Friday, December 7, 2007

Bonnaroo 2008 Dates Announced. As the temperatures continue to get lower and lower, it is hard not to think about the warmer days ahead once we creep into summer. Those warm, sunny days also mark the beginning of the summer festival season, with one of the biggest being the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Next year's four-day extravaganza will take place June 12 through 15 on the same 700 acre farm on Manchester, TN. Of course, it is too early to start speculating about the lineup, although we've already seen a few fictitious Coachella lineups floating around online. Stay tuned for more Bonnaroo updates, as their official site states that performers will start being announced in late January and early February. Bonnaroo [The Tripwire] 7:35:53 PM

More From Noisy Decent Graphics A few leaves out of Ben's book. Sometimes nothing beats a good old-fashioned pun, does it? I've so enjoyed seeing Ben's many leaves in recent weeks, that I thought I'd contribute a few of my own. I don't own a book of Pantone chips, unfortunately, so you'll have to guess. These were all taken on a recent walk with my dog, Harry. Nothing beats winter sunlight. [Noisy Decent Graphics] 7:26:23 PM

Taylor Caldwell Around the World The delights of trash. I snapped this on the way out of our hotel room yesterday. I love forgotten old paperbacks like this, which always crop up on hotel bookshelves. (It was sitting next to the inevitable out-of-sequence Len Deighton, another hotel classic.) In both its appearance and the writing within, this is pure trash. (I meant to scribble down a juicy quote to pass on, but time and children wait for no man.) Nevertheless, if you're anything like me (and anything like as old), it sparks a gentle little pang of nostalgia. It's the sort of book you find in your granny's house, or on those squeaky revolving racks in the Sue Ryder shop. They've become imbued with a sort of gentle, whimsical melancholy, and I can't help but love them, trash as they are. Perhaps I'll begin a collection. (Stop Press: The internet, of course, has just robbed me of the charming sense of mystery around this book. A quick Google reveals that Wikipedia has everything you never wanted to know about Taylor Caldwell, and there's even an Appreciation Society. I'm trying to maintain my aforementioned gentle, whimsical melancholy, but it's not an emotion that easily survives an onslaught of cold, hard facts.) [Noisy Decent Graphics] 7:21:29 PM

Paul McGuinness on Phantom 105.2 Irish Radio Man about Tree. Got questions about The Joshua Tree? Paul McGuinness will try to answer them on Phantom 105.2 Irish radio, during a two-hours Album Archive special on Sunday December 9th at 10:00pm GMT. Send your questions to: webmaster(at)phantom.ie  Read more on Phantom.ie [U2log.com // Weblog and Magazine] 6:55:02 PM

Science News: Cancer and Infection Scientist: Infections can cause cancer. A U.S. scientist says cancer -- known to be caused by genetic cell mutations -- can also be caused by infections from viruses, bacteria and parasites. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news] 6:51:08 PM

World Vision Latest News South Asia: Tsunami Operations End in Triumph. Three years following a catastrophic tsunami that devastated South Asia's Indian Ocean region, World Vision wraps up its relief efforts, whose encouraging results are detailed in our final report this month. [World Vision Latest News] 6:48:30 PM