Englishman wins Irish race case

Wow, this is a new one. An Englishman has been awarded 20,000 euros ($30,000) because he says he was taunted by his Irish coworkers while working as a pipe fitter in Ireland. He claims that they called him "the Brit" and would consistently recomend that he be sent in for...

Songs about Money (and Happiness?): Kitch pop by Les Parisiennes: L'argent ne...

As I was starting the Grassroots campaign to get Votes for my Consumed to Thrifty Panel at South by Southwest, singer Samantha Murphy got a thread going on the Pholist, the topic: Songs about Money. I did not have a chance to jump in the conversation early, many of my first...

Led Zeppelin Not Coming to Guitar Hero or Rock Band

What was once thought to be simply a long licensing process, it's come out that we may never see (or more appropriately, hear) any Led Zeppelin songs on games like Guitar Hero or Aerosmith. The reason behind this seems to be the band's unwillingness to give any outsider...

Bounding Main to Entertain American Troops in Germany

"Chicago, IL (PRWEB) July 1, 2008 –- The vocal group, Bounding Main, on their first European tour, will be bringing their spirited music to American troops at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany in early August. ...

Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks

" Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young people's music ownership has found. The research also showed that half of 14 to 24-year-olds were happy to share all...

Lost Parrot Gives Vet his Name and Address

Grawk, Polly wants free medical care and a ride home?This story is for the birds. Ok, I'll stop. An African grey parrot, lost weeks ago and rescued by police, held up under police questioning for two weeks but finally spilled the seed. It took officers some intense...