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Congratulations to Jorge Drexler on winning the Academy Award for best song in a motion picture!!!!!!!!!

rant to follow.. why is jorge drexler not allowed to sing his oscar nominated song? he wrote it and sang it for the "motorcycle diarie...

here is a link with a chronology and discography for Ella Fitzgerald.. the chronology informs us, among other things, on the recording date...

Our continuing series on early 10 inch LP records continues with Ella Fitzgerald's first LP record: 1949's "Souvenir Album...

The first thing that jumps out at me when I look at Ella's first LP (Decca DL 5084) from 1949 is that this is one of few pictures I have...

Its little secret I got it bad for original Blue Note records... Interestingly I found this post today at the Vinyl Asylum bulletin board (s...

here is a link to a story that was just published on popmatters which sorta summarizes my feelings about this past super bowl.. my own sto...

and here is the link for Hunter S. Thompson's actual last story...published on espn.com on february 16.. its a somewhat amusing story a...

a lot of people don't realize that hunter s thompson had a regular column on espn.com these past few years.. here is the link for his s...

A Day With Hunter S. Thompson In early April of 1984 I was the coolest guy in Madison, Wisconsin for a day. I was the designated driver fo...

a writer with some bite

"Presidential politics is a vicious business, even for rich white men, and anybody who gets into it should be prepared to grapple with ...

Hunter S. Thompson's final story was in the October 20, 2004 Rolling Stone ..check it here .. he was off base, like many of us, on the e...

the great gonzo journalist is gone...

he killed himself...more to follow on this........

A sign posted on a fence erected to protect La Casa Rosada (see in the background), Argentina's White House, the day after riots led to ...

The economic recession of Argentina eventually led to a popular revolt that brought down the President. Pictured here are the headlines of A...

Argentina's economy has grown at nearly 9% for the past two years with additional growth forecast for this year... Meanwhile, the Govern...

A feature on Andres Calamaro will follow...for now its great to know he's healthy and back performing in Argentina..

these pictures are for my friend Mariano Parra.. wherever he may be and whatever he's doing I have a strong feeling he was at this show....