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Election Scorecard Analysis Oct. 26, noon ET: Trouble for the president. He's trending down in the Reuters/Zogby tracking polls in Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The map appears to be firming up: Nevada, New Mexico, and Iowa to Bush; Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania to Kerry. The back-breaker is Florida, where Bush has won only two of the last seven polls. One (Gallup) is clearly out of whack. If the other (Zogby tracking) drops again tonight without countervailing evidence, Bush will be out 27 electoral votes, needing Ohio and Wisconsin just to tie. http://politics.slate.msn.com/id/2108689/

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Nashville's Lower Broad: The Street That Music Made Bill Rouda - Photographer © 2004 Pages: 144 with 90 duotone photographs ISBN: 1-58834-094-5 Like the Lower East Side of Manhattan was to punk rock and Haight & Ashbury in San Francisco was to 1960's psychedelia, the Lower Broad area of Nashville was a hothouse for Country sound. The Lower Broadway area of Nashville was and continues to be the proving ground for many of country music's greatest. From Hank Williams Sr. to Willie Nelson to BR5-49, the Lower Broad holds the stories of country music in its aging landscape. Part scrapbook, part bar tour, Nashville's Lower Broad: The Street That Music Made is a visual history capturing 90 gritty and revealing duotone photographs of the people and places that made Nashville's Lower Broadway the legendary country music birthplace and proving ground that continues to thrive today. With a foreword by Lucinda Williams and an introduction by music journalist David Eason, the photography of Bill Rouda brings to life the late nights, the cheap drinks, the isolated evenings where music, thoughts, and the company of strangers collide. Nashville's Lower Broad is a story longing to be told and Bill Rouda's photography does just that. http://www.billrouda.com/read_more.html

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Ricky Skaggs returns with Brand New Strings, the follow-up to last year's Grammy-winning live album. Guests on Brand New Strings include Stuart Duncan, Bryan Sutton, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jamie Dailey (of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver) and guitarist Johnny Hiland. Top-notch songwriters such as Harley Allen, Guy Clark, Shawn Camp, Shawn Lane, Keith Sewell and Doug Kershaw contributed material as well. http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1491462/09...s_lucinda.jhtml

The 4-CD box set Can't You Hear Me Callin'; Bluegrass: 80 Years of American Music(Columbia/Legacy) precedes the genre by offering music from the 1920s, yet keeps it current with contributions from the Dixie Chicks, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless and Rhonda Vincent. Those with more than one track on the compilation include the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Carl Story, Arthur Smith, the Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jesse, Jimmy Martin, the Byrds, Herb Pedersen and Skaggs. Billy Altman wrote the liner notes, and Dr. Ralph Stanley provided the introduction. http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1491462/09...s_lucinda.jhtml

You can sample stuff at JohnFogerty.com and at Amazon. Here's a couple short reviews from Amazon: It's a matter of expectations, October 25, 2004 Reviewer: M. Tobin (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews How you react to this album has more to do with your expectations than it's quality. Expect CCR-like guitar? Are you from the school of thought that an album needs to be a certain length so that you "get your money's worth"? Then, prepare to be disappointed. Open to where the artist is today, and prepared to evaluate the music for what it is, rather than for what you'd like it to be? Then settle in for 35+ minutes of entertainment that is worth your while. Once I adapted to what this album was, rather than what I hoped it might be, I learned to enjoy it very much. Fogerty is in great voice, and the stylistic range of the music on the album is rewarding. In this age of overproduced, teen-oriented junk, this album is a refreshing change indeed. Or maybe I'm just thinking of that right now because I just heard the single by the actress Lindsay Lohan. Uh...compared to that, the Fogerty music is like Mozart! Jason Stein (Chula Vista, CA United States) - See all my reviews Another decade, and another John Fogerty album. Since he seems to make one album per decade these days, "Deja Vu (All Over Again)" is a pleasant reminder of Eisenhower, Leave-It-To-Beaver nostalgia. This is exactly what John excels at--simple, memorable and endearing folk/pop/rock songs with political statements, social statements and sentimental familial and nostalgic reveries of times long gone. "Deja Vu (All Over Again)" leads off the album with Vietnam/Iraq observations and general statements about war in general--that it will never, ever end, but it sure would be nice if the human race COULD put a stop to it. "Deja Vu" contains echoes of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" This is Fogerty's masterstroke, taking his past and putting it in the present, and it worked extremely well with 1985's "Centerfield" and the musical references between "Old Man Down The Road" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Run Through The Jungle". This is why Fogerty is an American treasure, he is one of the few artists who can remind us effectively in the present of how we felt in the past. The other socio-political song is "Nobody's Here Anymore", and how true this sentiment has become today. Talk of internet, cell phones and kids listening to music in the back of the classroom instead of learning something rings so true today, and I'll bet it's only going to get worse. Two of my favorites are the ultra simple, yet enjoyable tunes "Sugar Sugar (In My Life) and "I Will Walk With You". These are easy, pleasant songs that you can just sit back and relax to. "Rhubarb Pie" is a third, but less effective pleasantry. Three songs about women fill in the album. The hilarious "She's Got Baggage" about women who carry the world on their shoulders and lose control of their emotions in an unhealthy way certainly wears thin, but it's surprisingly hard rocking for this old fogey! "Radar" has this reggae groove that's a new direction for John, and it works pretty well. "Honey Do" is another hilarious take on being married and "yes, dear" and "yes, dear" and "yes, dear" doing things for your woman all the time just when you think your time is yours! My least favorite songs were "Wicked Old Witch" and "In The Garden" where he slips off the track. Yet, this is the case with all Fogerty albums, there's always a few duds on every album, and this one is no different. My recommendation is that if you are a long time Fogerty fan, then owning this one is imperative. If you are a picky fan, perhaps waiting another 10 years will satisfy you. Don't be a picky fan. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...782550?v=glance

