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Apologies to friends and colleagues .. I took some excerpts from recent personal emails to populate this page. Strategies for blogging are still experimental.
I've been searching
Seems like there has been a tremendous amount of activity in the 'search' world all of a sudden. I have had an interesting time working with Amazon's A9 site and MyJeeves. Also, the commentaries about these efforts have been of interest. "Searchblog" [http://battellemedia.com/] is especially deep with info. It was new to me .. but there is a lot there about publishers' uses of search. Not all is new, of course; some of this reminds one of Northern Light circa 1998.
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LookSmart buys Furl -ZDNet, Sept 24, 2004
Waterman
Recently shook hands with Dick Waterman who managed Muddy, Bonnie Raitt, Skip James, Son House, many others… Carrie Bell was playing good stuff … It was the Boston Blues Fest …. So, Dick Waterman’s got cool book out based on his experiences [see link below]. We linked to Smithsonian stuff before from this site. From Herald piece, Waterman talking on Son House performing: "He hypnotized himself to another time and place. When the song was over, he'd bow his head, nod, bring his eyes up, refocus. It was mesmerizing. I knew I had a majestic responsibility to make sure this man's greatness was seen and heard."
Am listening today to John Hurt, Son House, Skip James… reading same [via Erick Sacheim], and Corso and Su Shih … also discovered Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant.
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Waterman photos put legends in focus -- Boston Herald, Sept 23, 2004
Dick Waterman site
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http://www.bobdylan.com/index.html
Chronicles
You! Can you believe Dylan actually wrote a book about his life? And cryptic curtains will part? It's daunting so far to read [Newsweek excerpt] as he points to how fans messed up his attempts at happy home.. and I know we as young youths panthered after him, and were not adverse to entering his alley, just like the dweebs of Aquarius he describes. Sorry! I was so much younger then!
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Bobdylan.com
Excerpt - Newsweek, Sept 29, 2004
Quoted:
"A record seemed like a magical artifact -- somehng that came fom America." -Sting, Lennon's Jukebox, PBS
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Toutatis asteroid gets real close - BBC, Sept 29, 2004
IBM supercomputer sets world speed record - NYT Sept 28, 2004
Spector of Phil - NME, Sept 28, 2004
Lowell celebrates Kerouac 2004
Tommorowland DVD is coming NPR |
