News – This last week, our Top Twenty was dominated by multiple stories about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. But there were also lively conversations about music, the Iowa caucuses, impeachment, and (I'm not kidding) turtles. Come on down!
I'm bursting with pride to know "I Like Turtles" left you speechless James! It left me rather open-mouthed as well. :)
it is sad.
why do people like criminal news so much?
Wish I knew.I know in the past some news was covered up or ignored.Now I'm 50, but it used to be a murder,child abduction,murder,rape was NEWS.But now it's ratings.
But lets say murders dropped 10%, it's not advertised, but we are drowned in the sensationalistic crimes which makes us terrified and keeps us locked up in our homes afraid of everyone.
REAL,REAL SAD
Excuse you! I would have thought this story with 151 VOTES and 518 COMMENTS would have made the director's cut:
http://science.propeller.com/story/2008/01/02/m...
What's a girl gotta do? It didn't have the secret decoder ring, did it? ; )
I mentioned it in the final paragraph, Alpha.
And not a word about me, Propeller's resident anti-christ. That's okay...I'll remember. No respect.
Just trying to spread the love to every corner of the Propeller kingdom.
JamesMarcus
And you are doing an excellent job IMO!
A few people prefer to take my jokes seriosly. I'm not the "anti-Christ" nor do I feel marginalized or left-out by any stretch of the imagination.
To the contrary, I am grateful for your support, JamesMarus, and for most of the entire community at Propeller. We are really fortunate to have someone like yourself, who is truly a uniter.
And I am not a butt-kisser; if I dont agree with you or anyone, you can rest assured I will open my big mouth.
Thanks again for another good weekly review.
Many thanks, SC--I'm blushing. But if things are going swimmingly on Propeller, I have to share the credit with our excellent team of anchors, developers, and Scouts. Not to mention the membership, which is heading toward the 450K mark. (Hmm, this is beginning to sound like my Oscar speech. I'll stop before I get gonged.)
Come to think of it, James, I think we should have three annual Propeller Awards:
Propeller Spin: for the most creative and original post,
Propeller Wake: For the most votes, and
Propeller Push: For the most comments!
You may even consider a "Skipper Award" for the Propellerhead submitting the most stories. Why not?
Each award should be a baseball cap with a Propeller at the top!
And you could make it as an additional icon right next to the avatar!
Peace and Blessings!
Thanks James, I'm thrilled to have Considerable Sounds mentioned. As I mentioned on a thread earlier this week, you can't please everyone. Trying to is like teaching a pig to sing. There will be no aria and it annoys the pig.
I really enjoy these recaps, as always, well done.
Best to all!
You're very welcome. Many of this week's top stories tilted toward the catastrophic, or just plain depressing, starting with Bhutto's assassination. It was great to linger on musical matters for the space of a paragraph. But hey, you forgot Richard Thompson's "Sweet Warrior," and Los Lobos' "The Town and the City," and Levon Helm's "Dirt Farmer," and "Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian," and....
And nice to see Robert Wyatt get another mention here!
I went on to find some interesting youtube material on him including a recent 90 minute speaking gig at the Purcell Hall in London.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9XRWkIKTYU
The blurb describes him as a "national treasure".
I don't know if this is the proper venue, but I'm fairly new to propeller and really enjoy the articles but especially the general respect and civility in most cases which I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE NET.GREAT PLACE, GREAT PEOPLE.
Got into 2 lengthy discussion on RELIGION and POLITICS and didn't get called a name once. I'm stunned. These are touchy areas.
My philosophy in a debate/discussion is there are facts and opinions. If my facts are wrong, teach me.If by hearing opinions alters mine, fine. But respecting others is my top priority. Thanks everyone.
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Great article James, looking forward to the next one...