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The Melloncollies: Goodbye Cruel World (Reviews)

Whether you’re caning the local rehearsal rooms, shutting yourself in your bedroom for hours on end with just your guitar—or even just boning up on stage presence via Guitar Hero 4, every band knows the most essential part of being an up-and-coming ...

From DAVID SMITH, PopMatters,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Rod Stewart

UFC 106: Forrest Griffin Beats Tito Ortiz by Split Decision

In a rematch between two of the most popular fighters in the history of mixed martial arts, Forrest Griffin defeated Tito Ortiz by split decision in a hard-fought battle Saturday night at UFC 106. Just over a minute into the first round, Ortiz landed a ...

From MICHAEL DAVID SMITH, AOL Sports,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Forrest Griffin,  Tito Ortiz,  Lyoto Machida,  Dana White,  Rashad Evans

Botswana fishermen fear tourist invasion will destroy Okavango wilderness

Tourists take to the waters of the Okavango Delta in the local fishermen's preferred makoro canoes. Photograph: Stuart Westmorland/Corbis Music, dancing and smiling platitudes greeted the royal guest in the fishing village of Samochima, northern ...

From DAVID SMITH, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Ian Khama

Mind the housing gap

The Queen’s Speech, published last Wednesday, sets out the areas the government considers important in the year ahead. Britain’s impending serious housing shortage, one must conclude, is not a priority. True, this was a speech designed to extract ...

From DAVID SMITH, Times Online,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Stuart Law

Treasury hits at hysteria

TREASURY officials have dismissed what they describe as hysteria over government borrowing, following figures that were widely interpreted in the City as pointing to a substantial overshoot for the chancellor’s £175 billion forecast for the budget ...

From DAVID SMITH, Times Online,  21 Nov 2009

Ohio State-Michigan Game 2009: Live Twitter Updates

The Ohio State-Michigan game has always been my personal favorite college football rivalry, dating back to my days as a 5-year-old living near Ann Arbor and worshiping Bo Schembechler. OSU vs. Michigan 2009 doesn't figure to be one of the legendary ...

From MICHAEL DAVID SMITH, AOL Sports,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Bo Schembechler,  Harvard University,  America Online

UFC 106: Preview and Predictions on Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin 2

UFC 106 went from one of the biggest pay-per-view cards of the year to one of the weakest when UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar had to pull out of his fight with Shane Carwin. But you'll still get some good fights if you purchase the pay-per-view ...

From MICHAEL DAVID SMITH, AOL Sports,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tito Ortiz,  Forrest Griffin,  Brock Lesnar,  Shane Carwin,  Spike TV

UFC 106 Video: Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz Pre-Fight Press Conference

UFC President Dana White, main event fighters Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz, and co-main event fighters Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson will all meet the press on Thursday in Las Vegas at the UFC 106 pre-fight press conference, and if you can't be ...

From MICHAEL DAVID SMITH, AOL Sports,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Forrest Griffin,  Tito Ortiz,  Dana White,  Josh Koscheck,  Anthony Johnson

Why do South Africans hate pedestrians?

So I am back in the country. In Cape Town shooting a commercial. Yes, Cape Town. And yes, I know I wrote an article slagging off the place. But that’s life. Full of irony. It has been a great trip. The weather has treated us fairly well (if you can ...

From DAVID J SMITH, Thought Leader,  19 Nov 2009

Lyoto Machida-Shogun Rua 2 Set for May

The light heavyweight title rematch between champion Lyoto Machida and challenger Mauricio "Shogun" Rua is set for May 1 in Montreal. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports tweeted Wednesday that UFC President Dana White told him the Machida-Rua date. The ...

From MICHAEL DAVID SMITH, AOL Sports,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lyoto Machida,  Yahoo!,  Dana White,  Forrest Griffin,  Tito Ortiz

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