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TheRyanAdams: RT @dailygalaxy: Cosmic 'Ghost' Discovered: "Evidence of a supermassive

Ryan Adams — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:40:42 GMT

TheRyanAdams: RT @dailygalaxy: Cosmic 'Ghost' Discovered: "Evidence of a supermassive black hole equal in power to a billion supernovas." http://su.pr ...

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TheRyanAdams: WIld Nothings... Gemeni... best record all year... http://www.myspace.c

Ryan Adams — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:40:42 GMT

TheRyanAdams: WIld Nothings... Gemeni... best record all year... http://www.myspace.com/wildnothing

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TheRyanAdams: http://tv.gawker.com/5630609/this-x-factor-video-will-make-you-die-of-s

Ryan Adams — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:02:05 GMT

TheRyanAdams: http://tv.gawker.com/5630609/this-x-...-embarrassment

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hemorroid pain

JackStark211 — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:23:06 GMT

Anyone have suggestions or experience of this sort? I dread every single bowel movement at this time... :uhoh

How the Summer of 69 guy ruined RA's solo career - and other stories

Sydneyfan — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:41:44 GMT

Ryan answers some questions about hecklers, his ears and songwriting...

The Summer of 69 guy:

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It ruined my solo career and I have never really recovered. I mean, Ever since that bullshit article got sold to the Associated Press by that fucking loser now every other wasted college kid thinks I get mad when someone yells "Summer of 69"
I don't actually care either way about that.
What I don't care for is being yelled at. Especially by people who are so satisfied that their hope is it would actually take effect. It just reminds me how much actual malice and misdirected bullshit there is in the world.
I always loved music because it was an escape from that kind of college-party intelligence.
what a waste

TheMandyMoore: RT @NickKristof: Let's hope UN General Assembly this month focuses on

Mandy Moore — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:53:58 GMT

TheMandyMoore: RT @NickKristof: Let's hope UN General Assembly this month focuses on Sudan and avoidance of a new civil war there. This is a last chance.

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TheMandyMoore: sending good thoughts and prayers to all the folks in new zealand.....

Mandy Moore — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:53:58 GMT

TheMandyMoore: sending good thoughts and prayers to all the folks in new zealand......

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TheMandyMoore: Ashley Judd confronts Africa's deadly mineral issue - http://bit.ly/dA

Mandy Moore — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:20:27 GMT

TheMandyMoore: Ashley Judd confronts Africa's deadly mineral issue - http://bit.ly/dAbpsT #cnn wow. she never fails to amaze me.

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TheMandyMoore: Noshing on some matzoh ball soup with my bff raina. ;)

Mandy Moore — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:31:11 GMT

TheMandyMoore: Noshing on some matzoh ball soup with my bff raina. ;)

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TheRyanAdams: http://www.terrastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/16.The-Dish.swf

Ryan Adams — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:10:20 GMT

TheRyanAdams: http://www.terrastro.com/wp-content/...6.The-Dish.swf Wow

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Would a declared Atheist be able to win a General Election in your country?

Quincy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:54:45 GMT

Found myself reading up on the deputy PM in the coalition, Nick Clegg (no idea why I got onto that subject), and remembered something he said at the end of one of the debates during the election that didn't really get picked up too much by media:

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I'm not a man of faith

and found an article from 2007 when he became leader of the Liberal Democrats in which you can see the half-hearted declaration he made about

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Nick Clegg says: 'I don't believe in God'

Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats� new leader, has defied political convention with a frank admission that he is an atheist.

During a round of media broadcasts on the morning after his election to the post, he was asked by one interviewer: �Do you believe in God?�

�No,� Mr Clegg answered simply, during an appearance on BBC Radio 5 Live.

He later issued a statement saying that, while he is �not an active believer�, his Spanish wife Miriam is a Roman Catholic and their two young sons will be brought up in the Catholic faith.

His statement said: �I have enormous respect for people who have religious faith. I�m married to a Catholic and am committed to bringing my children up as Catholics.

�However, I myself am not an active believer, but the last thing I would do when talking or thinking about religion is approach it with a closed heart or a closed mind.�

His admission is nonetheless unusual for a British political leader, most of whom have tended to try to avoid upsetting believers and non-believers alike by referring to or hinting at their faith before saying religion is a private matter.

The most notable exception was Tony Blair, an active Christian, who admitted in an interview last month that if you talk about faith in Britain�s political system �people think you�re a nutter�.

Few politicians have dared to do the opposite, however, and admit they have no faith at all.

David Cameron has told interviewers he believes in God, attends church (�not as much as I should�) and wants his children to attend a church school.

Gordon Brown makes much of his upbringing as the son of a Church of Scotland minister and his own �moral compass� but, in line with many British politicians, is coy when pressed in greater detail about his faith.

Although the Liberal Democrats have long advocated disestablishing the Church of England, the party has a large number Christians among its membership, and members of other faiths, and the roots of the 19th century Liberal Party had strong links with the non-conformist churches.

Sir Menzies Campbell, the party�s previous leader, described himself as an �occasional Presbyterian� while Charles Kennedy is a Catholic.

The one politician to have recently tried to buck the instinctive reserve of British voters at mixing politics and religion was William Hague.

The former Tory leader was typical in his own position, calling himself a Christian and saying he believed in God �but not in that tangible way�. His innovation was to try to identify and motivate a block of centre-right Christian voters, appealing to evangelical Christians modelled on the core voter strategy of the first presidential campaign of George Bush.

