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1. "Backspacer Short (Short Film)"
2. "Smile" Michael Jackson
3. "Mad World Adam Lambert AI Video
4. "Mad World Adam Lambert Studio
5. "Little Soul (Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Funk Dub)" DM_SOTU
6. "Peace" DM_SOTU
7. "Fragile Tension" DM_SOTU
8. "Little Soul" DM_SOTU
9. "In Sympathy" DM_SOTU
10. "Walking In My Shoes (Live In Tel Aviv)" DM_SOTU
11. "Wrong (D.I.M. vs. Boys Noize Remix)" DM_SOTU
12. "Miles Away / The Truth Is (Lagos Boys Choir Remix)" DM_SOTU
13. "Peace (Hervé's 'Warehouse Frequencies' Remix)" DM_SOTU
14. "Come Back" DM_SOTU
15. "Oh Well (Black Light Odyssey Dub)" DM_SOTU
16. "Wrong" DM_SOTU
17. "Jezebel (SixToes Remix)" DM_SOTU
18. "Spacewalker" DM_SOTU
19. "Perfect" DM_SOTU
20. "Miles Away / The Truth Is" DM_SOTU
21. "Jezebel" DM_SOTU
22. "Corrupt" DM_SOTU
23. "Little Soul (Thomas Fehlmann Flowing Ambient Mix)" DM_SOTU
24. "Peace (The Japanese Popstars Remix)" DM_SOTU
25. "In Chains (Minilogue's Earth Remix)" DM_SOTU
26. "The Sun and the Moon and the Stars (Electronic Periodic's Microdrum Mix)" DM_SOTU
27. "In Sympathy (Live In Tel Aviv)" DM_SOTU
28. "Wrong (Trentemøller Remix Edit)" DM_SOTU
29. "Hole to Feed" DM_SOTU
30. "In Chains" DM_SOTU
31. "Wrong (Magda's Scallop Funk Remix)" DM_SOTU
32. "Wrong (Thin White Duke Remix)" DM_SOTU
33. "Streak"
34. "The Monday Before Thanksgiving"
35. "Horton Hears a Who: "Anatomy of a Scene" Featurette"
36. "The X-Files: I Want to Believe: "Reinstated" Featurette"
37. "Australia Exclusive Clip"
38. "Magnetic Movie"
39. "Free Clip - Watchmen: Comic-Con 2008 Preview"
40. "Instead of Abracadabra"
41. "James"
42. "Acting for the Camera", "Countertransference"
43. "Field Notes from Dimension X: Oasis"
44. "From Burger It Came"
45. "Hug"
46. "I Live In the Woods"
47. ""New York, New York" featuring the cast of ABC's UGLY BETTY"
48. "Rain Down Love"
49. "Nothing But a Heartache"
50. "If"
51. "Desperados"
52. "Pacific"
53. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
54. "Uninvited (Mr. Timothy Remix) [Bonus Track]" Freemasons
55. "When You Touch Me (2008 Club Mix Edit) [Bonus Track]" Freemasons
56. "I Feel Like"
57. "When You Touch Me" Freemasons
58. "If (Full Length Extended Club Mix) [Bonus Track]"
59. "You're Not Alone Now"
60. "When You Touch Me (Radio Edit) [Bonus Track]" Freemasons
61. "Uninvited" Freemasons
62. "Love On My Mind" Freemasons
63. "Uninvited (Big Ocean Acoustic Mix) [Bonus Track]" Freemasons
64. "Watchin" Freemasons
65. "Flawless (Go to the City)" George Michael
66. "Freedom" George Michael
67. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham
68. "Waltz Away Dreaming" George Michael
69. "Kissing a Fool" George Michael
70. "One More Try" George Michael
71. "Fastlove, Pt. 1" George Michael
72. "Outside" George Michael
73. "I'm Your Man (Live from Wembley)" George Michael
74. "Freedom! '90" George Michael
75. "Jesus to a Child" George Michael
76. "Killer / Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Live)" George Michael
77. "Club Tropicana"
78. "Shoot the Dog (Edited Version)" George Michael
79. "The Edge of Heaven" George Michael
80. "I'm Your Man" George Michael
81. "A Different Corner" George Michael
82. "Amazing" George Michael
83. "Too Funky" George Michael
84. "An Easier Affair" George Michael
85. "Faith" George Michael
86. "Monkey"
87. "John and Elvis Are Dead"
88. "I Want Your Sex"
89. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me"
90. "If I Told You That"
91. "Round Here"
92. "Last Christmas"
