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Diver Down
Released: 2008 12 tracksPosts about > Diver Down
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In honor of the RAWKIN' (tribute to you, pimpy - big kisses) Van Halen show I saw last night (review coming for anyone who might be interested), I thought I'd take the mighty boys from the Netherlands as the subject of my covers today. I'm going to dodge all the current controversy . . . you can go elsewhere for that if you want. The original Van Halen was born of some interesting factors: 1. classical music training (I should astonish no one with the fact that Eddie ... MORE
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John's Health Center on Sunday afternoon, complaining of chest pain. Carlin died at 5:55 p.m. PDT. He was 71. Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. It was announced Tuesday that Carlin was being a... MORE
More banks reveal damage caused by subprime-infected debt HOW big the final bill will be is not clear. But most estimates put the eventual tally for defaults by America’s subprime borrowers at $200 billion-300 billion. Sensibly with such a big sum, banks are taking the pain in installments. On Thursday December 20th Bear Stearns was the latest Wall Street bank to add to the $40 billion or so in related losses that its peers have admitted to. The bank suffered a write-dow... MORE
Use the word "minstrel" now and you will probably be called a racist. Minstrel shows in the United States took the traditional form of the minstrel - a court show with bawdy songs full of innuendo mixed with comic stories and heroic tales that gave revelers permission to act like frat boys - and twisted it even further by covering performers in blackface so that they had the audience's permission to ridicule and caricature blacks. American minstrel shows – sadly, our first... MORE
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