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Even as he edged towards age 70, Willie Nelson remained a dazzlingly prolific artist, releasing live albums, theme-based collections, archival recordings, and more, all at a dizzying clip. Nevertheless, a proper studio album of new material from an artist of his stature, particularly on the prestigious imprint Lost Highway, remained an event even in 2004. Curiously, the man who made his road band the backbone of his music for so long elected to use a cast of familiar Nashville studio players for IT ALWAYS WILL BE, but they serve him well on an understated set of the old, new, borrowed, and blue. Tom Waits's spare, romantic ballad "Picture in a Frame" is a natural for Willie, as is the Jimmy Day chestnut "The Way You See Me." Nelson also picks up the thread of his preceding OUTLAWS & ANGELS live album by including some all-star duets, such as the misty ballad "Dreams Come True" with Norah Jones, and the yearning "Overtime" with the song's author, Lucinda Williams. Proving himself far from finished as a songwriter, Willie throws in a couple of new tunes from his own pen, and it all adds up to an agreeable mixed bag on IT ALWAYS WILL BE. _______________________________________________________________________ Personnel include: Willie Nelson (vocals, acoustic guitar); Lucinda Williams, Norah Jones, Paula Nelson (vocals); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Steve Nathan (piano, keyboards); Michael Rhodes (bass guitar); Shannon Forrest (drums); Toby Keith (background vocals). Recording information: Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; Pedernales Studio, Spicewood, Texas; Loud Recording, Nashville, TN; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY. http://www.mymusic.com/product.asp?curr=1&muzenbr=529011

The Neville Brothers Walkin' In The Shadows Of Life (Back Porch Records) Okay, yeah, you want your Neville Brothers served up funky-not too much smoothin' out the edges. Well you've got it with Walkin' In The Shadows Of Life, a real deal Nevilles CD that harkens to the past and is production-wise, attitude-wise and head-wise of today. Recorded in the brothers' own Neville Neville Land studio on Canal Street and produced by Aaron's son, keyboardist Ivan Neville, and Milton Davis, the disc has the hands-on feel and sound that convinces that this is the album the group wanted to make. There's no "Hey, how about doin' this or that" vibe from a record company or producer that doesn't have a clue. Even the softer tunes like "Your Life (Fallen Soldier)" has guts. The funk is in from the start on the title track. It's the Nevilles all the way complete with Art's big B-3, the get-down groove and individualized lyrics. Yet there are added musical goings-on beneath the surface. Like most of the material, it blossomed from a collaboration of composers. In this case, Art and his son, guitarist Ian, Ivan and producer/guitarist/bassist/programmer Davis take credit. Throughout, different combinations of Nevilles and others, including Bono with Cyril on "Kingdom Come," contribute the original material. It's this kind of all for one spirit that prevails on the disc with the group sound-the Neville sound - taking precedence over individual endeavors. The resulting harmonies and integration of the instruments rule. There aren't many (any?) funk bands that boast the huge vocal talents found within the Neville Brothers band. That aspect looms large when the ensemble takes on the Temptations' "Ball of Confusion." The vocal arrangements and execution kill on this classic and its release as a breakout single has had people talking. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews throws his trumpet in with Charles' sax for a great big sound. Besides deep funk, the Neville Brothers are identified by their lyrics of social consciousness. Naturally, that quality continues here. Particularly poignant and personal moments include the questions asked in "Junkie Child" and lyrics like "This young man has no plans, skulls and bones is all he knows" of "Carry the Torch." Again, the Nevilles brew up funk beats with hard truths laced with hope. Spiritual finales also mark Neville Brothers' performances. Fans will certainly be moved by the stirring, autobiographical tune, simply called "Brothers." As each takes a verse and then as their voices come together on the chorus, the song soars. To close, the Nevilles turn once again to the isle of Jamaica and reggae's natural mix of rhythm and message with Aaron's soulful visit to the Melodians' "Rivers of Babylon." Walkin' In The Shadows Of Life is a family album with the brothers embracing their entity as a whole. True to themselves, their roots, talents and grit, the Neville Brothers have released the album many have been waiting for. -Geraldine Wyckoff From their website: http://www.nevilles.com/chat/messages/2000.html