93. "Spinning the Wheel"
94. "As (Duet With Mary J. Blige)"
95. "Careless Whisper"
96. "Everything She Wants"
97. "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
98. "Father Figure"
99. "Living Well Is the Best Revenge (Vincent Moon Version)"
100. "Thriller"
101. "Little Farm"
102. "Scaredycat"
103. "William"
104. "Salt Kiss"
105. "Mother Superior"
106. "Death to the Tinman"
107. "Motodrom"
108. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) / Hey Betty Mix"
109. "Hotel Chevalier"
110. "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) / Hey Betty Mix"
111. "Broken Heart"
112. "From the Corner to the Block"
113. "She's Madonna"
114. "Don't Tell Me"
115. "Over It"
116. "Disco Trafiko"
117. "Freeload (Freelove)"
118. "Surrender (Trafik's Give It Up Dub)"
119. "Symmetry 1"
120. "Missing"
121. "Your Touch"
122. "Wrong Intentions"
123. "Fly Guitar (Astero Breaks Mix)"
124. "Theme from a Fairytale"
125. "Four Squares"
126. "99 and a Half (Featuring Alexander East)"
127. "Flame"
128. "Magnets"
129. "Digitalism In Cairo"
130. "Zdarlight"
131. "Apollo-Gize"
132. "Departure from Cairo"
133. "TV TV"
134. "Anything New"
135. "Home Zone"
136. "I Want I Want"
137. "The Pulse"
138. "Jupiter Approach"
139. "Jupiter Room (Martian Assault Mix)"
140. "Echoes"
141. "Moonlight"
142. "Pogo"
143. "Jupiter Room (Planetary Lobby Version)"
144. "Idealistic"
145. "Young Folks"
146. "Raving"
147. "Personal Jesus"
148. "Only When I Lose Myself"
149. "Enjoy the Silence ('04)"
150. "Stripped"
151. "Barrel of a Gun"
152. "Master and Servant"
153. "Never Let Me Down Again"
154. "Just Can't Get Enough"
155. "Shake the Disease"
156. "People Are People"
157. "A Question of Time"
158. "Strangelove"
159. "Precious"
160. "The Best of Depeche Mode"
161. "Walking In My Shoes"
162. "Everything Counts"
163. "Enjoy the Silence"
164. "I Feel You"
165. "I Feel Loved"
166. "It's No Good"
167. "Suffer Well"
168. "Behind the Wheel"
169. "Dream On"
170. "In Your Room"
171. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
172. "This Is the Right Time (Shep 12")"
173. "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit"
174. "Borderline"
175. "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)"
176. "Dance 4 Life"
177. "Beat the Clock"
178. "The Confessions Tour"
179. "Don't You Want My Love"
180. "Stormy Weather"
181. "Fat Cat (Way Out West Remix) [EC Reprise]"
182. "Never Be the Same"
183. "The Feeling"
184. "Mercury"
185. "Organism"
186. "Shades"
187. "Intro"
188. "Far Leys (Attic Window Mix)"
189. "Space Cadet"
190. "I Know (DJ MC D featuring Lia Georgakopoulou)"
191. "Live for Never"
192. "Elegant Suite (Pts. 1 & 2)"
193. "Globe AM"
194. "Dream"
195. "I See You Found It"
196. "Burma (Lostep's Stoned Immaculate Mix)"
197. "Frijoles Frescas"
198. "A Dark Mood"
199. "Hall of Kings"
200. "Continuous Mix: Electric Calm Vol. 3"
201. "The Beats"
202. "Never Be the Same (Original Mix)"
203. "Play It Rosa (Instrumental)"
204. "Reign (Way Out West Mix)"
205. "Reign (Morgan Geist Delayed Gratification Mix)"
206. "Never Be the Same (Richard Dinsdale Remix)"
207. "Surrender (Trafik's Breaking Wills Instrumental)"
208. "Surrender (Trafik's No Retreat No Surrender Instrumental)"
209. "Freeload (Freelove)"
210. "Surrender (Trafik's No Retreat No Surrender)"
211. "Surrender (Trafik's Breaking Wills Vocal)"
212. "Reign (False Prophet Remix)"
213. "Never Be the Same (Trafik's Electrik Charm)"
214. "Reign (RJD2 Vocal Mix)"
215. "Because We Can"
216. "Surrender (Blake Potter & Habersham's Loslung Phunk Reprise)"
