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Paying Attention (updated with final sales prices): Each year, we take some time to review the cars that are offered on auction at Pebble Beach. There are other big collector/classic car auctions in the world, but over the last decade, Pebble Beach has emerged as THE auction, the one where record prices are set and …
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“I’m up in the spotlight Ohh, does it feel right? Ohh, the altitude Really gets to get to me… I’m up on the tight wire Flanked by life and the funeral pyre Putting on a show For you to see..” –Tightrope, as performed by Leon Russell, Written by Stan Kenton. Transitions. We lost Robin in …
We define a year by what happens, what stands out, and what we remember. At the end of every year, there is a massive, multi-media attempt to catalog the events, news, and entertainment of the year through lists:” the best of…”, “the most of..”, ” the biggest..”, etc. It’s a form of information shorthand–all you need to …
Information and viewpoints on the Sony Hack. Digital invasion by a foreign power or a brilliant PR strategy? Inside job or international scandal? Judge for yourself: here’s a ClickPak of coverage from a variety of sources. SONY THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST TWITTER (source: Motherboard.vice.com) SONY TO RELEASE “THE INTERVIEW” ON DECEMBER 25th. (source: Bloomberg.com) CAVED: CHRISTIE BELIEVES …
The big events from June through December of this year, while the site was on sabbatical. June Malaysia Airlines Flt 357 Still Not located. The plane originally went missing on 8 March 2014. Apple introduced a new programming language for iOS and OSX called SWIFT. Pro-Russian Militants fight with Ukrainian military. KKR(Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts) buys new …
Press Clips: The F1 racing season is in full swing now with the most glamorous race of the season just concluded,- -the Grand Prix of Monte Carlo–and still a long season of competition and drama to come. The coverage of this race by The Guardian newspaper of England is a textbook example of how to cover …
The Hunt For New Music: “St. Dominic’s Preview”performed Live at the Kenwood House picnic on 16 August 2008. Great performance, tight band, turn it up. This clip was released by Van Morrison (VanMorrisonOfficial) and we send special thanks to him and his team for their generosity in sharing it with us. It’s 5:52 in …
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The Hunt for New Music: Van Morrison performed Astral Weeks ( for the first time in concert) and other songs during a live show at The Hollywood Bowl in 20008. This clip features “Astral Weeks/I Believe I’ve Transcended”. The concert is available as a CD (highly recommended). This clip provided by vanmorrisonofficial to YouTube and is 9:41 …
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The Hunt For New Music: Van Morrison’s Montreaux Jazz Festival appearance in 1974 is a classic. It’s Van at an early stage in his career, already with a massive catalog of great songs, playing to a sophisticated jazz audience in Montreaux at the famous jazz festival; as one writer noted about the evening, the crowded …
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The Hunt for New Music: Van Morrison doing “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You”, a song made famous by Rod Stewart and also used frequenctly in movie scores. This version features saxophonist Candy Dulfer and Pee Wee Ellis. Special Thanks to vossmeister who uploaded this to YouTube; the clip is 6:59 in …
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