Mr Hague became the first British party leader to address an evangelical Christian festival, Spring Harvest, in 2000 and with a series of policy announcements such as a pledge to relax rules on religious broadcasting. But the strategy underestimate the gulf between the British and American electorates and did not yield results on the scale he hoped.

Mr Clegg received praise for his admission, though words of caution too.

Paul Woolley, director of the theology think-tank Theos, said: �I think he is the exception, rather than the norm. There could be implications politically in the electorate as a whole.

�I think the majority of people either believe in God�s existence - certainly research that we have done in the past demonstrates that - or they are agnostic.

�If he is saying that is he agnostic, obviously that is probably not quite so serious politically as saying you are an atheist.�

Jonathan Bartley, director of Ekklesia, another religious think-tank, said voters would find Mr Clegg�s honesty �refreshing�.

He said: �At the moment, when religion is quite an emotive and explosive issue, having someone who perhaps does not have a religious faith could be quite a positive move,� he said.

�It depends on what his views are - the question is what are his views and how does that translate into practice. You can get some pretty nasty atheists and also some pretty nasty religious fundamentalists.�

Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, said faith should be a private matter.

He said: �I hope that people will admire his honesty. I do not think that he should be disadvantaged because of the fact that he does not believe.

�A lot of people do not believe but they don�t happen to mention it, I do not think it will make him less popular.

�However, I do think that some people who represent religious institutional views may try to make his political life difficult as a result of that.�

While the UK has become fairly secular I would think if he had been considered a viable winner of the election before the three televised debate more would have been made of his somewhat woolly statement on whether or not he believes in a god.

I think it would political suicide to run for POTUS and not do God.

Would it make any difference in Canada and Australia?

When The Wild Wind Blows

JenniferRK — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:23:27 GMT

I've listened to Ryan Adams for a few years, but I still don't know all his music. Last night my friend sent me a song by Ryan Adams called "When The Wild Wind Blows" and I have tried endlessly to find the song lyrics but have had absolutely no luck. If anyone has the lyrics or knows where I can find the lyrics I would greatly appreciate it. My dad blames OCD but it really bothers me when I can't find song lyrics.

Here's a link to the youtube video, if it helps.

Youtube

TheRyanAdams: at BananaChicken w @zcandyman mixin demos of III/IV and am SO gassy! sr

Ryan Adams — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:30:20 GMT

TheRyanAdams: at BananaChicken w @zcandyman mixin demos of III/IV and am SO gassy! srsly

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TheRyanAdams: oh, Slayer

Ryan Adams — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:23:05 GMT

TheRyanAdams: oh, Slayer

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Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now (August)

Sydneyfan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:51:30 GMT

Reminds me of early Linda Ronstadt minus the superb vocal range. Great album and she writes and sounds much older than 22.

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arlier this year, Nashville's Caitlin Rose attacked stale country assumptions and shook up expectations with brash rock 'n' roll attitude to accompany her hip-slung country-girl charm on her Dead Flowers EP. On her debut full-length, Own Side Now, Rose has traded in a handful of her volatility for straightforward indie-country pop song craft. And the trade has treated her well.

Rose still compares favourably to her inspirations - Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and Linda Ronstadt - but she seems to have settled down into her role as a budding country starlet. Certainly, the country-punk attitude is missed a bit; there's nothing here to match Docket's "The Surgeon General can suck on my dick." But this is not patently a bad thing - curtseying, cowboy-booted charm fit Rose's style a bit closer than fuck-you tambourine shaking did in a lot of ways.

Own Side Now is a quieter, more introspective album, but it also features a lushness that seemed unlikely given Rose's winking bluegrass-tinged debut. The arrangements have gotten more elaborate - swirling strings, the twang of a Telecaster, crying pedal steel, B3 organ solos, and honky-tonk piano - but Rose still comes across as savvy and cocksure in the centre of it all.

The album was produced by Mark Nevers, and the analogue recording equipment - coupled with an astounding cast of some of Nashville's best session players - gives Own Side Now a comfortable, worn-in feel that's largely missing from Nashville country these days.

Learnin' To Ride opens the album with sunny, subtle beauty. Rose croons, "When I was young, I used to ride the wild ones," and "Now all I need is a simple steed; take me where I want without putting up a fight." All the while, brushed drums and aching pedal steel give her voice just the sort of effortlessly lovely background it deserves. Sure, she's riveting when she's riffing on her anger, but her quieter moments stand out here.

For The Rabbits is soulful in its half-time groove, organ and tremolo guitar melding in the foundation. "Habit's the only place that you call home," Rose sings as she begs a scorned lover to come home to her "absent arms" and "routine disaster." Shanghai Cigarettes chugs under the spotlights like Kris Kristofferson in his prime. Rose warns: "Trying to quit will make you wish you didn't start, cos the pack is as empty as the hole in your heart."

New York City seems written from a hotel window high up; Rose plays the bewildered, transplanted country girl with off-the-cuff perfection. "So I've got lost on the lower east side, cos I pissed off my tour guide," she sings. "I was lucky to be alive underneath these city lights."

The haunting, acoustic Sinful Wishing Well finds Rose wondering when she'll hit the bottom. "In the dark, you know I've seen it, but you know that I don't mean it from the bottom of my angry broken heart," she sings. In stark contrast, the album's closer, Comin' Up, is noisy country boogie-woogie at its most exuberant. This time Rose doesn't just throw down her tambourine; she seems to have left the stage for the band to jam as morning comes up.

She may have cut a slightly different path than she hinted at on Dead Flowers, but make no mistake: Caitlin Rose is the best thing to come out of Nashville in a long damn time.

http://www.musicomh.com/albums/caitlin-rose-2_0710.htm