217. "Reign (Evil 9 Remix)"
218. "Surrender (Trafik's Give It Up Dub)"
219. "Family Tennis"
220. "Surrender (Blake Potter & Habersham's Loslung Phunk Remix)"
221. "Reign (Three AM's Black Swan Vocal Mix)"
222. "Theme From a Fairytale"
223. "Never Be the Same (Globe & Swain Remix)"
224. "Something to Get Through"
225. "Reign (Anagram Remix)"
226. "Surrender (K Roxx Punk Roxx Mix)"
227. "Surrender (David Trusz Remix)"
228. "Never Be the Same (The Funk Temple Mix)"
229. "Reign (UNKLE Reconstruction)"
230. "Theme From a Fairytale (Reprise)"
231. "Spirit In My Life"
232. "Sugar (Sweet Thing) [Nick & Alse Remix]"
233. "Mindstalking (Dave Aude Dub)"
234. "Timewarp"
235. "Crank"
236. "Sharam - Dubai - Global Underground 29 (Continuous Mix, Vol. 2)"
237. "Everyday"
238. "Passing Lights"
239. "Smaller (Dave Aude Remix)"
240. "Everlasting"
241. "Sharam - Dubai - Global Underground 29 (Continuous Mix, Vol.1)"
242. "Eiffel Nights"
243. "El Ayoun"
244. "The Cello Track (Dub)"
245. "Deep Breath Sedna (Dave Dresden Mash-up)"
246. "Feedback (Kanzyani Earressitable Mix)"
247. "Direct Me (Joey Negro Remix)"
248. "Majorca Roots"
249. "Connected (Spider & Legaz Remix)"
250. "Something to Lose (Cedric Gervais Remix)"
251. "Who Is Watching"
252. "Bliss (Felix Da Housecat Remix)"
253. "Together We Rise"
254. "Manitou"
255. "Timelapse (Moonbeam Pres Glockenspiel Mix)"
256. "Look Around"
257. "Psych"
258. "Zero"
259. "Who's Watching (Tonedepth Remix)"
260. "The Sound of Goodbye (Above and Beyond Remix)"
261. "Zocalo (Niklas Harding Remix)"
262. "Touch Me (Vincent de Moor Remix)"
263. "Shivers (Hammer & Bennett Remix)"
264. "Who Is Watching (DJ Remy & Roland Klinkenberg Remix)"
265. "Blue Fear (Agnelli & Nelson Remix)"
266. "Can't Be Doin' With Love"
267. "Jump (Junior Sanchez's Misshapes Mix)"
268. "History"
269. "Jump (Axwell Remix)"
270. "Jump (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)"
271. "Singles (Exclusive Megamix by Oliver Momm)"
272. "I Saved the World Today (Remastered)"
273. "Sorry"
274. "Where Love Lives (Come On In) [Mo' Knuckles Mix]"
275. "Where Love Lives (Come On In) [Red Zone Mix]"
276. "Where Love Lives (Come On In) [Sound Factory Mix]"
277. "Where Love Lives (Come On In) [Classic Mix]"
278. "Sex Drive (M&B's Instructor Mix)"
279. "Anomoly (Calling Your Name)"
280. "Inspiration (0224 Mix)"
281. "Get Dynamite"
282. "I.B.O."
283. "The Theme"
284. "Scattered Dreams (Boom Chocka-Boom Mix)"
285. "Deep Blue Dream"
286. "Gonna Find a Way (Major Dude Mix)"
287. "Sputnik (New York FM Mix)"
288. "LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix)"
289. "Eterna"
290. "Theme from Wide Angle"
291. "Give Me Luv (That Kid Chris Tribute Mix)"
292. "Air"
293. "Perception"
294. "GU10, Pt. 1 (Continuous Mix)"
295. "Steel Blue"
296. "Night Moves"
297. "Feel It"
298. "Salt In NYC"
299. "I Trance You (Pappa and Gilbey Mix)"
300. "Amber Groove (Toxic Hijack Mix)"
301. "The Roots (Featuring Lior Attar)"
302. "Sacred (Dub)"
303. "Scared (The Lonely Traveller)"
304. "Let the Bass Kick"
305. "Freeload (Freelove)"
306. "To Be House"
307. "GU10, Pt. 2 (Continuous Mix)"
308. "Leaving Planet Earth"
309. "The Sound of Amnesia (Amnesia Mix)"
310. "Gone Days Gone"
311. "Reality Detached (K Roxx '06 Seperation Mix)"
312. "Break My World"
313. "Mind Games (You Keep Playing Guitar)"
314. "You Are Sleeping (PQM Meets Luke Chable Vocal Pass)"
315. "Fever Called Love (Ambient Mix)"
316. "Cashback"
317. "Drop the Pressure"
318. "I Got My Mind Made Up"
319. "The Law of Attraction: Ask and It Is Given, Volume 1 (Unabridged)
