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Ozzy brings us this week’s Thank Goodness It’s Friday
January 11, 2008
It’s been a long week.Turn up the volume and settle back and enjoy.Whatever inference to current events may very well be up to your imagination…“Your lips are so cold I don’t what else to say.”
The light from Obama is a jolt of despair He’s the first black candidate who has a prayer Your levee of tears taught the people you might not come back The Audacious Hope will bring another attack.
Your Billy told you that you’re not supposed to lose to strangers Look in the mirror tell me do you think your life’s in danger here? No more tears
Another vote passes and you lost big time The deadline approacheth and you’re falling behind You see Barack is gaining, will you lose the presidency? You close your eyes as the pressure rises and you run out of money No more tears
So now is it over? Will we just say good-bye? I’d like to move on and make the most of the night Maybe the Senate is not so bad a place Your lips are so cold, what can you do to save face? I never wanted it to end this way, before November Believe me when I say the lesson is one to remember: No more tears
By Jordan Bartel, Times Staff Writer Thursday, November 29, 2007
I've never had fruitcake and lately I was wondering why.
It's been almost ingrained in my mind that I shouldn't try fruitcake or like fruitcake. It's like some kind of holiday taboo treat. You have to keep it on the downlow if you like it and it's popular to make fun of it.
Led Zeppelin, who reformed for a one-off concert at London's O2 arena, were one of the most influential bands of the 20th Century.
Many say Led Zeppelin invented heavy metal, and their sound wafted out of thousands of guitar shops worldwide during the 1970s.
Budding guitarists world try out their skills on Stairway to Heaven - but that is only the tip of the Led Zeppelin story.
Many critics loathed them, but for a generation of fans, their complex sounds and love of mythology gave them an aura which remains undimmed today.
Led Zeppelin split in 1980 and reunions have been rare. But the huge scramble for tickets for their London gig shows they still have a large fanbase. Just what lies behind the Led Zeppelin legend?
IN THE BEGINNING...
Led Zeppelin formed from the ashes of 1960s band The Yardbirds, the one-time home of Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Guitarist Jimmy Page joined the group for their final album and stayed with the band as it disintegrated in 1968.
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - CIA Director Michael Hayden will testify before Congress on Tuesday amid Democratic fury over the spy agency's destruction of videotapes that showed terrorism suspects being interrogated using harsh techniques.
WASHINGTON — Gen. Michael V. Hayden, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, acknowledged Wednesday that the C.I.A. had failed to keep members of Congress fully informed of the facts that the agency had videotaped the interrogations of Al Qaeda detainees and destroyed the tapes three years later.
County commissioners to hold panel on waste recommendations By Carrie Ann Knauer, Times Staff Writer Monday, December 10, 2007
CarrollCounty’s Board of Commissioners has yet to debate among themselves whether they want to go forward with a waste-to-energy incinerator, but they may be watching a debate on the positives and negatives of the technology Thursday.
The commissioners heard two proposals with differing visions of how the county should tackle trash in November, and have been waiting for more information before deciding which plan to go forward with, said Cindy Parr, county director of administrative services.
On Thursday, members of the EAC will be at the commissioners’ meeting to represent their position, and Public Works staff, and representatives from the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority and Maryland Environmental Services will explain their perspectives.
The plan is to have an interactive discussion, Parr said, where the commissioners can ask their unanswered questions and hear facts and opinions from both sides.
In addition to the Angel Tree, folks may make a donation to the “Westminster Police Department Shop With A Cop” program year round…
The address is:
Shop With A Cop
Westminster Police Department
36 Locust Street
P. O. Box 300
Westminster, MD21158
For more information please call (410) 848-4646 and ask for a soft a cuddly police office who may be able to tell you more about the Shop With A Cop program.
Westminster Police Chief Jeff Spaulding joined Wal Mart store manager Harry Anuszewski and Wal Mart employee, Debbie Sabock on Friday, November 16, 2007 to kick off the 4th annual "Shop With A Cop" Christmas program:
Below, please find the long version of the article as it was submitted to the newspaper.
