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Obituary: How Lou Reed shaped rock
BBC News – Obituary: How Lou Reed shaped rock Lewis Allan Reed, better known as Lou, was a singer and guitarist famous for his deadpan voice and distinctive lyrics. In a career spanning many decades – both in the band The Velvet Underground and his subsequent solo career – he had a huge influence on […]
Healthy fear, toxic fear
October 25, 2013
Healthy fear, toxic fear | Pilar Jerico by PILAR on October 21, 2013 If you are afraid, it’s good news- it means that you’re alive! We only stop experiencing fear in one of three situations: when we call it something else, when we suffer brain damage or when we are dead.
Morrissey’s Autobiography is nearly a triumph
October 18, 2013
Morrissey’s Autobiography is nearly a triumph, but ends up mired in moaning | Music | theguardian.com For its first 150 pages, Autobiography comes close to being a triumph. “Naturally my birth almost kills my mother, for my head is too big,” he writes, and off we go – into the Irish diaspora in the inner-city […]
Billy Fury – Gonna Type A Letter
October 18, 2013
Originally posted on Juke Music:
A great, neglected slice of early British rock ‘n’ roll from the B-side of Fury’s first single (Maybe Tomorrow) in 1959. While it has much to recommend it – the energy, the simplicity, Fury’s vocal and the proof that Brits could occasionally get rock ‘n’ roll right – the best…
Autobiography by Morrissey – The other side of the coin
October 18, 2013
Droning narcissism and the whine of self-pity – Reviews – Books – The Independent Morrissey’s reputation will survive this, but Penguin Classics won’t
Morrissey Autobiography Review
October 18, 2013
Geek is the new chic: Morrissey Autobiography Review I’ve been waiting for today, Morrissey Autobiography day, with the shared electric, anticipation of every other die hard Morrissey fan around the world. I’d placed my pre-order with Amazon but not willing to rely on an early morning delivery from Royal Mail, the lure was too much for me and I […]
Usain Bolt wants to be professional footballer
October 15, 2013
Originally posted on Sykose Extreme Sports News:
New Delhi: He may have won six Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships becoming the fastest man on earth but legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt as a child dreamt of becoming a Test cricket sensation. And once he hangs up his running shoes, Bolt wants to become…
Mo Farah: Running a marathon in two hours ‘ridiculous’
October 15, 2013
Originally posted on Sykose Extreme Sports News:
Two-hour marathon is crazy – Farah Mo Farah says that he has never said he could run a marathon in under two hours. Some people, including Lord Sebastian Coe, said the goal was too ambitious for the double Olympic Champion who plans to run the London Marathon in 2014. Farah, 30,…
Learn English with Ricky Gervais
October 15, 2013
“Aprenda inglés con Ricky Gervais”, lección 1 subtitulada en español. Se ha de activar los subtitulos. Aprender inglés con Ricky Gervais y Karl Pilkington. “Learn English with Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington”, Lesson 1 with Spanish subtitles
4AD: the ‘pure’ label
October 11, 2013
4AD: the ‘pure’ label behind Pixies and Cocteau Twins | Music | The Guardian Little was known about Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, the enigmatic founders of celebrated indie label 4AD, until they were tracked down in the US
Sachin Tendulkar survived pressure of expectation to unite a nation
October 11, 2013
Sachin Tendulkar survived pressure of expectation to unite a nation | Andy Bull | Sport | The Guardian Batting can be a tricky business, as every amateur knows. At the elite level, it is almost impossible. At 90mph it takes a cricket ball around 500 milliseconds to travel from one end of the wicket to […]
Angela Merkel’s Pyrrhic Victory
October 9, 2013
Angela Merkel’s Pyrrhic Victory by George Soros – Project Syndicate BUDAPEST – As far as Germany is concerned, the drama of the euro crisis is over. The subject was barely discussed in the country’s recent election campaign. Chancellor Angela Merkel did what was necessary to ensure the euro’s survival, and she did so at the […]
China pivots to Latin America
October 8, 2013
Morrissey inks memoir deal
October 7, 2013
Morrissey inks memoir deal with Penguin Classics | Music | The Guardian. They have surrendered: Morrissey‘s memoir is indeed coming out, and will be published by Penguin Classics, the home of some of the world’s greatest literary works.
OPEN LETTER TO MILEY CIRUS
October 3, 2013
See the full letter by clicking here You definitely want to! Cuz it is LOADED!!See, this all started when Miley Cyrus told Rolling Stone she thought her Wrecking Ball video was this generation’s Nothing Compares 2 U — or at least it had been designed to be similar to it!