320. Part 2 of 2"
321. "The Law of Attraction: Ask and It Is Given, Volume 1 (Unabridged)
322. Part 1 of 2"
323. "It's My Life (Deeper Dub)"
324. "Long Legs"
325. "I Need a Man"
326. "Lazy Sunday"
327. "Flawless (Go to the City) [Boxer Remix]"
328. "Flawless (Go to the City) [Shapeshifters Remix]"
329. "Flawless (Go to the City) [Jack N Rory Remix]"
330. "Erotica"
331. "Music"
332. "Frozen (Stereo MC's Mix)"
333. "Hung Up"
334. "Wounded Feet"
335. "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)"
336. "Crazy (King Roc Remix)"
337. "Crazy (Vince Clarke Remix)"
338. "Crazy (Cicada Vocal Remix)"
339. "Crazy (MHC Stateside Dub)"
340. "Crazy (MHC Master Mix)"
341. "Crazy (MHC Stateside Remix)"
342. "Crazy (Original Radio Edit)"
343. "Crazy (MHC Alternative Stateside Remix)"
344. "I've Got a Life"
345. "Vogue"
346. "Precious"
347. "Deeper And Deeper"
348. "J.D.V., M.I.A.: A Free Excerpt from Don't Get Too Comfortable
349. (Unabridged Selection)"
350. "Love On My Mind (Club Mix)"
351. "Comme des esprits (Maas Mix)"
352. "Warning Siren (feat. Matty Safer)"
353. "Wonderful (Dave Audé Extended Vocal Club)"
354. "Wonderful (Dave Audé Mixshow)"
355. "Wonderful (Sander Kleinenberg's Vocal Club)"
356. "Wonderful (Dave Audé Dub)"
357. "Wonderful (Dave Audé's Nu Romantic Mixshow)"
358. "Peace Is Just a Word"
359. "Power to the Meek"
360. "Proud"
361. "Street Official Mixtape, Vol. 8"
362. "Disc 1"
363. "Disc 2"
364. "U Must Be"
365. "Never Gone (Album Sampler)"
366. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"
367. "Born Slippy Nuxx (1995)"
368. "Suspicious Minds"
369. "Buildings Inbetween (Lower Places Mix)"
370. "Galang (Radio Edit)"
371. "Demon Days (Album Sampler)"
372. "Back 2 Basics (Album Sampler)"
373. "Troy - The Phoenix from the Flame (John Creamer Remix)"
374. "Troy (The Phoenix from the Flame) (Schiller Remix)"
375. "People Hold On (12" Version)"
376. "Legs (Dance Mix)"
377. "It's My Life (Dub)"
378. "It's My Life (Vocal Mix)"
379. "Street Official Mixtape, Vol. 7"
380. "Shattered"
381. "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise (Jason Nevins Remix)"
382. "Friend of the Blues Remix (Gregory Del Piero Remix)"
383. "Lady Marmalade"
384. "Diamonds Are Forever (Mantronik Diamond Cut Club Mix)"
385. "Crazy"
386. "Dream On (Bushwacka Blunt Mix)"
387. "Gone"
388. "Alegre 2004 (Louie Vega's Elements Of Life Remix)"
389. "Heartbeat (Taana Gardner)"
390. "Work That Body (Taana Gardner)"
391. "Street Official Mixtape, Vol. 6"
392. "Too Shy"
393. "Tubular Bells (Opening Theme)"
394. "Batman Theme"
395. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
396. "How Soon Is Now"
397. "Big Spender (Wild Oscar Mix)"
398. "Light My Fire (Twelftree's Lady Mix)"
399. "Change"
400. "Twisted (Original)"
401. "Supernature"
402. "Supernature (Danny Tenaglia Mix)"
403. "Troy (The Phoenix from the Flame)"
404. "Bernard's Song"
405. "Holding Out for a Hero (Club Mix)"
406. "The Killing of Georgie, Pts. 1 & 2"
407. "Troy (The Phoenix from the Flame) [Andi Durrant Remix]"
408. "Gloria"
409. "Da'Ala Da'Ale (Remix)"
410. "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
411. "Chains of Love (Truly In Love With Marks Brothers Mix)"
412. "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent"
413. "Galbi"
414. "French Kiss"
415. "Holding Out for a Hero"
416. "True Faith"
417. "Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)"
418. "Cry Baby / Piece of My Heart"
419. "Flawless (Go to the City) [Sharp Boys Remix]"
420. "Pavement Cracks (Gabriel & Dresden Mixshow Edit)"