Westminster Police Department and Wal Mart kick off 4th annual Shop With A Cop program
Westminster Police Chief Jeff Spaulding joined Wal Mart store manager Harry Anuszewski and Wal Mart employee, Debbie Sabock last Friday to kick off the 4th annual “Shop With A Cop” Christmas program.
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Of Christmas Angels and soft and cuddly police officers.
November 16th, 2007 by Kevin Dayhoff (634 words)
Last Friday, November 16th, 2007, Westminster Police Chief Jeff Spaulding and Westminster Wal Mart store manager Harry Anuszewski kicked off the 4th annual “Shop With A Cop” Christmas program at the Westminster Wal Mart.
They were joined by Bill Gereny - the owner of The Water Depot, Lori Graham representing the Night Train Foundation, members of the Westminster Police Department and curious shoppers.
In his remarks, Spaulding explained that the “Shop With A Cop is a program that allows our community to reach out to and help less fortunate children and families in our community and ensure that they have a great holiday season.”
The program which has helped 34 families and 72 children have a special Christmas in the past 3 years has designated 11 families and 24 children to be helped by this year’s efforts.
Spaulding said, “We are kicking off our celebration with the placement of this Angel Tree here at Wal-Mart.Each ornament on this tree represents a need for a needy child or family in our community.We are here today to invite the members of our community to be an ‘Angel’ and take one or more ornaments of the tree – purchase the gift – and leave the gift in this box here at the store.We will ensure that the gift is wrapped and delivered to the family in time for the holidays.”
The program was initiated by Wal Mart 4 years ago, said Spaulding.“Wal-Mart approached us in the fall of 2004 and asked if we would be interested in partnering with them on this effort.We jumped at the opportunity and we haven’t looked back. They also provided the initial seed money to make it a reality.Without their corporate citizenship – and the efforts of their hardworking and dedicated staff – we wouldn’t be standing here today.”
Anuszewski said he was “looking forward to seeing all the smiles on the excited childrens’ faces” at this year’s Christmas at Wal Mart event.“We here at Wal Mart believe in giving back to the community as part of our ‘Good Works and Good Neighbors’ initiative.”He went to say that he has “been impressed with how the (Westminster) police officers are really in tune with the families.”
Spaulding noted that Shop With A Cop “allows these children to bond with our police officers in a positive and non-threatening environment – and it provides our officers and staff with the opportunity to give back to the community we serve while building what can be long-term relationships with some of our youngest citizens.”
Westminster Police Sergeant Keith Benfer said that last year more than 80 different businesses made donations to Shop With A Cop.This year, in addition to Wal Mart, the Night Train Foundation, and The Water Depot, other contributors include the Carroll County Technology Council, that is donating computers and the Westminster Fire Department and Fire Police, who are donating bicycles.Some of the other contributors in the community are the Greater Westminster Development Corporation and Tom Riggin.
Westminster Police dispatcher Linda Knott and Westminster Police Administrative Assistant Karen Bullock were all smiles as they traded notes and made plans with Lori Graham for shopping with the families and police officers on December 15 and the holiday party which follows.
It was remembered that at last year’s event, (as mentioned in a Westminster Eagle article by Kym Byrnes,) one of the children who was partnered with Westminster Officer Steve Launchi, declared him “soft and cuddly.”
As folks chatted together after the event, many nodded their heads in agreement as Graham remarked that “is truly remarkable the sense of community and holiday spirit in Westminster.”
And how everyone is looking forward to December 15 to witness the “soft and cuddly” police officers help bring the spirit of Christmas to some Westminster families.
Starry Night, CarrollCounty's premier, upscale holiday kick-off event is back!
November 28th, 2007
On Sunday December 9, 2007 6:00 PM:Join us for this elegant, festive event, featuring Marvin Hamlisch. Experience an evening of elegance in the transformed Babylon Great Hall on the CarrollCommunity College campus and make this an event to remember all season long!
This year's event will feature a formal cocktail hour followed by an exclusive concert by Marvin Hamlisch. Starry Night proceeds benefit the CarrollCommunity College's Partners Campaign. Through CarrollCommunity College Foundation's efforts, the Partners Campaign is seeking to raise money to enable the college to continue to be CarrollCounty's premier learning community for state-of-the-art college experiences, baccalaureate preparation, and a lifelong education that is both convenient and affordable.
