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The Moviezzz Blog: UNDER THE DOME by Stephen King

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:24:00 -0500

Watching TV last night, I was surprised to see this

An ad for Stephen King's newest, UNDER THE DOME.

A trailer for a book?

Do people still read?

I got the book on Tuesday and am 100 pages in. Since it is [...]

Only in The Republic of Amherst: Yes, this is America

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:53:00 -0500

Number of comments: 12

At Least SOMEBODY at the Boston Herald has integrity

So I can’t even remember the last time I disagreed with my friends at the Springfield Republican, but today they kind of blew it with an editorial on Ray Luc Levasseur’s censored Umass [...]

North Street Neighborhood Association: Video: Recreation Commission Discusses Fate of Bean Farm, 11/9/09

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:56:00 -0500

Here is a blip.tv video from the 11/9/09 meeting of Northampton's Recreation Commission. The recording totals 1 hour 6 minutes and includes discussion of the fate of Bean Farm. The recording was made by Lilly Lombard.

See also:

Google Group: grow food in northampton

Gazette: "Recreation panel recommends farm buy" [...]

The Moviezzz Blog: THE KEVIN SMITH COLLECTION BLU-RAY REVIEW

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Kevin Smith was one of the pioneers of 90's cinema. His low budget, lowbrow comedies paved the way for a lot of what we are seeing today. Plus, he was also one of the first, if not the first, filmmaker to use the internet to [...]

Northampton Redoubt: Northampton Survival Center turns 30

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

With the holiday season upon us visit the Northampton Survival Center online to learn more about how you can help society's neediest to survive.

http://www.thensc.org/

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Armchair Travel: Cornelia Hancock's Rosy Cheeks

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:46:00 -0500

I'm learning a lot from Cornelia Hancock, the 23-year-old New Jersey woman who arrived at Gettysburg three days after the battle. [Letter of a Civil War Nurse] She almost didn't get there. In Baltimore her party met Dorothea Dix, superintendent of Army nurses.

"She looked the nurses over" [...]

Michaelann Land: Veterans Day: may they all come home (and always HAVE a home)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:22:00 -0500

I saw some of Springfield's Veterans Day parade today as marchers kicked off from State and Federal Streets.

Only a few blocks away, at Worthington St. shelter, I knew that more than a quarter of the homeless men and women "living there" are veterans.
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Life in the NohoDome -One Man's Life, Lunacy, and Lunch in Downtown Northampton, Massachusetts: Lions and Bonnie and Femmes

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:38:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Gordon Gano (of Violent Femmes) and the Ryan Brothers with me and Sean from WRSI today after an in-studio performance. I am NOT shorter than Gordon. I'm hunched down so as not to obstruct Sean. In February of 1989 I was at a music biz baseball game in San Francisco' [...]

IMAGEYENATION.COM: KiD CuDi and Patsy Cline Come Along With Sharam for New Single

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:49 -0500

DJ/producer Sharam of D.C.-based duo Deep Dish samples Patsy Cline and recruits KiD CuDi for his new single “She Came Along.”

“She Came Along” is the first single taken from Sharam's new solo album ‘Get Wild,’ which is out now on the [...]

The Moviezzz Blog: GREAT ADS: "There's No Such Thing As A Bear Sheriff"

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:29:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Some ads I never get tired of.

Like this one for Yoplait yogurt.

That line "There's no such thing as a bear sheriff" gets me every time.

From the delivery to the writing, a great ad. [...]

IMAGEYENATION.COM: It's Lightspeed Champion's Turn, to Record a New Album

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:09:52 -0500

Dev Hynes, the former Test Icicles member otherwise known as Lightspeed Champion, is in the studio working on the long-awaited follow-up to his 2008 debut ‘Falling Off the Lavender Bridge.’

He's even put together a campy teaser trailer for the first single from the forthcoming album, [...]