Hoops?

Cervantino.

Born this day in 1940.

The Vault|1981Syracuse University|09 October 1981

CNN|WTF: American MorningThe Transcripts

CNN|WTF: American MorningThe Size of ThingsThe Transcripts

This is posted on CNN's website as the actual transcript from this morning's "how big is yours, Rob?" banter with co-hosts John Roberts and Kiren Chetry, with Jason Carroll (technology) and Rob Marciano (weather):

CARROLL: Well, data from this morning's mission should come into scientists almost instantly, but the mission's manager, Daniel Andrews, tells me it could take weeks to analyze it. So in other words, it could be a while before we know if there is more water there on the moon.

But you know what's exciting about this, amateur astronomers can get involved because if you have a telescope at home, 10 to 12 inches or so, you should be -- depending upon if you're in the right position -- you know what? Your mind.

CHETRY: No, I'm just saying, who has a 10 to 12-inch telescope sitting at home? Jason does, right?

CARROLL: My mom used to have one. I had one as a kid. You know, some people out there might. Not all.

CHETRY: I have bird-watching binoculars. Will that help in any way, shape or form?

CHETRY: No. No.

ROBERTS: Let's check in with Rob Marciano. He likes all this. How big is yours, Rob?

ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Moving along.

CARROLL: Thank you.

MARCIANO: I don't know where you -- I don't know why you're giggling. I don't why you're laughing. This is serious, serious business.

CARROLL: Thank you.

MARCIANO: If you have a backyard telescope that big, God bless you.

Hey CNN: Where's Miles?

WTF?CNN's AMERICAN MORNING

John Roberts to Rob Marciano:

How big is yours, Rob?

Soul Train|Love TrainEpisode #047, c1973

BARACK OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!!!

photograph ©Shamus Ian Fatzinger

Been there. Done that.Bill Curry::Mapplethorpe

Damn Sexy at 60|1949Sigourney Weaver by Mapplethorpe.

GHOST.

I’m the ghost in your house

Calling your name

My memory lingers

You’ll never be the same

I’m the hole in your heart

I’m the stain in your bed

The phantom in your fingers

The voices in your head

Download here.

Mika|Rain.

CNN Presents: Bromance.Sanjay & Matthew.

Irving Penn|My favorite photo by the Master.

Irving Penn|Fashion

Mrs Irving Penn

BREAKING!Irving Penn, 92, Dies!

1931|1st Infra-red photograph taken

in Rochester, New York, former home of KODAK.

Trying to track it down.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Operation Enduring FreedomCT's Fallen Heroes

Sorry for the small graphic; you can check out the daily updates, SADLY, at iCasualties.org.

07 October 2001The Afghan War BeganOperation Enduring Freedom

Watch out for that truck!Mentos + Carlsberg Beer

What? Brutus? You wanna go to the store?