Tickets are now on sale!
To reserve your tickets, or for more information on this exciting event contact the Foundation Office at 410-386-8168. You may also download a ticket order form and mail or fax in your ticket request.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available, call 410-386-8155 for more information.
MARVIN HAMLISCH
Marvin Hamlisch's life in music is notable for its great versatility as well as substance.
As composer, Hamlisch has won virtually every major award that exists: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards; his groundbreaking show, A CHORUS LINE, received the Pulitzer Prize.
He is the composer of more than forty motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for THE WAY WE WERE and his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for THE STING, for which he received a third Oscar. His prolific output of scores for films include original compositions and/or musical adaptations for SOPHIE'S CHOICE, ORDINARY PEOPLE, THE SWIMMER, THREE MEN AND A BABY, ICE CASTLES, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, BANANAS and SAVE THE TIGER.
Marvin Hamlisch holds the position of Principal Pops Conductor with the National Symphony Orchestra. (This is the first time that anyone has held such a position). He is also the Principal Pops Conductor for the Pittsburgh and San Diego Symphony Orchestras.
Mr. Hamlisch was Musical Director and arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England as well as of the television special, "Barbra Streisand: The Concert" (for which he received two of his Emmys). He served in the same capacities for her Millennium concerts.
Hamlisch is a graduate of both Juilliard and QueensCollege (where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree). He believes in the power of music to bring people together. "Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can."
Although, for the uninitiated, “Half Japanese – Greatest Hits” is a great album, for really enjoying “Half Japanese,” the “Greatest Hits” 1995 album is like kissing your sister.
My two favorite “Half Japanese” albums are “Charmed Life” from 1988 and “the Band That Would Be King,” (with tracks like, “Daytona Beach,” “Africans Built the Pyramids,” and “Horseshoes,” from 1989.
Few of punk rock's founding fathers could have anticipated the extreme to which Half Japanese took the music's do-it-yourself ethos.
Founded by brothers Jad and David Fair, Half Japanese was quite probably the most amateurish rock band to make a record since the Shaggs, all but ignoring musical basics like chords, rhythms, and melody.
However, the brothers made that approach into a guiding aesthetic, steadfastly refusing to progress in their primitive musicianship over a career that lasted decades.
David Fair's article "How to Play Guitar" outlined the Half Japanese philosophy: if you rejected conventional ideas about fingering, tuning, and even stringing a guitar, there were no limits on how you could express yourself on what was, after all, your instrument.
The band's proponents (who included Kurt Cobain) saw them as the epitome of a pure, unbridled enthusiasm for rock & roll, the ultimate expression of punk's dictum that rock should be accessible to anyone who wanted to pick up an instrument and play.
Detractors found them gratingly noisy, borderline unlistenable, and too self-conscious and willful about their naïveté. That naïveté extended to their lyrical outlook too, not just their technical abilities; when they weren't singing about horror movies or tabloid headlines, most of their songs were about girls…
Early on, with less outside influence, their work was more chaotic and cathartic; as time passed, David Fair became a sporadic contributor, and the prolific Jad built a core of semi-regular backing musicians who brought a rudimentary sense of songcraft to the proceedings.
Jad and David Fair formed Half Japanese in their bedroom in the mid-'70s. Accounts differ as to exactly when (somewhere around 1975-77) and where (either Michigan or their eventual base of Maryland; the family apparently moved around a lot). It is known that the brothers made their first home recordings in 1977, issuing their debut EP that year, Calling All Girls, on their own 50 Skidillion Watts label.
About This Video: Some say Half Japanese were the world's greates... (more) Added: July 20, 2006Some say Half Japanese were the world's greatest underground band. Jad and David Fair started the band HALF JAPANESE in their bedroom in Uniontown, Maryland in 1975. Though neither could play a single note on any instrument, they went on to record one of the greatest albums of all time.
Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the TallahatchieBridge
November 1, 2007
My October 31, 2007 – Wednesday Westminster Eagle column is up on the Westminster Eagle web site and it pertains to one of my favorite forms of literature, Southern Gothic storytelling and one of my favorite songs from my teenage years, “Ode to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry.
