I just read that Hazel Dickens [1] passed away earlier this year. She was a great bluegrass singer [2] who will be greatly missed [3]. She’s singing in heaven now. Hearing about her passing reminded me of where I first heard her: KFAT [4] in Gilroy, California. When I was in college, I avidly listed to KFAT, mainly for the bluegrass and gospel-bluegrass music. Their western swing [5] and rockabilly [6] 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 [7] was truly eclectic, including: Emmylou Harris [8] (the station’s collective sweetheart), Leon Redbone [9], Ricky Skaggs [10], Warren Zevon [11], The Stanley Brothers [12], Merle Haggard [13], Ry Cooder [14], Willie Nelson [15], Peter Rowan [16], Clifton Chenier [17], Hot Rize [18], John Prine [19], The Seldom Scene [20], Delbert McClinton [21], Riders In The Sky [22], Hank Snow [23], Jerry Lee Lewis [24], The Fabulous Thunderbirds [25], Muddy Waters [26], Commander Cody [27], Speedy Haworth [28], John Hartford, Gary P. Nunn [29], Mimi Farina [30], Django Reinhardt [31], Asleep At The Wheel [32], and Taj Mahal [33]. KFAT sadly went off the air in 1982. <Sniffle> But surprisingly, a huge volume of KFAT air checks [34] 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 [35]. )
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Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large [36]) spotted this: Two studies point to the illusion of the artificial sweeteners [37]. 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. [38]
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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 [39].
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Several readers mention this: Rochester [New York] Police Arrest Citizen for Taping Traffic Stop. [40] When the police don’t want to be filmed doing their job, then there is something horribly wrong.