Thursday, February 5, 2009

Theresa Andersson

Theresa Andersson A soft-spoken, singer-song-writer from Los Angeles, California who tends to have more originality in her pinky than most people do in their entire body. Big words I know, but after familiarizing myself with her music on Myspace and loving every bit of it, I felt the only logical step next was to attend one of her residency shows at The Mint in Hollywood.

Playing beautifully crafted songs such as “Na Na Na” and “Birds Fly Away” from her gorgeous album Hummingbird, it was easy to see why everyone is going crazy for this girl. She was recently invited to sing on David Byrne’s new record, will be performing on Late Night with Conan O’Brien next month, and has been featured on pretty much every top albums list of 2008 under the sun.

She graces the tiny stage with herself, herself and herself; handling vocals, background vocals, guitar, bass, drums, violin and samples Without the invention of the loop pedal, she wouldn’t have a gig. It’s common knowledge that people can create their own records pretty easily with pro-tools All you have to do is record the guitar with one track, the bass on another, and so on and so forth.

Clark Howard

Clark Howard had some negative things to say about SB 31 (you can read the facts of the bill here), which passed the Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee today, in a recent broadcast and is wondering why Gov. Sonny Perdue has failed to take leadership on what is a very bad bill for consumers.

Money Expert Clark Howard will give you a roadmap to financial stability and help you protect yourself against costly financial mistakes and potential scams each weekend. Tune in Saturdays and Sundays at noon and 4 p.m. ET on HLN On the show, Clark takes phone calls from the audience of his popular radio show, helps HLN viewers in his Money Coach series.

On Sunday, the pattern is the same. At 11 a.m., a CNN Headline News show attracted 223,000 viewers. Clark at noon fell to 148,000 (-34%). At 1 p.m. CNN Headline News bounced all the way up to 371,000, more than doubling Clark. (+151%) “Open House” brought in 355,000 at 3:30 p.m. Clark at 4 p.m. fell to 303,000 (-15%). CNN Headline News at 5 p.m. drew 326,000 (+8%).

Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron's family and friends are throwing him a 75th birthday party Thursday night at a downtown Atlanta hotel. Among those scheduled to attend are former President Bill Clinton, baseball commissioner Bud Selig and Hall of Famer Dave Winfield Aaron hit 755 homers during a career spent mostly with the Braves, a record that stood until Barry Bonds broke the mark in 2007 He's awaiting trial on charges he lied to a grand jury when he testified that he never used performance-enhancing drugs.

Aaron's most famous home run was his 715th which broke Babe Ruth's home run record, but perhaps his most important came on September 23rd, 1957, when he hit a home run in extra innings to power the Braves to beat the St. Louis Cardinals to clinch the National League pennant The Braves earned Milwaukee's only World Series victory that year in seven games over the New York Yankees. Aaron won the regular season MVP that year.

African-American baseball great Hank Aaron followed his dream and in spite of the racial tensions in the 1960s and hate mail directed to him, he kept on and broke the home run record of Babe Ruth Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, Aaron is featured on their site "The Hammer" spent 14 seasons of his career in Milwaukee, playing with the Braves from 1954-65 and the Brewers in 1975 and 76.
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