I lost most the following paragraphs to my word limit…
Ms. Gentry was born Roberta Streeter in nearby Chickasaw County, Mississippi, on July 27, 1944, where she grew up in severe poverty on her grandparents’ farm.Her grandmother facilitated her exploration of writing and music when she traded a family cow for a piano.At the age of seven, Ms. Streeter – Gentry wrote her first song, “My Dog Sergeant Is a Good Dog.”
When Ms. Gentry first released the song, it was the “B” side of a debut “forty-five” which featured a song, “Mississippi Delta.”Disk jockeys became more intrigued with “Ode to Billy Joe” and started giving it considerable airtime – and it crossed over from country music stations to “Top 40.”It topped the charts for four weeks in August 1967, sold three million copies, and won her three Grammy awards.
The narrator of the story is not identified in Ms. Gentry’s haunting and mysterious tale of a young man who commits suicide.The song comes to mind as Halloween is upon us and thoughts wonder to trick or treating or the community Halloween Parade - and ghost stories.CarrollCounty is awash in ghost stories for your enjoyment.That is of course, if you believe in ghosts.Do you believe in ghosts?
The column started out as an “evergreen,” an obligatory column for a particular seasonal event in the year.
Many of my colleagues who write for newspapers abhor “evergreens,” however I have always seen them as a challenge to come up with a different angle on a perennial topic, in this case, a piece on Halloween.
The piece started out very differently as when I neared deadline I jettisoned the customary tome on ghost stories in CarrollCounty with the standard fare on the origins of Halloween.
I got off on a tangent with a variation on the old “CrybabyBridge” standard and quickly left quite a bit of work on the cutting room floor.To wit, most of the following, along with an additional 400 words were killed off:
As with many of our customs, observances and holidays, Halloween evolved over many centuries as a combination of several non-Christian ancient harvest celebrations and rituals combined with religious celebrations.The roots of Halloween go back as far as the 5th century BC in Celtic Ireland, when October 31 was celebrated as “Samhain,” the Celtic New Year.
For the economic historian, it is widely accepted that Halloween came to America along with the significant Irish wave of immigrants as a result of the economic hardships brought on by the Irish potato famine from 1845 to 1851.
Halloween is upon and thoughts wonder to trick or treating or the community Halloween Parade.
And ghost stories.CarrollCounty is awash in ghost stories for your enjoyment.That is of course, if you believe in ghosts.
Do you believe in ghosts?
Among some of the old favorites in Carroll County are the Ghost of Furnace Hills; the Civil War soldier that roams around in Cockey’s Tavern; the ghost of the old Rebecca at the old jail, which now houses Junction, a drug abuse treatment center; and the headless apparition of Marshall Buell at the old Odd Fellows Hall in Westminster.
It was forty years ago in the late summer of 1967 that we first learned from “Mama” that the nice young preacher, Brother Taylor “said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge.And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the TallahatchieBridge.”
I first heard the song, “Ode to Billy Joe,” by Bobbie Gentry that summer on WCAO on the AM dial of the car radio.It was also in this time period that I became firmly hooked on the existential - “Southern Gothic” genre of storytelling.
Other examples of authors of the Southern gothic genre of writing include William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, Eudora Welty, Truman Capote, and Harper Lee.Tennessee Williams once described the genre as stories that reflect “an intuition of an underlying dreadfulness in modern experience.”
Who can forget: It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day…And mama hollered at the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet."And then she said she got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge.Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the TallahatchieBridge.”
Of course another intriguing feature of the story is that it takes place in CarrollCounty: “And brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe put a frog down my back at the CarrollCounty picture show.”
Ms. Gentry has to this day remained circumspect about the haunting and mysterious tale of Mr. MacAllister, but one thing we do know is that the “CarrollCounty” she is referring to in the song is “Carroll County Mississippi.”Come to find out, there are approximately 13 places in the United States called “CarrollCounty.”
The song comes to mind as Halloween is upon us and thoughts wonder to ghost stories.CarrollCounty is awash in ghost stories for your enjoyment.
