Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better than ever. As of September, two dozen had made it onto the music industry's list of the 200 bestsellers this year, compared with only 10 in 2010. read more
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Richard Spencer, who has been credited with creating the term "alt-right," publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats down the ballot in Montana on Friday night.
When Christopher Shays first ran for Congress in 1987, his district based in the suburbs of Fairfield County was among the most reliably Republican in the nation. The 4th Congressional District had been represented by a Republican for all but six years since the end of World War II, and Democrats had managed to crack it just once in a presidential election over that time, during the landslide of 1964.
U.S. oil production rose 1.5% in August to a monthly record high of 13.4 million barrels per day, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its monthly oil and natural gas production report.
Yeah, this may leave a mark...
Rep. Williams, NY Colleagues Send Letter in Support of Micron (December 2023)
brandonwilliams.house.gov
... Yesterday, Congressman Brandon Williams (NY-22) and U.S. Representatives Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Marc Molinaro (NY-19), Michael Lawler (NY-17), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Yvette Clarke (NY-9), Nick Lalota (NY-1), Nick Langworthy (NY-23), Grace Meng (NY-6), Nydia Velzquez (NY-7), Dan Goldman (NY-10), Anthony D'Esposito (NY-4), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Pat Ryan (NY-18), Joe Morelle (NY-25), Gregory Meeks (NY-5), Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), and Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) sent a letter to the Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, expressing support for the application from Micron Technology for federal CHIPS and Science Act funding.[emphasis mine]
In the letter, led by Congressman Brandon Williams, the New York Congressional Delegation wrote in support of Micron Technology, Inc.'s ("Micron") applications for federal CHIPS and Science Act funding to support Micron's significant planned semiconductor manufacturing investments in the United States. CHIPS and Science Act funding is critical to helping overcome the economic hurdles associated with repatriating semiconductor manufacturing to the U.S. The Member's concurred that CHIPS funding in support of Micron's once-in-a-generation investments in U.S. manufacturing and workforce development, will pave the way for U.S. technological and manufacturing leadership into the twenty-first century, and lead to a more prosperous, secure, and innovative America.
"The CHIPS and Science Act was a significant victory in bringing back American manufacturing and one of the largest investments has made it possible for Micron Technology to come to NY-22. ...
@#4 ... blasters ...
OK, not on topic for this thread, but another tune by the Blasters ...
Blasters - Colored Lights (1985)
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"How do you talk to an angel?"
DNC virtual roll call vote ends with Kamala Harris receiving 99% of delegate votes. Here are the full results. (August 6, 2024 / 8:02 AM EDT )
www.cbsnews.com
... The Democratic National Committee's virtual roll call vote has closed, and the Democratic Party announced that Vice President Kamala Harris received the votes of 99% of the participating delegates.
In a statement late Monday, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison and Minyon Moore, the Democratic National Convention committee chair, said that the roll call results would next be certified by the convention's secretary, Jason Rae, formalizing Harris' status as the Democratic nominee who will take on Republican nominee Donald Trump in November. ...
Jim Carroll Band - City Drops into the Night (1980)
The Jim Carroll Band
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
It's when Billy's whores are workin'
They're workin' with the skeleton crew
It's when the sky over Jersey
That sky starts to drain from view
It's when my woman pawns her voice so
So she can make her old excuses sound new
But I just want one clue
'Cause when the city drops into the night
Before the darkness there's one moment of light
When everything seems clear
The other side, it seems so near
What seemed wrong?
I think it's gonna be just about right
Before the city drops, the city drops
Into the night ...
Luther Wright & The Wrongs - In the Flesh?
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The area college station played songs from this album, a country version of Pink Floyd songs from The Wall.
Actually, Luther Wright and the Wrongs do an excellent rendition of the album. imo, worth a listen if you can find the full album.
The lyrics stand up to a quite different presentation.
Yeah, a reggae Led Zeppelin cover band, with an Elvis impersonator as the lead singer. What could possibly go wrong?
For starters, the tunes seem to be pretty good.
Different, yes.
But good ...
Dread Zeppelin - Black Dog/Hound Dog (1990)
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