2017 and this is a special Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Through the kindness and generosity of Getty Images, we bring you, below, a visual survey of the damage and destruction of the Napa Valley fires, which are still raging out of …