Michael Moore|CapitalismThe Taxpayer's Hero

Your Money: Prepaid Debit Cards. Free?The New York Times

By ANDREW MARTIN
Published: October 5, 2009

Buying a prepaid debit card these days is just about as easy as picking up a bottle of shampoo or a candy bar. Walk into a Wal-Mart or almost any major drugstore, and rows of plastic worth $25, $100 and even $500 beckon from kiosks alongside prepaid phone cards and gift cards for retailers.

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National Equality MarchWashington DCOctober 10 - 11, 2009

The National Equality March, Washington DC.
So what's it all about, anyway?

The right to get married in a civil ceremony

and to have that union federally recognized.

The right to serve openly in the military.

The right to be free from

prejudice and harassment in the workplace.

The right to not be bullied in school

because of your orientation or perceived gender identity.

MIKA|Live, Paris.

MIKA|Big Girls (You Are Beautiful)

Edison at the movies...

Have a seat.

Moulin Huge.

Versus.CNN Presents: Passing in America.Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

CNN Presents: Passing in America.Black v Latino v White.

Don't get me wrong. I love Soledad. I STILL think she and the Mr (Miles O'Brien) got the shaft for a Canadian and a whatever. But c'mon. Soledad!

You can PASS!

You can PASS for a white woman. And that's exactly what you look like in your CNN promo photo. But you LOOK Latina (sorry, I lived in Miami for 11 years) on the cover of your book. Where was the "companion book" for BLACK IN AMERICA? What would you have done for the cover photo on that tome? Cornrows? Afro?

Just like the supposed separation of church and state, I'm wondering if CNN is in the book publishing business lately. Jack's got a new one. I think I heard Wolf say something. I know your LATINO counterpart Sr Sanchez has been hawking other colleagues' books, especially when he's not hawking "las fotos de la dia."

It's about passing, sister.

Passing for white. Passing for black. Passing for Latino, or Hispanic, or Latina, or Jewish, or a non-immigrant...

or passing for straight and abled.

Passing in America.

Since these series seem to take you about one and one-half years, I guess we'll see PASSING IN AMERICA towards 2011.

It'll give you plenty of time to find a ghost writer too.

Versus.To MTV or Not To MTV?Why the 70s were the hottest decade!LaBelle and Lady Marmalade

Lady MarmaladeLIVE! at The SIMS!

Lady MarmaladeLIVE! at The Grammys...

Moulin Rouge (2001)d. Baz Luhrmann

The Moulin Rouge Opens in 1889!!!

Happy Birthday, George|1846

What do we want?

Gay Marriage Bill Introduced in D.C.

from The NYTimes online:

By IAN URBINA
Published: October 6, 2009

WASHINGTON — City Council members introduced legislation Tuesday to allow same-sex marriage here. If it passes, as expected, Washington would be the first city below the Mason-Dixon line to allow such unions. The city’s bill is expected to become law by December.

But the measure is likely to draw harsh criticism from Congressional Republicans and conservative Democrats, many of whom face mid-term elections next year, and they could act to overturn it.

After Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, who supports the measure, signs it, Congress has 30 days to enact a joint resolution of disapproval.

President Obama would have to sign that resolution for the city law to be blocked.

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Grace.b. 1993Adopted 1997 – d. 2003Osteosarcoma

Brutus Maximus photograph ©Shamus Fatzinger.


I remember I adopted you from NEW BEGINNINGS in Dania FL on 07 April 1997, and you passed in Cheshire CT on 06 October 2003, one month shy of turning ten years old. Osteosarcoma. No doubt brought on by doping.

You ran a good race, Grace.

Brutus says "thanks."

Night of Dark Shadows|1970The Death of Caroline

Happy Hallowe'en from OrangeMercury!House of Dark Shadows|1970Night of Dark Shadows|1971

House of Dark Shadows is the theatrical-feature spin-off of the popular 1960s TV "Gothic" serial Dark Shadows. Jonathan Frid is on hand again as 150-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins, once again going about his business in the spectre-filled Collinswood mansion. Another carryover from the TV series, Carolyn Stoddard (Nancy Barrett), finds her blood supply depleted by the elusive Mr. Collins. When Carolyn dies, it isn't long before she's wandering the hallways as one of the "undead". Barnabas persists in his bloodsucking activities until he makes the error of falling in love with mistress-of-the-house Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott).

