I just read that Hazel Dickens passed away earlier this year. She was a great bluegrass singer who will be greatly missed. She’s singing in heaven now. Hearing about her passing reminded me of where I first heard her: KFAT in Gilroy, California. When I was in college, I avidly listed to KFAT, mainly for the bluegrass and gospel-bluegrass music. Their western swing and rockabilly music was also fun, though a good portion of that was not very edifying. (They played plenty of rowdy-honkeytonk-doper songs.) But to their credit, KFAT’s play list was truly eclectic, including: Emmylou Harris (the station’s collective sweetheart), Leon Redbone, Ricky Skaggs, Warren Zevon, The Stanley Brothers, Merle Haggard, Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, Peter Rowan, Clifton Chenier, Hot Rize, John Prine, The Seldom Scene, Delbert McClinton, Riders In The Sky, Hank Snow, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Muddy Waters, Commander Cody, Speedy Haworth, John Hartford, Gary P. Nunn, Mimi Farina, Django Reinhardt, Asleep At The Wheel, and Taj Mahal. KFAT sadly went off the air in 1982. <Sniffle> But surprisingly, a huge volume of KFAT air checks are now available via online streaming, kept alive by die-hard fans. And of course Cuzin’ Al and a few of the other KFAT veterans are now disc jockeys at KPIG. )
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Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large) spotted this: Two studies point to the illusion of the artificial sweeteners. No great surprise… They make you fat.
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Also from Mike Williamson, a link for a free e-book: Jury Independence Illustrated.
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Emergency Essentials / Preparedness Pantry is celebrating the second anniversary of their blog with a generous giveaway of three prizes with a combined retail value over $1,300: A Comp II Emergency Kit, GoalZero Extreme 350 Kit and their new One Month Supply of Just-Add-Water Foods. We are drawing three winners at random, one for each prize. It’s easy to enter.
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Several readers mention this: Rochester [New York] Police Arrest Citizen for Taping Traffic Stop. When the police don’t want to be filmed doing their job, then there is something horribly wrong.