Finally Friday: Labor Day Weekend Work sux It's finally Friday, and in the U.S. it's the beginning of a three-day weekend too! The weekend is typically the last summer blow-out before school starts, and heralds the beginning of the fall/winter holiday season, although here in SoCal the hot, muggy weather is making brisk fall days seem far, far away. Big congratulations to Lonesome Music Blog for passing their 4th anniversary earlier this month! Don't miss the gorgeous songs by Donna Beasley and Beachwood Sparks in their.Donna Summer Concerts Tickets.

The Dandy Warhols?Earth to the Dandy Warhols. Intermittent glimpses of the terrific band the Dandies refuse to be Since 2000?s rockin? extravaganza Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia, Portland's Dandy Warhols have played .against their strengths as a dynamic guitar-rock band with defiant perversity. Album number six starts out promisingly'The World The People Together (Come On)? sounds like a shoegaze mutation of Donna Summer's ?I Feel Love? and ?Mission Control? could be the answer song to Flight of the Conchords?Bowie? while ?Welcom. Tickets.

Mamma Mia! Or, How Friendship is Like an Onion. by Mary Jo It's the rump end of summer. Half the world'and all of New York publishing!are on vacation and maybe you are, too, so I'll keep today's post sort of fluffy. Being a blogger is like being a columnist, only the stakes are lower and we don?t.t paid. But I do find myself watching the world and making mental notes about topics that might make an interesting riff. Today, I'm thinking about two such ideas, both of which turned out to be about female friendships. First was the . Donna Summer Tickets.

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13 Snapshots Donna Summer, 1. When it comes to the school of life I don't do a lot of homework but I pay attention in class. 2. My friend Mara says she's a ?one hour photo? sort of person. 3. How come after spending three weeks vacationing on the beach when I finally got home I felt like I had missed the summer? 4. My nails were ragged, my bangs overgrown, the corn in my garden had dried on the stalks, and I hadn't seen butterfly since I left. 5. I bought one of those shark steam floor cleaners after watching the infomer.

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AOL Community Challenge-SUMMER FUN!ENTRIES? AOL Community Challenge-SUMMER FUN! Thank you, Donna, Guido, Nancy, and Vicki for sharing your summer fun! Remember, September we are looking for your best Summer shot of 2008! So you still have time to get out .&.shoot! Added note: There are no links this month, I did this late last night. You can go to the original entry .&.each comment will bring you to the blog. We also have a late entry by TJ, so check it out! Thanks~ Tags: Summer fun entries, photo challenge, blogplugs. Prior Lake.

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