Night of Dark Shadows is the second full-length motion picture feature based on the popular television soap-opera/horror melodrama Dark Shadows. The first film was House of Dark Shadows. This film lacks the grand guignol glee provided by Jonathan Frid and Joan Bennet. However, it has a new storyline, not a rehash of one previously explored in the television series. Here, artist Charles Collins (David Selby, who performed the same part in the TV series) brings his new bride to live in the family mansion, which he has just inherited. The gentle and sensitive young Collins, the last of his clan, has troubled sleep. He dreams of the past, of his family, and of the house. Perhaps his dreams are not just dreams? Increasingly deranged by these visions, it begins to look like he will re-enact the atrocities committed by his family in the past. It is interesting to note that the film uses the mansion of 1890s railroad robber/baron Jay Gould for its setting.

Working links (as of 04 October 09), and make sure you grab the passwords!

iCame Out. iSaw. iReported.

Let's see how long this lasts...

Check it out here.


CNN Presents: GAY IN AMERICA by Bernard M Lynch Jr is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at orangemercury.blogspot.com.

Afghanistan|By the Numbers.

Eleven (11) fatalities,

names not yet released.

The First Monday in October, 2009Chief Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Muy caliente!

Lensed.Beacon Falls CT

Classic Horror|1971Night of Dark Shadows

Classic Horror|1970The House of Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows.A Story of Blood Relations.Come see how the vampires do it.

CNN Presents: GAY in America.Hosted by ?

We are your viewers.

We are white.

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Clouds. 4 October 2009

"La Negra"Sra. Mercedes SosaGracias a la Vida (Live)

October 4, 2009
Mercedes Sosa, Argentine Folk Singer, Is Dead at 74

Note:

The accompanying version of GRACIAS A LA VIDA is from TRANCE PLANET, Volume 1 (1994). Allegedly, this live version of what is Sra. Sosa's signature song was recorded when she performed for the first time after returning to her homeland, Argentina, from Paris, where she remained in exile for years due to the military climate. With the power of the junta on the decline, she made the decision to perform live despite the threats to her life.

I lived in Miami for eleven years, and I can say, without a doubt, that Miami forever changed me musically, opening my mind, soul, heart and ears to the music of other cultures, sung in other languages. I always wondered how non-native English speakers felt when they heard a song sung in English, and if they felt the same emotion I felt.

With this song, this voice, this version, this woman, I know you don't have to know the meaning of the words to be moved by the emotion of a song, sung from the heart by a powerful voice.

Enjoy this, her crowning moment.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

From The New York Times

Filed at 1:40 p.m. ET

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the ''voice of Latin America'' whose music inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died Sunday, her family said. She was 74.

Her remains lay in state at the National Congress, where thousands of people -- many with flowers or Argentine flags -- lined up to pay respects to one of the region's most iconic voices.

''She was the best ambassador the country ever had,'' said Clara Suarez, 63, holding a bouquet of white flowers outside the Congress.

Sosa was best known for signature tunes such as ''Gracias a la Vida'' (''Thanks to Life'') and ''Si se Calla el Cantor'' (''If the Singer is Silenced''). She had been in the hospital for more than two weeks with liver problems and had since been suffering from progressive kidney failure and cardiac arrest.

Her latest album, ''Cantora 1,'' is nominated for three prizes in next month's Latin Grammy awards in Las Vegas, including album of the year and best folkloric album.

Affectionately dubbed ''La Negra'' or ''The Black One'' by fans for her mixed Indian and distant French ancestry, Sosa was born July 9, 1935, to a poor, working-class family in the sugarcane country of northwest Tucuman province.

Early on she felt the allure of popular traditions and became a teacher of folkloric dance.

At the age of 15, friends impressed by her talent encouraged Sosa to enter a local radio contest under the pseudonym ''Gladys Osorio.'' She won a two-month contract with the broadcaster -- the first of many accolades over a career that continued until her final days.

''I didn't choose to sing for people,'' Sosa said in a recent interview on Argentine television. ''Life chose me to sing.''

