Revolution, psychedelia and druids
The News Review:
- Revolution, psychedelia and druids
- BTK took body to church, says investigator
- When barn owls nest close to home.
- ‘Peace Mom’ keeping momentum or just a summer story?
- Gwen Stefani angry at VMA performance snub; is Kirsten Dunst pregnant?…
Revolution, psychedelia and druids
Telegraph.co.uk – Aug 18, 2005
Listening to its trove of beguiling psychedelic folk, sung entirely in Welsh, feels as if you’ve been dropped into a parallel world. And behind this groovy, quaint slice of home-grown exotica, there’s a remarkable story. The music is all drawn from the early catalogue of Sain (meaning “sound”), the oldest independent record label in Wales. Set up in 1969 by two folk singers with a line in political commentary, Sain was intended as a home for a new strain of anti-establishment Welsh-language music. Dafydd Iwan (who went to school with John Cale) and Huw Jones were members of the Welsh Language Society, which encouraged sit-ins outside government buildings and the defacing of English road signs to draw attention to the second-class status of Welsh. “The 1960s hit Wales as it did most other places,” says Iwan.
BTK took body to church, says investigator
CNN – Aug 18, 2005
""He stated to me that if he could really pull it off, right by his house, it would really be a biggie," Lee said. "He told me it was really bad for a guy to knock one of the neighbors off — it’s not good for a serial killer because you don’t want to kill in your own habitat. " At the time of his arrest last February 25, Rader, a father of two grown children, was the president of his Lutheran church. Investigators said Rader told them he would use a squeeze ball as exercise to build up his hand strength in preparation for stranglings, that he typically masturbated after killings, and that he took underwear from female victims and wore them. He also had "after-life" plans for his female victims, including one who was to be his mistress and another who would act as his bondage servant. Some of the victims would regain consciousness after being choked and Rader would whisper in their ears that he was "BTK. ""That was his form of torture," said Tim Relph, a Wichita police detective…
"There was no way I was ever going to do what I wanted to do, and I had to put her down. "Rader, he said, added that stabbing or shooting somebody was not his "forte. " Rader rushed that killing because Bright’s brother, Kevin, was also home. Rader had tied the brother up in a bedroom and tried to strangle him, but Kevin Bright fought off his attacker, Snyder said. Rader said he shot the brother twice, including one shot in which he did "one of those John Wayne things," Snyder said. Rader thought the brother was dead and went to finish off his sister, but Kevin Bright ran from the home. Rader stabbed Kathryn Bright 11 times, Snyder said.
When barn owls nest close to home.
Free with registration – Orange County Register – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 18, 2005
Not long after, the baby begins to hiss _ a surprisingly loud,snake-like rasp. It is answered by another, and another after that. The sky has finally grown dark: hunting time. On cue, the barn owls have arrived. From what is now a hissing chorus, Cassady picks out the rasp of the baby. She knows it so well she even believes the bird is hissing with an injured air _ the sting of failure. "It’s yelling to its Mama," Cassady says quietly.
‘Peace Mom’ keeping momentum or just a summer story?
USA Today – Aug 18, 2005
But will that happen? Will one woman’s demand to meet the president outside his vacation home be viewed someday as a tipping point against the war? “It’s really hard to tell whether this will be a blip on the radar screen or whether it reflects a deep change in public opinion,” said John Green, director of the University of Akron’s Ray C. Bliss Institute for Applied Politics. “A lot will depend to what extent Sheehan and her vigil link up with the disquiet we’re seeing in public polls, especially with the people who haven’t been opposed to the war in the past. ” It also depends on factors outside the control of Bush, Sheehan and their supporters. A reduction in violence in Iraq or a legitimate, new constitution for the government would help Bush.
Gwen Stefani angry at VMA performance snub; is Kirsten Dunst pregnant?…
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 18, 2005
Law’s spokesman Simon Halls angrily told the New York Post, “Oh, please! Theguy is on vacation in France with his kids. People need to give him a littlebit of a break. ANGRY STEFANI SNUBS MTV AWARDSPop queen Gwen Stefani reportedly is angrily refusing to attend MTV’s prestigious Video Music Awards this month, as bosses at the channel failed to offer her aperforming slot. The award-winning singer is deeply offended by the supposed snub, and she andher rockstar husband Gavin Rossdale are staying away in protest — even thoughthe blonde style icon has a bevy of nominations…
The news of mypregnancy got out when I was in the middle of my first trimester. I hadn’t evenhad a chance to tell my friends. As a result of the press leak, Garner, 33, says she’s grown”hyper-protective” and that she’s “uncomfortable with people reading too much”about her romance or pregnancy. She adds of her and Affleck’s low-key June 29 wedding, “We were able tohave a beautiful, private wedding, and I couldn’t be happier. (The ceremonywas) too sweet to read about or dissect or talk about. ” LEVINE’S SECRET LOVE FOR SHARAPOVA?Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine reportedly has been enjoying a secret romance withtennis superstar Maria Sharapova for months — despite the busy blonde’sapparent reluctance to date. The pair met at New York nightspot Hiro, when Levine serenaded the Wimbledon champion at her 18th birthday bash.