Outstanding Commenter Award for August Michael McDonald, Laura has only started commenting on Scraps of Mind over the last month or so. At first she used to email her comments directly to me. But then she began to use the comments section under the posts, and there was no stopping her. Laura is not only the most prolific commenter on Scraps of Mind for August 2008, but her comments are always great contributions to whatever the discussion is about. So thank you very much Laura. I will email you the code for the award so you can paste it into.

Red-blue event at Cato in Washington, D.C. Boris and I will be speaking at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. next Thurs (11 Sept) at noon on our Red State, Blue State book (also written with David Park, Joe Bafumi, and Jeronimo Cortina).The event will be moderated by Will Wilkinson; see the description here of the event on his blog. All are welcome to come, but you should register online for the event. We'll be having a panel discussion with Michael McDonald (Brookings Institution and George Mason University) and Brink Lindsey. concert.

Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend MTV has relaunched their high-definition channel as Palladia HD, and they're celebrating the relaunch with a bevy of new live music specials. Up first is a clip show from July's first annual Rothbury Festival featuring performances from John Mayer, Widespread Panic, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Primus and more. Friday [all times Eastern]: Stand Up To Cancer: Sheryl Crow [.] MTV has relaunched their high-definiti.on channel as Palladia HD, and they're celebrating the relaunch with a bevy of new live musi. Michael McDonald tickets.

Tomorrow: Stay Smooth X @ Columbia Yacht Club | Preview, Interview It's finally here! Stay Smooth X is finally here! The smooth music themed party is taking place on Saturday at Chicago's Columbia Yacht Club on a boat! Inspired by the now infamous Yacht Rock web-based TV show, Stay Smooth is a party celebrating all that is smooth in music. You see, there was a time when Captain's hats, dark rum and smooth music reigned supreme. And this Saturday night, we celebrate these times. A few of you may be thinking.".Yeah, I've been to a Jimmy Buffet concert.".but. live.

Singstar Track list for Volume 3 In case you are wondering about updates to Singstar, here is the Singstar track list for Volume 3. My favorite song is Deep Blue Something - Breakfast Tiffany's. What song would you want to sing the most? Aerosmith - Cryin? Amy McDonald - This Is The Life Barry Manilow - Copacabana Coldplay - Viva La Vida David Bowie - Space Oddity Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's Dizzee Rascal (feat. Calvin Harris .&.Chrome) - Dance Wiv Me Fall Out Boy - This Aint A Scene?It?s An Arms Race Feargal. Michael McDonald concert tickets.

Baseball Today: Friday, September 5 music, Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach LITTLE BIG MAN: That was the headline Ray Capobianco came up with for the newspaper today, and were there ever three words more apt than those? Yesterday's off-day gave everyone a chance to reflect on the phenomenon that is Dustin Pedroia. Our own Joe McDonald did, and he was joined by Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe, Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald and Paul Doyle of the Hartford Courant. Pedroia's being touted as the American League MVP favorite.

Sporting smugshots Tickets, OK, we've relented. Despite the ongoing success of our footballing smugshots we'd always insisted that the pictures feature only exponents of the beautiful game. But having seen this fabulous photo of Muhammad Ali on fighting form in 1982 we'd like to extend that invitation to pics of our readers with anyone famous from the world of sport. So if you've had dinner with Daley Thompson, a pint with Kevin Pietersen or seen eye-to-eye with Eric Bristow, then we want to see the evidence. E-mail.

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RNC Music Choice: Country First Tickets for Michael McDonald, The delegates at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul are proving themselves just as ungainly in their dance ability as the Democrats last week in Denver. But while the Dems had the opportunity to dance to a live band, albiet one that played the predictable set list from any given wedding performance, it's all recorded music for the GOP. The main choice in music.&.b, largely vintage stuff from Memphis to Motown. Earth, Wind and Fire hasn't been heard so much in a deca.