The Future of Europe Remarks delivered by George Soros at the Global Economic Symposium October 1, 2013 :: Kiel, Germany
October 2, 2013
George made the following remarks today at the Global Economic Symposium in Kiel, Germany. In his remarks, George analyzes the current state of the euro crisis and warns that a looming period of economic stagnation may destroy the union. I shall take a holistic approach to the future of Europe. I have developed a conceptual […]
The Guardian
- Israeli minister vows to quit war cabinet if PM fails to agree new Gaza plan
- Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk: undisputed heavyweight championship – live
- Archbishop of Canterbury urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap
- Third of voters believe Starmer was wrong to let Elphicke into Labour party
- Nadhim Zahawi says it was a mistake for Tories to force Boris Johnson from No 10
- Hospitals to share waiting lists under Labour plans for quicker care
- Tony O’Reilly, one of Ireland’s leading business figures, dies aged 88
- Georgian president vetoes ‘foreign influence’ law
- Fewer than one in 10 arts workers in UK have working-class roots
- ‘I put his matchstick men in the bin’: Lowry’s lost sketches go on display for first time
Film English
- ‘Universities’ Lesson Plan
- ‘Ultra-Marathoner’ Lesson Plan
- ‘Highly Sensitive People’ Lesson Plan
- ‘How to Develop a Growth Mindset’ Lesson Plan
- ‘Subway Knitter’ Lesson Plan
- ‘The Importance of Failure’ Lesson Plan
- Train in Empathy with Kieran in Barcelona this Summer
- ‘How to Become a Powerful Public Speaker’ Lesson Plan
- ‘Barbie’ Extensive Viewing Guide
- ‘How the discovery of DNA changed the world’ Lesson Plan
UsingEnglish.com Weblog
- Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms
- Different kinds of IELTS Reading tasks advice and practice
- IELTS Speaking Part Three on IELTS Reading
- Learning English vocabulary problems and solutions
- Things to avoid in IELTS Reading giving reasons practice
- How to read English books with your child
- Have something done coin games
- Make and do pelmanism and snap card games
- IELTS Writing Task 2 tasks on IELTS Reading
- IELTS post-reading comparisons
Wordnik Words of the Day
- Wordnik Word of the Day: glossic
- Wordnik Word of the Day: malkin
- Wordnik Word of the Day: deflagrate
- Wordnik Word of the Day: bodement
- Wordnik Word of the Day: skolion
- Wordnik Word of the Day: endophyte
- Wordnik Word of the Day: thraneen
- Wordnik Word of the Day: macropod
- Wordnik Word of the Day: scandent
- Wordnik Word of the Day: nullah
careerrealism blog by Bud Bilanich
- The Waiting Game: Surviving Job Offer Anxiety
- How To Answer Salary Questions On Job Applications
- 5 Possible Examples Of AI Usage With Salesforce
- How To Answer 7 Of The Most Common Interview Questions
- What To Do When You Keep Coming In Second Place In Job Interviews
- 5 Quick Tips For Working In Walking At Work
- How To Prepare For Different Types Of Interviews
- 11 Signs Your Operations Are Undermining Your Marketing Efforts
- The Top 4 Consequences Of Ignoring AI: Why Your Organization Needs To Adapt
- 3 Ways To Upskill While Not Working Your Dream Job
Jotdown Cultural Magazine
- Los cuatro deseos que impulsan todo comportamiento humano, según Bertrand Russell
- Fargo: Nietzsche, tonos de verde y el escudo de Aquiles (y 2)
- Futuro Imperfecto #25: La inteligencia artificial, y no la sequía, nos matará de sed (2)
- En defensa de Ayuso, el pueblo judío y la Ilustración
- Brexit, o la reescritura del presente en tiempo real
- ‘El hogar eterno’, de William Gay: vigencia del sur estadounidense (y 2)
- Fargo: Nietzsche, tonos de verde y el escudo de Aquiles (1)
- Marca personal para profesionales sanitarios
- Mayo del 24
- Ibán García del Blanco: «El salto de productividad que se va a producir con la inteligencia artificial no debe quedar en manos de unos pocos, ha de beneficiarnos colectivamente»
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
- On Giving Up: Adam Phillips on Knowing What You Want, the Art of Self-Revision, and the Courage to Change Your Mind
- John Gardner on the Key to Self-Renewal Across Life and the Art of Making Rather Than Finding Meaning
- Nothing: The Illustrated Story of How John Cage Revolutionized Music and the Art of Listening Through Silence
- What It’s Like to Be a Falcon: The Peregrine as a Portal to a Way of Seeing and a State of Being
- Flowers for Things I Don’t Know How to Say: A Tender Painted Lexicon of Consolation and Connection
- Nature’s Oldest Mandolin: The Poetic Science of How Cicadas Sing
- The Universe in Verse Book
- The Work of Art: Inside the Creative Process of Beloved Artists, Poets, Musicians, and Other Makes of Meaning
- The Wild Iris: Nobel Laureate Louise Glück on the Door at the End of Your Suffering
- The Paradise Notebooks: A Poet and a Geologist’s Love Letter to Life Lensed Through a Mountain
El Crack Inglés Blog 
October 28, 2013
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