“Firelight”

Happy Halloween!

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Late Thursday music: Alice In Chains-Rooster

Here’s a genuine horror story for your Halloween Thursday.

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Thursday Music: RIP Lou Reed

This isn’t the usual music video but an NPR remembrance of Lou Reed. So you can take your pick and listen to the NPR broadcast, read the text highlights or watch the linked video of the Velvet Underground’s Heroin: http://www.npr.org/2013/10/29/241437872/never-back-down-fresh-air-remembers-lou-reed Lou was one of my personal musical hero. I played…

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Thursday Music: Sex Pistols Anniversary Week

Now Hear This: Celebrating One of the Most Iconic Albums in Rock | The Daily Banter   God save the Queen; she ain’t no human bean….   Speaking of anniversaries and the queen… It’s also the anniversary week of the Queen’s opening of the National Theatre at the Old Vic…

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Rep. Sinicki resigns from Select Committee on Common Core, citing deep bias and lack of local input

From my email inbox comes a copy of the resignation letter sent by Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki to Republican State Sen. Paul Farrow and Republican State Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, the co-chairs of the Select Committee on the Common Core Standards. In her resignation letter, Rep. Sinicki cited the “deeply…

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