"The Heinrich Maneuver" - hope you like slow motion!

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'cause today my heart swings -->


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Happy Tartan Day! (A cheesy name I know, but they didn't ask for my opinion.)

Tartan Day celebrates the Declaration of Arbroath, made on 6th April 1320. It was a declaration of Scottish independence made to the Pope.

Here are two passages from the English translation (the original was in Latin):

Yet if he should give up what he has begun, and ( Read more... )

From SNP.org -->

Cllr Scott Farmer is the SNP's latest elected representative following his decisive victory in a local authority by-election in Borestone in Stirling Council tonight, gained by a swing from Labour of over 16 per cent. SNP business convener Bruce Crawford MSP said ( Read more... )

Good to see that The Concretes from Sweden are playing in Washington on 7th May. I'll definitely have to go up for that one.

South is playing tonight, but I'm likely headed back to Richmond after work. I like South, but haven't heard their new record. Here's what the 9.30 Club e-mail says about them:

Blending the lush soundscapes of other ( Read more... )

The Cardigans have posted two more behind-the-scenes videos from their recent Nordic tour (attended by rubybrambleburr in Helsinki, with sell-outs in every city except Stavanger, Norway).

One was shot in Bergen, Norway by Bengt Lagerberg, Magnus Sveningsson and one of their roadies. It's got some great panoramic shots of the city and harbor... and the usual ( Read more... )

Haven't had one of these in a while. ...in its 24th rendition--the most-played songs on my iTunes/iPod. Change from last chart noted in parentheses. New entry this week from The Isley Brothers.

1. "Untitled" - Interpol (stayed the same)
2. "Eleven Miles Out" - Doves (stayed the same)
3. "Ping Pong" - Stereolab (stayed the same ( Read more... )

for Gaelic in Canada.

This is from a bookseller's e-mail list I'm on:

Nova Scotia's pro-Gaelic premier has recently appointed veteran Antigonish MLA Angus MacIsaac as Nova Scotia's first Minister of Gaelic Initiatives. We would further like to announce that Lewis MacKinnon, Gaelic teacher, activist and former Comhairle na Gàidhlig president, has ( Read more... )

The new Zero 7 record The Garden will be out in May.

Check out a clip of the new single "Futures" featuring José González (don't let the name fool you--he's Swedish with Argentinian heritage).

Revised temperature high for Monday: 85 degrees F/29.4 degrees C.

Forget spring, we've gone straight to summer!

And look at this! The title of an article in today's online version of The Scotsman newspaper:

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