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Mercedes SosaGracias a la Vida, Live by the Sea

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Mercedes SosaGracias a la Vida

Mercedes Sosa canta Gracias a la Vida
Letra de Violeta Parra

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto
me dio dos luceros que cuando los abro
perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco
y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado
y en las multitudes el hombre que yo amo.

Gracias a la vida, que me ha dado tanto
me ha dado el oido que en todo su ancho
graba noche y dia grillos y canarios
martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos
y la voz tan tierna de mi bien amado.

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto
me ha dado el sonido y el abedecedario
con él las palabras que pienso y declaro
madre amigo hermano y luz alumbrando,
la ruta del alma del que estoy amando.

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto
me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados
con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos,
playas y desiertos montañas y llanos
y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio.

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto
me dio el corazón que agita su marco
cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano,
cuando miro el bueno tan lejos del malo,
cuando miro el fondo de tus ojos claros.

Gracias a la Vida que me ha dado tanto
me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto,
asi yo distingo dicha de quebranto
los dos materiales que forman mi canto
y el canto de ustedes que es el mismo canto
y el canto de todos que es mi propio canto.

Gracias a la Vida
Gracias a la Vida
Gracias a la Vida
Gracias a la Vida

Translate to English:

Mercedes Sosa - Thanks to life (Violeta Parra)

Thanks to life, which has given me so much.
It gave me two beams of light, that when opened,
Can perfectly distinguish black from white
And in the sky above, her starry backdrop,
And from within the multitude
The one that I love.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much.
It gave me an ear that, in all of its width
Records— night and day—crickets and canaries,
Hammers and turbines and bricks and storms,
And the tender voice of my beloved.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much.
It gave me sound and the alphabet.
With them the words that I think and declare:
"Mother," "Friend," "Brother" and the light shining.
The route of the soul from which comes love.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much.
It gave me the ability to walk with my tired feet.
With them I have traversed cities and puddles
Valleys and deserts, mountains and plains.
And your house, your street and your patio.

Thanks to life, which has given me so much.
It gave me a heart, that causes my frame to shudder,
When I see the fruit of the human brain,
When I see good so far from bad,
When I see within the clarity of your eyes...

Thanks to life, which has given me so much.
It gave me laughter and it gave me longing.
With them I distinguish happiness and pain—
The two materials from which my songs are formed,
And your song, as well, which is the same song.
And everyone's song, which is my very song.

Thanks to life
Thanks to life
Thanks to life
Thanks to life

Mercedes Sosa, 74, dies"Voice of Latin America"

(CNN) -- Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, known as "the voice of Latin America" for her songs about the plight of the poor, died Sunday, according to an announcement on her Web site. She was 74.

"On this day, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, we must inform you that Mrs. Mercedes Sosa, one of the greatest artists of Latin American popular music, has left us," the Web site said.

Sosa died at a Buenos Aires clinic, and had suffered from liver, kidney and heart ailments, the Washington Post reported.

Born on July 9, 1935, in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Sosa produced 40 albums during her musical career, and performed at places such as the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican and New York's Carnegie Hall. She also served as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador for Latin America.

"Her voice always carried a profound message of social engagement through folk-roots music, without prejudice," according to the Web site.

She formed part of the New Song movement in Latin America, which combined folk song traditions with contemporary music that often featured political messages in its lyrics.

When a military junta took over Argentina in 1976, many of her albums were banned, and Sosa left in exile to Paris, France, and Madrid, Spain. She returned to her homeland in 1982.

Sosa won various Latin Grammy awards. Her most recent nomination came last year for her latest album, "Cantora 1."

She was known throughout Latin America and Europe, with one of her most popular songs titled "Gracias a la Vida," the Web site said.

"Her undeniable talent, her honesty and her deep convictions left a tremendous legacy for future generations. Admired and respected throughout the world, Mercedes is recognized as a symbol of our cultural heritage that will represent us forever," the Web site said.

"She lived her 74 years to the fullest," Sosa's son, Fabian Matus, said. "She had done practically everything she wanted, she didn't have any type of barrier or any type of fear that limited her."

A viewing was to be held Sunday afternoon at the Salon de los Pasos Perdidos in the Congress of the Nation in Buenos Aires, according to Sosa's Web site.