Dina schools us all, as usual.
Today Leonard Cohen released his twelfth album. Like Christmas morning I woke early, but instead of staring into the glittering tree and shiny, wrapped packages in predawn darkness I stared at my iTunes account and clicked some buttons to receive my gift. And now this album on repeat. We’ll…
Wow. Just, just…wow.
Nice try Newt Gingrich; but your “let’s colonise the moon!” rhetoric is not going to win over the nerd vote. I know I’m Canadian, and therefore my opinion means nothing, but we will never, ever trust you. You’ve got a supervillain stench that won’t wash off no matter how hard you scrub.
Shit Daleks say.
Via Bleeding Cool
“Please, Ms. July, we’re just trying to understand!” an exasperated Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said at one point during the hearing when July dumped out a large shoe box full of buttons of various sizes and colors onto the Senate floor and began sorting them.
(Source: nedhepburn)
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RIP: Etta James, the legendary genre-spanning singer who gave the world many memorable hits including “At Last” and “The Wallflower,” has passed away. She was 73.
James, who was diagnosed with leukemia 2010, had been in poor health for some time.
Affectionately known as Miss Peaches, the Matriarch of R&B had multiple Grammys to her name, and was inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame.
Incidentally, the man who discovered James, Johnny Otis, passed away just yesterday.
Below: James sings “Something’s Got A Hold On Me” in 1962.
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RIP: Etta James, the legendary genre-spanning singer who gave the world many memorable hits including “At Last” and “The Wallflower,” has passed away. She was 73.
James, who was diagnosed with leukemia 2010, had been in poor health for some time.
Affectionately known as Miss Peaches, the Matriarch of R&B had multiple Grammys to her name, and was inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame.
Incidentally, the man who discovered James, Johnny Otis, passed away just yesterday.
Below: James sings “Something’s Got A Hold On Me” in 1962.
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Etta James and Harvey Fuqua - If I Can’t Have You
R.I.P. Etta.
textsfromtheenterprise is the best thing I’ve seen all day. (Well, besides the fact that Patrick Stewart is coming to Toronto.)
Thank you, Jon.
