The Donald may or may not be gaining on Hillary in the presidential race… depending on which poll you look at and on which day you look at it. Trump has ardent supporters who say they appreciate a non-establishment candidate who does not care about political correctness, who tells it like it is.
Newsweek – remember Newsweek magazine? – has taken a deep dive into the Trump Organization, its worldwide business activities, and how that could affect national security.
Maybe you’re one of the disbelievers who argue that the whole climate change thing is a hoax. Global warming is just a conspiracy of scientists who want to scare us so they’ll continue to receive government grants for their purported research.
Well, see what happens to your smug disbelief when you can’t find your favorite Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream flavor in the grocer’s freezer. That’s right, your need for Chubby Hubby may be unfulfilled because of drought in nut-growing regions. Think you can get along without Cherry Garcia when no chocolate is available?
Steven Van Zandt, aka Little Steven, aka Miami Steve, is probably best known as the character Silvio Dante in The Sopranos; or as long-time guitarist in the E Street Band; or host of Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio show; or Artists United Against Apartheid’s “Sun City Project.”
Van Zandt is also the founder of the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and its “Rock and Roll High School.” The Foundations offers its curriculum to educators at no charge. If you want to get lost for a few minutes or hours or days, click here.
Fifty years ago, August 29, 1966 to be exact, the Beatles played a concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. That was their last live performance until their impromptu show on the roof of their Abbey Road studio three years later. They stopped playing live shows because the screaming from the audience was so loud they could not hear themselves play.
Director Ron Howard has produced a documentary film, “Eight Days a Week,” chronicling the era of Beatlemania. Never-before-seen footage of the Candlestick concert is featured in the movie.
“But I also thought it was even more important to try to tell a story that would convey to people who really have no idea — I’m thinking of the millennials, I suppose; people who have grown up with the music and think they know something of the story — the intensity of the journey and the impact they had.”
The movie is set for release – excuse me, will drop – mid-September.
The University of Oregon has many prominent alums: Steve Prefontaine, Ann Curry, Phil Knight, Ken Kesey, and me. A driving force behind the founding of the University of Oregon in 1876 was Matthew Deady. He served as the university’s president for its first twenty years. The first building at the U of O was named in his honor and is still in use today. Deady’s other accomplishments include serving as president of the convention to draft Oregon’s first constitution and he was named Oregon’s first district court judge after statehood. Deady also was a staunch defender of slavery and a supporter of the Ku Klux Klan. Oops.
The Donald may or may not be gaining on Hillary in the presidential race… depending on which poll you look at and on which day you look at it. Trump has ardent supporters who say they appreciate a non-establishment candidate who does not care about political correctness, who tells it like it is.