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SWEAT/SUIT Nelly (Derrty/Universal) ...we have the fraternal-twin conceits Sweat and Suit, two simultaneously issued disc presumably designed to showcase both halves of Nelly's massive artistic personality. To wit: Sweat is upbeat, nasty and funky, while Suit is more soulful, silky and refined. Colour us fascinated. Naturally, there are some strong cuts in this 105-minute set. The first half of Sweat -- when Nelly teams with skankstress Christina Aguilera for the Superfly-sampled groove of Tilt Ya Head Back and enlists Stephen Marley on the reggae-tinged River Don't Runnn -- is solid. Suit's N Dey Say, which samples Spandau Ballet's True, is also worth a listen. You can read the full review here: http://www.canoe.ca/JamAlbumsN/nelly_sweat-sun.html

The Thrills Lets Bottle Bohemia Shane Handler Thursday, September 16, 2004 The anticipation rides high prior to listening to The Thrills sophmore effort, Lets Bottle Bohemia. Would these Dubliners return to the familiar retro AM gold harmonies on their 2003 debut So Much For The City or fly opposite to the point of reinvention? Was that sunshine pop filled with helpings of "California Dreaming" the real Thrills or a debut gimmick? Lets Bottle Bohemia,proves The Thrills possess a knack for creating pensive harmony in a Brian Wilson meets Coldplay marriage of orchestrated pop.... The Thrills top criticism to date was they sounded too much like their idols: Neil Young, The Beach Boys and Beatles. Lets Bottle Bohemia sounds almost entirely familiar again, so the mix of these influences are now welcomed at the real Thrills, even with all the ooohs and ahhs. http://www.glidemagazine.com/2/reviews516.html

Welcome to the North 28th September 2004 It's been a while since Britain's youngest musical invaders exploded internationally with their debut self titled album blew the minds of music fans and critics from all corners of the globe. Now with a rep like that to live up to, it's a wonder they even had the guts to enter the studio… but thank god they did. Okay, so they may have set themselves up with an impossible task here and to be honest, this album isn't as enjoyable from start to finish as their last one. That said, the blistering 'Freedom Fighters', the melodic pop of 'Breakin', the punk rock drenched 'Cessation' or the bizarre circus-like chaos of 'I Need Love' are all moments that you'll find difficult to skip. http://www.undercover.com.au/reviews/urthe...tothenorth.html *** I'm told that they sound a lot like Led Zeppeliin...

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On their full-length debut, Tunnel Vision, the Witnesses unabashedly flaunt their arrogant rock star attitudes to anyone within earshot. In fact, by track two ("I Should Not"), you'll no doubt want to slap singer Oakley Munson for being so cocky, but won't because he's just so good at his craft. Shared vocal duties go to keyboardist Bonnie Bloomgarden, whose soulful and sexy pipes are surprising for someone who's supposedly barely five-feet tall. Bloomington's vocals are used to their utmost on the blues-ier, broodier number "Drop by Drop," a track that should effectively bring any heterosexual male to their knees. As for the rest of the band, drummer Will Scott provides some incredible beats on "Time For You" and completing the sexy sleaziness is Darian Zahedi, whose blues-rock guitars on songs like "Black Eye" and the title track are nothing less than gorgeous. http://venuszine.com/stories/music_reviews/1001

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This link gives an update on who is likely to win, and suggests that young people are going to be voting in droves this year: http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Apple Rolls Out New iPod Photo Capabilities By REUTERS Published: October 26, 2004 Filed at 4:08 p.m. ET SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) -Apple Computer Inc. rolled out on Tuesday a new iPod that allows users to view and share photos, a dramatic expansion that takes the popular digital music player into the multimedia realm, while spurring its rivalry withMicrosoft Corp. and others. Apple (AAPL.O) also has hooked up with Irish rock band U2 to announce the iPod U2 Special Edition, a black model of its popular digital music player that holds up to 5,000 songs. The new iPod Photo, which had been widely anticipated, is a multimedia device with a color screen and comes with 40 gigabytes or 60 gigabytes of storage -- two to three times more than the storage available on its most used music player. Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/...artner=homepage