Halloween ghost stories are fascinating as often they involve aspects of unexplained historical events, enigmatic dialogue, and inexplicable characters.However, over the years, I have become much more enamored with Southern gothic storytelling, which is frequently more creative – and often more disturbing in the manner it which it peels away the layers of a community or society; yet does not tell a reader ‘what to think,’ but nevertheless causes the reader ‘to think.’
Just like Halloween stories, the song’s plot makes known several themes.The first of which is obvious in that just like many popular Carroll County Halloween stories, it reveals a snapshot of life in a particular period in history.
But it is the other prominent theme that is particularly disturbing as it peels away the layers of indifference that contemporary society shows towards our fellow human beings – or in the case of “Ode to Billy Joe,” the loss of life.
In present day CarrollCounty, every other public hearing is “Halloween” as this theme often manifests itself in the cavalier manner in which folks will often engage in character assassination in the pursuit of a particular agenda.
In the song the family of the narrator nonchalantly mentions the gentleman’s death: “Billy Joe never had a lick of sense/ pass the biscuits, please.”Of course the narrator of the story cares: “Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite.”Other than that, they may as well been having a dinner conversation about the weather.
Happy Halloween.By all means, please enjoy some of the old favorites in Carroll County like the Ghost of Furnace Hills; the Civil War soldier that roams around in Cockey’s Tavern; the ghost of the old Rebecca at the old jail, and the headless apparition of Marshall Buell at the old Odd Fellows Hall in Westminster.
Better yet, the next chance you get, go to the Carroll County Public Library and re-read Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” or Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood.”
Or, of course, you can attend a good ole’ CarrollCounty public hearing and really see a modern day horror story unfold in real time - “and watch she and Billy Bob throwing public officials off the Rt. 140 Bridge.”
i have to assume you already know this, but as i too have heard the old adage about what happens when one assumes, i thought i would pass this along.
in reading your boston column (a good one), i noted your reference to the "charlie pass." is that a reference to the kingston trio song 'm.t.a'?
M.T.A. Lyrics
From The Kingston Trio at Large
Date: 07/01/1959
Spoken:
These are the times that try men's souls. In the course of our nation's history, the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of men have been threatened. Today, a new crisis has arisen. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, better known as the M.T.A., is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the population in the form of a subway fare increase. Citizens, hear me out! This could happen to you!
(Eight bar guitar, banjo introduction)
Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charley on a tragic and fateful day.
He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family, went to ride on the M.T.A.
Chorus:
Well, did he ever return? No, he never returned and
his fate is still unknown.
(What a pity! Poor ole Charlie. Shame and scandal.
He may ride forever. Just like Paul Revere.)
He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston.
He's the man who never returned.
Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square Station and he changed for Jamaica Plain.
When he got there the conductor told him, "One more nickel."
Charlie couldn't get off of that train.
(Chorus)
Now, all night long Charlie rides through the station, crying, "What will become of me?!!
How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea or my cousin in Roxbury?"
(Chorus)
Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square Station every day at quarter past two, And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich as the train comes rumblin' through.
(Chorus)
Now, you citizens of Boston, don't you think it's a scandal how the people have to pay and pay?
Fight the fare increase! Vote for George O'Brien!
Get poor Charlie off the M. T. A.
(Chorus)
He's the man who never returned.
He's the man who never returned.
Ain't you Charlie?
Mrs. Owl and I sing this song frequently when we are trying to follow the map or driving direction as we are traveling…We were known to have sung this song several times while we were in Boston…
Hillary's Campaign Video Spoofs "The Sopranos"; Theme Song Is By Celine Dion
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2007
(AP) The scene: A diner and a jukebox. A nostalgic song. A cut to black. It worked as a finale for "The Sopranos," the popular HBO television drama. It now marks a new beginning for "The Clintons."
Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on Tuesday unveiled its new campaign song with a Web video that spoofs the final scene of the mobster series.
[…]
But the song campaign and the video also illustrate the growing effort by some of the more technologically savvy campaigns to connect with voters and potential donors in clever, relatively inexpensive formats that are infused with pop culture references, contemporary themes or intimate moments.
