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Rebecca Black’s Friday – in Mandarin!
Just when you thought that inane “Friday” song by Rebecca Black had finally made the rounds, here it is again – in Chinese! And I have to admit, when you hear it like this, it’s not half bad. Watch thru to the end for the bloopers. I’m told this version has a thick Taiwanese accent,
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Rob Morsberger – show review
The Boston Herald describes his latest release as the “album is the kind of hyperliterate pop-inflected singer-songwriter outing that went out of style when Warren Zevon died. He can write a hook that could make angels weep.” The Boston Globe: “Think ‘storyteller’ with a literary, cinematic, intellectual bent.” I had never heard of Rob Morsberger
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Mmm mmm mmm…Jammin with the Crash Test Dummies
I had the opportunity to catch the Crash Test Dummies the other night at Jammin’ Java – a cool little coffee house/restaurant/bar. Best known for Brad Roberts’ distinctive bass baritone voice, they had a few pretty big hits including “Mmm mmm mmm mmm” and hauled in 14 Grammy nominations in the 90’s. Then a number
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Charlie Hunter rocks Jammin’ Java
Never heard of Charlie Hunter? Well, I hadn’t either – but he has recorded 17 albums, so the joke is on me, I guess. Last Sunday I was talked into checking out “an evening with Charlie Hunter” at Jammin’ Java, a coffee house in Vienna, Virginia – and was quite impressed. I especially like these
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Washington Celebrates the End of OBL: My Take
I had the opportunity to witness the Washington, DC celebrations of Osama bin Laden’s demise at the hands of US military forces. Watching the news on television, I felt it important to experience first-hand what was going on outside the White House. Here is a video I put together from the scenes there: Strangely, despite