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- Def Leppard, Wembley Arena, London - Independent
Def Leppard, Wembley Arena, LondonIndependent, UK - 12 hours agoThere's no poetry, meaning or rebellion here. Just a sledgeham-mering to success from working-class roots. Carrying middle-aged heft in a tossed-on T-shirt, ...
- Translation captures irony of original - Daily Item
This superb new English version of Flaubert’s masterpiece at last makes it possible to understand how Flaubert could say of his heroine, “Madame Bovary, c’est moi!” The mystery here for many readers has been how Flaubert managed to make his ...
- Space rockers reunite on Earth - The Independent
Daevid Allen with Gong in 1971. In 1966, Daevid Allen, who had left Australia in search of "the hot spots of culture", had a spiritual vision in Mallorca. "It was Easter Sunday, 1966. A friend of mine came through with some particularly strong acid ...
- Sometimes, it's all in who you know (Gloucester County Times)
It's funny how one's life can be built around connections that often help give it some meaning, some broader sense of accomplishment. And you get to say, wow, I knew somebody important.
- Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit - Gather.com
Gather.comFreelancing for Pleasure and ProfitGather.com, MA - 6 hours agoAre writing contests scams? Sadly, some writing contests are in fact scams. Don't ever enter anything sponsored by Poetry.com. They have scammed writers for ...
- Poetic justice retires from bench (London Free Press)
To remove the judicial gown.
- Food for Thought: Peachsicles are easy, delicious and nutritious - Holland Sentinel
With kids on the go and playing hard, they need snacks that taste good but are healthful as well. Instead of chips, cookies or an ice cream novelty, serve Peachsicles for a quick cold and nutritious treat. With just five ingredients, Peachsicles are ...
- Bad poetry from 1890s brings $12K at auction (Arizona Daily Star)
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The vocabulary is poor and the rhyme excruciating, but a collector paid $12,840 Friday for original works by William Topaz McGonagall, internationally celebrated as the worst poet ever to assault the English language.
- Profile: Iranian-American Artist, Rassouli (Payvand Iran News)
RASSOULI is a visionary artist who has come to the attention of the international art world in recent years. What makes his art so unique is the way he translates spiritual experience from his subconscious onto canvas through meditation at sunrise.
- Geek Trivia: Two Fourths for the price of one - TechRepublic
Geek Trivia: Two Fourths for the price of oneTechRepublic, KY - 18 hours agoTen years later, the first edition of Walt Whitman’s seminal poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, was first published. Stepping outside the confines of the ...
- Time and place: Ewan Morrison - Times Online
Times OnlineTime and place: Ewan MorrisonTimes Online, UK - 19 minutes agoEach year, they ran a festival of poetry, art and music. It cost them a fortune, and ultimately broke them — financially, at least. ...
- 'Beheading' poet wins conviction appeal - News.com.au
A former employee at a newspaper kiosk at Heathrow airport, she had written poetry which prosecutors said advocated violent extremism, and also downloaded Islamist literature from the Internet.
- First UK Hammershoi Retrospective Might Be His Last - ARTINFO
ARTINFOFirst UK Hammershoi Retrospective Might Be His LastARTINFO, NY - 12 hours agoBy Oliver Basciano LONDON—The first UK retrospective of Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi (1864–1916), titled Vilhem Hammershoi: The Poetry of Silence, ...
- A year after raid, lives still on hold (Portland Tribune)
Abdias Cortéz and others snared by the June 2007 immigration raid at Portland’s Fresh Del Monte produce plant call themselves “women of the bracelet,” after the electronic monitoring devices they wore during their subsequent house arrest. A year later, they are women in ...
- Book Review: All About The Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America by John McWhorter (Blogcritics.org)
The author argues that hip-hop is metaphysical at best, mystical at the least, but a political tour de force? Not yet, and maybe never. On one side I hear John McWhorter, and on the other side I hear Michael Eric Dyson. In this book their voices come together because McWhorter has put forth his hip-hop apolitical argument in sharp contrast to the many political ones. In fact, Dyson provided the ...
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